My 29g reef adventure

[dragonsong]

I set my very fist reef tank up in mid September last year and it's coming along pretty decently! I chose a 29g because this is sort of a test run to see if I can keep it going long term, already thinking about an upgrade that may or may not happen eventually.

I have an Aquaclear 110 HOB filter with carbon & ceramic rings, a Macro Aqua M-30 Mini Hang-on Protein Skimmer (decent so far), a koralia 435 powerhead, and a 165 watt Chinese LED.

My livestock list is -
Fish:
Lubbocks fairy wrasse
Onyx Clown

Invertebrates:
5 tiny blue leg hermits
1 mexican turbo snail

Corals:
Blastomussa
Duncan
Acan
Green splash hammer

4 different ricordea florida
2 types of green star polyps
2 types of unidentified palys
Watermelon zoas
Radioactive dragon eye zoas
Unidentified zoas

Thick branching green birdsnest
Pink & green birdsnest
Green pocillopora

There's also some dragons breath macro floating around that may or may not be getting eaten by something.

Now for a couple pictures, no FTS because there's this awful dinoflagellate boom and it looks hideous It appears to be fading though! Every day there is a bit less.

The little favia is actually sort of a rescue, the one eye got completely shattered while fragging and it's slowly recovered (purchased in Nov I think) and is growing another mouth on one of the broken pieces. I target feed all of the corals that can eat every couple of days

 

[dragonsong]

And here's a few more, of my two favorites the duncan & blasto. Since the pic, I have glued the duncan to it's own small rock and placed it in the middle of the tank.

And here is my sad thick branching birdsnest, was not looking too good for a while but I think I finally found a spot where it's happy with lots of light & flow.

 

[markh50]

very nice

 

[borderreef]

I really dig the small tanks when done right. Your corals look very happy. Can't wait to see the fts.