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Posted: June 11 2007 at 11:01am |
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XM BRAND. GOOD OR BAD?
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chris.rogers
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Posted: June 11 2007 at 11:24am |
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I've heard good things, but not used them personally.
I'll say good.
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Posted: June 11 2007 at 11:53am |
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i've used 250W mogul XM 15k's and they're WAY blue compared to most 14k's. i really like the look but they're more like 20k's than 14k's i'd say
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Posted: June 11 2007 at 12:34pm |
I have an XM 14 K 250 watt bulb over my sump. For a MH it is not bad. It is a fairly crisp white and the SPS colors are OK. Nothing like the vastly superior VHO but for a sump it is OK... 
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Posted: June 11 2007 at 12:48pm |
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thanks all!
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Posted: June 11 2007 at 7:21pm |
I had 250 watt 10K XMs and one was yellow and the other was white. One side of the tank the coraline algae looks gray the otherside looks purple. This is with VHO Actinic supplements.
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Posted: June 15 2007 at 12:04am |
I love my XM's 10 k 250 watts both bulbs look great......
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220 watt vho actinic
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Posted: June 15 2007 at 9:43am |
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I used the 10K 175w once. Believe it or not, they were too white for my liking. It seemed to wash out some color. I switched back to Ushios.
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Posted: July 01 2007 at 8:45pm |
I second what Shane H. wrote. I have 3 actinics to make up for the wash out. I just replace with a 12k Hamilton and it is way too blue.
So, 175 very crisp and very white.
By the way, I coudn't use Ushio with my ballasts so, what bulb is similar color-wise to it?
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Posted: July 01 2007 at 9:49pm |
 Chronic Reefer wrote:
XM BRAND. GOOD OR BAD? |
My favorite bulbs
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Posted: July 02 2007 at 12:16am |
By the way, I coudn't use Ushio with my ballasts so, what bulb is similar color-wise to it?
Check out Hamilton bulbs.
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Posted: July 03 2007 at 3:26am |
Hi,
Very good feedback on the Reeflux 12K's(after swapping out XM's), coloration is excellent with just the right touch of blue. Most folks running reeflux's have cut back on actinic supplementation, but be aware that this is when using icecap ballast's. Good growth and reasonable PAR also. HTH
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Edited by bimmerzs - July 03 2007 at 3:35am
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Posted: July 07 2007 at 10:37am |
I take back the statement XM 10k's aren't blue enough! As I found out with hamilton 10k's the color change over time is significant. Hamilton 10k's went from crystal white to yellow. and the XM's from BLUISH tint to crystal white. I do have quite a bit of actinic supplementation, but it looks perfect to me!
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Posted: July 09 2007 at 4:30am |
jpiotrowski wrote:
but it looks perfect to me! |
Exactly...best thing to do is to go see some tanks running these bulbs in a few different configurations(actinics'/no actinic's), then determine if you like it.
Cheers!
Edited by bimmerzs - July 09 2007 at 4:31am
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