A year in reefing

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Its been just over a year since I started my tank. A lot has happened and I've learned a lot as well. I started with a 50 gallon long tank one power head, hob filter, hob skimmer, and power compact lighting. Only changes since with equipment have been adding a wave maker, and switching to led lights. Now some eye candy of my tanks progression through the last year.
 

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Many many more pictures to come
 

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All of these photos are still within my first 4 months of reefing so the tank is still fairly new
 

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As more recent photos are posted you will recognize a lot of these places and they've changed a lot in a year
 

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at one point a bulb in the power compact burned out and I had to use a clip on desk lamp attached to the bookcase next to the tank to keep some of the corals alive for the several weeks I had to go without a bulb -.-
 

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As I look back on many of these pictures I feel like its a completely different tank
 

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The cats have enjoyed the tank as well
 

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I've experienced and learned so many things eight this hobby and I don't think there's ever an end
 

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The acans here I got last Feb were dying as I got them, they grew a bit and as my lights slowly died so did they, I thought they were completely dead at one point, but after switching to LEDs they started to grow back. There ugly now still but slowly returning to their previous glory
 

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After some time I became obsessed with coral. And more so..
 

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Unfortunately I lost a lot of beautiful pieces for various reasons, some preventable others not so much.
 

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Many pieces have been in many places around my tank over time, many others have found a permanent home
 

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Great progression!!!
 
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Thank you! I've only caught up to like march so far, still PC lighting in these photos, I had a cheap led strip for a while.... Till it lit on fire..
 

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I honestly lost track of how many corals I have, I think over 30 types.. At least
 

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The galexea coral seen by the tail of the Midas blenny is much smaller here. It grew surprisingly fast
 

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So many things I would have done differently if I knew everything I know now back then
 

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A big reason I sadly lost many pieces, is the diamond goby...Moby dick.. He steals rearranges, and buries a lot of my coral...
 

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And then came LEDs to completely change my reef.
 

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Although it wasn't a quick or easy adjustment, the LEDs have overall improved the health of mostly all of my corals
 

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