kien's 150g Room Divider Mixed Reef & Stuff

[kien]

The end of the year holiday season usually signals a change in bulbs for me. This year I'm a little bit late, but close enough :-) This year I ordered another set of Phoenix 14K halides on boxing day. I had hopped to get a fresh set of T5s that weekend as well but unfortunately everyone was out of stock on the bulbs that I was looking for. I guess that contributed to my delay in swapping out the bulbs. At any rate, with all the bulbs in hand, it was finally time for the swap out!

The Magnificent Seven.



Here are the old halides. I've noticed that the longer they are run, the more of a dark dirty haze they get on them.



Ahh, new halide goodness.







Sadly this may be the last time I ever install my beloved Phoenix halides into this fixture

And also, OMG I feel like such a geezer talking about my halide fixture..

[Dearth]

It will be interesting to see your tank with new lighting

As to the old geezer part no comment because I'm probably way older than you

[kien]

Originally Posted by Dearth

It will be interesting to see your tank with new lighting

As to the old geezer part no comment because I'm probably way older than you

The tank is a lot brighter bluer with new lights. Go figure

You might be surprised to find out how old I am :-)

[Dearth]

Originally Posted by kien

The tank is a lot brighter bluer with new lights. Go figure

You might be surprised to find out how old I am :-)

Your lights are singing the bright blues....

[FishyFishy!]

So have we confirmed that the Phoenix 14K bulbs are discontinued? I lost track of that other thread.

[kien]

Originally Posted by FishyFishy!

So have we confirmed that the Phoenix 14K bulbs are discontinued? I lost track of that other thread.

Actually that's a good question! So far, all the vendors that I've spoken to has said that they are discontinued. However, that could just mean they are no longer ordering them. They could still be manufactured maybe. I don't really know.

[lastlight]

I had heard they were discontinued but now that i'm looking for evidence of this i find absolutely none. I think it was Greg (Snappy) whom i first heard this from maybe he can confirm where he heard it?

[Doug]

Originally Posted by kien

Sadly this may be the last time I ever install my beloved Phoenix halides into this fixture

And also, OMG I feel like such a geezer talking about my halide fixture..

What are you thinking of switching to.

[freezetyle]

Originally Posted by Doug

What are you thinking of switching to.

radium 250w bulbs! or aqua connect 14,000k. just a suggestion for when the phoenix bulb supply dies up

[kien]

Originally Posted by freezetyle

radium 250w bulbs! or aqua connect 14,000k. just a suggestion for when the phoenix bulb supply dies up

I don't think Radium does Duel Ended. Only mogul

I have no idea what I'll try. Who knows, maybe I will be lucky and find a supplier next Christmas. If not I may have to try another vendor. Seems odd talking about changing out (halide) bulbs in this day and age Seriously Keener, it's 2015, get with the times!