Where is everyone buying there DE bulbs?

[One Eye]

I need to replace my bulbs and was wondering where everyone has been buying there DE bulbs?

 

[JD46]

I bought a couple Sun Aquatics bulbs off of EBay. Here is a link to his store.

http://stores.ebay.com/Sun-Aquatics_W0QQsspagenameZl2QQtZkm

I put them in around Mid June. They look just as good or better than the BLV's that I had in. I am using the 10K's, but the 14K's look interesting too. I have no long term reliability data though. The price was too good to pass on, so I figured I'd give them a try. So far, so good.

 

[reefsmurf]

Bought one from marinedepot.. 14k hamilton. Only been in my system for two days.. adds alot of blue, now my other tank looks yellow. Not as bright as the AB 10k bulb, but now my corals have some color to them!

 

[One Eye]

The 14k really makes that much of a difference? I've been using the AB 10k and 144 watts of actinic. I'm kinda scared that any more blue will make my tank look like a Reefer Madness picture.

 

[Syris]

The 14K Hamilton "whitens" up a bit after burn-in but still has a nice touch of blue to it.
I've been running 1 SE 14K Hamilton for a few weeks now and it looks much better than it did the first week it ran (too blue)
I also use 440w of VHO actinic and the tank does not look too blue. Its a nice combo because the 14K Ham spikes in the 450nm and Actinic bulbs spike in 420nm range, which according to Tyree is a good mixture.

 

[One Eye]

Thanks Bill. I placed an order with Marine Depot. I got the same AB 10k's I've been using AND a FREE T-shirt!! woo-hoo! a T-shirt where's the bouncing smiley guy's?

 

[Syris]

A free T-shirt I hope its Reef related

 

[reefsmurf]

I have no actinic so I need the blue