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Hermits and snails work great (we love nasasrius snails for this). I would avoid the sand sifting stars, they are too much for our tanks. Adding in the reef flakes I think is a good idea, IIRC a lot of people on here have used them.
A lot of people mix sands as they want different textures in there sand bed. That being said, that looks really chunky which potentially could be a nitrate trap over time. That can be avoided with maintenance and a clean up crew, but something to keep in mind.
Welcome to the club and congrats on the tank, we live in point pleasant so good to have someone else local. We use windex wipes to clean the glass if we really want it to look nice. Be very careful with the spray as it can get in your tank and is not good.
Awesome fish, I remember reading an article about how people were using old SPS skeletons and basically covering them in the food they wanted the fish to eat and using that to help get them onto frozen. I don't remember the exact technique, I will have to search for it later.
Yeah, the wrasses are especially funny when it comes to pecking order because it changes as they do. The cf. lancelotus was the most dominant now it is the c. katherines.
Very interesting theory that nitrates/phosphates could have an effect on how it works. I know some people can't get it to go away no matter how much Tech m they dose so you might be onto something.