Anybody running 400W DE HQI ?

[johnike]

A year ago I bought 3 Hamilton Reefstar pendants for my 180.Now that its time for bulb change,Im getting a lot of different answers.They are 400W Pulse start ballasts.Who makes 400W DE HQI bulbs?The 14k's that came with them were nice,but lost the blue quickly.John

[dippin61]

not very many true 400w DE bulbs.. most are just SE bulbs mounted and manufactured to look like a DE bulb.

[proboscis]

www.marinedepot.com look around

[redox]

I run 400 w des they are made by hamilton and are 14k . I buy them from custom aquatic;) http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w1/ghgrown/movers.jpg

[redox]

they run on ice caps 220v:D http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w1/ghgrown/controls.jpg
have had no real problems and the hamiltons seem to hold color good