Catalina Aquarium?

NM354 · Post by **NM354** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 11:06 am

has anyone ever used this type of halide or heard of it?

ShagMan · Post by **ShagMan** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 1:45 pm

I have visions of a caribean beach with a sailboat on the horizon when I hear the name, but err, no, never used that brand.

Brandon · Post by **Brandon** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 11:41 pm

well, searches on reefcentral dont seem to show anything, seems to be a dirge of "new" bulbs hitting the market from China lately though... Really good prices, but the CRI seems to be kinda poor on them.

NM354 · Post by **NM354** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 8:41 am

The reason I ask is because I will be changing out the bulb in my cube and right now I am running a 10K and want a higher spectrum. I found a 13K and a 20K. What would you suggest? Right now I am leaning towards the 13K made by aqualine.

Brandon · Post by **Brandon** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 8:57 am

I'm running a cheap 14k from Sun Aquatics as one of my bulbs... Its been in use for approx 9 months. I still love the color, but the intensity is
just not there like it is on the 10k's.

You've probably already seen it but I love this page: It lists lots of great info on the intensity, etc of various bulbs

http://www.cnidarianreef.com/lamps.cfm

Fishfood · Post by **Fishfood** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 10:45 am

seems like there is a lot of interest in the Phoenix 14k bulbs. I'm running 14k Hamiltons and i'm not sure how much I like them. Before that I had the Geiseman 14k.