Xm15k

[KeithM]

Anyone have any experience or opinons on these lamps?

[Reef bloke]

According to those that have used em over the pond they were a bit of a flop with quite low par.I run 2 20k xm's together with a 10k Lamp(not XM) and im very happy.The 20's burn quite blue at first but do whiten up,the XM 10k's give great PAR apparantly but need a fair amount of actinic to take the yellow edge off the look.

[KeithM]

Cheers mate, I'm looking to run a 250DE without any actinics on a 20"cube
any suggestions?

I like the look of the XM15s but Sanjay's website shows them to be pretty poor performers

i'm also considering the 14k BLVs or Arcadia 14ks? any thoughts?

[ickypimp]

I have an arcadia 250 watt 20 k DE over my tank and it is excellent, not too blue but dont need the actinics

[KeithM]

I have an arcadia 250 watt 20 k DE over my tank and it is excellent, not too blue but dont need the actinics

Do you have any photos you can post up?

[ickypimp]

i can try... my camera is shite but ... see what i can do tonite