new bulb suggestions?

[viruzjk]

im looking to change my 250w 10k bulbs to something with a bit more of blue tint. im running the bulbs on 250w electronic ballsts. i like the color from 50/50 pc's but maybe a little bit more blue. any suggestions?? 3 250w metal halides is the only lighting on the tank at the moment.

[falconut]

I hear the Reeflux 12K's look really nice. I was going to try them until I found out that they aren't good on Magnetic ballasts. Or if you have DE Bulbs, I hear the Phenox 14K are also really nice looking. Unfortunitely for me, I can't use either of these bulbs, but maybe it'll give you something to research.

[JCTewks]

http://www.reeflightinginfo.arvixe.com/select2lamp.php

http://www.cnidarianreef.com/lamps.cfm

These are 2 great sites to check out to compare bulbs!!
Happy researching :)

PS. I would help you out more...but I run 175's :D

[Jim_S]

I'm going with the SE Helio 250 watt 20K. They are supposed to be pretty blue and give great par.

Jim

[JCTewks]

they are actually almost identical to the Hamy 14K, but less PAR per sanjay's sight...If you want t blue 20K bulb with good output, get the XM 20K...similiar spectrum, almost double the PAR :D

Here's the graphs...these are on M57 magnetic ballasts...
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[JCTewks]

sorry, those are for 175's...disregard my previous pst :D