Who is using 20k DE metal hallides?!?

[BillyC]

I'd like to pick your brain. Lets hear what you're using and about results. I'd like to try different options instead of the Phoenix 14k bulbs.

 

[Electrobes]

Out of curiosity, why not use the Phoenix's? I just ordered the bulb (Just switched back to MH HQI's). Do you find it not blue enough?

 

[BillyC]

I'm looking for more of a coral coloration vs growth and I would like it a tad more blue.

 

[lovereef1]

im using 20k mh lights. i use 14k for 4 years so far so good.

under 14k

under 20k

 

[Troylee]

Xm 20k are nice for colors... I don't like Phoniex much myself and that's what I currently run... Before that it was always xm thou...

 

[Texasnano]

I used ushio 20k's for years just switched to LEDs a month ago, ushios best bulbs I used

 

[Aqua fire/medic]

I ran xm's in the past. Running Phoenix now and the Phoenix 14k seems bluer.

 

[caudill187]

I've used hamilton 20K, radiums 20K, phoenix 14K in DE 150W. Of these It's a toss up between the hamiltons and the radiums. IN 150W, the phoenix didn't seemed to be deficient in some spectral areas....but nice blue. Hamilton 20K 250W DE bulbs give the best color I've ever seen in a halide bulb.

 

[BillyC]

Thanks for the input guys! Does the ballast you use make the same bulb look different in separate tanks? I've heard of this but don't have a concrete idea on ballast/ bulb relationship.

 

[WindyCityReefs]

We use the 250w 20k EVC bulbs. Closest to color and PAR as a radium. Best bulb I can find so far. Hated the Phoenix when we ran those and they didn't last very long before they shifted. Take a look at our website or our eye candy thread here on here. All of our SPS are kept and shot under the EVCs.

 

[SteezySPS]

ushio 20k, never felt the need to switch to anything else. dont ask me about ballasts because I dont know anything about 'em