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Here's a picture of one of my clownfish ready to spawn to give an idea of how big the female's belly gets.

Clownfish viciously protect their eggs, even against the larger fish. Nobody will be eating the healthy eggs. I mention "healthy" eggs because the Clownfish themselves will eat any eggs that are not 100% healthy. For first time spawners they may eat all of them because they may not get...

I would recommend waiting until the 180 is setup and stable. Just my opinion. It is not true that an abundance of Cleaner Wrasse and Shrimp is an ick preventative. They can certainly make an infected fish feel a little better but they do not actually eat the microscopic Ick parasite. A...

Thanks!! I meant to write "per gallon". Glad you got my back.

Amphiprion ocellaris

The nitrates are probably not coming from your water & salt mix unless the LFS is selling you tap water. Nitrates come from fish food: food -> fish -> poop -> ammonia -> Nitrite -> Nitrate. To cut down in Nitrate you either need to reduce the amount of food that enters the tank or find a way...

People blame filament algae on all sorts of stuff from old lights to clogged filters. In every case I have worked on it was an issue with excess nutrients. Either find a way to reduce the nutrients you put in the system (less feeding) or increase the nutrients you take out of the system (algae...

Is it a natural sponge? If so I believe it will start to rot fairly quickly.

Skip the bottled garlic, you're just throwing your money away.

You didn't mention the original vs current salinity. The best option is to just topoff with full strength saltwater instead of fresh water. If you could post actual salinity levels that would help.

Are any corals hosting it?

I've seen something similar before where the jaw was broken. In that case it was probably protecting itself from another fish, or got spooked and slammed into the glass. I hope this isn't the case here because it's not fixable.

It sort of resembles Stichodactyla tapetum. I can't get an idea of scale in the picture. How large is it across?

It vaguely resembles a Hawaiian Sand Anemone but some details aren't quite right. Do you know what part of the world it came from?

I would suggest either not using your RO during a chlorine burnout or replacing the carbon stage(s) before and after the burnout. A high level of chlorine will deplete the activated charcoal in the carbon stage and allow chlorine to contact the RO membrane. That will permanently damage the RO...

They will do fine for several days under the lower lighting. OTOH I would actually recommend moving all the corals on the same day.

Cleaner Wrasse will usually eat anything offered but will die of malnutrition if they don't get access to an adequate supply of fish slime. To get enough slime they need some large fish as tank mates and Tangs don't count since they have almost no slime. Large Angels, Groupers, etc...

They jump at night when any bump spooks them into flight.

Correct, it will no longer be female. All Anthias start life female.

There are no bacteria or viruses that RO does not remove. They are WAY too large to squeeze through an RO pore. They are all sent to the waste water so if your city has a boil memorandum be careful what you do with the waste water. DI alone does not remove bacteria.