90 gal mixed reef build

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I setup a new 90 gal display with 30 gal sump. It’s going to be a sps dominant mixed reef. Just finished my cycle 1 week ago. I have added:
Tail spot blenny
Pair of clowns
Royal gramma
Very light cuc consisting of a couple bottles of copepods,8 snails and 5 hermits for now

I’ve also added around 20 ish pieces of coral to start mostly LPS and 4 hardy sps. I’m committed to keep everything alive and growing throughout the ugly phase. Who doesn’t like a little challenge.

I’m running 2 gyres for flow, filter socks & reef octo 150 int for filtration. 2 hyper reefs 200w gen 2 for lighting.

I’m aiming for 15 ish fish in the tank and 60+ pieces of coral to fill everything in once everything stabilizes and it’s smooth sailing.
I’ve made a salt mixing station in my utility room which allows me to move water around without carrying buckets all over as my rodi setup is in the basement and my tank is on the 1st floor. Every thing is plumbed in through the walls using pex with pvc unions and valves. I’ve glued my frags down yesterday and will be adding more photos soon. Cheers!
Parameters:
No3-4
Po4-.03
Cal-430
Dkh-8
Mag-1380
Ph-8.4
Salinity-35ppt
Temp-78
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Do you have an idea of what corals you want to get?
 

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