Proper 75 gal. lighting

I've been browsing the website the past couple of days looking for proper lighting for my tank. I guess my big issue is I'm having trouble with the difference between T-5 and MH lighting. I feel some people perfer one over the other and I was at one of the specialty SW stores in my area and they had a NOVA MH lighting system and I feel I've seen people question that brand.

Wha would be the best for a tank that I want to eventually make a reef tank?? And what is the diffeerence between the lighting types?

 

Is this a reef setup? What types of corals do you have or plan on keeping?

IMO, Nova is not a bad brand at all. I am running a 4x54 Nova extreme T-5 over my 75g and love it. Depending on placement I feel I can keep a wide variety of corals.

 

Currently it's just FOWLR but once I get things figured out I wanna make it a reef. As far as what types of coral and that, honestly, I'm just trying to get my fish to cooperate. I just wanna make sure I have proper lighting from the get go so I don't have to constantly be upgrading b/c I realize I've already tossed away about $100 in lights due to inexperience...

 

The main difference between MH and T5HO is temperature as MH burn hotter and MH produce shimmer lines. People have questioned the NOVA for T5HO because of ballast, stock bulb quality, and lack of active cooling. You want individual reflectors or at least a deeply formed reflector and active cooling to get the most out of the bulbs.