Bulb choice

[Cody Ray]

Well yesterday I ordered a Ushio 150W 10K DE bulb for my 29 gallon. After looking over Sanjay's page I decided that this bulb had the best color spectrum for the amount of PPDF. Did I make a good choice? I think so but I havn't had much experience with MH.

[Shawnts106]

Um... well yeah, thats a great bulb...
But you do know its really yellow/white dont you?

supplimenting with any actinics?... just curious....

But yeah, thats a great bulb... loads of growth!

[Cody Ray]

Yeah I was going for growth. After it burns in I will decided whether I want to add supplimenting or not. I like the shallow look ;)

[thereefgeek]

W/O actinics on, it looks a bit yellow (I'm running Ushio 250w 10k SE). I tried a Ushio 175 20k SE on my Quarantine and I hate it. I replaced the 28 watt actinic PC bulbs with 10k PC and it balances the color a bit better.

250 10K Ushio:
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/43056left.jpg

175 20k Ushio:
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/43056new_mini_tongans.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/43056Q-Tank.jpg

[Leopardshark]

I don´t like ushio, they are just too yellow for my taste.
I use radiums now with PFOHQi ballast and the color is awesome, also the acros are coloring up very nice.

[clkwrk]

ushio on magnetics are great IMO and will last a year

[McCrary]

I love the color of my Ushio 10K.

[shelburn61]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7330416#post7330416 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by clkwrk
ushio on magnetics are great IMO and will last a year

better looking than xm?

[clkwrk]

yes IMO . But like I said on magnetic. Since mags overdrive them the yellow doesn't come out until they are old.