I always admire a reef tank when I see one. I know how much care was put into them when I see them.

The tank looked funny/naked and still does. There is some coralline growth and I can't wait for it to take over.

I cycled my first tank with a blue damsel and that thing was the devil to everything I put in after it. Never again.

Shrimp can be...hit or miss. Peppermint shrimp do a good job of eating critters and left over food off the sand bed and rocks. Downside is they can be coral and snail eaters if they get too hungry. They come running when its dinner time. They have a bloodhound sense of smell and will swim up the water column to try and catch food floating down.