Corals

[Ravden]

I am piecing together to make a reef tank out of a spare 30 gal what are some of the best starter corals

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[dragonfisher33]

any softies like mushroom and leather and zoas. a green star polyp and kenya tree is what i started with. you can also do some hard LPS like candy cane and hammer coral if you want to get your hands dirty a bit.

 

[bribo12]

Mushrooms, zoanthids, really any soft corals make great beginner corals. What type of lighting will you be running, that will really determine the corals you can keep

 

[Ravden]

Any of those need a power head still undecided if I want to start with one or go with low currents then add once tank hopefully takes off

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[dragonfisher33]

How big is your tank?

 

[bribo12]

They all need a powerhead. Corals breath by receiving oxygen from the oceans currents. Low flow leads to tons of issues in sw. You want 20-30 x total tank water per hour

 

[Ravden]

30 gal and thanks wasn't sure if I'd need one for the low currants

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[Ravden]

For this 30 gallon project once it's all cycled and ready for fish I was thinking 2 clowns a green goby a few cromis. Starfish snails shrimp would I have room for any more fish then 6

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[bribo12]

IMO 6 fish is stocked.

 

[Rpbustillo]

I would switch the Chromis out for a single fish, IME they have a low survival rate in smaller aquariums. I would say 4 fish is stocked in your size tank.

 

[Ravden]

This is my first SW so just reading as much as I can so I do it right the first time...

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[killa reef]

I have a 30 gal with a firefish, a clown fish, flame angel, and a chromis and that is more than enough fish for a 30 gal. Don't get more than 4. I would even say 3 is perfect especially if you plan on doing corals as well.

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[Ravden]

Don't the filefish get at inverts? And I want to try some corals once it's a little established

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[killa reef]

Not a filefish. A firefish. Its a type of goby. Filefish do get at corals and inverts.

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