jetajockey
come get me tang police!
They do burn out and need replaced, but I agree led is the go to thing. Hopefully the price will get more competitive with comparable t5ho in the near future.
Here's one:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VJWGUW?ie=UTF8&force-full-site=1&ref_=aw_bottom_links
For that price you might as well just get a finnex Fugeray LED fixture.
What size tank is this? The Finnex Fugeray was designed to be for low to medium lit planted tanks. There's a TON of low tech builds using this light now.