basically
the less you do the better
in my opinion
you want:
LOTS of scavengers; red leg hermits, algae blenny, turbo snails, nasarius snails, foxface, emerald crab, kole tang ... all of these are a must in my opinion
minimum 3.5 watts per gallon, maximum 7 watts per gallon ... depends on species of corals you want to keep
in most cases
get 2 timers and set
blue lights for 12 - 14 hrs per day
white lights for 6-10 hours per day
do NOT get an expensive bright light and then keep 1 coral, get 6 or 16 or 26 corals !
we like adding
ESV B-Ionic 2 part additive
and
Purple-Up
depending on coral species
you may wish to add micro-foods such as oyster eggs and/or cyclop-eeze and/or phyto plankton
we sell all of the above