Beginner coral help! (starter)

Kenya tree, brown palythoa, green palythoa, and Devil's hand would also grow fine in your tank. I have pieces of any or all of them that you are welcome to, for free. If you decide you want any, I will caution you on their placement.
 
Yes stay with low light corals at the start you can always upgrade on the lighting later on.
 
jrwoltman said:
Kenya tree, brown palythoa, green palythoa, and Devil's hand would also grow fine in your tank. I have pieces of any or all of them that you are welcome to, for free. If you decide you want any, I will caution you on their placement.
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Deff take his caution and make sure u can easily take them out. Last thing u want is a coral u don't want taking over your tank especially when u have a small tank
 
You will be upgrade lighting after you have some hardy corals then you will want to have nice corals. Step by step first, don't rush and you will happy..

Remember, some corals will be out of control and grow like weeds and you will be unhappy with them..so be careful...
 
I have a bunch of easy to keep zoas that prefer low light. I can donate a few frags to a new reefer. If your ever near Lombard shoot me a pm
 
One thing to keep mind is that Pulsing Xenia and Green Star Polyps can tank over your tank just as easily as mushroom corals. You might want to start with a leather coral as they are hardy and they won't take over your tank. Personally I think Sarchophyton corals are just as awesome as stoney corals.
 
Chitownreefs said:
Also how many corals would be able to be put in tank in general?
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Corals aren't limited by water volume/filtration capacity like fish are because photosynthetic corals don't poop so they aren't adding to the bioload. The key thing is having enough room to allow the corals to have their own space so they don't fight each other via stingers, chemical warfare, etc.
 
Jason R said:
Corals aren't limited by water volume/filtration capacity like fish are because photosynthetic corals don't poop so they aren't adding to the bioload. The key thing is having enough room to allow the corals to have their own space so they don't fight each other via stingers, chemical warfare, etc.
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Photosynthetic corals do poop. Zoas crap all the time
 
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