T5 Bulb blew out today... Where and what to order from?

[Iconz]

Alright... I had one of my 10k's blow today, and need to get a replacement... I figure i'll at least go ahead and replace both of the 10k's... What brand of bulbs would you all reccommend and who do you reccommend ordering them from?

[jojo22]

Get them from Eric!! He could advise you better on brand than I can!

[Iconz]

Yeah, but I haven't seen him on in FOREVER! :)

[hummer]

fosters and smith have great prices:):)

[cweber]

Just curious but, did the light explode or just burn out? Im sure if it exploded you would have said somthing else. Just wondering.

[Iconz]

yeah, it just burnt out. I came home and it was out... I put another bulb in the sockets to make sure it wasn't them... and it lit w/ no problem.

[Sweetpea]

I bought the GE lights from reefgeek.com... good prices, reasonably fast shipping w/o paying xtra, and nice customer service!

[Iconz]

thats what i did SP... i bought 2 aqua blues, 1 super actinic, and 1 daylight.

[Sweetpea]

I really like the super actinics - I've bought two from them so far!

If I remember correctly, I originally bought the aqua blue, blue plus, super actinic, and the 10k GE. I saw nice SPS growth with this lighting scheme.

When one bulb blew out earlier this year, I ordered all new bulbs. This last time I went with all UV lighting: 1 10k, 1 12k, 1 14k, and 1 super actinic, and after several months I am still seeing impressive SPS growth.

HTH