ya I would probably go with 2 actinic, 2 10000K, 2 14000K and 2 of something else each side. Then my 2 set's of 10 moon lights one each side.

Anyone know where I can get a killer deal on the fixture's, lol.

What are you using for bulb combos Doug?

Absolutely...

greg you have a pm

the real deciding factor is $$$ I can get 2 of these:

http://www.reefshops.com/sunsun-hld-...ight-fans.html

for the price of 1 tek 8 bulb and I also get that cool shimmer and only be down 24 watts. SO MANY OPTIONS AUGH:frusty:

I'm a pendant person. I used to have a combo fixture with MH and T5 but I've decided that I dont really like them. The reflectors are always small so they dont offer the same quality of spread like a good pendant does. Also if you decide to upgrade or downgrade to a tank with different dimensions you may find that the combo fixture is then too short or two long. Whereas with pendants you can just add or subtract more pendants. Just my two cents.

Dont want to go pendent for the simple reason that the light will flood my living room and make it to bright. Plus the way I have planed my build there is going to be an oak canopy above tank. But thanks for the input.

If you have a canopy, how will pendents flood the room with light? :lol:

Go With the tek thats the light i am going with....MMAX has that 8bulb tek he showed it to me and man are they sweet. lots of light.

I agree. Even if you did NOT have a canopy, a well designed pendant like a Lumenmax or Lumenarc won't flood the room with anymore light than any other type of lighting set up.