Anybody running 10k lighting on there mixed reef tanks.?

[rockman]

I was wondering how your corals look and what kind of acintics you are running.I want the par of the 10 k with the blue of a 14k,is it possable.Will my sps corals still be colorfull.Or am I going to get thoes nice big brown corals again?

Thanks

Frank

 

[cali_reef]

I only run XM 10K on all my reefs. I know many other tried everything else and just go back to 10k after spending mony of different bulbs.

What wattage are you using and what kind of ballast do you have?

Here is my tank with two 250W XM 10K with two VHO actinic.

 

[cali_reef]

This is my 140 gallon cube tank with a single 250W XM 10K bulb driven by IceCap ballast and two 24" T5 Actinic

 

[rockman]

I am running a 175 watt se .With a pfo ballest.Your tank looks beautifull .I only have a 24 gallon tank but was planing to go with a 10k mh and use two. 34 watt acintic.

 

[jhale]

my reef is more of a acro tank, but I do keep clams and some lps on the sand bed. like cali I've been using xm10k's. I've turned off the actinics when the halides are on to save electricity.

this is just the xm's on

 

[efisher]

I use the CoralVue 10k reeflux on my SPS. I have attnics that I only use for sunrise sunset effect. the 10k reeflux doesnt need them.

 

[rockman]

is it a blueish 10k bulb ?That is what im hopeing to find.I may just go 12 k.

 

[efisher]

take a look in my gallery. The pics are old but the 10k's are running. If you looking for better coral colors go with the 10k reeflux. take a look at Sanjays website. I am running them on pfo hqi 400watt ballasts

 

[Wes]

i am about to buy my new hardware and i am leaning towards the reeflux 10k after seeing stan's setup. :bigeyes2:

 

[cybermeez]

I was running double ended 150w 10ks and replaced them with 14k because even with actinics 10ks had too much yellow in the spectrum for my taste. Both th 10ks and 14ks were bulbs made by Current (my light fixture's manufacturer). Still, I'm saving up some $$ to get a fixture with 250w MH because some of my SPS species aren't coloring up to their full potential.