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I got this coral in the past, and thought it was pretty neat. It's in the favia family, somewhat like the "war" coral people want. However, this one is far more shaggy. Check out the polyps on this one, which I got a few months ago.

This one is down on the substrate under a 400w Radium bulb, 42" from the bulb.

Alright, to give you a better idea of where this is going, lets get a quick equipment run down out of the way. I knew going into this that I wanted a stacked tank system so that it would not take up much space. I also wanted to make the build easy and have collected most of your normal reef tank operating goods. This entry turned out to probably be too long, but I hope it helps and more importantly, I hope I have accounted for everything (who ever really does though, right?). If you missed Part ...

Hello, my name is Dylan but online i go by Cael.

I have a small reef system set up, a mere 20 gallons. It houses a wide variety of coral, fish, and invertebate.
It was setup in october of last year and was an upgrade from a ten gallon.
With loads of help and donations from teesquare it has come to be as it is today

The stock list includes:

FISH
Tomini Tang (youth under three inches with move out plan)
Pair Occ, Clowns ...

Mag: 1200
dkh: 9.6
Ca: 460
Ph: 8.12
Temp: 79.0
Salinity: 1.025
Nitrate: 10
Ammonia:0
Phospate: 0.04

I also dose the following: Calcium 40 ml; Alk 80 ml & Mag 80 ml every day.

I am in the process of setting up a ULNS system with the use of brightwell products. I am running into third week now.

Are the parameters in expected range? If anything that need to be improved what should that be?
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Here in sunny Southern California, solar power panels should be on every roof, but solar power can also be used to grow those oh so expensive frags.
My friend lives one street over & I helped him build this Frag Ranch.
To keep your interest for a little, here`s an example of what he propagates.



If that has you wondering, then maybe you`ll comment on what you`d like to have in ...