MH bulb upgrade

meleerock

meleerock

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I recently purchased a 250W Double Ended MH and 2x65W Compact Fluorescent combo hood (380 Watt Total) and was thinking about upgrading the MH bulb. The tank is a 37 gallon so I will have the right lighting for higher demanding corals. My question is should I get a 14,000K, 20,000K, or something different to make the water a nice color and one that my corals will benefit the most from?
Thanks!
 
sign guy

sign guy

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then you ned to stay with a 10000kelven bulb. a 50/50 look is a 14000k bulb. the manufacter of your light has made it where you can turn your lights on at seprate times to create a morning noon evining look. My antics are on from 2pm to 1 am and my 10000k bulbs come on @ 3pm and go off at 12am. that way I simulate a day in the wild
 
meleerock

meleerock

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hmm.... now i have to decide.... 10 or 14.... Do you guys have pictures of your tank with the lighting on? Just to see if i can try to compare?
Thanks for the quick replies!
 
zanoshanox

zanoshanox

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14 will be the same color as your 55's pretty much....a little bit more on the yellow. 10'ks look terrible without actinics...they're very yellow
 
sign guy

sign guy

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but if you get 14k with the antics that are in the light strip now you will have a very blue tank
 
sign guy

sign guy

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yeah your bulbs are 10000k MH and the pc are 03 antics. If you add 14000k MH your tank look like the blue man group. if you want to go with 14000k bulbs I would switch out the pc's to 14000 as well
 
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