Rate my tank

[maroonclown65]

Hello not sure if this is the right place to post but posting anyways, just as title states looking for my tank to be rated on a scale of one to ten feel free to drop any suggestions too tank is 18.5 gallon sunsun AIO with a kessila80 mostly soft coral and lps dominant inhabitants are a lettuce nudibranch, coral beauty, 2 firefish, (had three but one died under strange circumstances) algae blenny hermit crabs bumblee snails and a lot of copepods. Tank has been up for about a year and a half

 

[Cthulukelele]

Hello not sure if this is the right place to post but posting anyways, just as title states looking for my tank to be rated on a scale of one to ten feel free to drop any suggestions too tank is 18.5 gallon sunsun AIO with a kessila80 mostly soft coral and lps dominant inhabitants are a lettuce nudibranch, coral beauty, 2 firefish, (had three but one died under strange circumstances) algae blenny hermit crabs bumblee snails and a lot of copepods. Tank has been up for about a year and a half

Beautiful. I love the amount of white light really brings out the beauty of a lot of your softies. You should make a build thread a lot of people would follow!

 

[NoobishReefer22]

Looks great! I love how your corals seem really happy and your sand bed looks really clean!

 

[DanyL]

I’m a stick head, but if I would go back to softies and LPS only tank - this is how I would’ve presented it.

As for suggestions - I would add more reds, blues and purples, maybe some Zoas? Ricordea Florida?
NPS would be hard to keep in a small tank, but if you’re up for the task, they come in many bright colors and would look amazing.

If I had to put a number on it I would say 8/10, just because you should always reserve room for improvement

 

[maroonclown65]

Beautiful. I love the amount of white light really brings out the beauty of a lot of your softies. You should make a build thread a lot of people would follow!

Thank you both what exactly is a build thread?

 

[maroonclown65]

I’m a stick head, but if I would go back to softies and LPS only tank - this is how I would’ve presented it.

As for suggestions - I would add more reds, blues and purples, maybe some Zoas? Ricordea Florida?
NPS would be hard to keep in a small tank, but if you’re up for the task, they come in many bright colors and would look amazing.

If I had to put a number on it I would say 8/10, just because you should always reserve room for improvement

Thank you!! I Definitely want more zoas and I'm gonna be giving away some of my more dull zoas and tree corals to free up space and I wanna get ricordeas really bad too, I'll definitely be adding more reds blues and purples as I've thought I might be a little high on green corals

 

[Cthulukelele]

1. Start thread in this forum Member tanks
2. Copy the link to your new thread
3. Click on your account -> account details
4. Scroll down the page until you see "R2R Tank Thread Link " and paste your link in box next to it *save*

If you click on the banner next to my name that says my tank thread it will take you to my build! It's an easy way to post about your tank and let people follow along with you and great for sharing your progress and getting feedback!

 

[DanyL]

Thank you!! I Definitely want more zoas and I'm gonna be giving away some of my more dull zoas and tree corals to free up space and I wanna get ricordeas really bad too, I'll definitely be adding more reds blues and purples as I've thought I might be a little high on green corals

You’re not too heavy on greens, in fact that’s a perfect amount to have. You just need to balance it with more bright colors so it wouldn’t attract the eye too much.

A Zoas or a Ricordea garden would look awesome and will give a good contrast to the greens.

 

[Reef and Dive]

looks supercool!!!

 

[maroonclown65]

1. Start thread in this forum Member tanks
2. Copy the link to your new thread
3. Click on your account -> account details
4. Scroll down the page until you see "R2R Tank Thread Link " and paste your link in box next to it *save*

If you click on the banner next to my name that says my tank thread it will take you to my build! It's an easy way to post about your tank and let people follow along with you and great for sharing your progress and getting feedback!

I'll make a list of all my inhabitants now thank you

 

[MrGisonni]

Beautiful 8.5. You could use a little action in the upper part of the tank and you're going to need some room or some of those corals grow in. That green star polyp is going to be a problem all over your scape eventually.

 

[maroonclown65]

Beautiful 8.5. You could use a little action in the upper part of the tank and you're going to need some room or some of those corals grow in. That green star polyp is going to be a problem all over your scape eventually.

For sure I was thinking a torch or two at the top are they harder than any of my other lps in my tank? And is getting gsp off rock hard? I've never had to do it before thanks

 

[MrGisonni]

Maybe a gorgonian and an active swimming fish.

And maybe an Anthias

All personal preference of course your reef tank looks fantastic

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Your tank looks great!

 

[maroonclown65]

Maybe a gorgonian and an active swimming fish.

And maybe an Anthias

All personal preference of course your reef tank looks fantastic

Oh yeah I have two gorgonian already but I do want one with an actual color so that's on the list for sure what do you mean but active moving fish?

 

[Baronen]

In regards to the Anthias photo, sunburst Anthias might be the shyest, hardest fish I’ve ever kept. Had to baby it with live brine for a month before it realized other things are food lol. Super, super pretty but mine passed twice and will not try again

 

[MrGisonni]

They are tricky. Mine just started eating a little flake food after a year of only eating mysis

 

[Cthulukelele]

Oh yeah I have two gorgonian already but I do want one with an actual color so that's on the list for sure what do you mean but active moving fish?

With your lighting most gorgonians even the purple ones will end up looking quite brown I'd suspect. It's not a bad thing. It's how they end up looking usually under natural sunlight in heavy white light, so it comes down to what you prioritize lighting wise

 

[krollins]

5/5