Radium metal halide bulbs will not be produced anymore!

[Troylee]

slightly cheaper if you buy direct

MH-S250W/20,000K/CWA/E39/T15

250W, 20,000K Aqualite Metal Halide, E39 Mogul Base, T15

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I need double ended… getting super hard to find! Ugh.. I have 1 mogul reflector in my garage with a brand new radion but my display has 3 double ended 250w

 

[RedoubtReef]

I need double ended… getting super hard to find! Ugh.. I have 1 mogul reflector in my garage with a brand new radion but my display has 3 double ended 250w

Time to break out the saw and retrofit??

 

[Troylee]

Time to break out the saw and retrofit??

I might have to… I have plenty of Mogul bases at work.. still have my super old templates to make lumenarc also haha! I have the smaller 12” cayman sun reflectors currently with hqi.

 

[RedoubtReef]

I might have to… I have plenty of Mogul bases at work.. still have my super old templates to make lumenarc also haha! I have the smaller 12” cayman sun reflectors currently with hqi.

nice!

 

[jda]

I need double ended… getting super hard to find!

Try ReefBrite - heard they have DE in stock again.

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If RB bulbs are again in stock, then this is one promise that has come through. At $54, could be a nice Phoenix option if they have good output.

 

[ronnie]

Let us know how they are. Might pick up some 400s to have.

Addendum: @aquavista99 Are you still running your Ushio 14K bulbs? Found some awesome coral shots on your thread under that bulb. Certainly didn't help my decision in not buying more bulbs at the moment, but here we go.

Adding on as I would like to know how close these are to radium or color as a whole.

 

[jackson6745]

Try ReefBrite - heard they have DE in stock again.

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If RB bulbs are again in stock, then this is one promise that has come through. At $54, could be a nice Phoenix option if they have good output.

Awesome thanks for the heads up. Just ordered a 20k and a 14k. Was running on fumes with 250w DE stuff

 

[Reefering1]

Awesome thanks for the heads up. Just ordered a 20k and a 14k. Was running on fumes with 250w DE stuff

Post pics once you fire them up please

 

[jackson6745]

Post pics once you fire them up please

Ok. I’ll do some par test as well. I have a phoenix 14k in there now, so I’ll use that as comparison

 

[Cichlid Dad]

Yeah parwise meter

I also have a parwise but have never measured par in my tank with anything else. Have you use other par meters , and if so how did that compare to the parwise?

 

[SpSDrew]

I also have a parwise but have never measured par in my tank with anything else. Have you use other par meters , and if so how did that compare to the parwise?

I’ve owned apogees in the past. I feel like they over shoot the actual value but who really knows. My main goal is just consistency with par, not necessarily the numbers.

 

[Cichlid Dad]

I’ve owned apogees in the past. I feel like they over shoot the actual value but who really knows. My main goal is just consistency with par, not necessarily the numbers.

Thanks, I like the spectrum aspect of the parwise.

 

[TaylorPilot]

So what kind of equipment is required to be able to actually produce the bulbs. If the market truly is 100k a year, someone will keep making them, they'll be $120 and probably only be 2-3 colors in 2 different wattages, but they'll keep making them.

 

[Troylee]

Try ReefBrite - heard they have DE in stock again.

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If RB bulbs are again in stock, then this is one promise that has come through. At $54, could be a nice Phoenix option if they have good output.

Phoenix is what I run! Impossible to find now. I’ll have to check those out

 

[Pyrogens]

So what kind of equipment is required to be able to actually produce the bulbs. If the market truly is 100k a year, someone will keep making them, they'll be $120 and probably only be 2-3 colors in 2 different wattages, but they'll keep making them.

I too would like to know this. Especially since I was told by Hamilton they were trying to find raw material sources. I figured they would have found something or had sources still, but I also understand things can change. Still curious though.

 

[jackson6745]

They look nice. Visually brighter than the radium. Waiting on a tank delivery for this fixture. Ushio has always been a top quality bulb. Don't think you can go wrong as a radium replacement since they're not readily available.

 

[ronnie]

I finally located a fixture. Hoping it’ll ship next week. It has radium’s with it. I’ve never ran them before.

 

[jda]

With all of this talk, I organized and sorted all of my stash. I found a Giesemann Infiniti in a box that I forgot that I had... another Infiniti that I knew that I had but have no idea why there is a internet cable coming out of it. I found a few new AquaMedic 4' lights that had the AB bulbs in them - so never used. I found a few other fixtures that came with extra ballasts and bulbs. I am such a dummy.

I found way too many UVL VHOs - might give these to the aquarium since they still use them for some breeding station.

If anybody needs a 4 foot MH fixture and is coming to Colorado to ski or vacation, hit me up - I do have too many!

 

[ronnie]

I just bought a 36” reef brite SE fixture that comes w radiums. I’m excited to see them. 20 years in the hobby on and off and I’ve never used them or seen them. Better late than never, right?

 

[jda]

They only downside is that you are going to like them and leaving is not easy. Radiums are kinda like sex - you never see anybody who says "I tried sex once in college and it just wasn't for me!" You might not want or be able to use Radiums on every tank, but you will forever know what you are missing. I don't use Radium because I like the more sleek fixtures and 14k Phoenix is very, very close to where most cannot even tell. The new 20k Hamilton is also very easy to like and I doubt that anybody could tell the difference between it and a Radium, other than m80 330w output to 250w output.