Lighting Help

[~TG~]

I need help :wacko

I need lights for the 150g and i dont know where to start or what i need..
I want to keep both hard/soft corals ~ eventually.
I know there are alot of threads on lights out there, and ive been surfing Hellolights/Hamilton Tech for days now and i'm confused.. Electronic vs magnetic... brands that are good: URI, Coralife etc... Refelctor vs Pendants... VHO vs T-5's ?? If anything I have about $300 to spare... I need something simple that i can wire myself with out getting electrocuted.. lol

Sooo in other words if this was YOUR tank and you had $300-400 what would you get??

The canopy measures 61" and i have 2-250wtt ballasts already.
I need a shopping list:

thanks in advance for all your advice!

Thelma

[alton]

If your going to only have MH to start I like the 12K SE Reeflux lamps from Coral Vue. They prefere electronic ballast but will run on magnetic. They are the color of 14K SE, but are as bright as 10K. I have two 12K Reeflux 175W MH electronic ballast on my 58 gal. and they are 10 months old and haven't lost any foot candles