Update on 30gal build

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Hey guys! I've had a lot happen to the tank in the past month so I figured I would update for suggestions or just to show off what I've got going on.

Recently built a system to my stand to hang our light on. Purchased a few more corals and got some regular little clowns. Everything seems to be keeping steady.

PH is always a tad bit low, what's your most recommended way to boost PH?

Everything else seems spot on, calcium is right at about 400 and nitrates are just over 0 to keep some food for the corals.
Only thing that is throwing me for a loop is this Kenya tree coral I believe is what they've called it. First day I purchased and brought home it was out and about with its arms flowing around, I've tried it in tons of different spots in my tank with more flow less flow more light less light and so on but cant seem to make it happy. Where do you guys keep yours? Don't have a recent picture of it closed up but it doesn't seem happy. Seems to somewhat come out when it's in the shade but not like it did first day.
 

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Looks great (and better than my 30g I’m putting up right now). I almost didn’t realized that this tank isn’t even drilled. The equipment is very well hidden.
 
Looks great (and better than my 30g I’m putting up right now). I almost didn’t realized that this tank isn’t even drilled. The equipment is very well hidden.
Thank you! The two 2x4's coming up the side to hold the light I just added really help hide the filter and wiring. Just gotta get the corals all figured out now!
 
I don’t measure PH.

I keep my alk fairly stable between 8.2-8.5, nitrates between 5-10, phosphates between .01-.03, and thats where I find my success.

I don’t measure calcium or mag since I’m running a reactor.

I feed consistently, perform 10% water changes biweekly, fresh 2/3 cup carbon mixed with 1/3 gfo in a reactor every 3 weeks, blow off rocks every water change and my tank is thriving.

I was chasing numbers in my last tank and I always had trouble.
 
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