ok, first, T5s are not a replacement for MH.
T5s are a upgrade for VHO, or PC, but thats where it ends.
can you grow SPS with T5s...yes. can you grow SPS with NO shop lights....Yes.(a guy on the board did it for quite a while)
so lest stop trying to say T5s are better than MH (one of my pet peeves)
now the real question is what are you going to do, as in what kinda coral are you going to have? How deep is the tank and how wide and long is it. are you going to have a sand bed and if so how thick? are you going to have a chiller? are you happy with normal growth or do you want accelerated growth?
lights should be one of your last decisions as they depend on everything else, or your first, if you are going to build a tank around your lights.
Steve
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