Anyone running the Giesemann 14.5k 250w DE HQI bulbs?

[newreefer03]

How do you like them and do you run them with actinics?

 

[newreefer03]

anyone?

 

[marco67]

I have some limited experience I ordered 6 3@ 250w and 3@150w.
1 250 and 1 150 were broken in shipping, sold one 250 and it came back as "too yellow" within 2 months. I'm using one of the 150s on our clam tank and I hate it! It fired up a nice chrisp bluish but soon faded to 14 month old AB yellow.

 

[NeO]

I'm using Gieseman 14.5k 250w DE for about 8 months, I really like, good grow and good color on corals.
I do have actinics 220w.

 

[this is me]

I used to run the what they call 13k back then but now its 14.5k
I ran them with actinics as well.
I cant really tell the differeence between that and the AB 10k(which is now 13k)

 

[Armando]

actually 13K and 14.5K are different bulbs. The 13K is called "marine" and the 14.5K is called "coral".

I use the 13Ks mostly because the 14.5Ks are too expensive for the number of bulbs I have. I like it a lot.