Lighting will cause shell rotting on them? Ive never heard of that before... now im worried because ive got a light on it in hopes that some LPS might add color and a safe spot for 2 clowns.
My first time I still lived in Los Angeles, Ca and put my tank under a windowsill... without an ATO in the summer. My salinity bounced around every day and the salt just kept creeping out. I dont think that I mixed the salt water well enough. I tried xenia and GSL thinking they're bulletproof and I could learn with them but they couldnt survive...
So since my last try I moved to Okinawa, Japan not sure exactly what species live out here but fisherman catch them around the island and sell to restaurants. The waters about 20ft deep at most in those areas. My main problem now is equipment reefing isnt a big thing here and power runs on 50hz vice American 60 so things I brought either dont work or aren't as efficient. That said I had to grab 2 ehime 600s because my pumps wouldn't work, reef lighting is hard to come by and shipping something international when I dont even know if its gonna work is a whole different issue.
Thanks im trying to build as many caverns as possible before adding the main inhabitant. And im thinking by building up all the rock corals can get the light they need from like a kessil A80 and not have a lot of light penetrating below where the mantis lives most of the time.
Welcome to R2R. As mentioned above water quality is a big key and that would include stable parameters. Sometimes larger tanks make that easier but patience and research are essential to any tank. I like your scape.
