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The emp makes it tough. Give Ricordians a shot. Easy to keep and a low profile to stay away from the emp. After that maybe some softer corals. Amy lps will be a toss up if he wants to eat them. Sps could be great if your tank is up for them.
Your ammonia spike was the culprit. The all calm and mag will help you going forward but it all comes back to the ammonia and the unmixed salt. When you spike ammonia it is a domino effect. You spiked your nitrites and then spiked your nitrates. Inverts and corals are more sensitive to the...
In the long term, the ATO would be my choice (and was my choice on both my 57g and 45g where I could not have both). HOB fuges are not loud at all, ran those for a few years on my 20g and 30g and they were not in the stand, they hung right on the tank. Maybe the HOB skimmers drowned them out...
Yeah I have seen some people dosing Brightwell's potassion with great success. I have never dosed it in the past, and this is very ancedotal, but my blue SPS have amazing color since I have been dosing it. This could also be do to the huge system upgrade, the calcium reactor, and other traits...
I have been using the zeo flatworm stop for a while now along with the coral booster and the potassium. It is very good at making your corals color up and makes them very healthy. Does it rid the tank of AEFW? No. That being said, I still dose it daily as it does make your SPS look amazing.