New MH bulbs

[luigisacs]

Good afternoon,
It is that time to replace my 150w MH bulbs. There are a lot on the market and was wondering what everyone was using.

My aquarium is as follows.

75 gallon mixed (mostly soft and lps)
30 gallon sump

Secondly, I wanted to share with everyone something that occured with my tank. Originally when I started this tank I was using power compacts. With the pw's I had incredible coraline algae growth. Then I switched to my halides and the coraline died off and I have not been able to grow it any more. The PC had blues along with the white bulbs. Could the loss of the blues affected my coraline growth?

 

[DEL]

MH bulbs

what type of lights do you have currently? are you only running the 2 MH bulbs? if so..10k ? 14k? if you look at my tank thread i list what i was using and also what im getting..and you can see from the pic how muich coralline i have..did you have any actinics at all?

 

[luigisacs]

what type of lights do you have currently? are you only running the 2 MH bulbs? if so..10k ? 14k? if you look at my tank thread i list what i was using and also what im getting..and you can see from the pic how muich coralline i have..did you have any actinics at all?

Im currently running 2x14k Ushios. I'm not a fan as they are kind of yellow. I had actinics but no longer. The MH unit I received was second hand and for a good price (Current USA for 199) and didn't have actinic option.

 

[mmike1992]

i use the radium which is my fav. color is white/ slight blue i also like the ushio 20k which white slight purple/blue these are running on a pfo electronic balllast. bulbs are not easy to recommend due to a personal preference in the color they put out but if you are looking for white /slight blue =radium white /slight blue/purple =ushio 20k
good luck ,mike

 

[Master Shake]

I use current too. When I was looking for a Halide it was the cheapest. It is a sun pod 150w. If i could go back i would spend the extra $50 for the 250w. It is allmost time for me to change my bulb too. I was told that reef lux makes good halide bulbs, but they are expensive. About $70 for a 150w online not from a store. If you want more blue i would suggest geting a 14k or something higher. 10k is more on the white/yellow spectrum, but it epends on your preference. If i was you i would get another 10k bulb and retro fit the actinics from your old unit onto your tank with the halide.

 

[masterswimmer]

Phoenix 150w 14K is a very nice all around bulb. Very nice white/blue in color.

swimmer