Reef Noob Please Let Me Barrow Your Expertise

[Geoff]

how long to you plan on waiting to put critters in the tank? it takes 2 months for a tank to cycle properly.

exactly what corals do you want to keep. depending on the corals you may not need a whole bunch of light.

this is not a hobby for the impatient.

G~

[Fish Eat Fish]

the only thing im impatient for is starting! ha ha i just want to get a tank and put some sand water and live rock in it so i can get going. I realize the breakin is long and that is ok with me. Im just trying to figure out the best way to do this. As far as what klind of corals i want to keep the answer is what ever kind i can keep without spening $200 on a light. Would one of those grow lights from the link work well? as well as the same compact flo lights used for aquariums? If so then i would buy a 20 long tank and use that to start my project. What do you guys think?

[Fat Tony]

what is the length of your tank??

[Fish Eat Fish]

well i dont have a tank at the moment. It just wondering if this type of setup will work with a 20 gallon tank(long or normal) WIll these lights put out enough light to support simpler corals?

[Fish Eat Fish]

bump

[Geoff]

they would work for things like shrooms and zoas, but the colour spectrum would not be very pleasant to your eyes. it would be far to yellow.

G~

[Fish Eat Fish]

Just to update everyone. I bought a 14 gal Bio Cube

Im very happy with how it turned out and I think I have a good starting point

[jenajet]

Looks very nice. You will be happy with it.