Quote Originally Posted by mark.wittig View Post
Awesome! You guys inspire me as a newcomer to the hobby. I will be setting up a 90 gal reef tank. I am wondering by your comments if a mixed coral tank is ok and what should I avoid initially. Are there any general rules concerning flow and lighting for a mixed reef? I plan on taking my time and evolving very deliberately. Any comments or assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Mark the best advice I know is take things slow. Don't go out and buy a tank set it up and start buying livestock the same day. . . if you do that you are setting yourself up for failure.

And I don't remember exactly where I read it but I believe that Melev has said that a mixed reef is something that doesn't happen in nature. Generally the area between soft corrals and hard corrals are fairly large because they each secrete a toxin that fights the other off, so you will have to do a lot of work to try and keep the water quality good to make it all work.