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Catalina Aquarium?

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 11:06 am
by NM354
has anyone ever used this type of halide or heard of it?

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 1:45 pm
by ShagMan
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.

:lol:

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 11:41 pm
by Brandon
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.

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 8:41 am
by NM354
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.

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 8:57 am
by Brandon
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

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 10:45 am
by Fishfood
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.