Sun Aquatics

[George Burnt]

Hello, I just bought three Sun Aquatics 10K 175W Mh bulbs. They make my tank
look like a tank of pee! The tank is so yellow that it litterally looks like
urine! I put my old bulbs back, and the store does not want to take the new
ones back. They lost a good customer. Has anybody else had this problem with
these bulbs? Can anyone recomend a brand? I don't know what brand my old
ones are, but they are about three years old, so I thought I would change
them. But not with the crap that I just bought. Sun Aquatics suck, unless of
course you like a pee tank.

GB

[Mort]

I can not speak from experience on these bulbs but many bulbs require a
"burn in" period. Take my Blueline 10000k + for example. When I first
turned them on, they were way too blue. Looked more like a 20000k. After
about 100 hours they whitened up very nicely and now I absolutely love them.


hth

~Mort

"George Burnt" > wrote in message
.. .
> Hello, I just bought three Sun Aquatics 10K 175W Mh bulbs. They make my
tank
> look like a tank of pee! The tank is so yellow that it litterally looks
like
> urine! I put my old bulbs back, and the store does not want to take the
new
> ones back. They lost a good customer. Has anybody else had this problem
with
> these bulbs? Can anyone recomend a brand? I don't know what brand my old
> ones are, but they are about three years old, so I thought I would change
> them. But not with the crap that I just bought. Sun Aquatics suck, unless
of
> course you like a pee tank.
>
> GB
>
>

[Marc Levenson]

I use 10,000K Ushios, and they give my tank a yellowish look. I do supplement
with two 110w Actinic VHO bulbs, and the color is perfect.

Marc


George Burnt wrote:

> Hello, I just bought three Sun Aquatics 10K 175W Mh bulbs. They make my tank
> look like a tank of pee! The tank is so yellow that it litterally looks like
> urine! I put my old bulbs back, and the store does not want to take the new
> ones back. They lost a good customer. Has anybody else had this problem with
> these bulbs? Can anyone recomend a brand? I don't know what brand my old
> ones are, but they are about three years old, so I thought I would change
> them. But not with the crap that I just bought. Sun Aquatics suck, unless of
> course you like a pee tank.
>
> GB

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