Ext 112 ushio 400 wat MH System.

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By the way , I put my hands on stock of BLV nepturian 14,000K bulbs...
Thoes are actually USHIO bulbs , they generate crisp white light...
I can say that it's bridge between the 10,000k to 20,000k .
Very beautiful light 😎
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Are these available for purchase somewhere?
I have the 12.5K Giesemann would like to pick up some of these if available.
I really like the BLV 20K.
 
By the way , I put my hands on stock of BLV nepturian 14,000K bulbs...
Thoes are actually USHIO bulbs , they generate crisp white light...
I can say that it's bridge between the 10,000k to 20,000k .
Very beautiful light 😎
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20260810_212850.jpg
Are these available for purchase somewhere?
I have the 12.5K Giesemann would like to pick up some of these if available.
I really like the BLV 20K.
Yea they are available to oreder directly from giessmann.
They also sells the BLV nepturion 14K .

I will be happy to buy from you some of there 12.5K bulbs 😎

The megachrome coral gives blue ice white appearance to the tank , it’s beautiful!
 
Yea they are available to oreder directly from giessmann.
They also sells the BLV nepturion 14K .

I will be happy to buy from you some of there 12.5K bulbs 😎

The megachrome coral gives blue ice white appearance to the tank , it’s beautiful!
I would be interested in the BLV 14K. I have a case of 12 Giesemann 12.5's .
I just found the 14K BLV on their site. I was looking at the wrong site.
$150 for one! Yea this is not a cheap hobby. I paid $30 a piece for the 12.5's.
Same case of 12 would be $1800.
I may pick up a couple to test.
The one 12.5 I ran for around 3 weeks put down 250 more par than the 20k BLV. It was a nice light but the 20K looked better to my eyes.
I ran de 250 14K's on my old 120 and they color and growth was very nice.
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Just finished the two LumenMax 2 reflectors. They still need glass.
I found these socket and cord assemblys for $6.
They have white 15' cords.
HTG supply has them.
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The S51 HPS ballast fires the euro bulbs and pulls 464 watts vs 445 on my digital.
Going to swap the ignitor and see what it pulls.

I purchased this reflector, its 22", and is for a 1100 watt bulb. Another project to keep me occupied, lol.
What do you think?
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Finished one. Plan to test par on this soon. 19" Lumenarc, new plug and 15' cord.
Went with black reflector and white plug box to match cord.

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Changed my light settings.
Leds are on at 10 and off from 12:30-4:30.
Halide alone for 4 hrs.
Halide is on from 11-5:00
Leds back on from 4:30-8.
Want to get an idea of how the coral look under Halide only.
First look. No filter
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