Best corals?

[amosgirl]

What are the best corals for my current lighting configuration?... I currently run 2x 12,000K daylight pc's and 2x actinics on 55 gal. Currently only houses a couple clowns, a rbta, a few green star polyps and some muchrooms. I have a lot of LR space to fill up:)

[Faviaphile]

Gotta tell more than the kelvin- what's the wattage? There's a wide variety that can thrive in many lighting schemes but posting the wattage will be more helpful. Whatcha' got?

[Snowboarda42]

Also, whats the distance between the top of the water and the lights. And how deep your tank is too will help.

The more light-needy corals might need to be put up top.

We're going to assume you have good surface Agitation and a decent skimmer to remove the floaties.

[amosgirl]

Ok, 260watts, lights are about 6" off the surface of the water, I am running a skimmer in the sump. Good surface agitation. Running a quiet one 6000!! Works wonderful!! There is about 60-70 pounds of LR. Could easily add two more pc's (have an extra fixture laying around.)

[Ricepicker]

wattage of the PCs?

upgrade in the future i hope, PCs really chew at ur money... lol

u can proabbly get away with brains, hammers, torch, candy cane, plate coral (fungia), and all soft corals

[amosgirl]

I have a 223gal. tank in the garage. I will be setting it up in the next 6 to 8 months. Then I will spend the money on lighting upgrades and so forth. Want to be able to have anything in there. Just doing the best with what I've got for now.