Mh bulb choices

withoutaclue661 · Mar 7, 2016

What brand do you guys like for mh bulbs and why? I'm looking for 20k with a strong blue tint, 250watt single end bulbs.

gumbii · Mar 7, 2016

radium 20k...

Emac909 · Mar 8, 2016

When I ran MH I like the colors I got out if XM 20k bulbs.

turbonut · Mar 8, 2016

Look no further then radium is what you want. Xm is too shabby either but I think you'll see that radium is going to be the bulb of choice.

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withoutaclue661 · Mar 8, 2016

Great, thanks guys. How often were you replacing the radiums?

Hamilton Technology · Mar 8, 2016

A lot of that depends on the ballast you are using. Some lamps perform better than others on different ballasts.

What ballast are you using?

withoutaclue661 · Mar 8, 2016

They are Vue Technology electronic ballasts

withoutaclue661 · Mar 8, 2016

I should have said coralvue. I did some research and it looks like the coralvue electronic ballasts under drive the radiums slightly which gives you more from the blue spectrum which is what I'm after. Pulled the pin and ordered a pair. With them being under driven will they last longer?

Classictint · Mar 8, 2016

Radium 20K

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withoutaclue661 · Mar 13, 2016

Are/were you replacing them every 6 months or were you going longer?

withoutaclue661 · Mar 23, 2016

I got the radiums about 1.5 weeks ago and fired them up. I was running straight 420nm led because my old mh (eBay bulbs) looked terrible. I started with 1hr on for about 5 days and moved to 2hr. So far everything looks amazing. Opening up more and coloring get up great. New tank is filling and I hope the cycle won't be to bad so I can get everything transfered over.

Thanks everyone for your input

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