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Hello , my tank is a Fluval 13.5 reef tank , it had been up and running for 60 days now, I’m curious to know if I should get my first coral or wait off a while longer , I did use Fritz turbo start when first setting up the tank and since have added a pair of clowns a ywg and a tidy little clean up crew to beat an algae bloom I recently had , my water had been tested regularly (every other day) and it’s weekly water changes , I have yet to experience and spikes or fluctuations in this tank am very happy , this is also my first dive into reef keeping as I currently have two freshwater tanks , I’d love to hear any feedback , criticism or advice I am open ears .

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Welcome! Sure throw some easier corals in there like zoas, or mushrooms till you get a feel for them and then go all out!
Definitely want to get some Zoas here pretty soon , I do like the way gsp looks at least from viewing in frag tanks but have heard how much they can take over would you recommend it or should I stay away
 
Hello , my tank is a Fluval 13.5 reef tank , it had been up and running for 60 days now, I’m curious to know if I should get my first coral or wait off a while longer , I did use Fritz turbo start when first setting up the tank and since have added a pair of clowns a ywg and a tidy little clean up crew to beat an algae bloom I recently had , my water had been tested regularly (every other day) and it’s weekly water changes , I have yet to experience and spikes or fluctuations in this tank am very happy , this is also my first dive into reef keeping as I currently have two freshwater tanks , I’d love to hear any feedback , criticism or advice I am open ears .

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Welcome to R2R! Looks good so far. Happy to have you here :)
 
Hello , my tank is a Fluval 13.5 reef tank , it had been up and running for 60 days now, I’m curious to know if I should get my first coral or wait off a while longer , I did use Fritz turbo start when first setting up the tank and since have added a pair of clowns a ywg and a tidy little clean up crew to beat an algae bloom I recently had , my water had been tested regularly (every other day) and it’s weekly water changes , I have yet to experience and spikes or fluctuations in this tank am very happy , this is also my first dive into reef keeping as I currently have two freshwater tanks , I’d love to hear any feedback , criticism or advice I am open ears .

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Welcome aboard
 
I'd ONLY add soft corals at this point. Zoa's would be a great start! Regarding stability, what test kits are you using? I didn't notice if you mentioned whether you used dry rock or live ocean rock, but if you used all dry rock I doubt it's near stable enough for hermatypic (Stony) corals.
 

IF YOU HAD TO TAKE A REEFING EXAM, WOULD YOU PASS?

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