Nano reef lighting

[HAAA]

Thanyou now im thinking of getting a nano reef but i have a question i want to put my tank weres their lots of lighting so im thinking of not getting such strong likes would this be ok

 

[HAAA]

i meant to say light not like *crazysmil

 

[Lotus]

I put this into a new thread so it's not in the sticky.

 

[Punkrulz]

Haaa, you know you can edit any post that you make, so you can correct any spelling mistakes and don't have to reply saying why, right? There's a big edit button with scissors at the bottom of every one of your posts.

 

[HAAA]

if i want coral how many watts do i need for a 22g tank but im going to put it in a very lighted room

 

[Lotus]

What kind of corals are you hoping to keep? Some have higher light requirements than others.

 

[HAAA]

im not sure my mom wants to pick them out i just wanted live rocks and 3 fishes

 

[Lotus]

I really suggest that you consider getting a couple of books on saltwater to get a good understanding of things like lighting, coral types, water parameters, etc.

The questions you're asking don't lead me to believe you have enough understanding of how it works to be able to make decisions about the living creatures you want to put in a tank.

Even more so than in freshwater, you can't just put water and salt in a tank and hope that fish and corals will survive.

 

[HAAA]

I know that i only had freshwater fish and i want to do something harder so im asking lots of question before i do anyhting i dont want to spend all that money to have dead fish

 

[Fishmonger70]

HAAA,

There's nothing wrong with asking questions. That's what the forum is here for, but there is a lot of excellent resources out there for setting up SW aquariums. You could spend a ton of time wandering through the posts here, as well as through out the internet. There are also a lot of books out there that are very good references and something that every saltwater aquarist should have in his or her library.

A couple good books include:
The New Marine Aquarium by Michael Paletta

Natural Reef Aquariums: Simplified Approaches to Creating Living Saltwater Microcosms, which is the one I have and it is very good.


I would also recomend reading the sticky: The Nano Reef: A Step by Step Guide at the top of the nano forum.

 

[HAAA]

would one 32 watt Dual SunPaq Daylight, and one 32 watt Dual SunPaq Actinic and two Nocturnal Blube Lunar lights, and a cooling fan work for corals