Adding T5 to a 400 gallon with LED's

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Hey guys, I want to add a few T5's to this tank to supplement and remove some shadowing and even the tank out. If this was your tank how would you do it? Never used T5's so as much info as possible will be best.
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What are the tank dimensions? I would run a line of t5's front and back of the tank to eliminate shadowing
 
I believe it is 72" across 40" width and 36" height
 
I would add two 60" t5 miro kits with an ati blue plus and coral plus. I just added two over my 6 foot tank and have two more on the way. One in front and one in back. You can rotate the reflectors to focus the light where you need it.

This is with only two 60" bulbs in blue plus and coral plus on my 6 foot tank..

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I'd run 2 rows 2 sets of 36" T5's in the front and same in the back. So total of 8 36" T5's.
 
I would add the 5' bulbs too since you do not have too much stuff on the ends - 4 of them, two front and two back. I would make room for them any way possible - the are better spectrum and coverage than what you have now, so if I had to choose which light to forsake, it would be the LEDs and make sure that the T5 were given priority.
 

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