need advice for setting up a reef

joefromsacto · 02/15/2008, 01:30 PM

I am currently in the process of converting a FOWLR to a reef tank. I will now be using a combo of flourescent and actinic lights, totalling 260 watts. I have a 60 gallon tank, and was wondering with that lighting system what would be good, colorful, and easy to care for corals so that I can ease my way in to reefkeeping without getting in over my head.....any advice on this, and any tips in general will be appreciated. thanks for the help,
Joe

snulma1 · 02/15/2008, 02:45 PM

The easiest to start with are things like pulsing xenia, frogspawn, and green star polyps. they usually will grow in anything.

sslak · 02/15/2008, 03:03 PM

Use caution and planning when introducing something like Green Star Polyps. They can quickly grow covering large sections of your rock work, taking up valuable real estate where you might someday want to place other corals.

A fast spreading coral like this should be isolated where it can't grow over rocks that you don't want it to cover.

luke33 · 02/15/2008, 03:44 PM

Yea, if i had to do it all over i would have never introduced green star polyps, colt coral or xenia. They grow like weeds, especially the colt coral.

02/15/2008, 01:30 PM	#1
joefromsacto Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: manteca Posts: 13	need advice for setting up a reef I am currently in the process of converting a FOWLR to a reef tank. I will now be using a combo of flourescent and actinic lights, totalling 260 watts. I have a 60 gallon tank, and was wondering with that lighting system what would be good, colorful, and easy to care for corals so that I can ease my way in to reefkeeping without getting in over my head.....any advice on this, and any tips in general will be appreciated. thanks for the help, Joe

02/15/2008, 03:03 PM	#3
sslak Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,705	Use caution and planning when introducing something like Green Star Polyps. They can quickly grow covering large sections of your rock work, taking up valuable real estate where you might someday want to place other corals. A fast spreading coral like this should be isolated where it can't grow over rocks that you don't want it to cover. __________________ Steve Current Tank Info: 58 Oceanic/20g Sump/250w XM 20k/2x39w T5 True Actinic 03/2010 Reef Octopus NW Cone Skimmer

02/15/2008, 02:45 PM	#2
snulma1 Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: New York, NY Posts: 2,281	The easiest to start with are things like pulsing xenia, frogspawn, and green star polyps. they usually will grow in anything.

02/15/2008, 03:44 PM	#4
luke33 Moved On Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 8,375	Yea, if i had to do it all over i would have never introduced green star polyps, colt coral or xenia. They grow like weeds, especially the colt coral.