Starting to add corals

[razec]

I have a 55 gallon tank with 2 lights - Eclipse Natural Daylight F15 T8 18"
Is this enough for starting to have corals?
Thank you in advance.

[hbuelta]

I think you are a bit on the low side of lighting... but anyway if you want to keep your current lighting fixture, maybe can try with some "low light" soft corals like sarcophytons and discosoma. They are quite hardy and do well under low light.
I also suggest you to add some 'blue' (actinic) light...can be a spot or light-bar blue LED light.

BTW, how do you manage to get water moving inside the tank...that's very important for corals too..

Hope this help !!!

[spw4949]

In a tank that deep it will be tought to sustain any corals long term, if you want to add corals you should most definately upgrade your lighting.

[razec]

Thank you both for your answer.

What tube I can use on my 18" setting to upgrade keeping the same fixture?

[razec]

For hbuelta:

I use 2 Koralia2 heads for the water moving.