Some advise please

[Scoobaman17]

I have a 24 gallon aquapod all decked out with a refugium, bakpak skimmer, uv sterilizer, 200W mh lighting, auto top off, and chiller/heater.

Recently my tank has been overheating and I have not been able to find the cause. It has never happened until recently.

Also I am about to go to college and to make my life a lot easier I am going to degrade my lighting and heating to power compacts and a regular heater.

For a 24 gallon aquapod what would the best lighting to use with the least amount of heat be to keep zoo's, softies, leathers, and mushrooms?

I am also going to keep it an open top, I love open tops so it will be fixture lighting only.

Thanks everyone on this site for all thier help!
~Chase

[ReefWreak]

For zoos, softies, leathers, and mushrooms, you should be more than fine with a simple 2x36w powercompacts over a 24g tank. My 24g nanocube has only 2x36w and I've had great experiences with all of the asked about corals, and even some basic SPSs (montis).

[Scoobaman17]

Thank you! I'll post back after the changes are made