Which lights to use

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Beetlebug515

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Hello all. I'm looking for a recommendation on which lights to use for my planted tank. I'll start with the specs:

Tank is 24×24×18. Square footprint.
Plants are numerous, but the important ones are red ludwigia, glossostigma, dwarf hairgrass, and some dwarf baby tears soon. Fish consist of 4 cardinal tetras, 2 siamese algae eaters, 1 bushy nose, one starlight preconceived, and my breeding pair of angels.
I'm using a mix of eco complete and fluorite substrate, pressurized co2 at a concentration of about 35ppm, and I'm dosing flourish, iron, potassium, nitrogen (I have to), and phosphorus. All of the plants in the pic and then some were stuffed in a 20 for a long while using a single Finnex planted + light. With the new, larger footprint of my tank, I still haven't nailed down exactly what lighting I want to use. Soooo......

Lights in my possession:
1 24" Finnex planted+
1 24" t5ho dual lamp fixture with 2 wave point ultra growth bulbs
2 24" current satellite pro+


What combination would you guys use?
 
No opinion about the lights you own, but a Kessil A160we Tuna Sun would be a cool light for that 24x24 setup.
 
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