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  1. Mkizla

    Mkizla Eyelash Blennie

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    WEnt tio buy jbj viper, but ended up with coralife 150 watt for 80. was used for month, what do u guys think

    Biocube stock lighting
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    Biocube stock light + ecoxotic parnanorma 532nm LED strip
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    MH lighting Coralife 150 watt with 20k bulb
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    I was little :( with color, but its freaking bright.
    Hopefully pheonix bulb will change my :( to :)
     
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  2. Zoanthids21

    Zoanthids21 McKoscker’s Flasher Wrasse

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    Not bad! What bulbs?
     
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  3. Mkizla

    Mkizla Eyelash Blennie

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    20k :p
    Is coralife good brand?
     
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  4. Zoanthids21

    Zoanthids21 McKoscker’s Flasher Wrasse

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    Coralife is pretty good..Ive bought alot of their products..

    You wont get barely any growth with a 20k though, switch it out with a pheonix 14k, you get the blue you would want with a 20k and a white that would be in a 10k..AMAZING coloration in it, and pops your corals nicely..You will get good growth out of that bulb.
     
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  5. Mkizla

    Mkizla Eyelash Blennie

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    How much is pheonix?
     
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    Zoanthids21 McKoscker’s Flasher Wrasse

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    like 45 bucks..You wont need actincs for it either..ITS AMAZING.

    Here are a couple pics
    Before(Current 10k bulb)
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    After(Pheonix 14k)
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    Tropical Addict Bubble Tip Anemone

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    Agreed. The Phoenix 14k is what I use and LOVE it! Before the 14k I also had a 20k. Much happier with the 14k. I can see a good difference in my corals from the switch.
     
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    seabass1 Montipora Digitata

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    Hey, very Nice!! :thumb_up:
     
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  9. Mkizla

    Mkizla Eyelash Blennie

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    thanks :)
    any recommandation for a brand for pheonix bulb?

    also where can i buy cheap price pheonix bulb

    so do you guys think this is good fixture?
     
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  10. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    I have had the Phoenix 14K and loved it. Now I have a Radium 150w and a 20k, no decrease in growth what so ever.

    The Phoenix is a nice blue, but too blue for me. The radium is more of a crisp ice white with a tint of blue, I like the coloration better.

    Last time I looked Phoenix 14k was almost 70 dollors and Radium 20k (they do not make a 14k) was around 85 dollors
     
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