First saltwater tank build! 20g

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Hi all! I had a mini jellyfish tank years ago but I've always wanted a coral tank, finally giving it a go!

Equipment:
20gal JBJ rimless AIO
Filter floss
AI prime reef
Tunze 3155 ato
Home assistant leak sensor for backup tunze shutoff before overflow due to overflow paranoia
Inkbird temp controller + 2 50w eheim heaters
(currently not planning on a skimmer)

Current fish plan (in order):
1 Yellow watchman goby + 1 randall shrimp
1 Royal gramma
1 Green clown goby
1 Clownfish

Inverts:
1 skunk cleaner shrimp
3-5 sexy shrimp
Snails as needed
Maybe some hermit crabs

Once the tank is more mature:
Lots of soft corals and LPS (hammers, etc)


Current status: aquascape finished, tank and most equipment assembled, cycling close to finished!



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Can you share pics of your jelly tank? Theyre one of my favorite marine animals 🥺
 
Can you share pics of your jelly tank? Theyre one of my favorite marine animals 🥺
One of my favorites too!! I freed a bunch of space on my phone and I can’t find the photos unfortunately :(

I got the 5gal tank from jellyfish art when it was back in the kickstarter stage. Pretty easy to setup and very peaceful to watch.

https://www.jellyfishart.com/products/generation-2-jelly-cylinder-5-1-lg-2-med-jelly-kit
Omg ty! This is so sick!
 
Looks nice. It’s just a question of is there going to be enough rock work for those fish to all carve out their own little areas.
 
Looks nice. It’s just a question of is there going to be enough rock work for those fish to all carve out their own little areas.
I am a bit worried about that too. I believe the royal gramma will be inside the rock work most the time. Should I be worried about the green clown goby not having enough hiding space?
 
You might be ok. You can always add rock if it’s a problem. I’d stock the clowns last. To avoid them claiming the whole tank and hassling every new addition
 

WHAT’S USUALLY THE FIRST CLUE THAT SOMETHING IS OFF IN YOUR REEF?

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