25 Gallon Shallow Lagoon

[docscorals]

I am finally getting around to posting threads for each my tanks. I reset them all after we moved and changed up a lot of my tanks.

This first one I am trying to build out as a shallow lagoon, with only SPS coral. It is stocked with acropora, Anacropora, montipora, and Psammocora. I also added in one gorgonian I got from another local reefer. Historically I haven’t had much luck but it seems to be doing well in this tank.

For fish, I have a school of 7 springer damsels. I saw a video of a large acro reef with lots of damsels swimming around so tried to copy that.

There are a couple of stragglers on the rocks that are soft or SPS that I couldn’t completely remove, watching to see how they do. So far so good. Namely, a chunk of an alveopora, some Zoas, and some clove polyps.

The tank is run with a hydros controller, a Hygger gyre for flow, and lit with a ReefBreeders Meridian 24.

Everything is growing well.

Let me know what you think!

 

[kevgib67]

Looks awesome, well done!

 

[docscorals]

Just posting an update. I can’t believe the coloration and growth I am seeing in this tank already!

Running nitrates around 20-25 and phosphates between 0.07-0.10. I also use Reef Moonshiners. Don’t mind the particulates, I just added Reef Actif .

 

[skey44]

Wow, nice progress for such a young system. Following!

 

[docscorals]

Still seeing some good growth. Really noticeable on one of the acro and the forest fire Digi. The Psammocora are encrusting the bottom really well too.

Had to rearrange a couple of the rocks to give a couple of the acro better light and flow.

Nice thing is that created a spot right in the center for some kind of centerpiece coral. Any recommendations? I need to be careful to get something that might play well with some of the neighbors. Maybe something that has a little height? I would like to stick with the theme of the tank.

 

[mmorrison55]

 

[docscorals]

This tank I am struggling with. Not in terms of the corals, they are growing really well and generally have good color. A couple of the acro are problematic because if I move them a little lower they start to brown, and if I move them in the top half they start to bleach - it’s not a deep tank so there isn’t a lot of height variation for the light. But they are all growing, so I’m happy about that.

What I am struggling with I think is the rockscape. I wanted it to be very flat to replicate some of the reef plateaus, I just think it’s not as visually appealing as I hoped it would be. Any thoughts or ideas?