lighting question

[gmdeguire27]

I'm not exactly new I've done FOWLR for awhile but I just setup a tank I want to do some corals I bought a orbit marine led light buy current which I know is not the best but I was told I could do some sps I was wondering what ones or how to figure it out I don't know much at all about coral just fish so some help would be greatly appreciated

 

[mattvisocky2003]

I would start in the Reef Chemistry section. It is a good idea to understand at least the basics on levels and how things interact. Also, water changes and a skimmer become necessities. Lighting is important, but if you start of with softies you should be ok. What size tank do you have? Anything catch your eye that you like?

 

[Pete polyp]

That light won't be adequate for a lot of corals. You might get away with keeping very low light demanding corals., but probably not sps. Skimming isn't really a necessity., but keeping nutrients in check is. I do not use a skimmer on my tanks and I have no issues with nutrients.

 

[Reefing Madness]

You'd be lucky enough to keep Softies thriving with that unit, let alone SPS. You'll need to look for units that have at least 3w leds in it.

 

[gmdeguire27]

I do have a skimmer its a remora pro c and the tank is only 38 gallons I'm just in the cycling process of the tank right now so I watched a few videos online and most people were saying soft corals were doing very well with the light but I didn't want to go to expensive cause this tank is not going to be permanent just kind of a learning tank and once I learn more about doing corals I'll build a bigger reef tank so I didn't want to break the bank with lights