[SaltWaterN00b]

Well Im happy with the live rock in the tank and I wont be adding more, so id like to get some corals and stuff in there now.

I currently have, PC light 4x65W (i think), Emporer 400 filter, Remora Skimmer, Maxijet 900 pump, Aquaclear 70 pump.

Just wondering what the best options for a begginer are.

	PC Power Compact Lighting, typically used in lower light aquariums supporting soft corals, LPS, and fish. Their low cost and cooler operating temperatures are an excellent choice for beginner aquariums and smaller tanks.

[thepudge]

Lets see, these are the corals I have been unable to kill (despite my best efforts) since I started my reef a couple of years ago with PC lighting (I've since switched to MH, but these guys were all doing fine with PC): Pagoda cup, yellow polyps, frogspawn, bubble coral, pavona catus, hydno, and lobo brain.

I also kept an RBTA, but I fed him a little more often to compensate for the lighting.

These are all nice looking and pretty forgiving corals.

	MH Metal Halide Lighting, typically used for high intensity light demanding corals such as SPS. Bulbs come in varieties of spectrums (7k, 10k,20k), and intensity (175W, 250W, 400W).

	PC Power Compact Lighting, typically used in lower light aquariums supporting soft corals, LPS, and fish. Their low cost and cooler operating temperatures are an excellent choice for beginner aquariums and smaller tanks.

[jenniebutterfly]

mushrooms, zoanthids, xenia and colt. maybe some devils hand, and also brain coral. they should all do well. but remember flow is very important too. ?

[SaltWaterN00b]

Maxi jet 900 and aquaclear 70 enough?

[thepudge]

probably not, but it depends on the size of the tank and the corals you want to keep. How big is the tank?

[SaltWaterN00b]

55g

[SlamaJama]

this...http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/...4253-sale.html

[Chiefmcfuz]

Noob I have a 55 g tank Aquaclear 50 and an MJ1200 powerheads. Eheih 2236 cannister filter, and a remora Protien skimmer. Kenya trees, Colt corals Mushrooms, xenia and some lps like frogspawn, bubble coral and a few brains and blasto's. Look at my gallery see how my PC lighting takes care of all of my corals. You have alot of things to choose from. Stick with the general rule of no SPS or high lighting coral and you should be good. If you want to go with SPS you should go with MH lighting.

	MH Metal Halide Lighting, typically used for high intensity light demanding corals such as SPS. Bulbs come in varieties of spectrums (7k, 10k,20k), and intensity (175W, 250W, 400W).

	PC Power Compact Lighting, typically used in lower light aquariums supporting soft corals, LPS, and fish. Their low cost and cooler operating temperatures are an excellent choice for beginner aquariums and smaller tanks.

	SPS Small Polyped Scleractinians - Sometimes known as Small Polyped Stony corals. These are hard corals that have extremely small polyps. They are typically on the difficult side and require Metal Halide lighting or dense Power Compact or T5 arrays. These corals are prized for their rareness and ability to be easily fragged into multiple colonies.

	LPS Large Polyped Stony corals – In the aquarium hobby this is a common division of the species of stony corals based upon the visual assessment of the size of the polyps. Corals in this category were among the first stony corals to be kept successfully in captivity and include many very beautiful species. Commonly kept Genera include Euphyllia (hammer/frogspawn coral), Favia (brain coral), Plerogyra (bubble coral), Lobophyllia (meat/tooth coral), and Caulastrea (candycane coral). LPS corals also include the popular solitary non-colonial stony corals such as Fungia (plate coral), Cynarina (button coral), Trachyphyllia (open brain coral), and Herpolitha (tongue coral). Like their SPS counterparts, LPS corals require good water quality, intense lighting of the appropriate spectrum, adequate water movement and regular supplementation of calcium.