So here's a quick catch up. It's been almost 6 months since I started this, and I have to say, I never thought in my wildest dreams that I'd have this much fun and meet such an amazing group of people.
I have learned so much from you all. I've spoken with fellow reefers that were just starting out and I've been given information by what I would consider the standard setters in our hobby. (You know who you are VR). With that being said, here's where I am now.
I took the long sponge out of chamber one and placed a filter floss tray that holds a 3x3 square or pura pad. I change that every 3 days or so, it's very frequent. I took out the media boxes provided with the tank and added biomedia and broken pieces of live rock. The last chamber holds the pump and a mesh bag of GAC.
For the light I went with the evil empire and was gifted a Radion xr15. I understand there are cheaper and probably more effective lights out there, but I'll say that this light grows corals and they look dang good in the process. If I had to start over, I'd most likely go with the Noopsyche k7 pro3
@bruceosterberg. I'd love to see a pic of yours!
The aquascape changed a bit because I had a yellow damsel that hated everything lol. He ate hermits. (For real), he knocked over and buried coral frags. This guy fought everything in my tank. I bought a beautiful rainbow pectinia and he had just about killed it when I walked in the room and saw it. I decided to strip the rocks down and just get this pest out. It didn't go back perfectly, but it was close and I liked it.
The corals I have are mainly lps. The color and movement is unmatched in my opinion. I bought some zoas and some hammers. I'd grab a cool coral when I saw it, but I always did my research. I respect these as living animals and will treat them as such. Here's a few pictures of the journey, so far.
Here's the setup with the new light.
