Aqua Connect DE 250watt users???

mbunaman · 04/12/2006, 08:00 AM

Anybody using the Aqua Connect DE 250 Watt bulbs. I hear color is similar to Phoneix but intensity is supposed to be stronger. Anybody using these bulbs please state your input and any pics would be great along with ballast type.

jman77 · 04/12/2006, 08:04 AM

I have a AC and a Phoneix...i cant tell the difference with my eyes. Both grow corals well.
When it's time to change out the AC i'm going to replace it with a Phoneix

mbunaman · 04/13/2006, 10:43 PM

bump

Ceak · 04/14/2006, 08:22 AM

everyone says they look exactly the same... Infact the rumor is that they are exaclt y the same bulb... If you like at sanjay's tests the spectral plots are identical and the PAR is pretty much the same.

Save some money and get the Phoenix bulbs...

moonpod · 04/14/2006, 09:07 AM

I've used both. They are the same. The bulbs look the same physically. They have the same output and spectrum per Sanjay. That seals it for me.

04/12/2006, 08:00 AM	#1
mbunaman Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chicago,IL Posts: 1,031	Aqua Connect DE 250watt users??? Anybody using the Aqua Connect DE 250 Watt bulbs. I hear color is similar to Phoneix but intensity is supposed to be stronger. Anybody using these bulbs please state your input and any pics would be great along with ballast type.

04/14/2006, 09:07 AM	#5
moonpod Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: B.H., Los Angeles Posts: 13,053	I've used both. They are the same. The bulbs look the same physically. They have the same output and spectrum per Sanjay. That seals it for me. __________________ Excuses are just the nails for the house of failure. Current Tank Info: 32" Leemar starfire cube now empty and not quite so stinky

04/12/2006, 08:04 AM	#2
jman77 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: West Palm Beach, Florida Posts: 2,391	I have a AC and a Phoneix...i cant tell the difference with my eyes. Both grow corals well. When it's time to change out the AC i'm going to replace it with a Phoneix

04/13/2006, 10:43 PM	#3
mbunaman Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chicago,IL Posts: 1,031	bump

04/14/2006, 08:22 AM	#4
Ceak Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 317	everyone says they look exactly the same... Infact the rumor is that they are exaclt y the same bulb... If you like at sanjay's tests the spectral plots are identical and the PAR is pretty much the same. Save some money and get the Phoenix bulbs...