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Hello everyone!

Well, after 14 years since my last aquarium (ADA Freshwater) I finally decided to start reefing!

The tank is 10 weeks old post one month cycle(no lights). The Zoa's are not fully open because I just changed the aqua scape.

Specs:

Innovative Marine 15G AIO w/stand
Aqua Illumination Prime 16 HD
Tunze Comline 9001
Aqua Illumination Nero 3
Reef Breeders Nautilus 300 Return
Tropic Marin Pro Reef Salt

Live Stock:
Clown
Fire Shrimp
Rainbow BTA, Rose BTA
GSP on back wall and growing fast... NO SURPRISE:)
12 Zoanthids:
Nirvana
Magician
Utter Chaos
Eagle Eye's
Twizzler (ish?)
Pink Diamond
Fire and Ice
Rasta
and a few I can't recall names/haven't identified yet
4 Trochus snails
4 Nassarius snails

Schedule (evolving quickly as I learn)

Monday
: Morning/Afternoon feeding, AB+ 2ml

Tuesday: Morning/Afternoon feeding

Wednesday: Morning/Afternoon feeding, AB+ 2ml, feed corals and BTA's (Reef Roids/Reef Chilly and small Mysis Shrimp mix) BTA's get a thumb nail size of shrimp each

Thursday: Morning/Afternoon feeding

Friday: Morning/Afternoon, AB+ 2ml

Saturday: Morning/Afternoon, feed corals and BTA's (Reef Roids/Reef Chilly and small Mysis Shrimp mix) BTA's get a thumb nail size of shrimp each

Sunday: Morning/Afternoon, 50% water change and test water chemistry

Additional Thoughts

Currently running Activate Carbon/GFO(BRS brand) mix in mesh bag in overflow section. I had high phosphate a few weeks ago and GFO has resolved the issue.

I'm currently designing a custom 22 gallon aquamaxx peninsula system with custom stand and sump. Plan to have it up and running in a few months at most... I'll be sharing the build shortly!:) The current 15 Gallon will become a dedicated BTA display.

Cheers and super excited to join the community!

John
 

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Welcome to Reef2Reef!!!

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Making themselves at home: Have you intentionally done anything in your aquarium to enhance the natural behavior of your fish?

  • I planned my tank to encourage natural fish behavior.

    Votes: 18 26.9%
  • I did some things to encourage natural fish behavior.

    Votes: 23 34.3%
  • Anything that encourages natural fish behavior was a byproduct of the aquascaping.

    Votes: 14 20.9%
  • I did not do anything to encourage natural fish behavior.

    Votes: 10 14.9%
  • Other.

    Votes: 2 3.0%
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