So for well over a year I've thought about this, and now it will become a reality. My 75g coral reef is going to become a 75g SW planted tank. The only corals I plan to keep are mshrooms, ricordia and maybe a few zoas. The rest of the tank will be marine plants and a few gorgonians.

First a question about lighting. I run an 8*54w HO T5 Tek Systems setup. Bulbs are four actinic, two aquablue (60/40 ~11000K) and two 6000K daylights. Should I consider changing anything in this arrangement?

Protein skimmer. Is it needed?

Scaping. I suppose it's basically going to loosely follow the rules of aquascaping a FW tank. You know, nothing right in the face, consideration for focal points, etc.

Dosing and water changes. Where's a good place to start?


That's about all I can think of for now, but there will be more Qs I'm sure.