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An angelfish will be fine with nor corals or nems for a while.

Sponge is good but I don't think that is sponge. Do you have a more zoomed in pic.

I would agree with Mark that your plan might be a bit aggressive. I am always one for starting fish first and coral afterwards. Why? Corals are not going to add any noticeable bio load, you can have them doing amazing and then add fish and boom you have nitrate or phosphate issues. I like...

Was it the Lakewood Petco near Costco? There is a guy there that runs the department and he knows his stuff. Sounds like you may have gotten the B team.

That sucks. I have found it is totally region for those things. FedEx down near me is amazing and UPS is garbage, however I have had multiple people tell me it is the opposite in their area. Hopefully you get it soon or at least the shipper had insurance.

That is certainly not overstocked. At would be a good fish list and might leave you with some wiggle room if something catches your eye

I would give vibrant a shot. Emerald crabs can be little boogers.

Some angels will pick others won't, you just have to get lucky. I would votE flasher wrasse.

https://www.marinedepot.com/Reef_Octopus_Classic_110_INT_Protein_Skimmer_In_Sump_Protein_Skimmers_for_Aquariums_Reefs-Reef_Octopus-CV5111-FIPSIS-vi.html Here is a good starting point. The good news is that like I said everyone has skimmers so generally you can find them used. I have not bought...

First is external or internal; are you going to run it in your sump or have it outside your tank. Second is size and stocking, how big and what do you plan to keep. Skimmers are rated for gallon and then stocking so like for example a 50g light stock or 35 g heavy stock. Last question is how...

If you are going to add more corals you have to manage the nutrient export somehow. You can start testing your nitrates and phosphates now with the 10% water change and see how they measure and adjust from there. As the others have said, we run a UV but that is to help keep the fish healthy...

Just paid for my zoa and looking forward to the challenge.

Glad to see you stick with it. Will be following along.

Yeah when I saw it this morning it said target was 5.6 which is what I responded too. Sounds like you saw the warning (rtn), tested and now you are going to fix it. Happens to all of us. Just keep testing.

Is there a reason you keep alk that low?

Watch your salinity too, you want to try not to deviate off of 1.026.

If you really want to get crazy, you can setup a camera on the tank or have your buddy facetime you (if you are in the US). Mikem also nailed it, have a backup reefer that can be called if your buddy thinks something is wrong.

I enjoy the behind the scenes look. Great tank

Throw me down as a zoa guy. I can't edit the file on my iPad so if someone else could add me that would be great

Such an adorable annoyance.