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this is my tank so far.. ive had it going since jan 12th or so.. give or take a few days.. ive got a few things i need to replace and some other things i may need to do to improve my novice aquascaping... so any info.. would help and be greatly apprieciated. thanks. sorry thats its so hard to see .. and yes i know i need to get rid of that old power head and replace it w/ one like on the right..lol but it works for right now. mmk heres what i got.

56 gallon tank. 30Lx24Hx18D
192w coralite lighting 96w 10k and 96w ant
roughly 52 lbs of live rock
9005 tunze skimmer
350 magnum canister filter. carbon and phosban inside it..
about 20-30 snails all dif kinds some are babies .. dunno where the babies came from
1 yellow tang
2 tomato clowns
2 blue velvet damsels
3 peppermnt shrimp
12 hermits
1 berghina nedibranch.. dunno where he came from
1 gbta
1 xengia
1 candy coral
1 hammer coral
3 dif kinds of zoas 2 on one rock and the other i just bought today on a plug

i think that about wraps it up .. in a nutshell ... should i try to improve my tank or since its going good now should i just leave it alone?


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nice,

you can take the air intake off the powerhead on the left,(white thing) as it's not doing anything that submerged

i also would get rid of the sponge on it as it will collect stuff that would otherwise be skimmed out.
 
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mmk cool ya i used it on a dif tank and just stuck it in there after cleaning it real good... i like my tank dont get me wrong but i know that i could make it way better...just dont know how
 

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Looks great man! I like the rock off to the side like that!
 

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Thats a cool look though honestly and I have seen it before. :)
 
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wow i got something else in there as well... its white about and inch long swims like and eel and has like a purple ish blue head... and its not a fire fish cause the one i had died... due to an isopod!! i had no clue what it is and cant get a good pic its just to darn fast...wow really wierd looking.. looks like it has a bunch of lil legs on each side of it
hmm odd
 

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