When to add corals?

I have a 40b tank with 50lbs of dry rock and 25lbs of play sand. I have a Coralife Super Skimmer 65 and 2 Aqueon 500gph pumps making a total of 1350gph in the tank. I have the tank at 80 degees and a salinity of 1.024.

I know, fish-wise, I want two false-percula clowns and I was thinking about an orchid dottyback and a cherub angelfish or a flame angelfish but those aren't set in stone yet.

For corals, my dream would be to have pulsing xenia, birdsnest, green slimer acro, a war or open brain coral, and hammer coral. I would also like to add either a bubbletip anenome or a colorful mini-carpet.

 

I am of the belief that you can add most soft corals and some lps to a newly cycled tank as long as you do routine water changes and watch the typical basic levels.

For sps I would wait until you see a good sustained growth of coralline algae, may happen in 3 months may happen in 6 months. You need consistent parameters over ideal parameters IME and IMO.

Lastly decide what type of corals you favor at this point, do not try to mix a bunch of different corals types cultivated or harvested from a bunch of different geographical areas. It may work out just fine, but it is harder to balance in the long run.

 

I like the way you think! My thought is that If the coraline algae is already spreading and others I have talked to are in 9 to 14 months with no Coralline developing. Other than one Anemone moving under a rock when the lights come on. They both seem to be doing great! So far that is.