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The first link you posted is interesting but you will find that the endcaps are not waterproof and that is definitely a bad thing around saltwater. I have a friend who almost had his house burn down due to an PC socket that got salt creep inside and burned the fixture.
It also uses white reflectors instead of polished aluminum. I am sure you would lose a lot of your light that actually reaches the corals due to that.
There is no problem running T5 without overdriving them. Workhorse ballasts are commonly used to drive T5HO bulbs. Also consider that the the fixtures like the Nova Extreme, although not the best fixture, comes with bulbs which is around $100 value for 4 48" bulbs. That makes the $249 seem like a better deal. They also have built in moonlights. I am not sure if the AquaMedic OceanLight comes with bulbs.
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