Show us your HALiDEs
 

We wanna see your metal halide setups, give us the bulb type/colours/kelvin and ballasts, pics are a must let's see the full tank shot with them on and burning!

2 x 400w Radium over 30 x 40 tank. 12 inches over water. 20k, but pic corrected to display properly

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/d...ps9c3d5b31.jpg

24x24x12 with a 250w geissmann 21k with luxcore ballast. 8" above the water. I'll take a new pic tomorrow
http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/...s/DSC_0183.jpg

My last setup: 2 x 175w MH - 2 x 110w VHO Actinic - Hamilton 14K bulbs. Absolutely LOVED the color, my favorite light setup in the entire 15 years I was in the hobby.


http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps8fc1fb65.jpg

I was to say something so bad… but better keep my mouth shut

!2 inches must be a new form of measurement using an exclamation point.... :biggrin:

no idea what you guys are talking about????

Being an admin does have its perks ......

:)

Halides
 

Looking good, keep em coming...

Here's a today pic. http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/...s/DSC_0235.jpg

Two Lumen Max 3s on a Sunlight Supply Blueline(?) 250W dual magnetic ballast which is probably no longer made. Phoenix DE 14K bulbs.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps109b1c2e.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps8887676e.jpg

Sunlight Supply maristar combo fixture with 3x250 watt DE running 14K Pheonix and 4x39 watt T5s running 22K KZ Superblues.

Here it is burning a nice hole in my wall..

http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1250487969

^that was a full room shot of the tank from back in August 2009. It's been 5 years and I am still running the exact same fixture with the exact same bulb combo (new bulbs of course). I did repaint the light fixture to silver to change things up.

2014 FTS.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2823/1...7137757f_o.jpg

More more more
 

Kien, when u shut the lights off is that spot on your wall a different color? Lol
Come on ppl let's see some more!!

Wow just under 900 watts of lighting, the tank looks awesome.
Your lighting pretty much takes up 1 whole circuit. :smile:

4 X 250 watt Lumenmax3 pendants driven by Blue Wave ballasts with Pheonix 14 K - (too bad the bulbs have been discontinued)
1 x Radion LED fixture (replaced a Hamilton pendant last Dec on the RH front corner)
12 X T5 54 Watt across the back.
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ps440b11ef.jpg

Fairly recent FTS
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ps9ef7e292.jpg

Wow
 

Nice tank snappy! That's a lot of light but a lot of coral too

Are you sure they are discontinuing Phoenix 250w 14k bulbs?

I am running 2x 250W with brand new Pheonix 14k bulbs. Ballasts are brand new Lumanex 250/400W eballasts running at 250w SL (Super Lumens). I also stripped out the 2x 5ft T5's and replaced with 2x 4ft super blue LED's

http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/...psvsdxsdow.jpg


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Already did

That's very disappointing to hear. I was about to make the jump to Halides as I'm not completely happy with T5's. I guess T5's are the best option in Reef lighting for now unless there is another similar Halide lamp.

Does anyone know of a lamp comparable to the Phoenix 14k?

Radiums are nice but more pricey about 90 a bulb

Are the DE Pheonix 14k discontinued? I just bought 4 without issue, and JL just brought in more. So I don't think those are gone.


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Radium 20K beat Phoenix 14K is coloration but not in growth.

Yes they did. They stopped production 100% and said it will never be made again.

It may take a while for the stock levels to deplete but once it does, that's it.

LOL. I had to go check! Thankfully no. I think the wall paint I used is UV protected.

Yikes! I guess I know what I'll be stocking up on in the next few weeks.