Need help with lighting

Radiolotek

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So, I come from the days of MH lighting.
Right now I have a 30 gallon tank with an AI hydra 32hd on it trying to learn it. Lol
Got a killer deal on a new tank. Waterbox 220.6 and need lighting for it. 170 gallons I believe and 6' long.
So, I'm trying to figure out what to do. The tank came with a 36" orphek or3 and that's it. He sold the other lights.
I could take the one 32hd and buy 3 more for the big tank. But after the price increase I can't help to feel like for 1200+tax for the 3 more 32's I couldn't get better lights or maybe a little cheaper.
Any suggestions?
 

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That is the biggest downfall to owning bigger tanks. I have a 6' 125g and I used cheap lights and it still cost over $1,000 to light it.
I used Noopsyche K7 V3 lights. They're a budget brand and they are controlled with a very antiquated controller and they don't have any app to control them. If you can get past the old school controls then the lights themselves are actually good.
 

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Four XR15 G5s will run you about $2k. You might be able get away with two more Hydra 32s, so that would only be $800. Two Neptune SKYs would run you about $1600 and you could sell the Hydra 32 to recoup a few hundred.
 

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