TOC suggestions going forward?

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Hello! I hope your day is going well.

As I now call it: Tiny Overgrowth Cove, or “TOC” is a fluval evo V build that I have had for a little over a year now. I started it at the end of my senior year in high school and I have just finished my first year of college across the country. At first, I tried to maintain it. And oh boy was I overconfident.

2023:
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Now:
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In the history of this tank, a firefish goby, a clownfish, Three different duncan-like LPS’ (who’s skeletons are on display), a rock flower anemone, a kenya tree, two crabs (porcelain and emerald) and my sweet late black cardinalfish, have ALL died. What I have left is the quaint but majestic beauty of the resilient few.
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I have finally come home after many months at college to see that despite its ghost-town esque nature, the time was not wasted. The mushroom has nearly tripled in size. I can see the GSP has slowly crawled up towards the light in hopes to bloom like it had in its prime.
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This completely new green fauna has appeared seemingly out of nothing. My snails seem to be doing good.
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My question for you is:
What can I do going forward?
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Are there any unique inverts or especially hardy coral that would spread inside this close-to-zero maintenance tank? I would like to continue growing things on top of what once was, creating a self-sustaining environment, but with the setup I currently have, I’m not sure what would and wouldn’t work. I’m going to be leaving again for college at the end of the summer so I just want to leave something with the highest potential to survive and thrive.
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All the best,
Caleb

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My zoanthids are in crisis. What were once healthy are now slowly withering away. It is what it is. This tank is the wild west. IMG_9624.jpeg uuid=EE074329-9FE2-4343-AEC2-A1C3B98E2A5A&library=1&type=1&mode=2&loc=true&cap=true.jpeg
 
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Looks like my 40 breeder that I am tearing down now. There are these weedy pale green zoas that will grow anywhere. They can’t be killed, and look cool.
 

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