40 gallon mixed reef, no sump & skimmer, 8 months old

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I tweaked the Scape and it looks much better.
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UPDATE: I made some tweaks to the re-scape and it looks much better now IMO, i added a monster elegance coral (over a foot when fully extended), a rose bubble tip anemone and a frogspawn
 
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UPDATE: I made some tweaks to the re-scape and it looks much better now IMO, i added a monster elegance coral (over a foot when fully extended), a rose bubble tip anemone and a frogspawn
This is the final Scape, I plan on adding a few more corals, inverts and of course, my fish once they are done in QT
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here's the tank specs as of 12/05/2021

Equipment:
-45 gallon tank (40 breeder)
-Seachem tidal 55 HOB filter
-2x 528 gph powerheads
-150 watt heater
-Current Orbit Marine IC pro LED lights (24"-36" x 2 strips)

Corals:
- Large 1' + Elegance Coral
-Fuzzy Green Lobophylia (RARE)
-Red Scolymia
- Ultra Candy Apple Scolymia
-Ultra War Pain Scolymia
-Duncan Coral Colony
-2x Purple Sea Fan Photosynthetic Gorgonians
-Bi - Color Hammer Frag
-Bi - Color Frogspawn Frag
-Bright Yellow Goniopora Frag
-Poseidon Favia Frag

Inverts:
-Rose Bubble Tip Aenmone
-Blue Tuxedo Urchin
-Tiger Sand Conch
-BLH & RLH
-Coral Banded Shrimp
-Debelius's Reef Lobster
-trochus snails
-tonga nassarius snails

Fish (ALL CURENTLY IN QT)
-Royal Gramma
-Pygmy Flameback Angelfish
-2x Percula Clownfish
-Bangaii Cardinalfish
-Spotted Mandarin Dragonet
-Springers Damsel (will be given to a friend after QT)

Maintenance:
- Weekly Parameters Test
-Weekly Dosing CA, MG, KH, if needed
-Weekly Water change of 10%
-Replacement of Purigen and Phosguard ( when needed)
-Cleaning of Pumps and Filters when needed
 
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Looks so beautiful and inspiring! I started this hobby with the idea that expensive equipment is what makes a tank good, but then I learned that keeping things simple can give amazing results as well. Your tank is absolutely stunning and just confirms that simple can be extremely beautiful. Thanks for sharing!!

Edit: that elegance is so beautiful!
 
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Looks so beautiful and inspiring! I started this hobby with the idea that expensive equipment is what makes a tank good, but then I learned that keeping things simple can give amazing results as well. Your tank is absolutely stunning and just confirms that simple can be extremely beautiful. Thanks for sharing!!

Edit: that elegance is so beautiful!
Thank you!
 

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Looks great! I've always ran minimal equipment tanks man and they can be fantastic. I recently downgraded to 29g tank and am loving it. I just run a HOB filter and HOB skimmer when my nutes get out of control. Have you every thought about adding a skimmer to help with nutes or do you seem to not have issues with them?
 
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Looks great! I've always ran minimal equipment tanks man and they can be fantastic. I recently downgraded to 29g tank and am loving it. I just run a HOB filter and HOB skimmer when my nutes get out of control. Have you every thought about adding a skimmer to help with nutes or do you seem to not have issues with them?
I've just decreased bioload. Not feeling a slimmer for this tank
 
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