newbee to reef and corals

Hi all, i've had salty fish for 15 years but this is my first reef tank. So much to learn. I like reading peoples questions and answers, been really informative. So I joined here so I can as well ask a few.

 

hello and welcome to 3reef

 

Welcome To 3Reef! You are going to love the world of reefing. Symbiotic relationships are awsome!

 

Welcome to 3reef, glad to have you aboard.

 

Welcome to 3reef!

 

If you ran successful salt fish tanks for that long then the move to corals will be easy enough..
Other then tighter water parameters and lighting(depending on types of corals you want ) You will encounter very few problems . Corals are not all that difficult to grow. I'm sure you have a good skimmer already with fish only its a must have But welcome and ask questions before applying what you read in a book . Lots of dis-information in the books I think.. It all depends on the Arthur's sponsors

 

Welcome to 3reef! Best of luck with your tank...
Some of the issues that will need to be addressed with keeping corals especially are, as Tangster mentioned but also the placement of your corals as each corals husbandry requirements are different in terms of lighting and water movement. You also have to be careful of the placement of your corals as different corals have different chemical warfare(nematocysts, mucus etc.) protective toxins. Some are stronger(toxicity wise) than others so this has to be looked at so as to limit the chance of injury or death from one coral making contact with another neighboring coral, however, some corals can basically launch nematocyst or sweeper tentacles into the water column in hopes of these landing on another coral to harm it!
Eric Borneman's Aquarium Corals or Julian Sprung Coral book offer alot of ggod info regarding husbandry, ease of keeping and compatability as well!