Missing something

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  1. MeTaLMaN

    MeTaLMaN Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Tank: 75g
    Sump: 20g long
    Protein Skimmer: Sealife Style not sure which but it works great.
    Rock: About 100lbs live fiji
    Sand: Almost 2 inches at its highest point aragonite live sand
    Fish: 2 Clowns 1 lemon peel mimic tang 2 blue damsels 1 striped cardinal 1 bicolor blenny 1 peppermint shrimp about 5 hermit crabs 4 snails 1 anenome and a few corals.
    Lights: PC 4 96w bulbs 2 white 2 blue
    Power Head: 2 of them not sure the name brand but they create very good current.
    Nitrite: 0
    Nitrate: between 0 and 5.0
    Ammonia: 0
    Alk:10.5
    Calcium: 475
    Magnesium: 1500
    Salinity: .026
    PH: 8.2

    This is my build farely new of course but so far so good but Im missing a whole lot of color so far I have two duncan corals that are growing like wild fire and BTA anenome that decided to hide under a rock and some kenya trees that are doing good. What would you guys suggest I could add that would color up the place not to mention liven it up.

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  3. skurious

    skurious Sailfin Tang

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    Way too much to name, I would reccomend looking at zoas first, and then acans. They both come in pretty much any color you can think of.
     
  4. MeTaLMaN

    MeTaLMaN Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Ya think I got to much rock going on in there Im thinking of removing the top layer of rock.
     
  5. NanaReefer

    NanaReefer Fu Manchu Lion Fish

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    I don't think you have to much rock at all. Looks good! Personally I'd get rid of the Kenya-can become troublesome as in invasive. But that's just me.
    Mentally section out your tank. High-medium-low. Research the corals your thinking of and choose according to lighting requirements. Most LPS prefer low-med light. SPS High light and most softies prefer low-med light. Then work your flow around them. Most sps like high flow-LPS low to med same for softies. This way makes it easier to choose your corals :)