Bulbs for 8 bulb t5 unit help

[runn3rb3an]

so i know ive been asking everyone about different lighting combos but i finally went to go get a fixture at my lfs and hes said he could get me an used 8 bulb lighting fixture for like 200 bucks. I'll find out if he actually comes through with it on sunday but i was going to switch all of the bulbs out for new ones, regardless of how old the others are.
my tank is 48x24x8 i know ati blue and superblues are good and kz fiji purples but are there any other bulbs you would recommened and how many of each?
the tank is only 8 inches tall which is my other problem, i dont want to make these corals set on underwater firefrom the fixture being right on them so how high from the water level should the tank be??
thanks everyone!

 

[nikesb]

8 bulb combo for that high of a tank would be
blue+
aquablue special
kz superblue
ati true actinic
blue+
kz fiji purple
kz superblue
ati true actinic
as for how high, it will depend on the fixture u get. i highly doubt it would be something like a ati fixture, but even then, youd prolly want to put the fixture no lower than 11 inches from the water. what corals are you trying to keep? if its a frag tank, i would suggest a 36" fixture and then keep lps and zoas on the side. and sps in the middle

 

[runn3rb3an]

I would agree with that but the only thing is that 36 fixture will probably cost very close to 200. I mean if I get this I can always use it for something else and would definitely have enough light for any future tanks. Like I said I was going in to buy a 4 bulb unit maybe another glo and and he offered me this which is a lot cheaper than everything else and a lot nicer so I mean why pay more for less?
If I was not getting it however I would agree with what you said.
Well I guess I'm kind of limited to sps now huh? I would like to keep some acans and lps too but I think this might be too much light.

 

[nikesb]

it really depends on the type of fixture you're talking about. are they individual reflectors?

 

[jeffalight]

The cheapest place of good quality t5 bulbs is soslightbulbs Dot Com.

 

[nikesb]

whats with your posts, you keep talking about place even in other forums. as for good quality, they dont carry anything that even compares to ati or kz.