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I'm not able to diagnose anything but it really does look like the Clownfish have adopted the powerhead. I wonder what they would do if you removed the powerhead.

Look into algae scrubbers. There are a few easy designs around here that a good search should find. These will help maintain low Nitrate AND Phosphate levels. They can also help maintain a steady PH.

Trade it for a deionizer.

I've had both Foxface and Pencil Streak. The spines are a worry but from my experience if you don't try to grab them they are perfectly safe. Just showing their spines is all most tank mates need to understand.

A key advantage of T5 is only realized with high quality reflectors. If you're going to go with run of the mill reflectors then you might as well go T12.

Flying Spaghetti Monster?

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1150 is fine but don't disregard geridoc's suggestion. Will this be a closed loop?

Then a 15X turnover rate would be 1125gph.

Some grocery stores sell lime. Agricultural stores sell it, and I've used it from there but it's not as pure as food grade. Many fish stores sell an overpriced lime under the label "kalkwasser". You need to mix the lime with water to make limewater. It shouldn't be added to your tank in...

No, you can't use a PO4 reactor as a calcium reactor. Limewater is lime (calcium hydroxide) dissolved in water.

Like I said before, I can't say because I don't know the tank size.

Not if you have a calcium reactor or use limewater.

Can't say without knowing the size of your system. For the coral you listed I would use a 15X turnover rate but anywhere from 10X to 20X would probably be fine. Just for clarification, not all of those are soft corals. The Digitata is an SPS. Not a very demanding SPS but they will need more...

My initial guess would be osmotic shock and/or PH shock. What was the difference in salinity and PH between the bagged water and your tank water? It is very rare for oxygen to be depleted. It usually can only occur with a bacteria bloom or an added chemical (chlorine removal drops for...

It looks like some type of irritation of it's lateral line. Nothing I can say beyond that. Maybe Beth has some ideas.

If they are not shipped in water they do not need to acclimate to salinity or PH. They'll expel nearly all of their water and seal themselves. When added to the tank they'll self acclimate.

RE: Snails - Shipping some animals dry can be very beneficial to the animal. This includes snails, clams, anemone, some corals. They just need to be moist & warm.

Pencil Streak is also a good Rabbitfish for captivity.

Yeah, with an active swimmer like a Yellow they're going to get on each others nerves in a tank that's only two feet wide. It's not a small tank by any means but you can see that they can't swim anywhere without invading each others space. That's all they are doing is trying to maintain their...