Brand new Reefer. Soaking up everything like a sponge. Advice appreciated

[TMaxTank]

55 gallon tank
2 clowns, 10 hermits, 5 trochus snails, 50lbs of live rock, 40lbs live sand

Hate me now
No Refugium

Aquatop af400 canister filter
Reef Octopus 1000 HOB Skimmer
Eheim heater
Ecoxotic panoramo pro 48" led strip blue and white lights

Hate me again,
I want a yellow and blue tang

Would love to have mandarin and goby but worried about not having a Refugium for the mysis

Also worried about being able to find a tight fitting lid with all the HOB stuff.

I would like to find a way to add magenta lights too. Want a sleek led strip. Heard about the ecoxotic magenta stunner but can not find a 48" strip anywhere.

Tank has been up 1 month, added clowns about 4 days ago. Had 1 algae bloom, LFS said 12-13 hours of light a day was way too much so they had me back it down to 8 hours a day.

Can not figure out how to set lights correctly with remote and ecoxotic directions are awful and can not find anymore details online, any advice there would help.

 

[KJ]

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