how much coral is too much?

hey everybody, i know nothing about coral other than i want some of it in my nano tank so that it can host the clowns i want to get, this is a new project and i have nothing right now, but i hear that the best thing to do with a reef tank is to plan plan plan and take it slow, so thats what im trying to do, so anyway back to the coral, can a nano support it with minimal difficulties? what exactly does the coral do? im sry to ask such a newb question, but i want to learn everything and i know next to nothing
thanks in advance

 

When I had my nano up and running to its fullest I had:
Star Polyps- they spread but not as much as I thought they would.
Mushrooms- I would buy groups of them or just single ones to place where you please
Bubble Coral- mine did really well in my nano
Feather Duster- technically its a worm but that was my center piece
Zoas- Small frags work perfect in nano's, easy to place and spread pretty quickly.

This is just what I had setup in mine. It was a 12g nano and everything lasted well over a year and would have last longer except I went out of town, didn't turn a/c on the apartment, massive heat wave and completely fried everything in my tank. The temp was well over 100 when I got home. It was devasting.

Just be careful with nanos, not much room for error.
Good Luck!

 

do corals in any way affect the tank so i would not be able to have as many fish? i mean i only want 2 possibly 3 but im not sure about it yet, still trying to play with it in my head. i am quickly becoming an addict to all of this and i have not started to put it together yet

 

h0w much coral is not enough should eb the question ahaha

 

Depends on corals and other inhabitants... I had a bta that stung a bunch of my leather.. Corals don't put off any of hardly any bio load... But the do suck nutrients out of the water...

 

would you have to replenish the nutrients then or how would you fix that? is there something online that i can read?

 

you can replenish the nutrients with additive or regular water changes, not all that difficult