VHO's adding to halides

Hello, i have finally have halides and vhos for my 245 gal reef tank...there r 4 250w metal halides and 4 45w (me thinks) vho. with the all the lights turned on there is a bit of a greenish yellow tint, i know this is normal cuz of the halides since i prolly have to few vhos. i have room for i think 6 vhos my question is what would be the best to give the tank more of a blue/white look to it...thanks, pics to come!

 

What kelvin and brand name are the halides?

 

uh lol im pretty sure that they r 250w 10,000k bulbs...i know i could change to 20000k but we dont have the money and i think i have a donator to give us a ballast, they just wanna know what kind

 

personally I like URI vho's, the actinic white and actinic.

 

ya i got a spnsor (go me!) they r gona buy me 2 ballasts that means 4 more vhos yay i think im gona get 4 actinics, i hope that covers up the yellow if anyone knows anyone that works at sea world put in a good word for me, im trying to get a grant

 

I run a 175 W MH with 2 VHO true actinics. I like the look it creates.

 

I agree with Bhreefer. I have 4 110 watt VHOs 46.5 inch on my 55 gallon. 2 Super Actinic and 2 Actinic white bulbs and the color is awesome. Very blue flouress the colores with enough bright white to make it not look perfect. The corals love them. I think I ordered them from Darrin at Captive Reefs. They are our sponser and we 3reefers get like 6 percent discount. Darrin is very helpful with the questions and the bulbs shipped right out quickly and were well packed. Very Professional.

Jay

 

hmm cool, well i have as i said the 4 250w (i think 10000k cuz they r yellow) and 4 blue vho actinics...im gona buy 2 more ballasts and prolly 4 actinics or 2 actinics and 2 white actinic vho bulbs...and eventually ill change 2 20000k mh

 

Bruce
what make of MH are they. 10k are usually a crisp white/blue in color. Either you got a bad batch of bulbs (xm had this problem a while a go or your lamps are beyond there life expectency. I had this problem at one time and my problem was the position of the nipple in the fixture. It should be between 9 and 3 oclock. Does this help.

MINIATUS Whoo first post ;D

 

When you mentioned greenish tinge that sounds like Iwasakis which are 65k lamps.(considered to give the best growth for corals). 45 watt lamps I dont think they are VHOs. How long is the tank. If its 6 foot or longer try 6ft URI super actinics.JMHO

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