I aslso want some corals.

Hi all,
I am new here, very good site. I just start to change to salt water. The tank is about 100 gls(22"x72"x15&quot, 6 months old. 2" of CC, 100 lbs LR, only 80w of florcent lights(blue, natural white) just test water from a local FS, everything in line. Right now there are 4 Damsels, 2 yellow Tang, 1 Yellow Eye Tang. I love fishes, but it kind of borring since the tank look bold. Anyway, I like to add some coral for the look, please give advices. Thanks.vn

 

Welcome to 3Reef!

The only things you can add right now are low light polyps and mushroom corals.  Most corals are photosynthetic and need intense lighting to thrive.  Metal Halide lighting with Actinic supplementation will allow you to keep just about anything.

Decide what kinds of corals and we can help with specific lighting requirements.  A good place to start is to go to the top of the page and reviewthe hardware section of the "Steps" tab.

 

you might be able to go with some low light leathers also. are you going to upgrade your lighting at all? if so then you can expand your choices but stick with the 3 types mentioned above. have you thought about inverts like crabs, shrimps, dusters and so on they can be added with low light and give the tank life and color.

 

Hi, Thanks for the replies. Still in the learning curve, so I will keep it low profile. Enjoy to observe the beauty of the fishes and rocks. vn.

 

Hi,
Can You name a few name of low lights poly and mushroom. Also.. what do you feed them. What is coral frag? Thanks. vn.

 

Bulls eye mushrooms are very good in low light, as well as button polyps. Button Polyps come in a variety of species and colors. Go see wehat your loval fish store (LFS) has available.

Miy polyps and shrooms just mostly filter feed as I have a well established tank with live sand and live rock. Lots of infauna and phytoplankton for them to feed on. You can supplement with live phytoplankton you can get from the LFS. DTs is a good brand.

A coral frag is when you cut a part of a coral and poropogate another animal bt attaching it to another rock. Forced colonization if you will. Much like grafting a tree.

 

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Hi, forced colonization? What is the procedure? Any sources or link can I get more infor? Thanks.vn