Help. DIY LEDs blew. Need help deciding.

[ReeferDre]

So somehow I blew a whole string of my DIY LEDs. Something unexpected came up and I'm on a very limited budget right now sorry I know I'm looking at Aquatraders stuff. I had their 250 W halide for a while on my 57 and it worked well. So this is my dilemma their 150 W halide t5 combo is out of stock still. If it's not available on Monday I was thinking of ordering there 4x24 t5s. Do you think one fixture would do it or would to be overkill on my 24 x 24 x 12 cube. There decent amount of SPS in the cube. Any input would be greatly appreciated. And yeah yeah I know they're cheap lights but I'm on a tight budget.

 

[Rob.D]

So somehow I blew a whole string of my DIY LEDs. Something unexpected came up and I'm on a very limited budget right now sorry I know I'm looking at Aquatraders stuff. I had their 250 W halide for a while on my 57 and it worked well. So this is my dilemma their 150 W halide t5 combo is out of stock still. If it's not available on Monday I was thinking of ordering there 4x24 t5s. Do you think one fixture would do it or would to be overkill on my 24 x 24 x 12 cube. There decent amount of SPS in the cube. Any input would be greatly appreciated. And yeah yeah I know they're cheap lights but I'm on a tight budget.

If your'e lighting a 24x24x12 tank and you have experience with LED's, why not go with Arctic-S026 LED Aquarium Light_Aquarium LED_OCEANREVIVE LED

 

[ReeferDre]

If your'e lighting a 24x24x12 tank and you have experience with LED's, why not go with Arctic-S026 LED Aquarium Light_Aquarium LED_OCEANREVIVE LED

Yeah I was looking at that but if I'm going to go led I'd want them fully controllable that's the only real advantage to me at least. So I'd go with the photon 16 instead. I'm not a fan of cool white LEDs. I miss my reds that's why I was thinking of going back to the halide. And I think that as affordable goes the photon 16 would be optimal. I just don't have that much to spend on a light right now. I guess my question is more if I have to would the 4 t5s be be enough or double up on the fixture. Or would that be overkill.