help 250's or 175's MH

vitamin sea · 11-11-2007, 05:56 PM

I decided to upgrade my 65 to a 120. Currently, I have one 250w 20k coralvue MH. I don't know if I should get a second 250 or sell it and get two 175 Iwasaki 15k. Please let me know what you think...

Jflip2002 · 11-11-2007, 06:09 PM

Get a 2nd 250w. Unless you only wanna keep softies and LPS. But I would go 250. That way you can keep anything you want in your tank and not worry about it, lighting wise at least.

Fly Guy · 11-11-2007, 06:09 PM

I would buy another 250. Reason being is you already have one, as well as when and if you decide you dont want such a blue tank anymore you will have lots of options for bulbs

jflip......that iwasaki 175 watt 15k bulb he i stalking about has as much par as everything 250 watt in the blue spectrum 14k and up

Loverotties · 11-11-2007, 06:33 PM

Depends on what you want in the reef!

Jflip2002 · 11-11-2007, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Fly Guy

jflip......that iwasaki 175 watt 15k bulb he i stalking about has as much par as everything 250 watt in the blue spectrum 14k and up

Crazy. I wouldnt get a high Kelvin MH though. Id get a 10k, and if you dont like the white/yellow, add some T5 actinics.

phiberop840 · 11-11-2007, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Jflip2002

Crazy. I wouldnt get a high Kelvin MH though. Id get a 10k, and if you dont like the white/yellow, add some T5 actinics.

I agree here.

mike

holyscoly · 11-11-2007, 08:32 PM

I would get the 2nd 250 cause u know iwasaki is coming out with the 250 15k and if the 175 has as much par as a 250 in the 14k spectrum i wonder if thwe 250 will have as much as a 400

vitamin sea · 11-11-2007, 10:27 PM

Well guys I guess 250 is the way to go. I do want to keep a mixture of sps & lps. I'm going to look into the 15k Iwasaki 250. Thanks for all your help everyone!