Peter Pan wrote on Sat, 12 Jan 2008:
I have a FOWLR and I'm thinking of adding corals and or anemones. I don't
know anything about either of them so I'm here doing some research. I know I
don't want to buy any special lighting other then bulbs so, from Soup to
nuts, what will I need to do?

Is this a joke? The main difference (besides requiring superior water
quality) between keeping only fish, and keeping corals/anemones, is brighter
lighting. Most corals and most anemones get a significant fraction of their
energy input from lighting.

As to what "else" you'll need, surely it depends on what you've got right
now. It's possible that a FOWLR tank is already a perfectly fine environment
for corals/anemones -- probably except for the lighting. And probably some
kind of calcium supplement for corals; they absorb calcium from the water and
use it to build their skeletons, so you need to regularly replace that (with
calicum powder, or using kalkwasser for your evaporation topoff).

But you didn't mention what equipment you already had. You didn't mention
what your water parameters were (ammonia, nitrates, calcium, etc.). How do
you expect anyone to actually answer your question seriously about what you
"need to do"?

-- Don
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