Looking for advice on first coral in 6-7 month old tank.

[Xyres]

Its a Radion set up with the TIR lenses.

And thanks for the great information.

[FitoPharmer]

Well that light is bright enough to keep anything you want. After that it comes down to the flow and water conditions. SPS generally demand cleaner, more stable, faster moving water. While LPS and sofites like slower dirtier water and can stand more variation in water parameters. That being said some SPS like Montipora are very easy SPS and lives naturally with LPS and softies. And many LPS corals are easy to keep, They just do much better if you can spot feed them. Was there some type of tank you were trying to achieve? species tank? Low maintenace? ultra stunning? little bit of everything?

[Xyres]

I would like to do a little bit of everything at the moment. In this tank I am not looking to do anything to spectacular except for caring for what I have properly and then placing them in a larger new tank when I get the money and allowing them to truly flourish with what I can give them. One day I would like to frag my own corals.

[FitoPharmer]

If you look up anything your not sure about you will do fine. I find liveaquaria, a site from the states, has a huge ID section with fantastic pictures and they have most common things listed. If I am not sure what a specific coral, fish, or invert is about or needs I always check to see if they have a page first.