Hi All Very new to this great hobbie.

Joined : 15 Jul 2008 Posts : 2

What a great looking site I'm very new to marine after having tropical for 3 years. I've had my tank going for about 6 weeks lol but not rushed into buying fish ect. I just have 2 chromis and 1 cleaner shrimp. small amount of live rock, But it was the corals that drew me to a marine tank, So any information on where to start with them what to go for first, I have been looking on ebay but any help from here would be very much appreciated.

Gail.

Subject: Re: Hi All Very new to this great hobbie. Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:00 pm

Hi Gail welcome to the site!! I too was drawn to marines by staring at the 8ft reef tank in my lfs when i used to keep freshwater!! That soon changed lol!!

What type of lighting do you have?? Some corals depend on a lot of light aswell as good water quality!! If we know the type of lighting you have then it would be a big help for us to help you with!!

Joined : 31 Jul 2007 Posts : 155 Location : Norwich

Hi Gail,
I would stay away from a lot of the sellers on EBay as they can really rip people off with 2/3 polyp frags for lots of money.
Once you know the type of corals you like and are able to keep in your set up keep an eye out on the forums like this one for bargain pieces.

Subject: Re: Hi All Very new to this great hobbie. Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:12 am

Hello Gail, welcome to the site.
I agree with frosttelecoms alot of sellers on ebay can rip people
off.
It would help to know what lighting do you have? may be able to send you a few easy keep frags if you can cover the postage.

Joined : 15 Jul 2008 Posts : 2

Hi all. Thanks very much for all the help and info I have recieved so far very much apprciated. My Tank is a juwel 4ft the lighting a duel T5 High-Lite Tube marine. I have taken a cpl of pics but cant figure out how to post them on here yet, Like I said its pretty bare at the mo, I have taken your advice about ebay but its always nice to see the pics of the lovely corals. I would like to say a big thanks you to peterjames1 for the offer to help to get me started and of course i would pay the postage as you will have lots more knowledge of types of corals to start off with. I'm reading everything i can find at the min which is making me more iching to get really started and building a beautiful coral tank. Thanks to all. Gail

Joined : 31 Jul 2007 Posts : 155 Location : Norwich

One of the best ways of posting pictures is to set up an account at www.photobucket.com. It really easy to use and you can get the pictures to show in your post.
With a twin T5 you can keep quite a few soft corals such as zoas, mushrooms, toadstools etc.

Joined : 28 Jul 2008 Posts : 31

I agree about ebay from my own experience when i bought a coral off there and something totally different to the pic arrived.
With only a twin T5 you'd need to place zoas high up as i've found they need alot of light.Mushrooms and toadstool corals will adjust to less light.
Another option is LPS corals.Some of mine are in really shady corners but feed them regularly and they'll do ok.Some LPS such as the beautiful suncoral don't need any light just feeding.

Subject: Re: Hi All Very new to this great hobbie. Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:52 pm

Thanks cutefem will pm later to sort it out.

Subject: Re: Hi All Very new to this great hobbie. Fri Aug 01, 2008 1:34 am

hi cutefem if you send me £5 to cover postage ill send you a leather muchroom frag for free.
your lighting is good for a starter tank, have you got the juwel 180?

if your looking for help and advice the best place i have found is

http://www.reefsuk.org/forum/index.php

sereiously no question is a stupid question and this forum will not make you feel stupid or ashamed so if you have any question then look it up or post it, its better than making a mistake and killing your tank (which i have done!)

pm me if you want that muchroom.

the first pic is what it will turn into and the second it what it looked like a couple of weeks ago

http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l391/rustyterry/Photo-0015.jpg

http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l391/rustyterry/Photo-0017.jpg