Rob's Rea Sea Reefer 450

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It's official, I'm taking the plunge and starting a new tank. I've only been in the hobby for 9 months, but I'm ready to upgrade my RSM 130 to the Red Sea Reefer 350. Unfortunately, the actual tank will not be shipping until February, but it doesn't stop me from starting with the other equipment.

I've started by picking up a Vertex Omega 180 at JL (for a crazy deal btw) this morning and was hoping to pick up some lights but could not make a decision.

My lighting budget is $1000 and they need to be controllable with the Apex

The lights currently on my radar are the 2 x Kessil 360W-E, Zetlight Qmaven ZT6600. The Vortech Radeon XR30W and the AI Hydra 52's are nice but will blow my budget.

The Evergrow lights seem to be in a good price range, but not controllable via Apex.

Any other LED lights I should be looking at?

thanks in advance for any input.