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I think it helped. We really fought the war over several fronts.
1. Flatworm Stop by Zeo. I have stated my opinion on this many times, does not kill flatworms but it does make your corals look amazing and healthy which always helps.
2. Revive dips. Kills the adults but does nothing to the...
They generally have the prices posted on the walls between the tanks but I know they are upgading to Ipads on the walls to list the prices. I picked up a bunch of nice acans and a fish while I was there.
There is a build thread out there and it is pretty amazing. The guy built his skimmers and did a ton of DIY on the tank. Just google 20000 g aquarium and you can find it.
So you have had High alk and calc, a fish that can be not fully reef safe and hit the tank with a ton of aipstia x. You can get your params in order and wait to see if they improve. If they do not, then I think you found your culprit in the filefish.
I agree with the above, but wanted to add. What are the k ratings of the bulbs you got? How long you run your MH is going to depend on what you have in the tank, heat, and how your tank reacts to it. 6-8 seems to be standard but I have seen amazing tanks that run as little as 4 hours and some...