Replacing Mh bulbs

[lickwidspace]

Time has come, Im going to replace my MH bulbs.
I'm using a Coralife Aqualight Pro Fixture. My question is can I use any 150w HQI bulb? Regardless of brand?

I think im going to try either XM 10,000K bulbs or maybe 14,000K Ushio...

I just want to make sure if you can use these bulbs in a coralife fixture without any issues or not.

 

[sparkyee]

Hi,
Tagging on, I have the same fixture that time has come. How noisy is
your fan?

Thanks
Larry

 

[dz6t]

I used to have a croalife pro fixture. I tried AB bulb, Jebo bulb (god forbid), Ushio, BLV and all of them works. Coralife pro uses magnetic ballast. I am not very sure about XM, heard good and bad things about them.

Also, I bought a generic bulb off eBay and tried that too, it worked.

 

[lickwidspace]

Hi,
Tagging on, I have the same fixture that time has come. How noisy is
your fan?

Thanks
Larry

Deffenitly the loudest part of my tank.

 

[sparkyee]

Thanks, I thought mine was defective, maybe I will design a new one!
I have used AB bulbs on my old fixture for years and found them very
bright and reliable. My corals don't seem to grow as well as they did
in my old 54 corner with 1 250w AB DE. This new tank is a 72 bow. Good luck
with yours.

Thanks
Larry