first coral?

[ksbiker1100]

i'm wanting to take the next step in saltwater whats a good first one to start with

 

[SeattleDarko]

Leather or mushroom... Stay away from kenya weed!!!

what kind of lights do you have?

 

[ksbiker1100]

2- 250w HQI 15000k
2- 65w cf
4 blue moon leds

 

[Bluespace]

Ricordea Mushrooms are pretty hardy and have some really cool colors.

From what I hear this place has good rics.
Coral Morphologic - Your source for live corals including zoanthids, discosoma, and ricordea.

 

[Smitty]

Mushrooms, leathers, zoas, ricordias, xenia, polyps...just to name a few :)

 

[meshman10]

630 watt's on a 36?? to much light for 36, that's 17.66666 watt's per gallon, they may bleach out....gl..

 

[reeffreak]

2- 250w HQI 15000k
2- 65w cf
4 blue moon leds

Having all that light,it would be ashame to have a soft coral tank.(except for ricordeas,they are pretty)

I think you should start with LPS corals-maybe frogspawn or hammer coral.A brain coral of some kind.all easy beginner corals.Save some room for SPS corals later down the road.You have plenty of light for them.

 

[AdeptMrSniffles]

Duncan corals are AWESOME! Frogspawns are fun too.

 

[mikewurtz]

I'm taking this step soon too. Thanks for the input everyone :)

 

[ksbiker1100]

630 watt's on a 36?? to much light for 36, that's 17.66666 watt's per gallon, they may bleach out....gl..

my 55 gal sprung a leak and the 36 was a quick setup, lights are off it. plus the cf's are Actinic's forgot to mention that. so that cuts the rate to 9.09 watts/gallon. not planning on getting coral until my 55 is back up. just getting ideas so i can do my homework and research

 

[dcantucson]

Gotta get some Zoanthids. Maybe an open brain, they're pretty easy.