New and need some LED help

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Hey all, I've dove into saltwater tanks and it's a little overwhelming how much different it is than freshwater. I've had a cichlid tank going for about 3 years now.


Anyway, I recently started a 20g saltwater tank and the lighting is crappy I feel like. It was a 20g glass tank from petco, came with a white 10w led system. It doesn't look at that good and it doesn't make my tank look good. I want it to look like my little tank, now taken down.
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I want to get a new lighting system, sort of plug and play I don't want to get into controllers and all that jazz right now. Where I get lost is the wattage. I have no idea how much light I need for this tank. I have a small 3 watt led that changes colors, but I usually leave it on blue. Doesn't do much though.

Tank inhabitants are-
Tomato clown
Oscillarus clown
Engineer goby
5 astra snails
5 electric blue hermits
Pom pom crab
Rose bubble tip
Green bubble tip


Corals
Few different types of polyps
Zoas
Candy cane
Torch coral

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Any help and guidance would be appreciated.

Thanks
 
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