@Earthy_Sheep_10 45d

Looks like a solid start for a new tank! I love how your clownfish and chromis are already adding such cool movement around the colorful zoanthids and softies. Give it some time and those corals will really start filling in and popping under your lighting!

@Lusty_Heath_70 44d

Hey man your tank is looking really promising for just a month old! Those green zoanthids and star polyps are already putting out some nice color and movement. I love how the little clown and other fish are darting around the live rock too. The layout looks natural and gives the corals room to grow without crowding them. Are you running any additional flow to help those polyps open up fully? Also curious what lighting you're using because the colors are already popping a bit. Keep going with the rearranging! Sometimes those early ugly patches just mean you’re figuring out the best spots for

@jdodds 44d

I've got two return nozzles with random flow generators, a gyre style wavemaker, and a small power head that's kinda hidden in the rock wall. I'm using the nicrew gen2 100w lights. I also had an orange lens filter on my phone at the time. In person, they're great. It's hard to get the royal blue look with them, but I've grown to like the spectrum. I put the 90° lenses in and have them both tilted inward and to the rear. PAR is roughly as advertised, assuming my par meter is correct. I was cleaning up after a dino outbreak, so most of the zoa rocks are back in the sand bed. I just got a scopas tang who's been mowing through the algae like an industrial mower. No shit, he has fat rolls after 4 hours. I also just got a monster sized spider decorator crab for $20. So far, he's chilled out.

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