Is this Metal Halide worth…

[YOYOYOReefer]

It’s about time you go shopping for bulbs and stop spreading mis information, we had this discussion in another thread.

Get bent What mis information. Your discussion must missed the vendors I showed all currently have halides in stock. add reef brite plus many more. not hard at all to find ballasts. Maybe jump off the brs is the gospel bandwagon.

 

[oreo54]

Yet I had over a dozen delivered this month. Phoenix sells their bulbs on Amazon. I use their 150 de 14 k bulbs They have them in stock now.

9 left.. I'll be curious to see what happens after those 9 are gone.
Hey I'm just going by current facts.
Try to find the 250w ones.
150's don't do the o/p any good.

 

[YOYOYOReefer]

Metal Halide

Metal Halide

www.championlighting.com

heres 250s in stock

 

[YOYOYOReefer]

20K 250watt Double End Halide - Reef Brite

20K 250watt Double End Halide - Reef Brite

premiumaquatics.com

in stock

 

[oreo54]

20K 250watt Double End Halide - Reef Brite

20K 250watt Double End Halide - Reef Brite

premiumaquatics.com

in stock

Not in stock..

 

[YOYOYOReefer]

SPS 250w 10000K Metal Halide Double Ended HQI Lamp

Crisp Blue - 10,000k representing 10-30 Ocean Depth Feet (ODF)Mid Sea Blue - 14,000k representing 30-60 Ocean Depth Feet (ODF)Deep Sea Blue - 20,000k representing 60-90 Ocean Depth Feet (ODF)

www.championlighting.com

champion has these 250 watt 10 k in stock, for 15 bucks they are not terrible

 

[YOYOYOReefer]

Not in stock..

Yep. They own both big brands of leds and push thier house brands. So surprise they don’t stock halides. Actually it’s not surprising as they love sheep

 

[WhatCouldGoWrong71]

Yea maybe someday they will be back in stock..

Phoenix Metal Halide 14K Double End Bulb

Provide light intensity for growth while bringing out the color of your fish and corals with the Phoenix HexArc Blue 14000K Double Ended Metal Halide bulb. Crisp white color with blue tint Great combination of color and PAR Works well with or without supplemental Actinic bulb Electronic, HQI or...

www.bulkreefsupply.com

250 Watt 14,000K Bulb

Aquarium Metal Halide bulb

hamiltontechnology.com

now Chinese bulbs on ebay..OK fine.
And hybrids..

MH 36" Metal Halide T5 Aquarium Light Reef Marine Coral 406W LED Leg 250W Bulb 19962630361 | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for MH 36" Metal Halide T5 Aquarium Light Reef Marine Coral 406W LED Leg 250W Bulb at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

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That bottom light ingot off Facebook marketplace also. I got it with a frag tank for like $60 I think. The one I have has 4 cords each side of T5s, the MH and the LEDs all had their own cords. I want to do an old school build.

 

[PeterErc]

Yet I had over a dozen delivered this month. Phoenix sells their bulbs on Amazon. I use their 150 de 14 k bulbs They have them in stock now.

150 are available, 250 not so much

 

[YOYOYOReefer]

Coralvue has several sizes and styles of halide bulbs on their Outlet

they are not that hard to find. Reef brite says they are not going to stop either

 

[oreo54]

SPS 250w 10000K Metal Halide Double Ended HQI Lamp

Crisp Blue - 10,000k representing 10-30 Ocean Depth Feet (ODF)Mid Sea Blue - 14,000k representing 30-60 Ocean Depth Feet (ODF)Deep Sea Blue - 20,000k representing 60-90 Ocean Depth Feet (ODF)

www.championlighting.com

champion has these 250 watt 10 k in stock, for 15 bucks they are not terrible

Right Chinese bulbs.. POINT was it is not as easy or readily available as some suggest..
May change any day is also possible.
Shouldn't be hard since EU gave them a "pass" as to being phased out and Calif too.
Some market shift is occurring for some reason. Shouldn't be this hard to find.. but it is.

 

[YOYOYOReefer]

it’s only hard to find if you are a brs junkie lol.

 

[YOYOYOReefer]

Right Chinese bulbs.. POINT was it is not as easy or readily available as some suggest..
May change any day is also possible.
Shouldn't be hard since EU gave them a "pass" as to being phased out and Calif too.
Some market shift is occurring for some reason. Shouldn't be this hard to find.. but it is.

Pretending reef brite and Hamilton don’t exist ?

 

[oreo54]

Coralvue has several sizes and styles of halide bulbs on their Outlet

they are not that hard to find. Reef brite says they are not going to stop either

Reef Brite says....
OK
Anyways your evil empire has some RB fixtures..

15" SE LED/MH Hybrid Pendant

Single Ended Metal Halide and Blue XHO High Power LEDs Reef Brite Metal Halide Fixtures are easy to mount and provide great coverage with their reflectors. The aluminum housing and proprietary convection design allows for more passive cooling and produces up to 25% more light than other compact...

www.bulkreefsupply.com

Hamilton is still trying to find "material" to build more lights

 

[YOYOYOReefer]

Right Chinese bulbs.. POINT was it is not as easy or readily available as some suggest..
May change any day is also possible.
Shouldn't be hard since EU gave them a "pass" as to being phased out and Calif too.
Some market shift is occurring for some reason. Shouldn't be this hard to find.. but it is.

Most reef goods even the name brands are made in China. The Phoenix are made in Japan. giesemann is German. Etc

 

[YOYOYOReefer]

Not to mention there is tons of used halide gear out there. From the aquarium and growing hobbies. Pretending halides dead is only for you die hard led junkies

 

[oreo54]

Not to mention there is tons of used halide gear out there. From the aquarium and growing hobbies. Pretending halides dead is only for you die hard led junkies

Nobody said it was dead.. Just err "difficult" or limited choices..
Its death will be a manuf. choice. Most likely ending up with just Chinese "OK" bulbs (cheap price though) and one or 2 fixtures. With the possible exception of uber priced imports from Geisseman and ATI.
Hey in the recent past there were dozen upon dozens of bulb/reflector/ballast choices.. Now, not so much.

Analyzing Reflectors: Part I – Mogul Reflectors

Reflectors should be an integral part of any lighting system considered by the aquarist, since they play a vital role in establishing the intensity and light distribution over the aquarium.

reefs.com

Reef Brite.. ONE bulb?

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[Bpb]

Reef Brite says....
OK
Anyways your evil empire has some RB fixtures..

15" SE LED/MH Hybrid Pendant

Single Ended Metal Halide and Blue XHO High Power LEDs Reef Brite Metal Halide Fixtures are easy to mount and provide great coverage with their reflectors. The aluminum housing and proprietary convection design allows for more passive cooling and produces up to 25% more light than other compact...

www.bulkreefsupply.com

Hamilton is still trying to find "material" to build more lights

Still not real sure what materials are the problem. Is there an aluminum shortage I don’t know about? First it was the demand was just insurmountable. “The public aquaria and research institutions” were just buying fixtures and bulbs up by the thousands. Flying off the shelves.

Now the units are all discontinued and maybe they’re developing some radical new tech, as is the hope of some hobbyists, but the only actual information is “we can’t get materials to even build anything”.

I don’t have a dog in the fight, and from the outside looking in, the writing is on the wall, from a supply standpoint (I am not discussing a cost or efficacy difference). BRS has made effort to encourage people to not even consider MH use, I will admit/agree. Yes you can still find gear here and there. It’s hard not to see that the tech is going the way of the Buffalo and whatever gear people are finding now will dry up sooner than later. Most likely sooner.

It’s a now problem people need to prepare for, not a “maybe when my small children grow up into adulthood and want to get into the hobby they might have a problem finding an abundance of halide gear” situation.

 

[KrisReef]

I’m surprised that there is a debate about the difference between DE & SE 250W bulbs?

OP has a single ended bulb fixture that isn’t going to fit the DE bulbs that are more commonly available for now? They were available from Osram recently but I think they were closing them out?

 

[KrisReef]

$45? And, can it be used for coral?

Here’s a link to a bulb that will match that ballast

20K SE mh bulb