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I just got started on my first reef tank! I'm so excited to start this journey, and I'm excited to meet new people in the hobby.

Take a look at my other thread to follow my first nano reef build in a 32 gallon Fiji cube AIO.

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Welcome! I recently started too, im obsessed with my tank lol.

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