New to marine tanks, need some help...

[Madreefer]

Originally Posted by marvinsae

i wanna have a lot of coral so im guessin an sps dominated theme with plenty of fish also. the guy at my lfs said that mushroom corals and zoanths should be able to grow no problem however i would need MH for other corals and clams?

I would go MH. Imo it's the only way to go if you cant afford led. Only downfall on MH is the heat and power consumption. If you look at most peoples tank thats what they run.