Radium metal halide bulbs will not be produced anymore!

[jda]

Check your power strips, timers and all of that. Those could be 30% more power than the EBs on super lumens (or whatever), so a quick check on the power side is a good idea.

Nice find.

 

[Reefering1]

Tracked down some Hamilton M80 ballasts...thank you ebay! Definitely perked up my radiums quite a bit. Although, I was getting more than enough PAR from the radiums using the electronic ballasts in my spectra (250-300 on the sandbed). I'll keep the electronic ballasts as backup or when I run out of radium bulbs...I have about 5 years worth stocked up. Big thanks to @jackson6745 for helping me wire up the new ballasts.

Beautiful.. I see a glimpse in the corner of picture, but show everybody how white that sand is even with all that blue

 

[TaylorPilot]

wha dis says?

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It is pretty wild. I just googled "metal halide market 2024" and it was pages and pages of market reports talking about substantial growth all the way to 2030...

 

[Reefahholic]

@A. grandis I just scored some new 250w Radium’s! Getting some M80’s from a friend.

How should I burn these in to transition from 14K Hamilton’s? Trying to figure out how I want to do it. Hmm…

 

[RedoubtReef]

@A. grandis I just scored some new 250w Radium’s! Getting some M80’s from a friend.

How should I burn these in to transition from 14K Hamilton’s? Trying to figure out how I want to do it. Hmm…

I'm assuming you are at the same wattage right? You should be fine just swapping over.

 

[Reefahholic]

I'm assuming you are at the same wattage right? You should be fine just swapping over.

Yes, both 250w. Thx!

 

[A. grandis]

@A. grandis I just scored some new 250w Radium’s! Getting some M80’s from a friend.

How should I burn these in to transition from 14K Hamilton’s? Trying to figure out how I want to do it. Hmm…

In this case just swap the bulbs and diminish 2 hours of your photoperiod because it's in the same wattage. Then add one more hour every 3-5 days til it gets back to the normal photoperiod. I like to be more careful when I change from 20Ks to 14K or 10K and take a bit longer to adapt to a new bulb. The adaptation really depends on the coral species you've got there and nutrient pool. Observe and use common sense. I've never had trouble changing halide bulbs. It's more forgiving than you would think. Happy for you.

 

[Reefahholic]

In this case just swap the bulbs and diminish 2 hours of your photoperiod because it's in the same wattage. Then add one more hour every 3-5 days til it gets back to the normal photoperiod. I like to be more careful when I change from 20Ks to 14K or 10K and take a bit longer to adapt to a new bulb. The adaptation really depends on the coral species you've got there and nutrient pool. Observe and use common sense. I've never had trouble changing halide bulbs. It's more forgiving than you would think. Happy for you.

I’m going from 14K to 20K. I’d be a bit more worried going the other way, but I believe that is good advice. I’ll drop my photo period to 2 hrs and ramp back up about 30 minutes a week and that should be good. Appreciate the help.

Here’s the last pic of the tank. Haldies are tried and true. Wink Wink.

 

[Reefering1]

I’m going from 14K to 20K. I’d be a bit more worried going the other way, but I believe that is good advice. I’ll drop my photo period to 2 hrs and ramp back up about 30 minutes a week and that should be good. Appreciate the help.

Here’s the last pic of the tank. Haldies are tried and true. Wink Wink.

Alex can confirm himself, but I interpreted his instruction as- to reduce photoperiod by 2 hours. Not reduce to 2 hours...

 

[A. grandis]

Alex can confirm himself, but I interpreted his instruction as- to reduce photoperiod by 2 hours. Not reduce to 2 hours...

Yes, reduce the photoperiod by 2 hours, not down to 2 hours a day.

 

[Reefahholic]

Alex can confirm himself, but I interpreted his instruction as- to reduce photoperiod by 2 hours. Not reduce to 2 hours...

Yes, I also meant to reduce by 2 hrs, but my photo period for the Halides is 4 hrs, so that is 2 hrs. lol

 

[TardWrangler]

is there ever gonna be radium’s or the like produced again or nah?

 

[t5Nitro]

Can always go for the solar tubes next.

 

[A. grandis]

is there ever gonna be radium’s or the like produced again or nah?

Hamilton will try to place an order when they run out of Radiums.

 

[Overboard]

I have tried to order some Radium’s for Hamilton, both 250 & 400, and they appear to be out. They show both show as out of stock once added to their shopping cart. Tried recently on a few different days recently.

Don’t see any changes to their website regarding Hamilton branded bulbs. Some are listed but also ended as “out of stock” once added to their shopping cart. I hope they get more in stock at some point.

 

[t5Nitro]

Hamilton had 400s when I posted stock but quickly sold out. Maybe they’ll have more shortly.

 

[Reefering1]

For anyone wanting pheonix 14k bulbs, I stumbled upon these. Says in stock and able to add to cart. I would call before placing order

METAL HALIDE PHOENIX 250W DOUBLE-ENDED 14000K HEXARC

Replacement for PHOENIX 250W DOUBLE-ENDED 14000K HEXARC (for METAL HALIDE) and others Metal Halide Light Bulbs

www.interlightus.com

 

[jda]

People who have ordered those have reported that they are not real PEC bulbs. They are some sort of Phoenix 14k replacement bulb.

 

[Reefering1]

People who have ordered those have reported that they are not real PEC bulbs. They are some sort of Phoenix 14k replacement bulb.

Ohh, that's a shame. They are even charging pec prices. I thought it looked like thre Ebay bulbs, was hoping it was a generic photo

 

[oreo54]

For anyone wanting pheonix 14k bulbs, I stumbled upon these. Says in stock and able to add to cart. I would call before placing order

METAL HALIDE PHOENIX 250W DOUBLE-ENDED 14000K HEXARC

Replacement for PHOENIX 250W DOUBLE-ENDED 14000K HEXARC (for METAL HALIDE) and others Metal Halide Light Bulbs

www.interlightus.com

Yea a bait and switch I believe.
Fine print at the time of ordering states they can substitute for a "similar bulb".

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