Hi there. My name is Alex and we are brand new to reefing. We live in the SF Bay Area and bought end of August 2022 the following for one of my sons (11 years old):
- Red Sea Max Nano Peninsula
- Two MP10s
- Fishes: Two clowns, Tail Spot Blenny, Goby, Pygmy Angel, Purple Fire Fish,
- Invertebrates: Cleaner shrimp, Pistol Shrimp, Strawberry conch, turbos (Mexican, Zebra), Hermit Crabs, Trochus Snails
- Corals (not all ID available): Montipora, Ricordea, Paradise Bridsnest, Palythoa, Xenia, Pocillopora, Zoanthis (two), various others
In the past few months we had a few setbacks, e.g., caused Dinos due to wrongly done carbon dosing, but were able to manage this within a relatively short period of time (Live Phytho + Copepods). Also, still challenges with maintaining 'easy' hard corals but the soft ones are doing pretty well done (after 0/0 nitrate/phoasphate period was resolved).
Looking forward to connect with others through this forum.
