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Hello All,
I started on the hobby a year ago (a bit extra around feb 2019) I had prior experience with freshwatwer but zero saltwater experience, much less with corals.
I joined in Jan 2020 to R2R, this has been one of my main sources to find answers, read from other reefers experiences and learn. I thought it was a good time being first year of the tank to create this thread here and see some progress.
I started with the tank and a Canister, wasn't sure at the beginning I was going to like it so I can say I began cheap (paid the price later) but overall has been a great experience and enjoying it all.
Started with a canister and the Viparspectra lights, a Koralia pump and the first fish was a pair of yellow-tail blue damsels. One killed the other first week (made it jump out) the remaining is still living in the tank.
Edit to add photos:
Start:
Added first Corals by end of May
Around June (Added Seneye monitor)
Added a sump + Skimmer around July
Replaced powerheads, battled with some algae and cyano issues, lost some corals (plate,some zoas)
October (NO3 and PO4 high but no algae issues, good growth)
Also tried some SPS but they didn't survive
Dec/Jan (Battle with Nudis, then dinos but did well) , Replaced lights for AI primes hd
End of february
April, I finally managed to get into control NO3 and PO4 (avg levels before were 30-60 for NO3 , and 0.3 PO4, now 5 and 0.08) also changed the flow, the Torch didn't like it, and bailed out, the Elegance also did this around March, other corals seem to be doing very well I got more zoas, as from all the corals I tried this ones were the ones that actually grow well for me.
I have to put together pictures from march and april, will post later here.
I have now at the moment a variety of zoas, the finger leather, toadstool, gsp, pulsing xenia, a goni (open very little), a blastomussa merleti, a red moti frag that is slowly coming back, a duncan and a daisy coral. Fish,the yellowtail blue damsel, 2 clownfish, a yellow tang and a yellow wrasse, variety of snails, blood fire shrimp, emerald crab, brittle starfish, and other creatures that I see when lights are off.
I started on the hobby a year ago (a bit extra around feb 2019) I had prior experience with freshwatwer but zero saltwater experience, much less with corals.
I joined in Jan 2020 to R2R, this has been one of my main sources to find answers, read from other reefers experiences and learn. I thought it was a good time being first year of the tank to create this thread here and see some progress.
I started with the tank and a Canister, wasn't sure at the beginning I was going to like it so I can say I began cheap (paid the price later) but overall has been a great experience and enjoying it all.
Started with a canister and the Viparspectra lights, a Koralia pump and the first fish was a pair of yellow-tail blue damsels. One killed the other first week (made it jump out) the remaining is still living in the tank.
Edit to add photos:
Start:
Added first Corals by end of May
Around June (Added Seneye monitor)
Added a sump + Skimmer around July
Replaced powerheads, battled with some algae and cyano issues, lost some corals (plate,some zoas)
October (NO3 and PO4 high but no algae issues, good growth)
Also tried some SPS but they didn't survive
Dec/Jan (Battle with Nudis, then dinos but did well) , Replaced lights for AI primes hd
End of february
April, I finally managed to get into control NO3 and PO4 (avg levels before were 30-60 for NO3 , and 0.3 PO4, now 5 and 0.08) also changed the flow, the Torch didn't like it, and bailed out, the Elegance also did this around March, other corals seem to be doing very well I got more zoas, as from all the corals I tried this ones were the ones that actually grow well for me.
I have to put together pictures from march and april, will post later here.
I have now at the moment a variety of zoas, the finger leather, toadstool, gsp, pulsing xenia, a goni (open very little), a blastomussa merleti, a red moti frag that is slowly coming back, a duncan and a daisy coral. Fish,the yellowtail blue damsel, 2 clownfish, a yellow tang and a yellow wrasse, variety of snails, blood fire shrimp, emerald crab, brittle starfish, and other creatures that I see when lights are off.
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