I'm a big fan of the Coralvue 48" 54w t5 lighting systems that Dave gets in. They run roughly $125 or so and you can fit three on a 75 gallon tank but you can get away with 2. T5's are all that I've ran on my two systems for a few years and I get great color and growth. One set of 3 fixtures is mounted in a hood and the other set consisting of 2 fixtures sits right on top of the tank but I had to build a plexiglass lip for the sides so that they aren't at risk of falling in. The huge advantage is that there is very little heat generated by them and they can be ran basically open top. The ballast is built into the fixture and they are plug and play although they come with mounting brackets if you want to put them in a hood. For a 75 I wouldn't run anything but T5's.



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