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The 75 if fine, the issue is the pickiness of female Maroons. Your absolute best chance is to find a breeder and get two very very young Clownfish from separate parents. By young, probably 1/2" or so.

Calling Beth - Is there a downtime for Brooklynella? Meaning, If there are no fish for a week will the protozoans die?

I don't think it's coming from the rocks. I thought for sure it would be the rocks until I saw the pictures. That looks like a symptom of an overstocked tank or an overfed tank. I do not believe your tank is overstocked.

Maybe it's an acquired taste?

Is there any chance they are some type of small polychaete worm?

My initial guess based on picture 1 is that the combination of an elbow right off the bulkhead and stepping the diameter of the pumps intake down from 1" to 3/4" is restricting the intake waterflow too much. This is easy to test for - Turn the ball valve until it restricts the return to about...

Take a look at pictures of black Flatworms.

I really like the placement of the rocks in your first picture Bryce.

I did some experimenting with limewater, I'll bet that surprises you. I found that it stays just as saturated with stirring as without stirring. Just FYI.

I used a couple of 7 gallon IO salt buckets. Bucket 1 was the RO water reservoir. A hole in the side of the bucket for a float valve, had to seal with silicon. Two holes in the the lid, one out to the second bucket and the other for a slow vinegar drip into the RO water (optional). The seal...

They can limp along for years without being noticed. Then, if suddenly there's a steady food supply, they can seemingly pop up out of nowhere.

I have always made my own so I cannot recommend one. Someone here MUST be happy with their skimmer though...

While a protein skimmer is not a necessity, it will provide a much larger margin for error.

Beth, I was actually suggesting not changing any water. Just let evaporation do the work.

I'll do some more internet searching. I should be able to find a picture of your in-tank refugium. Doesn't look like you really needed a refugium from this picture. The algae seems to be growing just fine.

Top offs with water of full strength salinity will work perfectly.

Let Beth chime in as she's a bit smarter. But IMO your tank is Ick free now. Are the fish you're going to put in it ick free?

3 - 4 weeks depending on temperature. The warmer the water the faster it will starve out. If Beth says something different I recommend listening to her and not me.

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