Im new here and to the hobby

Hi im new here and to the hobby i have had a tank running for 1 day lol. I just want to say hello to everyone. I do have some questions.

 

great welcome to 3reef!!! what size tank do you have what are your lights, filters, do you have a skimmer or refugium waht do you plan on doing wiht you tank

 

welcome to 3reef hardy. and go right ahead and ask away, just dont ask which fish to add today in there .

 

Hello and welcome to 3reef

 

My tank is a 10 gallon mini reef it has 10 lbs of livesand about 20 or so lbs of live rock and a filter for circulation and a powerhead and my question was how many fish can i get? Do i have to have a protien skimmer? Im saving up to get a 20 inch t5 or halide. I have a hood with some coralife bulbs. How long should i wait to get fish?

 

atleast 3 weeks you have to let your tank cycle first( cycle means all of your paramaters have to been normal for atleast a week). i would say 1 or two fish. i would look into gobies. a good site to look at is liveaquaria.com also do you plan on having corals

 

I want to get some corals is there any corals i can get with out the big expensive lights

 

yep zoos, leathers, polyps, duncans, those are just a few

 

so i can still get corals and wait on the lights but do i have to have a protien skimmer i have seen tanks with out skimmers

 

dont get corals until you get proper lighting and no you dont have to have a skimmer its just suggested