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I am setting up my 180 and am thinking about which lighting I will be putting over it. I have always been a Radion guy in the past but not sure if I'm in love with the G6 lights. I originally had G4s over my 180 when it was set up at my old house and currently have G3s on my 55 that I got a great deal on on ebay. The G4s are gone and I don't want to use G3s on the 180 so I was looking at the G6 XR15s. This will be a SPS dominant tank and I'm a little worried after doing some research on the 15s. So I figured rather than shelling out 2500+ on 3 XR30s I'd get the best of both worlds and go with a T5/LED Hybrid. My questions are, do I need a dimmable fixture if I'm going with a hybrid? Would running the T5s at 100% along with having LEDs at whatever percentage be too much? My tank is 72". Do I need 72" of T5s or would a 60" fixture supplemented with LEDs in the middle be enough? Or maybe a 36" fixture with an XR15 on each side?