coral art

Hello all, sorry, I've been absent from R2R for a while as summer is ramped up, and it's vacation time! Long story short, 1st time back to Roatan, Honduras since 2018. We did Bonaire in 2019, and of course planned to go back to Roatan again, but as you all know, the C word happened...

I'm starting to plan out my long-term coral layout and need some advice or thoughts. This is my first tank so I'm new to planning it all out. I have fallen in love with Hammers, Torches, and Frogspawn and definitely want to do a Zoa Garden. Below are pictures of my scape and what I'm thinking...

Hanging reef art over the tank and adding more Biota captive bred fish along with some awesome corals from Biota.

I glued my Kenya tree in a position where there seems to be to much weight from gravity for it to handle. I just got it and I’m wondering if it will start reaching toward my lights and fix itself? Or should I fix it now? It’s just in a good spot so I’d rather not move it. Btw in the pics I had...

Earlier this year, I lost a super cool Pocillopora colony that had spontaneously grown on and entirely over a Random Flow Generator® Nozzle. Sadly, due to a return pump failure, It was exposed to the air for just a little too long and the top half didn’t make it. So I pulled the entire RFG...