Grady's 65 Gallon Reefing Journey

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Hey guys i'm new here so here is a little self intro: I am a 15 year old reefer from Wisconsin who started their reefing journey in May of 2018 with a 10 gallon Fowlr tank. I got to get you guys caught up to present so bear with me:). That 10 gallon tank had a Maroon Clownfish and a 4 stripe damsel fish, if you were going to say those fish are not real compatible you would be right. The 4 stripe damsel bullied the maroon clown to death then died itself kind of a murder suicide; all this was with in the first 2 months of reefing, i did get a little discouraged and let the tank run for 2 months with just a few hermit crabs in it and i swear to you that i had practically every type of algae in the books but then it all kind of went away the tank stabilized and i purchased a clownfish and a Diamond Watchman Goby to help clean-up the sand bed a bit. Around this time is when I purchased my current tank a 65 Gallon tank (48"L x 24"H x 12" D) but it took me awhile to be able to collect all of the components needed to get it up and running. A few months had passed and i finally got enough money saved up to get the tank up and running. To be continued...

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So it was march of 2019 by the time i got everything to be able to set the tank up, fast forward to May and the tank was cycled and somewhat stable I transferred the clownfish and goby to the new tank and ordered my first batch of fish from live aquaria 2 Bangaii Cardinal fish 1 Two Spot Bristletooth Tang and 1 Davinci Clown along with some clean up crew and macro algae.

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