My little 20 is starting to be something after I broke down and bought some fish, thought I'd share.
I left a lot of room for the frags to fill out, but it's hard to be patient, I may move some rocks around to bring them closer to the light.
Starting dosing kalk again after my tank started looking weird in it's absense with stringy algae and coraline fading. Corals also slowed up. Noticed an improvement recently.
The tunze pump sure looks silly in such a small tank, but the current is great and the fish love the surges it makes. So does my bird's nest coral. I did notice that it was too much for some corals and I had to adjust the flow and direction a bit. It also got rid of my flatworm problem. (Hear that fletch?)
I hope in time the corals will fill out and hide all that stuff.
The Coral Beauty was a recent addition from Gresham. I needed an algae eater. He has definitely started pounding on it which I am happy about.
For such a small tank, the only coral he nips at is the Montipora Digitata. I don't think it's enough to kill it, the stuff grows like weeds, but I do think he's slowed it down and the polyps are not as extended as they used to be. He hasn't touched any other coral though. I was worried about my bird's nest, but nothing so far.
I am always chasing the calcium dragon and although I get it up to 425, I never seem to reach the 450 mark. I need to nail this down. I think part of it are these little black snails I have. I think they are calcium sponges. I suck out hundreds with a siphon every week. I can't get rid of them.
Montipora Caps are some of my favorite corals and for some reason, my frag is the slowest growing thing in the world, I hope when I nail down the calcium, this changes.
ANyway, as with anyone's tank, it's a work in progress! Someday I'll get it down.