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Hello from North Alabama.

I'm in my 40s and have had fresh water aquariums since I was a little kid. I've always wanted to go salt but was too intimidated to take the jump until a few months ago. My wife and I settled on a 210 gallon tank and I've been fumbling my way through it every since. My local shop, aquatic cove in Madison, AL has been terrific! They've dealt with my numerous questions with patience and led me in the right direction. Tank has been up and running for a couple months now and we have a few small corals, lots of inverts, and a mix of fish. Next steps for us is to better understand what we need to do to keep everything as healthy as possible.

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Welcome to R2R!!!

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We recently added a diamond goby and he's been doing some digging in the sand so the water is a bit hazy for pictures just yet, but I'll try to post some soon.

someone asked about what fish we have so far.....I may butcher the spelling
- 2 clown gobies (it was 3 but one disappeared shortly after adding to the tank)
- 2 spotcinctus clowns
- ocellaris clown
- black and white ocellaris clown
- sailfin tang
- powder brown tang
- foxface rabbitfish
- exquisite wrasse
- flame angel
- timini flame fin tang
- coral beauty
- midas blenny
- orchid dottyback
- neon engineer goby
- diamond goby (was missing for 2 days. He jumped into the overflow, went through the sending hose, and ended up in the sump filter sock! Glad I found him when I did....he's alive and kicking....and I now have overflow covers)
- HAD a powder blue but he was picking on everyone and had to go : (

what are your thought on us adding a couple more fish?....this seems like quite a bit already but wife has her heart set on the following;
- ruby red dragonet OR flame hawk
- purple tang
- green mandarin (we have a good pod population going)

We've added a couple at a time each week or two.....let me know if we are out of bounds on any of our current stock...

Jason
 

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