Newbie w dreams

[MonkeyCandy]

I have a 16 gal nano w just 2 blue damsels in it so far. I'm about to get some basic cleaning crew in there & want to start getting coral in there. Anything I should do before that? Ideas on good coral to start with?

 

[ezy33]

What is your lighting? It will determine what corals you can keep.

 

[obscurereef]

Also test your water. Inverts and especially coral can be sensitive to high nitrates and will not tolerate ammonia nor nitrite.

 

[MonkeyCandy]

I've got 14k LEDs that are meant for reefs. I test my water at least once a week. I have about 16 lbs of live rock & live sand each. I'm running 2 3-stage filters & a protein skimmer.

 

[Pufferlove]

I know very little on lighting but great starter corals are softies (zoas, mushrooms, ect) but if you would want to get into hard coral montiporas are good to start with.

 

[MonkeyCandy]

Thanks for the advice. Also, since I only have the 2 damsels, am I going to need to feed my cleanup crew? If so, what?

 

[MonkeyCandy]

Here's how it's lookin today.

 

[pairenoid]

wow thats only 16 lbs of lr? i ahve 20 lbs and i have lik triple the amount u have

i kinda wish i had less, i like the minimalistic look

 

[MonkeyCandy]

Yep, right under 16 technically. Thanks. I kinda like it too. Once I start getting more coral, I might add more, but it's good for now.