lighting a 150 gal (72") under $500?

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Sac39051

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So I'm still trying to figure out lighting for my 150 build...will be in a hood and I wanted to go with 2x 36" finnex monster rays and 2x 36" finnex ray2's...by the time I end up buying those 4 fixtures to cover the whole tank, I am looking at over $500.

Im looking for bright lighting that will make fish colors pop, this will not be a planted tank.

Anything comparable in that price range? obviously it would be great to have only 1 or 2 fixtures compared to 4, as of now I have not seen anything better than the finnex combo i'm looking at.
 
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Have a look at tek lights.I have a 4 foot, 4 bulb T5HO fixture that I suspend over my 180. It has separate cords and switches so you can just run either set of 2 bulbs or all at once. All 4 is truly a lot of light. The system works great on 2 timers, so you can run whatever intensity schedule you prefer.

Mine was just under $400 new.

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I just put 3 ocean revive on my 150 and it's super bright, but can be adjusted to whatever you want.
 
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http://www.homedepot.com/p/Lithonia...put-Fluorescent-High-Bay-IBC-454-MV/202838871

bought 2 of these for my 240, plenty bright even when I only use 2 lamps, and the extended footprint lets me place the lamps quite a bit wider than a 2 lamp fixture would have.
it's under a hood, so why pay for a nice looking fixture?

I place them like this
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easy to pick lamps with specific color schemes for whatever colors you hope to enhance.

for some reason the link doesn't want to work when posted...
google 4-Light T5 High Output White Fluorescent High Bay home depot
and it's the first link.

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The Finnex Stringrays are pretty nice looking fixtures that put out a nice amount of light. They are not too bad in price either. Out of the different LED's Ive tried I do like the Satellite + the best.
 
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shookONES said:
Current Satellite+. They're cheap and work incredibly well.
Click to expand...

This... You could probably get away with 2 36 inch or 2 36 and a 48 in the background... buy from kensfishfood.com cheapest prices
 
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I use two 36 inch current satellite + fpr my 150

Sent from my SPH-L710 using MonsterAquariaNetwork App
 
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Sac39051

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Thx for all the replies folks. I was originally looking at the current satellite, but thought it may not be bright enough on a 30" deep tank.

Then I fell in love with the finnex monster ray/ray 2 combo based on how it made fish coloration so brilliant. Can the satellite replicate this?
 
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