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I personally like Rod's Food, it has mysis and a ton of other things in it. KB Pet Products (a sponsor) also has several great frozen foods that are blends of many things. I also try and mix in live black worms and live brine. Yes my fish eat better than I do.
I agree with JR, I have always had success with t5s and think they are great. My 45 cube has had a 5 bulb fixture over it with SPS and nems and have never had a problem, you just have to be more conscious with where you put the corals.
Rukis insanoes, really nice.
http://www.reef2reef.com/forums/world-wide-corals/69609-wake-up-r2r-its-been-too-2.html
Go to post 13, they are the last ones.
Here is a guy who did just what you are talking about:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1767159
I know the thread is really really long but I think he discusses the setup over the first few pages.
We have had pistol shrimp do the same thing. When we moved our 20g we found 2 in there that we thought were dead and had been replaced (so we found 3 total). I hear you with building right next to a place where you can't see them.
Keep an eye on those pink and golds they grow at an incredibly high rate and can/will choke out other zoas/palys around them. I took them out of my tank after they tried to drown out my nuclear greens. I was lucky enough to have them on an isolated rock.
That one is Brick I have been into and there stock actually looks healthy. Generally the fish are sick and the employees have no idea what they are talking about.
Mg is not as important, I would be testing Alk first and Calc second. The reason I said to test over a few weeks is that you don't want your parameters to swing. Your numbers should be in a decent range right now but if they swing over the days or weeks that is what is going to stress your...
The curse of the reefer always looking to do more. :) If the fish, softies, and nems are doing well I would probably leave it alon for a while. I would want to get the phosphates in check but you don't need to go crazy. As Jim said get some test kits and start to monitor your alk and calc...
Before I had my reactors setup I had the GFO in the return pump section. If you are going to jam it into the baffles in your sump just be careful that it does not over flow or the water volume does not get too low in the return pump area. As other mentioned the key is you want to get as much...
I am too lazy to post up pics but pretty much all I have are here:
http://www.reef2reef.com/forums/zoa-discussion-club-zoa/59069-some-my-collection.html