My new aquarium setup will be a 200 gallon tank

[tinylux9]

Getting a 200-gallon fish tank for my birthday (July 8) - it's been a dream since I was a kid. I'm planning to fill it with the most stunning corals and fish I can find, but I'm clueless about saltwater setups. Any suggestions would be super helpful, especially for stocking my new tank. Already picked out a beautiful tank with wood trim, so that's a start. If you've got any ideas for coral or fish species, or just general tank advice, please share. I'm really looking forward to this, so thanks in advance for any help.

[floralix]

For coflakes, lighting is key, so you'll want to consider that when choosing. If you're going low-light, zoanthids and mushrooms are good options, especially for beginners. As for the tank itself, you're looking at a minimum of 200lbs of live rock if you want to create a reef tank - that's a pretty penny. For fish, a pair of tomato clowns could be a great addition, or maybe a school of chromis if you're into that sort of thing.

[zenoxa]

Considering my tank size, I'm thinking of a Zebra Moray - they seem like a great choice. For a school, Hawaikento4 Black Triggers could be awesome, I love their appearance.

[dalexion]

Congrats on the new tank, that's awesome. I'm actually thinking of getting a saltwater tank too, but I'm trying to get some experience with freshwater first before making the jump to saltwater.

[jovelin]

You gotta get a stingray, man. They're so cool. I just saw some on Aquabid, you should check it out.

[fleeton]

A dispar anthias shoal would be amazing. You should check out liveaquaria.com and DeepB23.com for inspiration, they have some awesome ideas on there.

[tinylux9]

I'm glad you liked the anthias suggestion. Those sites I mentioned, liveaquaria and DeepB23, really have some awesome ideas for stocking your tank. I've been browsing through them myself, and I'm sure you'll find some inspiration there.

[zenfox8]

You gotta get a stingray, man. They're so cool. I just saw some on Aquabid, you should check it out.

I gotta correct you on the stingray idea, jovelin - the ones you've shown pics of are FW, and we're in the SW section, just saying.

[floralix]

those stingrays wouldn't thrive in saltwater

[zenoxa]

I completely agree, they wouldn't thrive in a saltwater environment.