The Right Stuff???

[robharold]

I was wondering if you folks could tell me if what I have is good enough to start growing corals? 55 gal with
a. 50/50 Compact Fluorescent w/ 2 - 65W bulbs.
b. 4 ft 40 W fluorescent(2 – 22W)
c. Fluval 440 Canister Filter pump with activated
charcoal filter and biomass media
d. 2 – 660 power heads.
e. Read Sea Prizm Protein skimmer

Thanks.

I love this site and all of your advice.

[Konadog]

You should be able to keep softies with no problem, and you should also be able to keep quite a few type's of LPS corals. You may have a hard time keeping SPS corals.

What type were you thinking of?

[robharold]

I was looking at a mix added slowly. Why are SPS harder to grow than LPS?

[Fast Fred]

SPS are much less tolerant of poor water conditions and definately require more light than you currently have. (Not saying your water conditions are poor, just answering your Q).

[Konadog]

SPS require intense lighting (Metal Halide) excellent water flow, and pristine water conditions. With the equipment you have listed, you may be able to keep some SPS for a short time, but will have long term problems in the end.

[szwab]

what corals do you plan on keeping? With your lighting as mentioned you would be ok with softies and most lps.