FOWLR lighting

Long story short, I am putting up a 56 column tank in the near future with the intention of keeping it as a FOWLR/agressive tank. I don't plan on keeping *any* corals in it as several of the fish will likely nip/dine on them so growth isn't an issue. Looking to keep this a relatively budget-minded. What I was thinking was 2x 36w PC's which I already have supplemented with 4x 20w T12s on industrial ballasts. IIRC the PC bulbs I have are 10k's, the T12's would probably be a mixture of actinic and 10k for color.
Anybody have first hand experience in this? The whole FOWLR thing is kinda new to me

 

In all honesty, I would still go T5. They are much more energy efficient and the bulbs last twice as long as PC's/T12's, the cost difference would be more than made up for in less than a year.
And, all though this is pure opinion, go for a 14K look. Nice lights will make the colors of even the fish look much better.

 

I had thought of going with T5's and still may down the road, but right now it isn't in the cards. The only reason I was able to get approval from the fiance to set up a new tank is that I already have 90% of the equipment laying around. If I spent the $300+ a good 4 bulb T5 retro/bulbs would run me I might be on the couch.
I can snag the T12 fixtures for $15 for the pair locally, with the bulbs running me a stiff $40 This is going in my office so while the power bill is a thought, it isn't a concern right now.

With all that being said, will I have issues with the lighting I am proposing?

 

No, no "problems" by any means.

 

Cool I know that T5's would be the ideal solution for this, but the expenditure would cause some friction in day to day life. I am going to keep my eyes open for a 4 bulb 24" system locally, so you never know what might come up

The other option that I need to look into is Halides. I *think* I may have almost all the parts needed to throw together a 150w HQI sans the reflector.

 

I'll chuck in my two cents. Ive been reading aaaaaaaaallllot about lighting lately (moving up to LPS) and have only ever kept fowlr. My reply is probably more for anyone more newish that is reading this.... (you might know what im about to say already mardlarkin).

In terms of lighting a fowlr tank than theoretically you could light it with ambient light from the house or a torch, and everything will probably be ok. There are some vitamins that some fish get from light (like humans) but like humans, we can still get those vitamins from food and live. There might be issues related to fish depression and lack of vitamin D (from light) but that's all anecdotal.... well at least until someone can make a fish lay on a couch and talk about its problems.

So get the lights that make your fish look the best, the higher the Kelvin the bluer the light. A mixture of a white light and a very high kelvin blue seems to be the most popular.
It sounds like you have in mind:
pc white x2, t12 white x2 and t12 blue x2.
In my opinion thats not enough blue, i would play with the t12 combination more, but again thats just personal preference.
Avoid red very low kelvin lights as this will promote undesirable algae growth. Sounds like you have quite a bit of light actually for a fowlr but like Packleader i would put more blue in there, higher K's. My personal preference is bluer is better.
Not sure what sort of coralline growth your going to get with that amount of light, probably quite good but not flourish, that might be a good thing when it comes to cleaning. I personally like the look of coralline but than i also like the look of cyno so what do i know