lighting question

[saltank]

I've been using coralife brand pc bulbs for the last couple years (1X96watt) and (2X55watt) over my 46gal reef.

I saw at the lfs catalina brand pc bulbs, 55watt, and hesitated purchasing due to concern of spectrum being different than the coralife bulb; in the experts' opinions on this board would you recommend not changing brand of lighting; I don't want my corals to have to go through reacclimation, everything is doing so well right now

Just interested in your opinions on the matter; the catalina's were a few bucks less than coralife, although that is not why I would buy them - they were in stock and the coralife bulbs were not...

Thanks for your input

 

[Anonymous]

what spectrum are they?

 

[Len]

If a particular bulb is working for me, I tend to stick with it. Corals can adjust, but I've lost a few specimens from time to time with bulb swaps, and some simply don't produce the same pigments I had liked with certain lights.