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renne39
07/19/2008, 08:44 PM
what are some beginner coral that I can get for 150 gallon tank with two clown fish in it

ILoveReefer
07/19/2008, 08:55 PM
What kind of lighting do you have? Good beginner corals are mushrooms, Green star polyps aka GSP, xenia, and some of the less expensive zoanthids.

kau_cinta_ku
07/19/2008, 09:17 PM
kenya tree, leathers, ect. but again also helps to know what lighting you have.

renne39
07/20/2008, 10:40 AM
I have 3 mh lights and 2 blue lights 10,000 2 white 10,000

Playa-1
07/20/2008, 11:26 AM
Frogspawn, mushrooms, Bubble coral, maybe a closed brain but watch the long sweepers.

Sk8r
07/20/2008, 11:50 AM
Any euphyllia (frogspawn aka octopus, etc; hammer aka anchor, torch aka keep it 6" away from neighbors.) Frog and hammer can touch. Torch, no. Not for long.
Candycane is good.
Among sps, montiporas will grow for you.
Fox is good, but a little more fragile.
Start out by dosing something like Kent Turbo Calcium and Kent buffer and Kent Tech M to achieve a dkh of 8.3-9.3, a calcium of about 420 and a magnesium of about 1300. You'll be dosing a half teaspoon of calcium a day.
Then when they take off, you'll be pouring calcium in by the tablespoon and thinking about either dripping kalk from your topoff reservoir or getting a calcium reactor. Kalk is good for a coral tank up to about a hundred gallons, and might suffice you nicely while you save for a reactor.