20 gallon lacking "wow factor"

[Lampshade]

Some camera's can change white balance, that will do it. If not, try taking it in night mode, or a few different modes until one works.

Tank looks great so far, will be good to see it as it grows

[Nano]

thanks, I did some reading and possibly the "ISO" settings could be at play with actinic lighting

[Lampshade]

ISO will do it too, there's a good write up on here somewhere about what setting to use if you have a DSLR, can't find the link right now though. ISO setttings change your Fstop though, so you will have a faster/slower shutter because of it.

here's my bookmark for re-remembering what each does:
http://beej.us/guide/bgp/sfi.html

[Brandon5555]

Try some non photosynthetic sps. I have a sun coral and a chili coral that do fine under T5 ho's, also zoanthids add some nice colour, with high calcium your coraline algae starts growing and the wow factor will go up. maybe get a couple anemones too. Maybe a nice rock flower. Get some colour in it, like yellows, reds, and purples.

[Nano]

no I cant do nems I only have 20g I could but I dont want the hassel, I have 4 types of small zoo frags and a ricordea, mushrooms gsp and a kenya tree. I dont think my tank is old enough for sps

[Beverly]

When I'm not satisfied with my 10g, I re-aquascape it until I see something I like. It can take a several aquascaping sessions over the course of a few weeks to get the right balance of peaks and valleys, and caves and open areas with the rock. I removed over 3 lbs of rock from my tank the last time I aquascaped it because it felt too closed in. It's looking a little better without all that rock clogging up the open spaces. Now all I have to do is let my frags grow. And get a few more frags