$40 Coral Vue MH Bulbs!!

[BLUESMAN]

I just thought I'd let everyone know that Justin over at www.diyreef.com will sell any SE Coral Vue metal halide for $40 each. The only catch is that you must buy a case, mix/match. Shipping is $17.50. The retail on these bulbs are $54(pretty good) but $40 is unreal. I had no idea that the markup was that much on bulbs!! Oh and you can get an $5 off coupon. Blue

[soosberries]

Are you coordinating a group order ? I would most likely be in for 2 @ 175wt 10Ks if you decide to order.

Norm

[BLUESMAN]

Sorry Norm you missed it by two days. I already ordered a case. They should be here in a couple days. There should be enough reefers here for someone to order another case. Blue

[soosberries]

That's the story of my life - always two days short and two bulbs needed.

Actully my bulbs are only about 4 months old so I really can wait awhile but, I thought I'd try another Kolor while they were priced right.

Norm

[dmorel]

soos,
I've got two 175 10K coralvue's that I burned for only 4 days.

Yours for 80 bucks if you want em.
-dm

[BLUESMAN]

Why you pull 'em, Dave??? Blue

[dmorel]

I think they were just too bright for my tank. I have two 175's a few inches off the water on a 20 long... (Yeah, I know...)
The CoralVue's seem to give off a lot more light then my Ushio's and they are longer as well, it was just too much for my tank and I had a coral or two start to bleach out. I probably could have raised the canopy, or went through a long acclimation process to the new bulbs, but I just didn't have it in me so I tossed the Ushio's back in and called it a day.
-dm

[BLUESMAN]

Just checking to be sure that the bulbs were'nt defective or that you did not like the color of them. Thanks Blue......Well Norm What'cha gonna do??

[dmorel]

I actually was thinking they were "bad" bulbs for a while, but I don't believe that to be the case based on the different reactions I got from my corals, I just think they were too bright.

The light was nice and crisp white as advertised, I could really see a difference in the color in the tank, but... I didn't have it in my to go through an adjustment period, so I pulled em.
-dm

[clkwrk]

Sorry to dig up this old thread Blue but I was wondering if this kind of deal could happen still . I will be needing around 5 175's and 1 400 . So a buy like this could save me some good cash.

Chris

[mojodeli]

The deal already happened but you can contact Justin at diy reef and see what he'll do for you. He's a very nice fellow.

[clkwrk]

Cool thx . I knew deal was done but figured maybe you all would do another group buy in the future and maybe i can get in then , my pc still have 4 months life so i am not in dire need right now .

Chris

[pillions]

I have a CoralVue 10k, 250W with essentially 1-2 days of partial use. Because this brand of bulb is not compatible with my older IceCAP MH ballasts it squeels something awful.

$35 if you want it.

[clkwrk]

thx but i need 175's

Chris

[BLUESMAN]

clkwrk, Hey if you can find some others that will purchase 6 more, then Justin(at diy reef) will give you the same deal.
Blue

[clkwrk]

cool thx i will check around for others.


Chris

[David Grigor]

Hey guys, I found this thread via a search. How many bulbs to a case ? I am thinking of asking Justin if he will do a similiar deal for our reef club.......

[clkwrk]

i think there are 12 .

[vgibbens]

Originally posted by pillions
I have a CoralVue 10k, 250W with essentially 1-2 days of partial use. Because this brand of bulb is not compatible with my older IceCAP MH ballasts it squeels something awful.

How old is your ballast? I just ordered two 250W IceCAP ballasts on sale at Champion Lighting and was planning on running 10000K Coralvue bulbs. I can't remember where it was, but there was a test done with these bulbs on these ballasts and I believe the results were pretty good. Now, I'm sort of nervous.

[David Grigor]

He mentioned "Older" style Icecap. You shouldn't have anything to worry about with the current Icecap ballast model.