Hello, I've been slowly building my 55 gallon reef up for close to 5 months now. Things have been going well for the fish and are all happy. The coral is a little drab because I can't get nitrates and phosphates to read and the tanks bottomed out.
I've started dosing Tropic Marin plus NP and turning my skimmer off at night. Never have I ever had a tank without nitrates! I'm not using GFO or anything to remove them so I'm going to wait patiently and focus on the fish for now.
That said I'm feeding the fish what I think is a lot and they are all very happy. I like what I have in there and have almost all the fish I think I want. There are 4 chromis in qt but I may put them in a different tank. I think I want 1 more stunning showpiece fish and would like recommendations. I like Anthias but many seem to need bigger tanks. I like Carpenter Flasher Wrasse but ideally want something larger. Ideally is like something in the 6-8" range that would really capture you're attention. Maybe a one spot Foxface? Tank inhabitants are below. Thoughts are appreciated. Thanks!
1. Fire fish
2. Two percula clowns
3. Coral Beauty
4. Six line wrasse
5. Neon Dottyback
6. Blue Dot Toby Puffer
7. Coral banded shrimp
8. Two peppermint shrimp
9. Conch
10. Four hermits
11. Four Astraea snails
I've started dosing Tropic Marin plus NP and turning my skimmer off at night. Never have I ever had a tank without nitrates! I'm not using GFO or anything to remove them so I'm going to wait patiently and focus on the fish for now.
That said I'm feeding the fish what I think is a lot and they are all very happy. I like what I have in there and have almost all the fish I think I want. There are 4 chromis in qt but I may put them in a different tank. I think I want 1 more stunning showpiece fish and would like recommendations. I like Anthias but many seem to need bigger tanks. I like Carpenter Flasher Wrasse but ideally want something larger. Ideally is like something in the 6-8" range that would really capture you're attention. Maybe a one spot Foxface? Tank inhabitants are below. Thoughts are appreciated. Thanks!
1. Fire fish
2. Two percula clowns
3. Coral Beauty
4. Six line wrasse
5. Neon Dottyback
6. Blue Dot Toby Puffer
7. Coral banded shrimp
8. Two peppermint shrimp
9. Conch
10. Four hermits
11. Four Astraea snails