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Got my new tank yesterday. a 40 gal breeder. Was 85.99. But I got it for the special price of free BRAND NEW! Got it free cuz I used my rewards card.

neways whats the best 6 bulb light fixture to get for this tank? T5s.
 

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tek light t5s dont joke around.

my LFS uses them with great success. i do not recommend the nova extreme pro. they are kind of cheaply built. but they will work.

my last recommendation is an icecap t5 retrofit kit.
 

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I'm going to use T5 retros on my 40 breeders but I have a 8 bulb tek fixture on my 75 sps tank and it is nice. Are you doing sps??? the only 40 breeder I plan on running that many bulbs on is for sps. Most of mine will have 2-4. 4 bulbs is really enough for anything short of light hungry sps. More light is not always better you can actually fade color and slow growth. Good luck and +1 for the tek fixture
 

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dude i used the nova extreme pro for a while they did great and where built fine IMO not as good as tek but they where fine
 

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i purchased the nova extreme pro 6 bulb for my 90 gallon and they seem to work nicely. my corals seem to be growing well also. the only thing is i wish i had a little better color pop.
 

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I also have the Nova extreme pro 6 bulb fixture. My corals are growing fast with these lights. But will change the colors when they need changed.
 
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Think im gonna go w the tek. Isnt that much more expensive than the nova 6 bulb fixture. at least on marinedepot it was. tek was 347 and Nove was 319?

Is it usualy a lot more for the tek?
 

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