My Reef Tank So Far

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Hey everyone,
I thought I’d show you all my reef aquarium and see what you guys think of it! First I’ll mention livestock. It’s a 4ft 243 litre display and 303 litres with sump Aqua One MiniReef 215 I bought second hand.

Fish:
- Pair of Ocellaris Clownfish
- Yellow Coris Wrasse
- Banggai Cardinalfish
- Flame Hawkfish
- Gold Rim Tang
- Convict Tang
- Scopas Tang
- Yellow Coral Goby

Coral & Invertebrates:
- Duncan
- Candy Apple Anemone
- 4x Peppermint Shrimp
- GSP
- Reverse Hammer
- Green Blotched Hammer
- Red Goni (not been opening up lately for some reason)
- Finger Leather (also been looking sad lately)
- Zoa Garden consisting of Pink Zipper, AIO, Scrambled Eggs, Rastas, and general zoas
- Multiple Trochus, turbo and strombus snails, as well as a zombie snail I found in my anemone
- Teal Favia
- Toadstool Leather
- Leptoseris Jack O Lantern
- Green WA Torch
- Acan Colony (nearly bleached over sadly)
- Red Montipora
- Firework Polyps
- Tuxedo Urchin
- 5x Hermit Crabs


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Goni are a pain in the butt and very temperamental in my opinion and from my experience. What are your parameters and how long have the corals you mentioned been in your tank?
 
Goni are a pain in the butt and very temperamental in my opinion and from my experience. What are your parameters and how long have the corals you mentioned been in your tank?
I fed before and am currently raising magnesium because it is at 1250ppm but I want it at 1400ppm. Ca is at 430ppm, KH is 8 I believe
 

WHAT PART OF LIVING WITH A REEF TOOK YOU BY SURPRISE?

  • How much space the supplies and equipment take up

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  • Salt creep, spills, and cleanup outside the tank

    Votes: 3 11.5%
  • Planning trips or finding someone to care for the reef

    Votes: 7 26.9%
  • How attached I’d get to individual animals

    Votes: 2 7.7%
  • Making decisions when there’s no clear right answer

    Votes: 7 26.9%
  • How much the reef affects everyday household life

    Votes: 6 23.1%
  • Nothing in particular, I felt well prepared

    Votes: 1 3.8%
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