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Topic: Better lighting?

Posted By: 1stupidpunk
Subject: Better lighting?
Date Posted: May 14 2012 at 10:50am

Looking to upgrade my lights in the near future and was looking for some advice/thoughts. The tank is a 72g bowfront mixed reef.

I currently have a 48" dual t-5 bulb (54 watt each) fixture and i run 2 exoxotic stunner strips. I realize that the lights i have are not intense enough to keep SPS corals, but i have been keeping some LPS and lots of Softies.

I would like to get a fixture with intense enough lighting to keep sps and also have the fixture include some LED lunars. I dont have an exact price range set in stone but i dont want to spend my entire paycheck. Thinking i may even keep my eyes on the Buy/Sale/Trade forum for somebody wanting to sell their setup as it seems everyone is switching to LEDS? Any thoughts on what is a really good setup but wont break the bank?