What equipment will i need for a larger tank?

alright so i redid the nitrate, right now i'm waiting the 5 minutes. Right now the color was the very light blue/green color that it was before when i did the test after the water change so it was the closest to the teal of the 0 on the card.

 

so i redid the nitrate test and it was at 0 again, when i looked through the test tube on the white part of the card next to the readings the color of the water was the exact same color of the teal at 0

 

well i got my shipment. I'm returing the emperor 400 as it fits perfectly on the back of my tank but leaves no room for protein skimmer so i'ts getting returned and getting money back. A little while ago i saw petsmart had a 350 so sometime ago and i'll go and look at the dimensions sometime this week

 

so my parents realized that i was really unhappy with the tank they bought as it's just super tall and i have found out that a lot of the equipment won't fit on the tank. So today they mentioned to me about taking it back and getting the 47 gallon long tank that they saw at the same time. So i orderd a replacement part for the hood that i broke so once that get's here i'll return it and see if they have the 47 long or 50. I feel really bad though, cause they said they had searched for like 2 weeks to find a tank by my birthday and they thought i'd be really happy with it. But this tall tank would just not of worked for what i really need. It would have been fine for a freshwater setup but not for saltwater with live rock and equipment. I just feel really bad since they did try.

 

is this T5 light fixute good? <a class="postlink" href="http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+3733+13822+18486&pcatid=18486" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/p ... atid=18486</a> Any idea if it has the 24 hour lighting? As i still would want the day light and night light. I plan on having a small amount of soft corals

 

any idea of a pretty good, fairly cheap brand of metal halide lighting? there is no way that i can afford that $730 or whatever for 36 500w lighitng. I don't think i even need 500w for my tank.

 

Ok I'm going to wait on the lighting until I actually get the new tank but other than that I think I'm all set and ready to go equipment wise

 

i have decided on the lighting for the new 46 gallon bowfront that will be my puffer's new home instead of the 47 column. and it's this <a class="postlink" href="http://www.thatpetplace.com/pet/group/3958/product.web" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.thatpetplace.com/pet/group/3958/product.web</a> and i will be getting the 36"

 

What's about the average price for 36" bulbs

 

Ok i'll see if dr. foster and smith has any

 

any idea how the <a class="postlink" href="http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+3733+13822+12772&pcatid=12772" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/p ... atid=12772</a> works? looks like it's a 4 bulb

 

i would have to get a 36" some where else

 

any opinions on this light <a class="postlink" href="http://www.aquariumsupplycompany.com/catalog/item/3279465/2804942.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.aquariumsupplycompany.com/ca ... 804942.htm</a> or this one <a class="postlink" href="http://www.aquariumsupplycompany.com/catalog/item/3279465/2804943.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.aquariumsupplycompany.com/ca ... 804943.htm</a>