The 4ft T-5's were about $120, spent another $45 for cfls. The two daylight CFL's we started with were $15 each from hydro shop but they said something like 2600 lumens each, and the 6 warm light ones were $15 for all 6 at Sams club heh. I don't think T-5's are neccesairy for veg but if you can...