Help decide on light

Skuba

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I'm building a 27 gallon marineland cube 18x20x20. I've narrowed my lighting down to a few choices and need some opinions to decide.

1). Kessil a150 15k ocean blue and a 20k deep ocean blue.
Pros: awesome light. In person these kessils amazed me! The shimmer and color is like nothing I've seen. By usining 2 a150s I can have a sunrise sunset effect with separate timers.
2). Kessil a350 tuna blue
Pros: cheaper than 2 a150s but manual dimming can't do a sunrise subset setting. Still have that great kessil look. And their customer service is great. I've herassed them with 100 questions and get great responses.
3) ai sol. These lights I haven't seen in person but read some good reviews. They have full control ability and moonlights. Not that I think I'd use the thunderstorm feature... Are these like other led where if one bulb goes down your left lightless until they repair it?

I'm also open to some other opinions so please feel free to throw your 2 cents in.
My plans are to keep a mixed tank of lps zoos shrooms and maybe some sps and a clam.
 
If you want to spend the money, I'm very happy with the ecotech radion I have over my 28gallon. A bit of overkill imho (I have mine set at 40-50% 9" above the water), but the programmability is very nice. Also, the thunderstorms that happen randomly are kinda cool to watch :) My corals and clam love it so far.
 
Why and which model. I've seen a few different ones. The control ability is nice but the kessils do have a unique amazing look
 
Well I can get stuff wholesale if my friends distributor carries the radion or ai. Kessil is a definite no I already asked. But they already are pretty reasonable. But if I can get a radion for about 400 it may be a good option. In a small sized tank like this I don't think it's necessary though. Like the way it work with the pumps is awesome but will I be able to use that feature without splashing water everywhere lol
 
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