Aquatop 40 Recife Tank

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First salt water tank a lot of reading and help from a good friend I dove into this head first

Tank- Aquatop 40 recife
Substrate- Caribsea coraline
Rock- 30 lbs Caribsea life rock
Salt- instant ocean reef crystals
Light- AI Prime 16
Skimmer- Aquatop skimmer
Return- IM mighty jet 538 gph
Movement- 2 AI nero 3
ATO- Tunze osmolator nano / bashsea 5 gal container
Fish- 2 ocellaris clown fish / 4 green chromis
Inverts- 1 cleaner shrimp / 30 astraea snails
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Tank is looking good! Love the rock shelf. Do you just use it for frags or is it a permanent part of the rockscape?
 
Tank is looking good! Love the rock shelf. Do you just use it for frags or is it a permanent part of the rockscape?
Just for frags right now, got carried away with the WWC sale last weekend. Looking to start a frag tank so they will stay there for now.
 
How is the flow in your tank I have two of the Nero 3 heads as well. I have one facing forward from the rear to the front on the right side. The other facing right from the left side. I am getting some sand movement onn the front lower right side now after aiming the return toward the surface to get some aggitatioin for the surface. I havent had enough time to adjust things around yet. But was wondering how the heads flow with both mounted on the back facing froward?
 

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First salt water tank a lot of reading and help from a good friend I dove into this head first

Tank- Aquatop 40 recife
Substrate- Caribsea coraline
Rock- 30 lbs Caribsea life rock
Salt- instant ocean reef crystals
Light- AI Prime 16
Skimmer- Aquatop skimmer
Return- IM mighty jet 538 gph
Movement- 2 AI nero 3
ATO- Tunze osmolator nano / bashsea 5 gal container
Fish- 2 ocellaris clown fish / 4 green chromis
Inverts- 1 cleaner shrimp / 30 astraea snails
IMG_8439.jpeg
IMG_1642.jpeg IMG_0126.jpeg IMG_2271.jpeg IMG_2272.jpeg IMG_2273.jpeg IMG_0695.jpeg IMG_0700.jpeg IMG_0702.jpeg IMG_0727.jpeg IMG_0725.jpeg IMG_0726.jpeg IMG_1118.jpeg IMG_1121.jpeg IMG_1455.jpeg IMG_1454.jpeg IMG_1456.jpeg
Any updates on your tank? it looks great so far!
 

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