I made it through year 1!

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I've had plenty of challenges, and changed a WHOLE LOT of things since my original build, but I feel pretty good about where I am at...and all the things I've learned along the way. I can tell my next little bump is about to be bubble algae, but that should be a piece of cake after dealing with dinos, aptasia, vermetids and GHA. I wouldn't say my corals are thriving yet, but they are for the most part surviving, and starting to show some spread. Here's a quick video of where I'm at today (don't mind all the floating particles...it was just feeding time).

 
I've had plenty of challenges, and changed a WHOLE LOT of things since my original build, but I feel pretty good about where I am at...and all the things I've learned along the way. I can tell my next little bump is about to be bubble algae, but that should be a piece of cake after dealing with dinos, aptasia, vermetids and GHA. I wouldn't say my corals are thriving yet, but they are for the most part surviving, and starting to show some spread. Here's a quick video of where I'm at today (don't mind all the floating particles...it was just feeding time).


Looks great, well done and I think I see a spec of coralline algae starting! 😂 Get some pitho crabs, they’ll gladly eat all your bubble algae.
 
Congrats! Big accomplishment making it a year into your tank!
 
Look at you and congrats!!!!
 
I've had plenty of challenges, and changed a WHOLE LOT of things since my original build, but I feel pretty good about where I am at...and all the things I've learned along the way. I can tell my next little bump is about to be bubble algae, but that should be a piece of cake after dealing with dinos, aptasia, vermetids and GHA. I wouldn't say my corals are thriving yet, but they are for the most part surviving, and starting to show some spread. Here's a quick video of where I'm at today (don't mind all the floating particles...it was just feeding time).


its looking great congrats on hitting the year mark!!
first thing I thought was, "wow thats a LOT of coraline"
 
its looking great congrats on hitting the year mark!!
first thing I thought was, "wow thats a LOT of coraline"
Yeah, I remember the first few months, every pink splotch on a rock...is that coraline? Is that? Is it time? Then one day it was like...coraline explosion began.
 

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