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[Troy F]

Ginku, before you decide the kind of lighting to purchase, you should decide on the type of animals you want to keep. With 800 watts of MH you'll be able to keep any of the photosynthetic corals you want but if you're not planning to keep acropora and other high light sps you don't need that much light. For instance; a tank of soft corals, mushrooms and some large polyped corals would do fine with VHO lighting. (Remember that unless you want to build your hood larger than the tank, buy the 46.5" tubes)

When I was setting up my 120 I originally planned to have 2x250W MH with 4x110W VHO. I have this lighting on my 155gal.