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HEY EVERYONE
JUST WANTED TO STOP BY AND SAY HI.
HAVE BEEN IN AND OUT WITH AQUARIUMS SINCE I WAS YOUNG BUT BRAND NEW TO REEFING. SO ANY TIPS IS ALWAYS GREAT.
CURRENTLY HAVE A 25 GALLON SETUP WITH A 5-10 GAL SUMP THAT I AM WORKING OUT A FEW BUGS TO GET IT WORKING CORRECTLY.
I HAVE SOME RANDOM LED LIGHTS I GOT WITH OTHER PARTS ON CRAIGSLIST, SO I HAVENT FOUND THE BRAND YET, SO I DONT KNOW WHAT I HAVE.
GOT 2 DAMSELS, 2 MANDARINS, A BLASTO, A FEW MUSHROOMS, AND A FEW OTHER PIECES... I WANT TO GET A GOOD MULTI COLORED ZOA / POLYP COLONY GOING.

ANY TIPS TO KEEPING UP WITH KEEPING EVERYTHING STABLE? AS I HAD A MISHAPPEN ABOUT 2 MONTHS FROM SETUP WHEN I FIRST INTRODUCED EVERYTHING TO THE NEWLY CYCLED TANK AND NOTHING LASTED A WEEK... CURRENTLY EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT STABLE AND ALIVE FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS NOW.

ANY SUGGESTIONS ON ANY PARTS, CORALS, LIGHTING, INFO ON NEW REEFING OR ANYTHING PLEASE LET ME KNOW, THANKS...
 

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Welcome to R2R, Head over to a comparoson thread is have in my signature and you will get some different view on lighting.
 

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Welcome to R2R! If you want to keep things stable .... do everything slowly to let your system catch up to what your adding. Make a change or addition and wait to let the system stabilize again before adding/changing anything else. Nothing good happens fast! If it happens fast, it made you cry and hurt your wallet. ;)
 

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Welcome!!!! Do you have a steady supply of pods for the mandarins? It might be difficult to keep them in such a small tank. Ask a lot of questions here!
 
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Welcome!!!! Do you have a steady supply of pods for the mandarins? It might be difficult to keep them in such a small tank. Ask a lot of questions here!

I PURCHASED SOME HERE https://algaebarn.com/product/pods-phyto-pp/
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS A STEADY SUPPLY OR WHAT BUT I PUT THAT IN ABOUT A WEEK AFTER GETTING THE MANDARINS AND SO ITS BEEN A TOTAL OF 4 WEEKS WITH THE MANDARINS.
 

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