What should I get?

[cms722]

Soooo, I want to do corals. Not ready to put them in yet. But I will be in the next few weeks or so. Just wondering what would be some easy corals to start out with that still look nice.

 

[Nanna]

I started out with some mushrooms and zoos.

 

[Bifferwine]

Do you have strong enough lights for corals?

If so, soft corals are a good start -- zoanthids, mushrooms and leathers. Many LPS corals are very easy and great for a new tank, such as hammers, frogspawns, torch corals, bubble corals and candy canes.

 

[cms722]

I have t5's and they're the right size and everything for my 55gal. I was told those should be good enough?

 

[Bifferwine]

How many bulbs does it have? You need at least 4 bulbs for a 55.

 

[cms722]

Its only two bulbs right now. But I plan on getting a 4 bulb fixture as soon as the money is available. And then putting the two bulb one over my 'fuge. Or would that be too much light?

 

[little_fish]

I would keep all 6 bulbs on the DT. and then get a squiggly CFL bulb to cover the fuge.

 

[cms722]

CFL? What's that? Sorry I'm still a little new to this lol

 

[Bifferwine]

CFL bulb, you can get them at any grocery or hardware store:

 

[cms722]

I would keep all 6 bulbs on the DT.

I'm not sure if the 4 bulb one that I was looking at and the 2 bulb one I already have will all fit inside the canopy over my tank. :grumble:

CFL bulb, you can get them at any grocery or hardware store:

Oh ok. So it doesn't need alot of light? Just some?

 

[Bifferwine]

The refugium does not need a lot of light, provided you are just trying to grow algae in there. Algae does well in lower light conditions.

 

[cms722]

Yea just algae and pods and whatever grows in a refugium lol nothing special