Advice wanted, tent grow

Hi all,
After a few years on the sidelines Im getting back into growing. I plan on setting up a grow using a roughly 6' x 6' x 6' grow tent. I have spare lights lying around the garage, 1000w MHs and 600w HPSs.

I remember that the MH is better for veg and the HPS for flowering but I cant work out how many of these suckers I should be using on my plants.

My second question is I am still yet to get my exhaust fan and charcoal filter. Can anyone advise on what size I should be using for a grow of this size?

Finally, Ive seen those cooling tube thingies to put your lights in and it passes air past the lamp continuosly and reduces the temps the plants are exposed to, are these worth the money? also Im not sure if they are available in a size big enough to fit my big football shaped MHs?

Looking forward to hearing from you, I will be documenting my grow once Im all set up!

Figured this may help you out a bit. http://boards.cannabis.com/indoor-li...uch-light.html

Specifically the first part about calculating your Lumens per square foot.
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You will have to wait for the other answers...

i would think that a 1000 watt mhs is a bit too much for veg growing.

Thanks for that link TheMetal1, going by whats been said on that thread I should be ideally aiming for 5000 lumens per sq ft But the thread doesnt make mention of what a 1000w MH will generally produce, does anyone know this?

anbesol, yeah i thought it might be overkill too, the bulb is *massive* but I guess its better to have too much than not enough. Plus, Its just lying around in a box somewhere so I might as well make use of it.

a new 1000 watt Mh puts out around 100,000 lumens and a hps puts out around 145,000