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reefme 10-04-2011 09:16 PM

LF - 250W MH DE bulbs
 
Looking for 2 250W 1400K MH DE bulbs.
Please PM with brand and price.
Thanks

Vitaminz 10-04-2011 11:21 PM

I ordered my online via Ebay, they are dirty cheap and work very well.
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/290587608061?...84.m1439.l2649

Have a look, about to place an order for some spares, if you wanted to go in and save a little bit on shipping.

Jeff

reefme 10-04-2011 11:37 PM

PM'd

globaldesigns 10-05-2011 01:13 AM

I have a question about the ebay cheapies... Anyone compared these types of bulbs with ones like Pheonix, XM or Ushio? Is paying alot more worth it?

Abe 10-05-2011 02:05 AM

I have 2 brand new ones 10000k PM me if you are interested.

Vitaminz 10-05-2011 02:31 AM

I wish I had a par meter, would love to compair the two. Use to only run Blue Life SPS bulbs and the $90+ price tag per bulb. And then I saw the ebay ones, and I thought $9 plus shipping a bulb was well worth the risk!! Only took a little over 2 weeks to ship them, and when I put them in, they fired right up and very happy with the results. Tank now looks a little on the purple side for my liking, but the corals seems to love them, both the softies and the SPS. So now I am going to place another order for 2 spare bulbs because of the leed time to get them, and replace the bulbs every 6 months. Just my 2 cents worth, but in the end if the corals are happy and growing, think it was well worth the risk for the savings to the good old pocket book.

Jeff

dreef 10-05-2011 04:11 AM

I just ordered a few for next years bulb change.What the heck ..beats 78 bucks a piece for xm's.

George 10-05-2011 04:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by globaldesigns (Post 640577)
I have a question about the ebay cheapies... Anyone compared these types of bulbs with ones like Pheonix, XM or Ushio? Is paying alot more worth it?

I did a test with a par meter comparing ebay bulb 15K 250W (artemis?) with a 10K XM 250W. They had similar par at the beginning of life cycle. It was over 6 months ago. I need to re-test them.
Do a search in equipment forum and you shall find my thread.

globaldesigns 10-05-2011 08:43 PM

hmmm. I may have to look at this myself. For the price probably worth the risk.


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