Corals / Anemones/ lighting

Peter Pan wrote:
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?

Go with T5s; very bright, not as much heat as halogens, so unless you're
using a deep tank, you don't need halogens.

What kind of filtration do you have? You need, minimum, a very good
skimmer, and the cniderians do better with a decent refugium. CPR
sells a good one for under $300.

You'll also need a good amount of live rock, and likely a sand bed.
Different anemones/corals require different environments in that
regard.

Mike

My current set up is 75 gal tank with approx 85 lbs of LR with a deep
sand bed. The tank is established for 7 years. Lighting; I have actinic
and Coralife trichromatic Fluorescents. Canister Filtration, Skimmer and
RODI. Nitrates are usually under 15ppm, I don't have issues with Ammonia
or Nitrites of any thing else.