First reef tank, suggestions welcome!

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Hi all,
Excited to be using the platform after getting a ton of useful advice from the forums. Been running this tank for 7 months now. Everything seems to be going well except for my Duncan, very small and hiding. some pics of my first (and only) saltwater setup:

20gal, running a bubble magus hob skimmer, chemipure elite and Purigen in the hob filter. 20lbs (?) live rock, 2 ocellaris clowns, 1 purple dottyback, 1 cleaner shrimp, 3 hermits, 1 turbo, 1 nassarius, 1 sand sifting star, and 2 urchins.

as for corals, a hammer (it’s grown 3 new heads!), 2 sets of blastos (growing quite fast), a couple of purple/green shrooms, a blue Yuma in the back, Aussie acan frag, a toadstool, and the green star polyp.

my little Duncan is not doing well; it was for a while but it’s been hiding for over a month. Params are good, Cal460, Alk 9, SG 1.024. no phosphates or nitrites, and there’s no algae issues going on. Running a vipaspectra black box and a Fluval marine nano (just to add gentle whites for viewing)

thanks!

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Welcome…

Great growing tank and collection

for the first year and a half or so I thought Dunkin‘s were my ironclad nothing could go wrong while other Corals gave me difficulty. Seems like the last 6 to 9 months my Dunkins are just average and everything else is growing.

Sometimes an individual coral just doesn’t do well and it’s not the problem with the tank. Looks like it could get a little bit more light but just be patient.

good luck and let us know

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