New tank ???

[JacobP]

Hello So About 6 Months Ago I Decided That I Would Try A Salt Water Tank I Have Been Keeping Freshwater For Years So I Went Out And Bought a 47 gallon And Built A Stand I Went To My LFS And Got Sand and RODI Water I Ordered Live Rock And Set It up cycle for a month added two clown fish and two month later two Blue/Green Chromis now I am ready for corals I think and don't have circulation pumps am looking in to getting some also just have the LED's that came with the tank looking to upgrade
Any Advice On Corals and and pumps and lighting would be great thanks everyone

 

[ndz98]

Firstly, welcome to r2r!

So this tank has been set up for 6 months correct? Not sure if you meant it was a thought 6 months ago or that's when you got the tank lol. If it's six months the tank has been running you could start off with some soft corals like zoas. They are much more forgiving that most corals. Try to buy some cheap corals at first and see how they do. Don't start off with a 50 dollar coral because it would suck to kill it because you are still learning. Since you are planning on keeping corals I would go ahead and order test kits to see what your levels are.

If you're looking for some pretty good power heads that aren't crazy expensive I would look into getting a couple jebao rw-4. I got mine for a little over 50 per power head on Amazon.

As for lighting, if you don't want to spend a fortune, I would look into SB Reef Lights. I have one and they are good lights for the price. You could also look into kessil lighting. I know many people have those over there tanks and they are good lights. They are a little more expensive though.

 

[michellejy]

Mushrooms are another very forgiving first coral.

 

[jsker]

I started my tank with the standard equipment and have upgraded over time. Lights are very important to growing corals and you are eventually are going to need good light or lights. If you are going with LED's find a light the you can control the spectrum, and if you go t'5s find a light that you can also control. I went with LED's and like them very much. We (another member) put together a positive thread comparing our lights and some of the other member are putting out some good thoughts on lights.
Powers heads, you can spend a bunch on to. As you learn you find what you would like. Again I would look at the good power heads and only spend once. I started with the Hydor's and they worked very well for me before I upgraded. I was looking for different types of water movement and a clean look to my display tank.

 

[JacobP]

Thanks for the replying the tank has been set up for 6 months I am looking at power heads and new lights also before corals just look for advice

 

[ScottMyers123]

Welcome to R2R! What price range are you looking for on the lights and powerheads. When I first started my tank I started with hydor powerheads and kessil lights. I now have all ecotech products as far as Lights and powerheads. It really depends on how much you want to spend and how much control you want to have over the product.