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Well it's been about 2 weeks since the tank first got wet and everything has now been transfered over into its new forever home from my 10 gallon fusion. The tank has been super stable so far, with the typical diatom bloom being the only issue. I test everyday at the same time just to see where things stand and its 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, and after my water change yesterday, maybe 5ppm nitrates :)

I think I finally found a good mix with the Artics for my eye, I'm running them at 65 percent blue and 15 percent whites. Corals pop and the water doesn't look crazy blue, I can still see the details in my fish, which I really like. Too much blues and they look like a blob swimming around.

 

Here's a fts 574f0fdc5626f3828a93f56ef0080b49.jpg

My little coral island from my 10 gallon, the new rose bubble tip, and my clown from upscales, it's some special type but I can't remember what 19384d742a6c6dcc7c8140809be32e76.jpgf17cf79e4d35a63b8216fc5ebb01980f.jpg

Top down shot ae881702ee07c92bd0aa395e8a8027e4.jpg041a1fb96f0a7b1d7af30f8348d53ed7.jpg

1a8ced4dc108f06f854e37efdd8bcf4b.jpgcan you find Dory in this one :)

 

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28f8d98def943f8154e88a7a22f512c0.jpgI picked up the big colony of Frogspawn yesterday, it was pretty white when I picked it up, I'm going to attempt to change the color and see how it goes. The tips have a nice purple tint to them, but I'm pretty sure I can make the green really pop over time!

I grabbed a few fish as well from upscales, a hippo, a yellow tang, and I have my clown and also a six line.

Everything seems to be getting along great!

 

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Looking good. It's nice to be able to have bigger fish in there too. That's the main thing I miss about having a smaller tank. I like the minimal rock work. Are you planning on doing softies and Lps or are you going to do Sps?

 

Did you use Dr. Tims? I did not have any nitrites either when I cycled the fusion 20 and same thing just a mild diatom bloom.

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I cycled some of the rock for about 2 months, some of the rock I had was from an up and running tank, and then I had the small amount of rock from my 10 gallon fusion. I also used sand from the fusion and filter media as well. Started with all new rodi water and had basically no spike in the setup. I still test daily due to the new fish and just out of curiosity and everything is gravy still!

I'm going to do some sps, I'm picking up a calcium rector from Matty this tueaday! So after that I'll be able to house sps and not stress so much.

 

 

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Small update

Just tested for ammonia and nitrates, I introduced about 4 fish over the past 2 weeks. The ammonia is still 0 and nitrates are looking between 0 and 5 ppm ae7958c15930758101e30abd871947e9.jpg I've been feeding the tangs heavily and my other fish every other day. The tank seems to be extremely stable! It might be the skimmer being rated for almost 200 gallons, or the fact that I have about 100 pounds of rock with 60 gallons of water, whatever it is, I'm happy!

Big thank you to Pippa and emose from the forums for the deals on yhe corals and fish! 318035e5c87169e162322e2f01bfb30e.jpg

Everything is super healthy and I've nearly killed all of my aptasia! 2570341799d5c50988891a2ddae9861f.jpg357a7c4af549cdc34bdbb5a79c2ca3ab.jpg This little guy is a nutcase! He crashes through my Duncan's like every 3 or 4 hours.

 

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