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Old 12/21/2007, 07:33 PM
grigsy grigsy is offline
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Phoenix 250 DE - yes or no?
Is this still a good bulb? Anything better out there in blue DE 250 watt?
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Old 12/21/2007, 07:37 PM
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Well in the 14K you wont find anything more blue or with more par.
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Old 12/21/2007, 07:53 PM
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Yes! My favorite bulb.
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Old 12/21/2007, 08:02 PM
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I use the 150W Phoenix's and I love them.
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Old 12/21/2007, 08:16 PM
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I thought they were kind of blue myself, at first. After a few hours they burned in nicely. Nice crisp pale blue-white. Running it on an icecap HQI ballast.
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Old 12/21/2007, 10:33 PM
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Been running my two Phoenix bulbs for almost two years now, still love them.

Oh ya, so do my corals.
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Old 12/21/2007, 10:49 PM
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its an awesome bulb
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Old 12/21/2007, 11:23 PM
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Love mine....don't even supplement with actinics..doesn't need it. I am interested in the iwasaki DE aqua2 bulb. If it is anything like the 175 SE bulb...it will have some pretty awesome PAR with nice crisp white/blue color. Haven't seen the 250 yet....just the 175??? Awaiting Sanjay's review.....
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Old 12/21/2007, 11:42 PM
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I did a fair amount of research before I purchased my bulbs. went with the Phoenix 14k 250w and couldn't be happier. (so are all my critters).
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Old 12/22/2007, 10:15 AM
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Originally posted by werdlone
Love mine....don't even supplement with actinics..doesn't need it.
The Phoenix has a huge blue peak at 450nm. You really needs actinic to help round out its spectrum.
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Old 12/22/2007, 12:15 PM
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I like mine and I'm running them without actinics.
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Old 12/22/2007, 01:17 PM
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Mine looks great without actinics, probably better color then my aquaconnects 14K with actinic
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Old 12/22/2007, 03:07 PM
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I just got mine put in and I love them.
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Old 12/22/2007, 03:32 PM
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Can anyone compair them to the 250w 20K XM? I have the XMs and dont like them that much, plus its time to get new bulbs.
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Old 12/22/2007, 04:50 PM
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Been using Phoenix 14K for three years now, won't change to anything else.

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