Cheap MH bulbs

[dmbfreek]

They sell these cheap bulbs on ebay for like $25 and $7 shipping for a 20K and my question is how would the bulb compare to a XM or ushio and so on? I am leaning towards the XM 20K bulb now but just wanted to check to see if this deal was to good to be true or if any of you have a cheaper bulb and what your take is on it. Thanks!

 

[Detri]

do you have a link?

 

[dmbfreek]

http://cgi.ebay.com/175W-20000K-METAL-HALIDE-AQUARIUM-REEF-BULBS-LAMPS_W0QQitemZ330033881506QQihZ014QQcategoryZ46314QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[Brenden]

Someone on here just posted about buying one last week. They were happy with it but had not had it but 2 days at the time.

 

[Brenden]

Here is the thread I was talking about.
http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18703

 

[Detri]

Diffrent bulbs give diffrent par. But, all give light. Your tank will adjust to them. Only concern would be longevity of them.

 

[dmbfreek]

Thanks for the thread and info guys. I'm seriously thinking about buying one of these.

 

[mmkeeper]

So far so good with the one I installed last week. Color is great, service was good. Price was great.

 

[bc_slc]

I bought some bulbs from A&T lamps on Ebay. They were 15k DE generic bulbs. Great output, great color but 2 of the 3 bulbs died in about 3 months. Not worth the money in my opinion.

Mat

 

[dmbfreek]

did they have any warrantee?

 

[bc_slc]

negative.

Mat

 

[dmbfreek]

I heard that 20k is the way to go but will this make my tank too blue? Should I look into 14k? The halide will be the only bulb that i'm running. Thanks!

 

[bc_slc]

I think it depends a lot on the actual bulb. Some 14k bulbs are whiter, some are more blue. In general 14-20k tend to be pleasing to my eye, but everyone is different.