starting salt

[armthehomeless]

Okay, I'm starting a salt tank. Planning on basic corals and a couple inverts/fish...nothing too fancy. This is what I have so far:

ADA 90p with built in overflow
Coralife Skimmer rated for 65g
MP10
Mag9.5

What else(aside from a sump) should I get before I set this up?

[myjohnson]

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

[armthehomeless]

Recommendations on starter corals?

[myjohnson]

What type of light you plan in using? This limits the different types of corals you can keep.

Generally, anything soft is easy to keep, i.e. zoas, green star polyp, pulsing zenias, mushrooms, recordia, etc. These corals tend to grow faster, can live in lower light, lower flow areas.

Lps, are a little harder to keep but not much. Large stony polyp grow slower and requires a little more light.

I think you are good with softies and LPS.

[mgarrido]

Initial Setup
1. ADA 90p with built in overflow - Nice!
2. Coralife Skimmer rated for 65g - Don't like this skimmer but you can find something better later
3. MP10 - You need 2 MP10 for this tank
4. Mag9.5 - Better a mag 7 or 5
5. Test kit (NO2,NO3, NH3, PH, Phosphate .... later CA,ALK, MG)
6. Refratometer
7. RO/DI unit
8. Heater

Later with Corals:
9. Ligths
10. Phosban reator
11. Controller
12. ATO

[wendy32693]

xenias, gsp and kenya trees are good first corals. Kenya trees were my first coral, and have lasted through almost everything, bad water, being crushed by falling rocks, bad lighting.

[Darbex]

Nice we got a new convert. Tim I sent you a text hit me up.

[Ca Nguyen]

http://www.reef2reef.com/forums/member-tanks/71690-ada-90p-reef-build.html

tim, you should check this out

[eklikewhoa]

Blue polyps
zoas
ricordias
yumas

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

[eklikewhoa]

either that or go with a anemone tank!

mini carpets
red bubble tips
rock nems

[armthehomeless]

http://www.reef2reef.com/forums/memb...eef-build.html
tim, you should check this out

I'll check this out tomorrow. Is this Dane's site?

[armthehomeless]

Blue polyps
zoas
ricordias
yumas

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

Sounds good.

[Ca Nguyen]

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

[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

[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