coralife halides yea or ney

[twhitt]

most of what i read is about iwasaki and ushio bulbs but majority of sites i find carry coralife looking for 175w 6500k and 250w 20000k. :?:

 

[MattM]

I'm haven't used the Coralife 250W 20,000K, so I can't comment there.

However, Coralife sells three 175W bulbs:

5500K - Pretty much the same as a Venture or Hamilton 5500K. OK if you add enough supplemental blue.

6500K - A very nice bulb. Good output and PAR, but does require some supplemental blue to de-yellow the color.

10,000K - We often call this bulb the "Coraldeath 10K." It is VERY blue - too blue to provide much light at all. We use it over a deep ocean tank to simultate the light 10-20 feet underwater.

 

[Anonymous]

they still make those 10kk's?

I had one about 4 years ago, sucker was BLUE, they used to have exploding problems back when they came out, how they came up with a 10kk rating is beyond me, maybe they suplimented with a 400w iwasaki for the test

 

[caecosystems]

I am not fond of Coralife halides. Their spectral outputs degrade quickly. Radium, Iwasaki and Ushio are the bulbs you should be looking at. Check out hellolights.com. Very good prices and selection.

 

[plankton123]

Had bad experience with Coralife 6500 years back.

Have had no problems with Ushio _and_ AB bulbs. I like the color of 250W AB 10K using HQI ballast. The 250W 10K W ushios are slightly yellow under HQI ballast if you can believe it.

You can get 250W 10K ABs from hello lights or ocean encounter for $78.

Avoid 20K bulbs in 175/250 W range, the PAR is just terrible. I believe they are OK in 400W bulbs for some reason.

LAter...

 

[twhitt]

thanks for the inputs i will have a look at a different configuration,right now i have 2 660 ice cap ballasts,2 250w ice cap ballasts, and 2 175w advanca ballasts. i want to put over a 150 6'L-18"w-26"t.

 

[Leopardshark]

I´ve heard some bad comments about the coralife, and it is a too blue bulb, so that´s why I went with the USHIO.
I think you won´t regret buying the USHIO, also at premiumaquatics.com they have a good price and the customer service is awesome.