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Hi All,
After almost 20years of break, I am back with a marine mini tank (Aquaone 40).

Here is a small blog to show progress and growth

Equipment:
Tank: Aquanano 40 - 60L
Light: ViparSpectra 165W LED
Skimmer: Bubble Magus QQ1
Filter: lots of crushed live rocks, floss, nitratex, phosex, rowa carbon
Tunze nano ATO
Smart UPS 650VA
Hang On PH monitor
Hang On Temp Controller
Dosing Pump Marine Color Dosing MCD-6

Tank March 16

Fungia eating shrimp meat

Tank June 16

Recent Pix - July 16

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Sitting by my tank late last night I noticed a small hitch hiker crab carefully stripping polops of some of my sps frags.

Its now an ex crab.

I have the dosing schedule for Calcium, Magnesium and Alkalinity running now. The phosphates were high (3ppm) so looked at the system to see how I could lower this. I noticed a couple of issues.

1. The...

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This blog is going to follow my first marine set up. 220ltr currently with 50ltr sump/refugieum.

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I collected the tank last week after 2 trips. First time the tank didn't fit in my car. Had to go back with a jeep. Have plumbing setup. Found it somewhat hard to find some pieces such as PVC valves so...

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