Help with planning stage for 2 gallon nano

[Jnam]

I have a 2 gallon acrylic Hex tank from a chain store. It has a hood with an incandecent bulb. I want to give my hand a try at a pico tank.

Here is what materials i have so far.
Live sand about 2 lbs worth from a freinds established 250 gallon tank.
Some small rubble from a fuge on that same tank 3 larger pieces and 2 smaller ones.
A small submerisble pump for circulation rated at 60GPH
about 10 gallon premade saltwater from that same friend.

This is my "i need help" part. I want to do softies with some shrimp. But the lighting is terrible. Ill upload pics so you can see tonight. But the tank can be rimless. What should i use as lighting? I found some 30W screw in type 50/50 bulbs would that work? i can retrofit it to a fixture i have for a desk lamp.

 

[HBReefer]

We have a 2g reef, i'll post pics some time, pictotope 3g kit has a nice combo light that works well for us, you got to order it or find a dealer who will take it out of box. about 25-30 bucks

 

[mr86mister]

The 30W 50/50 bulb is something you could easily work with. Give yourself a nice project to work on and that bulb would be fantastic. Keep us updated on that. I'm interested.

 

[AquaStud]

you could put a trio of sexy shrimp in there... that Hex would look really cool with an island or LR in the middle of it.

 

[joy13]

I don't know anything about SW tanks, I was looking for a light for a planted tank and saw one of these Coralife Mini Compact Fluorescent 50/50 Aquarium Fluorescent Bulbs I don't know if it will work for your use. I saw it at petco but don't remember the price.