Making sense of lighting choices

[twinclan]

HI, I hope no one laughs me out of here. I have a 46g bowfront and my 192w pc lighting just crashed on my yesterday. I am not sure how long my corals and anemomes can go without lighting. I am looking to buy maybe the jebo MH or a refurb 192w pc. Any suggestions would be helpful. I really do not want to spend more than $200. Thanks!

[twinclan]

I am also looking at some T5 lighting like this , 3x24W T5 Lighting hanging lamp inst. of halide lamp 3ft, from the auction site. I know it is only 72w is this enough??

[tangreef68]

Overdriven t5 bulbs are extremely bright and powerful. You could use a n icecap 430 with 4 24 w bulbs. Make sure they have individual parabolic reflectors though. These help to chanel stray light into the aquarium

Hope this helps,
kevin