New Lighting and more

[Josh23]

Well I have just returned from a week in Mexico and have now decided to upgrade my lighting. Well I hope so pending a couple things, My Dad and the electric bill.

That was the good news. The bad news is that the six line wrasse I bought on boxing day died a while I was away. Not sure why he died but I feel that I robbed a life which would have been longer if he had remained in the ocean. Although if there is one good thing that came from this fishes death, I believe it is this. Im going to stop purchasing ocean caught fish and only buy tank raised. I know this decreases the variety of fish which I will be able to keep but I will feel better knowing that Im not contributing to the death of fish who would otherwise still be in the ocean.

NOW ON TO LIGHTING

1. Where and what should I buy?
2. The deepest I can ever see my tank getting is 2 feet.
3. I would like to keep softies and maybe some sps. Well lets just say I would like to keep a variety of propagated corals so I beleive that a 250 watt lamp would be good.
4. I was thinking of a 10,000 K bulb
5. What kind of ballast should I buy and why? (I was thinking PFO standard)
6. Where can I buy a dual ballast for the cheapest?

Feed back on one or all of the above questions and comments would be great.
Thanks
Josh