150w HQI Bulb Suggestions?

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Originally Posted by mseepman

The Aqualight pro has a full glass plate in it and no guard around the bulb. The plate is 1/4" glass.

Yeah, the Aqualight Pro's have a plate of glass covering the bulbs, while the Coralife Clamp-on does not.. so silly to me.

Either way, I am fairly impressed with the unit, it's a hell of a lot nicer than the old Coralife PC unit I had on the tank. Nice "open top" (still eggcrate covered) but nothing sitting on the eggcrate. The unit is sleek, small and nice on the eyes, no complaints.

Nazerine, do you find that your unit makes "rattling" noises? Mine keeps rattling , and it gets fairly loud. I thought it was the metal grates loose and rattling, so I took it off but that wasn't what's causing noise... I may take it apart tonight and check things out.

Sounds like when I do change bulbs, I'll try out this Phoenix 14k. I've heard nothing but good things about it. Thanks a lot for all the input.