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nyfireman3097
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Nick and Sue....
Here is a link to a guy who did some computer guru stuff and took all of JBNY's pics and set them to be compared side by side for aesthetics...
http://metricksystem.com/chris/250wcolour/
Nick
Here is a link to a guy who did some computer guru stuff and took all of JBNY's pics and set them to be compared side by side for aesthetics...
http://metricksystem.com/chris/250wcolour/
Nick
nyfireman3097 said:
Yes I did run the 10000k XMs and I was not happy with them. The ones I had lost it's crispness after only a few months.
mattseattle
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must've been your batch of bulbs. mine have been running for almost 8 months now and no issues. the quality control on the xm's doesn't seem top notch.
bradreef
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I have been running xm 10k's for a while and I like them. might try the 14k next.
mattseattle
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wow, Marine Depot wants 84.95 for the Hamilton 14k's. Other sponsors are selling them for 59.00.
MtnDewMan said:
I tried the 14k Hamilton bulbs in the 250w SE version and my corals went brown after a couple months... Hamilton Replaced them without issue but my corals did not like them at all... After reading some stuff on RC it seems as though the 250w SE 14k bulbs like to make corals go brown... Once they swapped mine out for 10k ushio within a matter of 1 week everything was pretty much colored back up the way it used to be... I hear the 400w version of the 14k is different..
FWIW my 400w 10k XM bulbs were very nice white and I have yet to have an issue with them... Been running them for about 3months now... The 250w SE version lasted for some time without issue when I was using them as well... They are not Recommended to be ran on an HQI ballast... I ran one of my 400w 10ks on an HQI for a few days and It turned the bulb a yellow color...
James
James, my experience was opposite. I was using a 250W 10k XM first, the coral didn't like that bulb that much, little growth, color lost quickly. I tried the Coralvue 14k, it was too blue and the coral reacted negatively to that bulb, and now the Hamilton 14k and the coral took a dramatic turn for the better. All coloring up nicely including bringing out nice purple tips on coral that use to be either all brown or all green.
Just proves that every tank and person's experiences can greatly vary.
Just proves that every tank and person's experiences can greatly vary.
http://www.hellolights.com/175xm15000k.html
I am waiting for the 400w version of this bulb to come out.. but you are right Everyone has a different experience..
James
I am waiting for the 400w version of this bulb to come out..
but you are right Everyone has a different experience..James
mattseattle
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i'm waiting for the 250w version
Chuck, what brand and type of ballast are you running the hamilton's on? I was looking @ sanjay's site and was noticing the big variance on the par depending on what type of ballast. It would be a big jump for me to cut my light intensity by 2/3
nyfireman3097
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i have 10k Xms on my tank in the 1st 3 days of having them thingss have grew like weeds its amazing and nothing lost its color since having them thats y i asked if anyone has used them first then went to 14k
Nick
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WaterDogs
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I too have 250watt 10k XMs and coral colors are great and things are growing that never did like macro algae of a type I have not ID'ed yet. I have a crocea clam that turned brown and now has its full color back after 2 months under XMs.
big t said:
Tom
I use a PFO Dual HQI ballast.
Beckmola24
Hawkfish
What are thoughts on the 250W XDE 10,000K HQI "Double Ended"??? I need new bulbs for my light because my coralvues broke in the move....
nyfireman3097
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i have 400w SE XM's the color of the bulob is a whiteish color but my corals themselves still have all there color and like i stated before the growth is absoultely amazing
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SueT
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The PAR value was a big issue with my deciding to switch from the iwasaki's last year. Joe Burger sent me that link of his cause I was so undecided whether to change or not. My first couple of XM's gave me colors that I had never seen with my iwasaki's. Grwoth was as good if not better. I was so happy.
Today my new replacement has turned yellow as the other one did. It's on the same side that the other "first" bulb went out on. I am at such a loss I don't know what in the world is wrong. I never had this kind of problem with the first XM's. Never....
Today my new replacement has turned yellow as the other one did. It's on the same side that the other "first" bulb went out on. I am at such a loss I don't know what in the world is wrong. I never had this kind of problem with the first XM's. Never....
nyfireman3097
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any chance ur ballast isnt workin properly ?
Nick
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