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this thread needs an update. tomorrow, I promise.

Update: The sun coral is open, but that is because the lights were off before I took the shot. Anyone know how I can keep them open all day? new monti cap

Update: Left side: Left island: right side: right island: brain: If anyone wants the brain for free, just pm me. It eats mysis and I've dipped it in melafix once, I think it's doing fine.

Got a ton of new corals from sportzfish and they are stunning! I'll post pictures tonight when everything opens up. thanks again.

edited my location.

Looking at lots of planted freshwater tanks really gives me alot of inspiration and outlook in the areas of design and aquascaping. Using the rule of 3rd can be helpful as well as standard formats such as the concave or triangular scape. Also, getting rock that is from the same area or has the same basic design helps make the scape look cohesive. personally I am a fan of the islands scape because it is minimalistic, allow a good amount of open swimming space. Try creating gorges, valley's, and cliffs for a bold scape.

I'd like to bulk up on corals (hopefully less expensive) like a head of frogspawn, maybe a small torch, and other corals. where's the best place to find this stuff? (stores, people, websites, etc). I've been to Aquatic Obsession and BRK, both great stores, but a little pricey for me.

Now that I have some time I'll introduce myself and the tank... My name is Alex and I have been doing planted freshwater for about 3 years and have finally dipped my hands into the salty-er end. I'll be attending Virginia Tech in the Fall as a freshman and hope to keep my reef up and running while I'm away. The system: 10g AGA DIY ATO AC70 DIY LED (6 blue, 6 white) 2x Koralia nanos Livestock: 2x clowns... I think percs 1x cleaner shrimp 3x margarita snails 3x nassarius snails 1x turbo snail florida ricordea half dying brain, trying to nurse it back to health some GSP random zoas blue cloves that's about it so far....