starting salt

[Darbex]

Yeah what's up Tim?

[eklikewhoa]

Yeah it's set up... in the corner of the house with all the goods in the stand....still in the box.

As far as up and running... don't think so.

[electricblue]

Has this tank been setup yet, I've been waiting for pictures

[eklikewhoa]

But corals seem to look so much better and grow faster with feeding or water column feeding.

[myjohnson]

Coralife Skimmer rated to 65g.

Bigger is better but this will do if you decide to run it.

Honeslty with softies and LPS you can live with water changes and no Skimmer if you wanted.

Corals don't need food so you can keep the tank relatively clean without a Skimmer.

[semper]

Frogspawn and hammer almost impossible to kill. Torch on the other hand can be tricky.

Lost a few torches over the years to brown jelly disease.

[eklikewhoa]

Some tweaking and it'll work fine.

I always prefer to go over what its rated for. I ran the octopus 300 on my 30g.

[armthehomeless]

Coralife Skimmer rated to 65g.

[eklikewhoa]

Which skimmer did you get/decide on?

I've used the reef octopus and its a beast!

[armthehomeless]

I'm looking at a TEK fixture. I'll have two MP10s by next week. Should I switch the Skimmer? It is still NIB.

My wife will want movement, so clams are probably out.

[Sea-agg09]

Hammers and frogspawn are either a big win or a big lose in my book. Some do really well, others just die and go to hell. As for clams, Maximas, Hippopus, and Crocea clams need a ton of light (similar to SPS). They are never collected deeper than 20 feet deep in the wild. Squamosa and Derasa clams are super easy. They are usually found between 60 and 90 feet, and require much less light.

[Darbex]

Clams can be a pain and they need a lot of light. Very similar to SPS in care IMO. Hammers and frogspawn are super easy LPS

[Sea-agg09]

Heater, light, ATO, and a RO unit.....that's about it. :)

That's actually not a bad list. Can't use your fancy carbon bottle with a reef. For lights, look into T5. 4 bulbs should be enough to grow anything you want.

MY list of starter corals;
GSP
Ricordia - Hatian or go home
Zoas
Green or Yellow Leathers
Clams - Derasa or Squamosa
Duncans

[Ca Nguyen]

i don't know.i found it a few months back when i was looking for reef scape

[armthehomeless]

Blue polyps
zoas
ricordias
yumas

Got with the nice stuff and it'll pop and keep the interest.

Sounds good.