titus'reef Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 It is time to get new metal halide bulbs for my tank. I need 250W SE. I am running 14K/w actinic right now but I want the blue and pink to show more on corals. What brand and temperature do you guys think i should go with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Radium 20k if you can get one. Perfect blend of color and great growth from this bulb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Radiums are sweet bulbs but if your on a budget I would run the artemis 20k. I'm also looking into getting some Pheonix 14k SE bulbs myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titus'reef Posted May 25, 2011 Author Share Posted May 25, 2011 Radiums are sweet bulbs but if your on a budget I would run the Artemis 20k. I'm also looking into getting some Pheonix 14k SE bulbs myself. i am running the artemis 14k. half the price for the popular brands. are Pheonix better than Artemis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Not sure if they are any better but I was running the Pheonix 14k DE bulbs on my last tank and really liked the color of them. I'm redoing all of my lighting in the next day so I'm not sure what I'm going to do with them. I really like the 20k look but the growth is much slower than the Pheonix bulbs I had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titus'reef Posted May 25, 2011 Author Share Posted May 25, 2011 so you are saying that the growth with the artemis 20k is much slower than the phoenix 20k? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 so you are saying that the growth with the artemis 20k is much slower than the phoenix 20k? No the pheonix 14k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titus'reef Posted May 25, 2011 Author Share Posted May 25, 2011 No the pheonix 14k. The more Kelvin the slower the growing rate. At least that's what i know from others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnkrcklives Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I have 400w artemis 20k over my tanks now. They are very very blue. And growth seems pretty slow. Wish I would have stuck with my 20k radiums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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