Best metal halide bulbs?

atcguy · #1 03-10-2006, 07:14 PM

I had those bulbs aswell /. I had 2 running on my 120. Looked ok at first but after 8 months they were really yellow. Wendell at OA recommended the Geinsmann 13k 250 hqi. Amazing difference, My colors really stand out now. ie regal tang and my brains.. I have 2 vho actinics aswell.

TheReefGeek · #2 03-10-2006, 07:16 PM

My camera is not good enough to pick up the color correctly, the camera shows more blue that it looks to me, so my pictures wont give you a very good sense of the bulbs.

digital-audiophile · #3 03-10-2006, 08:54 PM

Mogul EVC 250 Watt 14K. I LOVE it!

marie · #4 03-10-2006, 09:05 PM

as an example of what I mean, this is the 250w 10k hamilton. Note the monti cap looks blue and the open brain on the sand bed is completely washed out.

and this is how they looked under 175w 10k xm's. Purple monti cap on the upper left and the brain on the sand on the right

Bob I · #5 03-10-2006, 09:10 PM

You are right, that is ugly.

Willow · #6 03-10-2006, 09:14 PM

what was wrong with the xm 10k's? i have run them and was quite impressed. i have also heard good things about the coralvue 10k's. i think jessie runs them on his sps tank.

marie · #7 03-10-2006, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Willow

what was wrong with the xm 10k's? i have run them and was quite impressed. i have also heard good things about the coralvue 10k's. i think jessie runs them on his sps tank.

There was nothing wrong with the xms on the 175w system but now I have a 250w hqi system and I just want to be sure of the new bulbs before I spend a bunch of money. Is the 250w de, 10k, xm comparable in colour to the 175w se, 10k bulb?