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Interests · Reef keeping

TMC First Wave 48L, in a glass box.

Corals, fish and invertebrates, plus the equipment and water chemistry that keep them alive. Reef keeping rewards patience and punishes shortcuts, which is a good lesson for the day job too.

48 L
Water volume
6
Months running
1
Inhabitants
1
Groups
My reef tank

About the tank

A new beginning

Water chemistry

The numbers that matter.

Measured on 22 September 2026

Ammonia

0.3PPM

Nitrite

5PPM

Nitrate

Watch

20PPM

Ideal 1–10 PPM

The kit

Tank
TMC First Wave 48L
Lighting
TMC First Wave 48L Standard

Who lives here

The livestock.

Every fish, coral and invertebrate in the tank, with how long they've been part of it.

Invertebrates

  • cleaner shrimp
    Thriving

    Cleaner Shrimp

    Lysmata amboinensis

    With us since Jun 2026

Gallery

Moments from the tank.

  • 2 of my clownfish
    Clownfish