first coral?

[armison89]

i want to start getting coral soon. do i have to wait a certain amount of time b4 i can get them like with nems? about all i know about keeping them is lighting. any help would be great

 

[jfl14609]

Thats a pretty big question I think you need to tell us how long your setup has been going how you cycled it what equip you have

 

[armison89]

its a 40 breeder i set up a week ago but i used abt 10 gallons of water thats been running for 4 months and 35lbs of live rock with no die off. ive had fish in the 40 for 4 days still no amonia so i dont think it will cycle.

 

[Dave VG]

Was the rock in the saltwater for 4 months? If so most likely it's cycled already. I would suggest waiting at least a month or two to get all the parameters stable and then start off with some softies or LPS. SPS on the other hand take a more mature tank like 6 months to a year and very very stable water parameters IMO.

 

[armison89]

yes the liverock was from the cycled tank. thanks i was hoping i could get some from the frag swap at abc next month. i dont want any sps in this tank so i good there.

 

[armison89]

i thinking about these corals.

brains
trumpet
doughnut
hammer
torch
zoas
Green Fluorescent Mushroom