Lighting - Need new lights

[casey]

Hi, I am getting new lighting for Christmas and have a few questions about what I need. I have a 75 gallon reef tank. I have a new Custom Sea Life Power Compact Smart Lite. It is a 48" 130 watt 50% daylight and 50% actinic lamp. I also have a Power Compact with 2 55 watt bulbs. I have a 3rd strip that I want to replace with more wattage. It has two 40 watt CoralLiife Super Daylight 20,000 K bulbs.
When you figure how many watts per gallon, do you add in your actinic lighting to this figure? Do you have any recommendations on what lighting would be a good choice to replace this one strip? I'm not able to do metal halides at this time. Maybe sometime in the future. But in the meantime, I would like to get the most wattage I can with what I have so I can maintain the corals I have and possible add some other interesting items.
Can anyone help me with lighting? This always confuses me - being a new hobbyist.

 

[alti]

my first question is how do you fit all those light strips over the tank? the lighting really depends on what corals you want to keep. you might be able to squeeze a 2x96 watt pc retrofit into that extra no fixture you have. you would then have 2x96,2x65 and 2x55 which is almost 6 watts per gallon of pc lighting. you could keep any softies most lps and possibly some sps(not sure since i dont have any). you might want to try to sell your current setup and get something more compact to fit over your tank. a 4x96 watt pc retro would probably be perfect for your tank if you are not going to keep sps and clams.

 

[casey]

Your suggestion of the 4 - 96 Power Compact Retro Fit is a good suggestion but then it's basically the same cost as metal halides.
I can easily fit 3 strips across the top of my 75 gallon tank. Part of my question is do I always go with 50/50 daylight and actinic or do I have enough actinic and should get two 55 watt power compacts - daylight.
Thanks - all input is appreciated.