400w Mh

[rbb213]

Recommendation for brigt crisp white bulbs? for PFO....

should I go with 400w 10k, or 400w 20k

Since i dont know much aobut MH, I need your help.!!



Thanks

[SlugGo]

10k for crisp white light :cool:

[johnrags1234]

ditto if you are looking for white lihght go 10k. I like my 20k ushio however.

J

[rbb213]

what sthe difference in the 10k and 20k?

Is there any reading articles on MH lighting, esp the bulbs?

[johnrags1234]

Cant give you any articles. A search might help thoough? I did a TON of searches when I bought a new bulb.

20k is more blue than 10k. No 'k' value used in aquaria is truly the REAL kelvin value though, it is just marketing for the most part.

John

[singerk]

Try this article on bulb analysis http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/oct2002/feature.htm

[rbb213]

Thanksss...


Should I go with blueline 400w 10k or Ushio 400w 10k?


only a $10 difference....

[johnrags1234]

I wo8uld do ushio 10k over the blueline.

[rbb213]

okay, now it seems like im being a pest....who has the best deal on them....They cost like $99each..dang...whatever happened to buy one get one free or atleast 50% off?..lol

Thanks

[singerk]

I agree on the Ushio, I think you'll find they get better reviews overall.

[singerk]

Boy are you in the wrong hobby :lol: I haven't seen BOGO in the reef arena since the LFS had half dead marine fish BOGO.
Joking aside ;) Try Hellolights (http://www.hellolights.com)

[dznuts007]

Ushio 400w 10000K on the left, 400w Radium on the right:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid57/p546fdafc82965aad1cc8d47f809e3455/fc6aaa5e.jpg



400w Radium:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid57/p94d599fe6257d9b9e582d9469dbe66d6/fc6aaa4c.jpg



400w Ushio 10000k:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid57/pfa8bc4aa06bc661bdd89c566f2d1240c/fc6aaa47.jpg

[rbb213]

Originally posted by singerk
Boy are you in the wrong hobby :lol: I haven't seen BOGO in the reef arena since the LFS had half dead marine fish BOGO.
Joking aside ;) Try Hellolights (http://www.hellolights.com)

dznuts007, that looks good....but dayum the Radiums look even better, now you really got me thinking....lol

ahahah, Its better for me to ask you guys, than to just Screw this all up yanno....What can I say, We DO have at least one thing in common....REEFS!~...lol...

btw, wth is BOGO?

lol

No, for real what does that mean>?

[hubris007]

First of all, asking a bunch of questions does not make you a pest. Secondly, if we ever do think you are a pest, we'll just ignore your posts, hehe.
Thirdly, i'm one of those people that really likes the more blue look of the 20kk's. That's what a reef should look like in my book, and i never have liked the ultra-drab/ultra-brown feeling i get from 10KK's. Just my 1 7/8 cents worth.

[singerk]

Buy One Get One

[hubris007]

Oh, or maybe it's that i spent my entire college life under blacklights and REALLY like florescent things...hehe

[rbb213]

hahah gotcha now...BOGO

hubris007--..I am also gonna be running 2-5ft acintics..(sp)..to get me a lil blue effect.

another thing, I wish I had a free good working Digital Camera...lol....so I can take some pics of this thingy...lol

Hmmm, you got me thinking about posting a thead to see, what ppl would wish they could get for free..

[JD52]

BOGO = Buy One Get One....
I like the 400W XM lamps, blows the radiums away, in my opinion. Hellolights, $69