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I'll preface this by saying there are no clams in this tank yet as the tank is still a touch to young. I've always been huge into Claims and kept a Crocea, but had to move so I sold it. This tank has been up for a few months, but using rock I took from a 29 gallon that had been running for 3 years.

 

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Right now I'm using a pair of Hydra 52's for lighting (which I can't praise enough) a HOB Reef Octopus and Hydors (though thanks to Arkayology, I'll be putting a WP25 in eventually.

 

I realize I'll have to be careful and probably move the torch coral, but I couldn't resist the fella

 

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A nice Lordhowensis

 

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I also have a 3 gallon cube that's been up a bit longer, but I didn't really want to make two threads at once

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I've been struggling to get good pics of the fish in this tank. I have only two, a pygmy angel and a Tomini Tang. Can't get the tangs colors to come out, but I did get a perfect picture of the angel today.

 

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I assure you I haven't touched this up at all, I just fiddled with my hydras till I found the perfect light settings

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So, wow, I haven't posted in a while but I've made some progress in the aquarium. I have a bit of an algae problem, ever since I did a water change 3 months ago, which I hope to fix by adding a phosban reactor soon. But why not have some pictures?

 

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So far the algae hasn't really interfered with the corals, but it is rather unsightly. And I haven't been feeding the tank much at all, actually lost that fish in the aforementioned water change, so the bioload is really light. As soon as I find a pump to use with my phosban reactor, though, I think I can get it cleaned up

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So, wow, I haven't posted in a while but I've made some progress in the aquarium. I have a bit of an algae problem, ever since I did a water change 3 months ago, which I hope to fix by adding a phosban reactor soon. But why not have some pictures?

 

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So far the algae hasn't really interfered with the corals, but it is rather unsightly. And I haven't been feeding the tank much at all, actually lost that fish in the aforementioned water change, so the bioload is really light. As soon as I find a pump to use with my phosban reactor, though, I think I can get it cleaned up

 

Just don't starve your clam and corals trying to aradicate the algae. They need some nutrients

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I still dose with phyto like every week and I give them good light. My main plan is to increase water changes as soon as the phosban is hooked up so I can starve the algae of phosphates.

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