Ohio reefer moved to Michigan

After much testing and even having two stores test my water they said I should be fine adding the clowns. I picked up a cheap zoa frag to see how it'll do, and two clowns. I'll post pictures in a minuet.
 
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I know it's early on but a local reefer was shutting down his tank and had some nice coral at a steal. He was only two blocks over and my levels have been stable so I jumped on it.
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So everything is doing well! The welso has fully opened. The zoas are showing great color! I traded away the leather because that's not something I would normally keep in my tank. The only issue I've been having is... Heat. The tank got up to 87 degrees yesterday with the heater unplugged. I
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ran a fan on it to cool it down and it went down to 78. It's the hood trapping the heat. I ordered a kessil a150w for this tank. I'm in the process of finding a alternative lid to keep fish off the carpet. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 

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