What part of the Big Apple you in?
Regarding the light, I'm interested in this as well -- the dual hoods that came with my brand new Marineland 60 gallon setup from Pet-not-so-Smart house fluorescent lighting systems that look HORRID and give off a sickly, greenish hospital ward-like glow...so I'd like to change my lighting at some point...
I don't know exactly what I'm looking for, though -- a softer fluorescent, indandescent, LED, ones that give off that "shimmering" effect...I see you mentioned the Marineland double bright LEDs, but I was interested in those lights they make that have the DAY/NIGHT switch in which the DAY puts off standard/incadescent/LED lighting and the NIGHT casts the entire tank in a dark blue hue...do you have any experience with these?