20k NOT blue????

roadracer · 01/03/2007, 04:00 PM

I received my first 20k bulb from coralife and my 10k's are MUCH bluer. The bulb is marked 20,000 but it's REALLY white. Possible wrong bulb marked from coralife? I thought a 20k would be bluer than a 10k?!?!

siding88 · 01/03/2007, 05:04 PM

ive read where i takes alittle time for them to burn in properly, dont give up, some take a couple of weeks

Ti · 01/03/2007, 05:48 PM

It depends on ballast too.

01/03/2007, 04:00 PM	#1
roadracer Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 122	20k NOT blue???? I received my first 20k bulb from coralife and my 10k's are MUCH bluer. The bulb is marked 20,000 but it's REALLY white. Possible wrong bulb marked from coralife? I thought a 20k would be bluer than a 10k?!?!

01/03/2007, 05:48 PM	#3
Ti Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 7,927	It depends on ballast too. __________________ Hair algae is my Macro algae.

01/03/2007, 05:04 PM	#2
siding88 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: looking out my window at the river Posts: 194	ive read where i takes alittle time for them to burn in properly, dont give up, some take a couple of weeks