CoralVue-Any Experience

[smokiums]

I'm shopping around for MH equipment and someone suggested CoralVue. So, I was wondering if any had any experiense with their products.

If so, please let me know.

Ice Cap vs coralvue?

[Hara]

I recently purchased 2 bulbs and am quite happy with them.

[smokiums]

Which ballast are you using with them and why did you decide to go with them?

[Hara]

I have an aqualine buschke system. It is HQI. The reason I went with coralvue is because it is very difficult to find 250 watt 20k bulbs in HQI. They make them, I decided to give them a try and liked what I got.

[smokiums]

Excellent. I spoke with David from Coralvue a couple of hours ago. I'm going to give them a long look.

Thanks.

[jamal-188]

I have coralvue electornic ballasts and 10K coralvue bulbs. Great customer support, one ballast need to be replaced and they sent a new one right away even before I returned the bad one. I really like them but wish I would have gone w/ the 20K bulbs instread.

[captivereefs]

Aqualine just came out with there new 20K HQI bulbs. They will be on the market shortly!

[smokiums]

Jamal-188, why did you wish you would have gone with the 20K? David suggested I go with two 12K. That most people where doing that and removing there actinics.

What are your thoughts?

[HoopsGuru]

I use 20k 175w and like it quite a bit. They are blue but IMO do not alter the colors of my corals all that much. I will probably try a 10k in the future. As for the company, I think the product is excellent. You can get great deals on them at www.diyreef.com .

[Hara]

our site sponsor www.captiveraisedcorals.com also carries the coralvue, that is where I purchased mine from.

[smokiums]

I just order two retro kit,. 2 x 250 12K. Now I need to learn how to build a canopy for the lights. Any ideas?

How about running two 12K and no actinic. Does anyone have experience with that?