from 192 Watt PC to 150 Watt MH

mjweber

Member
Hi Everyone,
I just purchased the sunpod 150 watt MH fixture and wanted to get opinions on bulbs. As people who are familiar with this particular fixture know, there are no supplementary Actinic bulbs. With this being said, what kind of MH bulb would you guys recommend? It comes with a 14K Sunpaq. Also my current lighting is a homemade hood housing 2 96 watt Quad PC lights. Do you think I'm downgrading since I'm going to a lower wattage of total light. I've heard that you really can't compare MH to PC.
My tank is a 30 gal Oceanic cube, with a ton of live rock (I just keep buying it, i can't stop). I have an Aqua C skimmer, and i'm running a Maginum canister and a small home-made HOB fuge (Made out of a wisper filter with some Luxeon LED's) What kind of coral do you think i'll be able to keep with my new lighting setup? currently I have mostly mushrooms and Zoa's.
 

mr_x

Active Member
i think you are upgrading. metal halide will penetrate the water better than pc.
i'd stick with what you have for now, and then when it's time to replace, try 14k phoenix.
 

travis89

Active Member
Upgrading, mh are a waaayyyyy better light then pc. With the new light setup you can keep LPS and most if not all SPS.
 
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