BrendanG March 19, 2010 Share March 19, 2010 Well, its time to upgrade my current lighting on my 12g aquapod...(Going on 9 months or so and Diatoms are showing up) Currently using a 150w Pheonix 14k, in a Current USA Sunpod, Love the color, researched with good PAR rating ect, but Its on to a Bluer Bulb! What are my best options taking into consideration: Growth Rates Color PAR ratings? A few pic after about 2 months of burn time I've heard that some XM bulbs arn't fitting in the Sunpod Fixtures? What would be my best choice when it comes to Choosing a 20k Bulb? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trockafella March 19, 2010 Share March 19, 2010 Radium..!!! The pheonix 14k is a nice color, but the radium will give you more blue, or you can try and add some actinic to the 14k, with a smaller tank that size you could use the power brirte LED module/s and it would certainly blue things up some.. The LED should help to bring out some great flourescence in some corals also.. All IMO.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guppychao March 19, 2010 Share March 19, 2010 see if any other members have any used bulbs. try them out an then decide. for what its worth, i have a 400 watt radium 20k and at 250 wat 14k aquamaxx and those 2 are about the same color Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zygote2k March 19, 2010 Share March 19, 2010 why don't you buy a Plusrite bulb for $15? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trockafella March 19, 2010 Share March 19, 2010 SUnpods use HQI, I dont think plus rite had DE buls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Ward March 19, 2010 Share March 19, 2010 Radiums are also all SE, not DE. I think with 150W, DE your choices are very limited. Sorry I can't help more :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trockafella March 19, 2010 Share March 19, 2010 They make a 150w DE Radium bulb.. http://premiumaquatics.com/store/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=PA&Product_Code=20K-150DE-R&Category_Code=mh70-150 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onux20 March 19, 2010 Share March 19, 2010 (edited) Let me check I may have an XM 20K 150W I am not using. A bit far but let me know. Ron Edited March 19, 2010 by onux20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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