lighting needed for a 15gallon Nano?

[Beanz]

Ya I'm just saying what i went with... and that i like the shimmer effect and the light it produces is crisp. The only draw back is the light does heat up my room quite a bit but i can live with it.

[Wanderer]

i have an 18 gallon nano i use a 4 x 24 watt t5 unit on, temperature stays low, good colour and all the corals seem happy with it

[gobytron]

Hey man...
I run a 70W sunpod over my 12 gallon...
Awesome light...you can keep anything under it from clams/sps on down.

BUT....
it uses a lot of volage and runs quite hot...
70w halides are sort of from a time before t5's were really understood...

[Beanz]

I guess whatever floats your boat . I am gonna probably do a DIY LED set up for my 45g in the future cause MH for that will be way too hot for a bedroom 2nd story. I really like how LEDs look and that they can be dimmable to achieve the look you want for your tank. A DIY for a small tank wouldn't b too expensive either but I guess Beano hasn't put that in the lighting options for the tank. Sorry that im off topic, just another idea... Anyways, just my 2 cents. T5s r nice too just giving what i am planning on and am running on my tank now for some more ideas on your tank.

[Beanz]

Just to give you an idea of of i got going i snapped a FTS and you can see the lights and whatnot.

[Beano1169]

Awesome thanks everyone for the feed back, I have another question to pester you all with. Does anyone know much about lexan, I may be making a lid/cover for my tank to limit evap and from water on my lights. I know that most glass tops are uv resisting and I have done a bit of research on lexan but I have never used it. Im asking for a bit of insight if anyone out there has an idea

[Beanz]

I used to have lexan on top of my 45 and it got bowed in. I didn't really like it.

[Beano1169]

thank you for the input that places a better perspective for me haahah. what would you suggest?