DE Light Bulbs...Help Me Choose...

saltycreefer · 11/27/2006, 03:20 PM

Aquired a second hand Spacelight with 3-250watt and 2-150watt bulbs. I need to get new bulbs but dont know what would be a good combination for sps. I want it to look as white as possible on the blue side rather than the yellow side. Please help!!!

twon8 · 11/27/2006, 03:27 PM

what size tank?

saltycreefer · 11/27/2006, 03:29 PM

180 Gallon

saltycreefer · 11/27/2006, 03:32 PM

Twon8 the color in your pictures looks pretty nice, I also like the china wrasse.

Ti · 11/27/2006, 03:32 PM

Try hamilton 14K

saltycreefer · 11/27/2006, 03:46 PM

For all 5 Bulbs?

twon8 · 11/27/2006, 04:22 PM

maybe pheonix for the 250's
i don't know much about 150 w but i would think 10k would balance the blue out.

and thanks for the compliment; i like the wrasse as well, though he has a bad habit of eating acro crabs and any other small inverts crawling around the tanks that he can get to. i watched him yank a large bristelworm out of a rock and then he kept biting at it as it rolled into a ball, finally he was able to grab an end and he sucked him in. he has a set of jaws on him, you can hear him chomp down on mysis at feeding time.

Ti · 11/27/2006, 05:27 PM

You can always run a mix of hammy 14k and phoenix 14K

saltycreefer · 11/27/2006, 05:31 PM

Thanks for the info guys!

manderx · 11/27/2006, 05:57 PM

while you have it open for putting bulbs in, slide some of the reflector out so you can inspect the wires/ballasts. i have seen several accounts of them catching fire (including my 2x250). i think it's because they didn't account for the extra heat from the 220v transformers they had to add to run their 220v ballasts on our 110v power (rather than just finding 110v ballasts). look for cracked insulation on the wires and brittle plastic terminals on the ballasts. hopefully they redesigned long ago and yours doesn't have this problem.

saltycreefer · 11/27/2006, 06:20 PM

Mine has a remote ballast and all the connections and wires look really well put together.

11/27/2006, 03:20 PM	#1
saltycreefer Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Fairfield,CT Posts: 1,696	DE Light Bulbs...Help Me Choose... Aquired a second hand Spacelight with 3-250watt and 2-150watt bulbs. I need to get new bulbs but dont know what would be a good combination for sps. I want it to look as white as possible on the blue side rather than the yellow side. Please help!!! __________________ I love being a turtle!!! Current Tank Info: Got out of tanks for a little while.

11/27/2006, 03:27 PM	#2
twon8 Formally registered membe Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: slightly sw of richmond, va Posts: 5,920	what size tank? __________________ Anthony Richmond Reef Club "and as things fell apart, nobody paid much attention." Not building a wall but making a brick Current Tank Info: 300g DD display, 60g frag tank

11/27/2006, 03:29 PM	#3
saltycreefer Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Fairfield,CT Posts: 1,696	180 Gallon __________________ I love being a turtle!!! Current Tank Info: Got out of tanks for a little while.

11/27/2006, 03:32 PM	#4
saltycreefer Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Fairfield,CT Posts: 1,696	Twon8 the color in your pictures looks pretty nice, I also like the china wrasse. __________________ I love being a turtle!!! Current Tank Info: Got out of tanks for a little while.

11/27/2006, 03:32 PM	#5
Ti Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 7,927	Try hamilton 14K __________________ Hair algae is my Macro algae.

11/27/2006, 03:46 PM	#6
saltycreefer Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Fairfield,CT Posts: 1,696	For all 5 Bulbs? __________________ I love being a turtle!!! Current Tank Info: Got out of tanks for a little while.

11/27/2006, 04:22 PM	#7
twon8 Formally registered membe Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: slightly sw of richmond, va Posts: 5,920	maybe pheonix for the 250's i don't know much about 150 w but i would think 10k would balance the blue out. and thanks for the compliment; i like the wrasse as well, though he has a bad habit of eating acro crabs and any other small inverts crawling around the tanks that he can get to. i watched him yank a large bristelworm out of a rock and then he kept biting at it as it rolled into a ball, finally he was able to grab an end and he sucked him in. he has a set of jaws on him, you can hear him chomp down on mysis at feeding time. __________________ Anthony Richmond Reef Club "and as things fell apart, nobody paid much attention." Not building a wall but making a brick Current Tank Info: 300g DD display, 60g frag tank

11/27/2006, 05:27 PM	#8
Ti Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 7,927	You can always run a mix of hammy 14k and phoenix 14K __________________ Hair algae is my Macro algae.

11/27/2006, 05:31 PM	#9
saltycreefer Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Fairfield,CT Posts: 1,696	Thanks for the info guys! __________________ I love being a turtle!!! Current Tank Info: Got out of tanks for a little while.

11/27/2006, 05:57 PM	#10
manderx Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Christiansburg, VA Posts: 4,893	while you have it open for putting bulbs in, slide some of the reflector out so you can inspect the wires/ballasts. i have seen several accounts of them catching fire (including my 2x250). i think it's because they didn't account for the extra heat from the 220v transformers they had to add to run their 220v ballasts on our 110v power (rather than just finding 110v ballasts). look for cracked insulation on the wires and brittle plastic terminals on the ballasts. hopefully they redesigned long ago and yours doesn't have this problem.

11/27/2006, 06:20 PM	#11
saltycreefer Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Fairfield,CT Posts: 1,696	Mine has a remote ballast and all the connections and wires look really well put together. __________________ I love being a turtle!!! Current Tank Info: Got out of tanks for a little while.