need blue

1pix4c · 04/30/2007, 04:27 PM

what bulb should i buy, i have the sunpod 150w
i need more blue

lvreefer · 04/30/2007, 04:57 PM

Are you looking to replace the halide bulb or add additional lighting? IF you are looking for a 150w blue bulb, good luck. The problem isn't so much the color but the usable light. The blue 150w bulbs have terrible PPFD. So it is a trade off between blue color and usable light for the corals. The XDE 15k bulb produces super blue light but a very low PPFD (25). While the highest producing PPFD bulb (78) only gives a color close to 7k. A middle ground would be the XDE 150w 10k with a PPFD of 61 and a CCT of 8350k.

04/30/2007, 04:27 PM	#1
1pix4c Moved On Join Date: May 2004 Location: Appleton WI Posts: 209	need blue what bulb should i buy, i have the sunpod 150w i need more blue

04/30/2007, 04:57 PM	#2
lvreefer Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Sin City Posts: 1,163	Are you looking to replace the halide bulb or add additional lighting? IF you are looking for a 150w blue bulb, good luck. The problem isn't so much the color but the usable light. The blue 150w bulbs have terrible PPFD. So it is a trade off between blue color and usable light for the corals. The XDE 15k bulb produces super blue light but a very low PPFD (25). While the highest producing PPFD bulb (78) only gives a color close to 7k. A middle ground would be the XDE 150w 10k with a PPFD of 61 and a CCT of 8350k.