Fish fry released during the day from outside the boundaries of a reef always swim away into open water. This is thought to be a survival behaviour, with heaps of hungry fish present on the reef. The way the fry determines the direction of the reef is unknown.
Mike doesn't like prominent equipment within the tank, so avoided using powerheads and used a close loop system. The outlets are hidden underneath the reef structure and uses Locline so is it fully adjustable.
Closed loop circulation pump and protein skimmer in end of sump.
It also had to be very quite, so a significant amount of time has been spent on minimising noise.
Return pump section of sump, with refugium and deep sand bed.
Livestock
Fish include blue tang, yellow tank, six-line wrasse, 5 captive bred clownfish, and a fire goby. There is a lot of different corals, with the feature being .
Righthand section of tank, with high concentration of Acanthastrea lordhowensis.
