Thanks so much for your help and opinoins AJ! I just needed the extra push to go with the t5 setup. I plan on running a series of 10 or so pc fans to help cool the bulbs and keep the canopy cool. I will be posting picture of the install progress and such once I get the lights.

Cool. Sounds like a nice arrangement. NewEgg is a nice place to purchase PC fans because they have a noise rating associated with most of the fans...which if you're going to be running 10 of them, that's going to be very important to make sure that it doesn't sound like a jet engine is sitting on top of your tank.

--AJ

Okay update time!! Here are some pictures that I have taken while building...
 
Building the 12 bulb overdriven t5 retro kit...

 
The canopy has 8 fans installed as well as a pc power supply to power them. I will try to get pictures of that if anybody would like to see that.


 
Here is my power supply center that I built to go downstairs next to the sump...


Full tank shot!
 

I will take some pictures of the sump setup soon and post those as well. The water is still pretty cloudy because the tunze 6100s are blowing the sand around pretty well.

Holy formatting issues!! What did you use to post? Might want to try Firefox or Explorer if you did not use them or I can try messing with it.

Might be cloudy but looks alot better than it did the other day!

Yeah I am using chrome. It looks alright on my side Lol. If you can fix it for me go for it. I'd appreciate it!

Matt, Yeah it was clear then I put the rock in and it got a little cloudy then I turned the tunzes on and it got a little cloudy but hopefully it should clear up soon using Gered's filter sock. Thanks Gered! I have already had to wash it once and probably will again tomorrow.

He used photobucket but didn't use spaces i'm guessing.

Matt what do you mean about spaces?

How is that? Looks good on this end?

Thanks! How did you do that?

Um it was a pain but I got it done. I use Safari for my browser normally but whenever I want to post pictures on GIRS I open on Mozilla and use it.

yah told you it would take a while with that fine sand for it to clear up, sand is a bitch. looks good though