good begginer corals

[papaya]

im about to get a 30-40 gal. tank........could anyone advise me on some good begginer corals for this size tank? also, which (if any) anemones would it be the best idea for me to try to keep?

[papaya]

anything you know would be great! i dont know much

[rluix]

im about to get a 30-40 gal. tank........could anyone advise me on some good begginer corals for this size tank? also, which (if any) anemones would it be the best idea for me to try to keep?

You need to let the tank cycle first for one month, acording to test results, you will need a skimmer and live rock and sand.
I would recommend Soft corals for a beginner , they require less lightingt that the hard ones. Colt corals are great and easy to keep.
Anemones are best kept after 5 months of inicial setup of the tank, leting it mature.

[Parrothead]

rluix, please stop saying that a tank only takes one month to cycle, yours may have, I know of others that cycled in less and others that have taken 6 - 8 weeks to go through the nitrogen cycle.

Papaya, once a tank has gone through the nitrogen cycle does not mean it's ready for corals or lots of additions, after the int. cycle you can add your clean up crew, you should not add any corals for a couple of months, the tank needs time to mature, in the meantime do some homework, figure out what you want to keep, and if they will all get along with each other. so start studying

[papaya]

thanks for the advice, do you have any anemone suggestions?

[rluix]

rluix, please stop saying that a tank only takes one month to cycle, yours may have, I know of others that cycled in less and others that have taken 6 - 8 weeks to go through the nitrogen cycle.

Papaya, once a tank has gone through the nitrogen cycle does not mean it's ready for corals or lots of additions, after the int. cycle you can add your clean up crew, you should not add any corals for a couple of months, the tank needs time to mature, in the meantime do some homework, figure out what you want to keep, and if they will all get along with each other. so start studying

I know that, thats why i said "acording on the test results"

[peacock]

good corals to start with r mushrooms star polyps zoas and any other soft corals. like said before anemone need a mature tank and need feeding bout every 2-3 days i would say a bubble tip anemone would be best

[papaya]

awesome! thanks so much for the help!