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ccradr
10/05/2008, 05:36 PM
I have 14k Hamiltons...want more growth without going 10k(too yellow) Suggestions?...They will run on ARO ballast

ccradr
10/05/2008, 07:31 PM
BUMP

ganjero
10/05/2008, 07:37 PM
try 12k reeflux

REEFY1
10/05/2008, 10:54 PM
the best would be XM's 10K, For growth

ccradr
10/06/2008, 06:17 AM
Any others suggestions?

amehel0
10/06/2008, 06:34 AM
xm 10k aint to yellow

grigsy
10/06/2008, 07:22 AM
XM 10K are very yellow IMO.

spleify
10/06/2008, 08:25 AM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13492316#post13492316 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by grigsy
XM 10K are very yellow IMO.

+1

I am also currently running a Hamilton 14K on an ARO ballast.

I tried the XM10K, it is really yellow. I am getting a XM 15K on thursday from another fellow reefer. I am curios to see how it looks.

Keep the suggestions coming!

Spleify

ccradr
10/06/2008, 08:31 AM
15k doesnt offer much growth...and that's what Im looking for right now without going totally yellow

ganjero
10/06/2008, 09:14 AM
12k reeflux, again. Look for pics, its blue and it gives you the growth of a 10k.
TOTM (not mine) running only reeflux 12k
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2007-09/totm/images/Tank_Full_angle.jpg

AZDesertRat
10/06/2008, 09:46 AM
XM 10K for growth but you will need to supplement the actinic. After two sets of XM's I tried the Reeflux 12k and like the color, even without supplementing the actinic, but the growth just isn't there like with the XMs.

onebadgt
10/06/2008, 10:03 AM
i'm running 14000k phoenix bulbs on mine and i've had great growth!!!

VaderWS6
10/06/2008, 11:35 AM
Growth is great with XM 10k's. I overdrive my bulbs with an HQI ballast, so its a bright crisp white. I don't even have to run my VHO actinics for the color to look awesome. Using Lumenbright reflectors helps a LOT.

stanlalee
10/06/2008, 03:37 PM
Aqualine AB 10000 13k and Ushio 14k are some of the best non yellow growth bulbs although you might consider the Ushio 14k to be yellow dispite its 14k rating. The AB isn't yellow. Reflux 12k dont have great PAR, the 10k is much better and isn't yellow either (nice ice white like the AB).

ccradr
10/06/2008, 03:51 PM
would the reeflux be ice white on ARO electronic ballast?

ccradr
10/07/2008, 05:57 AM
Would the Reeflux 10k be white on an ARO ballast?

skey44
10/07/2008, 06:50 AM
radium for growth and color

VaderWS6
10/07/2008, 12:28 PM
By the way, what other SE bulb has around 930 PAR when run on an HQI ballast? (besides the XM 10k?) :smokin: I don't even think Iwasaki 6500k's can beat it.

scaryperson27
04/08/2010, 06:24 PM
Bringing this thread back to life. I am currently in this dilemma. I have a Radium 250w 20k SE and want to upgrade it to a bulb for more growth.