woh, mad did you ever pik a pricy set up. are you going to have a hood ontop that you could go the cheeper rout and just install it your self? you can get three 250 watt PFO HQI ballast set ups for around 500 bucks , 3 bulbs for another 3 to 400 and then another 50.00 for sockets, brackets ect.
don't even concider 175's for a 28+" deep tank (it will do for a fish only but you will be seriously lacking for a reef tank). you need the punch of the 250's and they are not that much more in cost. also you are more limited in the bulb selection in the 175watt range.
Steve
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