lighting opinions needed

[thebryan]

I'm almost positive this has been asked before but I cant find it

This will be for a 125G tank....

I just recently got back into the hobby, I had a 29G reef tank and a 125G that I took care of. but that was back in 2007...sold everything when I went into the military and I missed it so I came back

but im having a hard time trying to decide what to do with my lighting situation, currently I have this 72" version on backorder:

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...0&pcatid=21460

I chose this because of the built in timer, I know I can grow the easier corals with it but I would like to eventually get into some SPS.

I know this limits me on what I can do in the coral dept and I know me....im going to end up wanting something different in a year (if I even make it that far)

so heres a couple options I came up with....but since I came back I don't know a thing about LED's in aquariums with corals

I am trying to decide between:


http://www.ebay.com/itm/4pcs-AquaSTA...p2054897.l4275

and

https://www.reefbreeders.com/shop/photon-60-w/

Of course the first one is $650 and the other one is only $400 so based on that I know there has to be a difference but is it going to be noticeable?

If anyone has any other recommendations I would definitely be open to suggestions!

[thebryan]

Also I was hoping to stay around or under $500

[Tin Man]

I am in a similar stage of figuring out how to light my 125g that I shutdown as FO in 2007.

[thrlride]

If you go with the LED's on eBay, make sure you shop around some more. You should be able to get these lights for closer to $400 for 4 pieces.

Example: http://www.ebay.com/itm/2PCS-MarsAqu...item5658e7c2e9

I ordered 3 of the Aquastar 165 watt with timers from topledseller the other day. They have not arrived yet so cannot offer any experiences.

This is what I bought: http://www.ebay.com/itm/2pcs-AquaSTA...item418e744acb