bulb change

[tito3054]

I have a coral life 48" fixture includes: 2x150 watt 10,000K MH lamps, 2x96 watt True Actinic 03 Blue PC lamps, 3x1 watt Lunar Blue-Moon-Glow LED lamps.
What is a good website or if not which are the propper bulbs to look for?
Ive seen some MH for $12 but then some for $80 and up
And what actinic are best.

 

[scsinet]

I'm not very experienced with Actinics so I'll let someone else comment on those...
For halides.. sorry to say but those $12 perform about 1/6 as good as the ones that cost 6 times as much.

Seriously... many folks have had [what they feel is] great luck with them, others have gotten burned. It's the luck of the draw. I should point out that oftentimes, these cheapo lamps are factory seconds (read: REJECTS) from the big companies, or are cheap chinese imports with God-Knows-What quality control processes.
There is a thread open in this forum right now from someone who is having problems with his cheapo halides.
Radium, Ushio, Phoenix, Megachrome, Iwasaki are all good lamps. Make sure there is a recognized brand name behind them. Expect to pay about $60-70 for a decent lamp.