Lighting for nano

[phOOey]

i know nothing about lighting, so when it came around to choosing lighting for my 5g i was stumped. I was hoping to just grow a mushroom coral or two and maybe some polyps.

I dont know if the stock lighting on my tank will be powerful enough ( i doubt it ), dunno anything about lighting but this is what it said on the tube.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/Orca-Lord/salvinis019.jpg
bit blurry, it reads daylight, 65000k, 8w, t5, that make sense to anyone?

if this is not powerful enough can i just replace the tube...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/Orca-Lord/salvinis017.jpg

or will i have to get a whole new light fixture? there is limited amount of space in my hood, the stock tube is no in their at the mo
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/Orca-Lord/salvinis027.jpg

 

[phOOey]

also, can anyone recommend a good book on saltwater tank set-ups and fish?

 

[Lotus]

If you're planning this to be a saltwater tank, it will depend on the kind of creatures you want to keep whether it will be enough light.

Right now, you have 8 watts of light.

To get more light, the only way would be to either retrofit or get a new hood. There are some great threads on books stickied in the saltwater section. You might want to ask over there about nano-specific books, and what spectrum bulbs you will need for the tank type you're planning

 

[1979camaro]

that probably isn't going to be enough lighting wise...i would make a custom hood to accomodate a couple more t5 bulbs