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This thing was covered in red hard algae, I didn't know it was good algae until I scraped the entire glass of all this stuff, lol but a lot of it ended up still in the tank cus I didn't change the sand, just added more to keep some of the biological filter going. I did order a protein skimmer and my reef test kit today so I should be on the right track to knowing and correcting everything very soon. It has two corals I don't know what they are yet hoping to find out on here! A 6-7" engineer goby and a bunch of little crabs in shells and snails. I am hoping to get a clown fish as my first fish maybe some pretty colored corals . I am going to let this thing sit until I'm %100 chemically tested ready to go I have a lot of freshwater tanks so I know a few stores in town that will verify I'm good to go

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Today's progress I have a protein skimmer now and am testing and pinpointing any problems! It's the weekend so bring on the new tank obsession
 

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This thing was covered in red hard algae, I didn't know it was good algae until I scraped the entire glass of all this stuff, lol but a lot of it ended up still in the tank cus I didn't change the sand, just added more to keep some of the biological filter going. I did order a protein skimmer and my reef test kit today so I should be on the right track to knowing and correcting everything very soon. It has two corals I don't know what they are yet hoping to find out on here! A 6-7" engineer goby and a bunch of little crabs in shells and snails. I am hoping to get a clown fish as my first fish maybe some pretty colored corals . I am going to let this thing sit until I'm %100 chemically tested ready to go I have a lot of freshwater tanks so I know a few stores in town that will verify I'm good to go

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Love the tank so far!!!
 
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