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09/17/2007, 06:16 PM
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Is this lamp good enough???
South Pacific Sunlight 250W 10000K SE 85par 19337cct
It has a decent amount of blueish color as the 19337cct indicates which is why I'm considering it. This is from Sanjay's site. It's for a magnetic ballast that I have. My question is will a PAR of 85 be enough for most sps corals to color up? I'm currently running the 175w iwasaki's that have a PAR of 73. Some of my sps are not coloring up well. When the Iwasali's were newer they seemed to color up better but now that they are 8 months old some of my acro's have slowly turned brown. I'm curious what the sps crazed folks out there think??? Greg |
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09/17/2007, 06:34 PM
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I'm using that bulb... very crisp white and really bright.
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09/17/2007, 06:43 PM
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Is it on a standard magnetic ballast? The electronic ballasrs have a cct closer to 17000 while the magnetic is about 19000cct. Do you get enough PAR to keep some of your sps lower in your tank? Any pictures?
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09/17/2007, 06:45 PM
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How long do they last before you need to replace them?
Sorry for all the questions 
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09/17/2007, 07:57 PM
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That must be a very whiteish blue color based on the CCT its closer to 20k.
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