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If you want cheap lights, I would say go for OceanRevive and if you want expensive lights go for Radion.
The best thing you can do is just study until you understand the classes and needs of different corals, since it is your direct focus to have beautiful corals.
To keep them in good colours, strong lighting is needed so they don't overproduce their algae and become darker brown.
Also keeping the nutrients in the water at ZERO keeps the algae inside the corals in lower number, again preventing the more brownish colour from masking the outer pigments of the coral.
So keep light high and nutrients low to keep good colour in the livestock.
On the other hand, other types of corals live in more nutrient-rich waters, and will suffer if the traces are not kept at adequate levels.
To get a good mixed reef tank, you'll need to constantly understand the changing demands for watermixes as you add new livestock and the inhabitants grow.
I hear many people end up with fishes that might eat their corals, so of course always study all individual species before going ahead with a buy.
If you want to keep anemones in the tank as well, I would say that you need a skimmer to get the toxic war between species skimmed out of the water as good as possible.
You would also need a skimmer if you want a zero nutrient environment through using carbon dosing (vodka, vinegar or store mixed versions of the same), because although it leaves your water with zero nitrates or phosphates, it also leaves a ton of dead bacteria that got nothing left to eat ..and then it's great to just be able to turn a skimmer on.
I have not tried all kinds of equipment, but, if you want a skimmer that does not ruin the overall elegant look of your marine set up, a Mame skimmer and a good air pump can be added easily without taking up much space.
Enjoy!
If you want cheap lights, I would say go for OceanRevive and if you want expensive lights go for Radion.
The best thing you can do is just study until you understand the classes and needs of different corals, since it is your direct focus to have beautiful corals.
To keep them in good colours, strong lighting is needed so they don't overproduce their algae and become darker brown.
Also keeping the nutrients in the water at ZERO keeps the algae inside the corals in lower number, again preventing the more brownish colour from masking the outer pigments of the coral.
So keep light high and nutrients low to keep good colour in the livestock.
On the other hand, other types of corals live in more nutrient-rich waters, and will suffer if the traces are not kept at adequate levels.
To get a good mixed reef tank, you'll need to constantly understand the changing demands for watermixes as you add new livestock and the inhabitants grow.
I hear many people end up with fishes that might eat their corals, so of course always study all individual species before going ahead with a buy.
If you want to keep anemones in the tank as well, I would say that you need a skimmer to get the toxic war between species skimmed out of the water as good as possible.
You would also need a skimmer if you want a zero nutrient environment through using carbon dosing (vodka, vinegar or store mixed versions of the same), because although it leaves your water with zero nitrates or phosphates, it also leaves a ton of dead bacteria that got nothing left to eat ..and then it's great to just be able to turn a skimmer on.
I have not tried all kinds of equipment, but, if you want a skimmer that does not ruin the overall elegant look of your marine set up, a Mame skimmer and a good air pump can be added easily without taking up much space.
Enjoy!
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