[Yankee I Am]

Can this bulb be changed? I guess my question is: Is it beneficial in any way to change out the bulb? Its only weeks old..I have some softies and one anemone atm...Its a Sunpod 20: 150W 14k fixture..

Thanks

[charlie]

Originally Posted by Yankee I Am

Can this bulb be changed? I guess my question is: Is it beneficial in any way to change out the bulb? Its only weeks old..I have some softies and one anemone atm...Its a Sunpod 20: 150W 14k fixture..

Thanks

Why wouldn't you be able to change out the bulb?? I guess I am not catching the drift of the question. Is it the color you are unhappy with???

[Yankee I Am]

Im sorry Charlie...Yes it seems so bright, no color to it just BRIGHT lol

[Clay12340]

The bulb can be changed in that fixture pretty easily. Just unscrew the wingnuts that hold the UV protective glass on. The bulb is held in place by a spring loaded pin.

Any of the 150w HQI bulbs should run in that fixture. The lower K bulbs(10K and under) will be more of a white light, while the higher K bulbs(20k and over) will be more blue. I think that fixture ships with a 14k bulb in it.

As to benefit aside from the way it looks I really don't know. I'd guess some bulbs have higher PAR than the CurrentUSA one, but I doubt the difference in growth is worth the $100 right now. The bulbs need changed every ~6 months, and you can change up the color/manufacturer then.