You’re right, I’m looking into a lighting system that I can add too as corals grow out.If your doing mostly SPS then throw those light spread claims out the window. Mature SPS will cast shadows, you need to make sure you have proper coverage when pieces reach colony size.
Looking into reef brites for spread instead of T5 tubes and a mix of kessil ax500’s for shimmer... XR30’s and Stratons for main lighting.