What are some positives you can say about your tank right now?

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I feel like a lot of times we focus on the negative aspect of our tank, maybe a coral not doing well or am algae outbreak, but what about the positives? I want to know what are some positives going on with your tank right now? Maybe you got a new fish that is doing great or are just happy with how your tank looks. Curious to know everyone's thoughts
 

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I feel like a lot of times we focus on the negative aspect of our tank, maybe a coral not doing well or am algae outbreak, but what about the positives? I want to know what are some positives going on with your tank right now? Maybe you got a new fish that is doing great or are just happy with how your tank looks. Curious to know everyone's thoughts
Black widow just split
 

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Some coral are turning around, and my oldest tank is starting to look nice again. I'm kinda at that, "what's next?" phase where I decide to downgrade, or upgrade.
 

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Best I can say is:
Almost no effort other than water changes and everything seems to be doing well.

I like the, "nothing dead" comment -- same here,,, nothing dead in a long time,,, until I found an empty trochus snail shell the other day. Oh well...
 

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I feel like a lot of times we focus on the negative aspect of our tank, maybe a coral not doing well or am algae outbreak, but what about the positives? I want to know what are some positives going on with your tank right now? Maybe you got a new fish that is doing great or are just happy with how your tank looks. Curious to know everyone's thoughts
I feel like a lot of times we focus on the negative aspect of our tank, maybe a coral not doing well or am algae outbreak, but what about the positives? I want to know what are some positives going on with your tank right now? Maybe you got a new fish that is doing great or are just happy with how your tank looks. Curious to know everyone's thoughts
Fish are fat, active, none of them hide when I approach the tank. Sand a bright white and algae is minimal.
 

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29 gal with HOB filters. The tank was a housewarming present, decided to give saltwater a try. Was pretty nervous about that- was under the impression for the longest time that salt was 'nearly impossible, for experienceds only'.

Now I am looking around with hopes of upgrading to a system with sump. With far more confidence than I had with the mentioned tank.

Discovered a love for banggai cardinals. Pretty much the 'perfect fish' for me. I'll always have them.

Discovered a love for corals, particularly LPS corals. That was a bit unexpected. Was thinking 'sure, a couple corals would be nice'. Now with the hunt for a new setup, I'm absolutely thinking 'room! space! potential arrangements!' for corals when looking at tanks. I'm finding that to be a delightful aspect of the hunt. An aside- sort of thinking of converting the 29 gal to a softie focused tank.. the set up works, but is a bit limiting as for LPS. Having a couple nice thoughts about which softies to get.

Great question, by the way.
 

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My snails are constantly orgasming, that's gotta be good, right?

On a more serious note, my solo Clown started hosting my BTA and it just makes me feel so much better. For a couple months, it was mostly just hanging out in the front corner, seeming kind of depressed and lethargic. Now that it's hosting, it's full of energy and gumption!



Great thread @Gumbies R Us
 
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my tank somehow managed to acclimate itself to NSW water parameters with little to no die off. ALK 6.8, CAL, 400ish, MAG is actually super high 1600+, SG 1.025-6, tempt 77-78. i'm worried about the new additions from RAP. :(

also hooked up my adaptive reef board to hide my nest of wires. just gotta tidy it up more before its fully complete.
 
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my tank somehow managed to acclimate itself to NSW water parameters with little to no die off. ALK 6.8, CAL, 400ish, MAG is actually super high 1600+, SG 1.025-6, tempt 77-78. i'm worried about the new additions from RAP. :(

also hooked up my adaptive reef board to hide my nest of wires. just gotta tidy it up more before its fully complete.
I should find a way to tidy my wires up haha, mine is just a ziptied mess
 

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I am glad that my tank is stable (knock on wood), I know I have a high nitrate and phosphate but so far no green algae growing anywhere. Cleaning the glass once a week. I am happy that my corals (soft) are growing well and fish are fat and healthy (maybe?).
 

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