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If you are aiming for a reef tank, Elizabeth's post above gives the best advice. The wet-dry is not needed. If you use it, remove all of the bio-balls and use it as a sump only. The live rock is your main biological filter and the DSB with the appropriate fauna will eliminate the nitrate...

Do not stack live rock above the water line! You want water dwelling creatures and algae to grow on it. It is ok if during a water change the water level drops enough to expose the rock, but don't leave any of it out of the water. Die-off of creatures causes ammonia, followed by nitrite...

If the LFS did not goof in testing, your ammonia reading must be zero. If not, they should have told you that your water was not ready for any creatures. Assuming it is zero, you need a different test kit. That is a critical reading that you cannot ignore. Is it safe to assume that your...

The critical characteristic is very small particle size (less than 1.2 mm). Avoid crushed coral. That is too large and has sharp edges which injure the infauna you want to cultivate in the DSB. Bagged live sand is not worth the extra money. It does have bacteria which can speed up an initial...

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I don't have a refugium, but I dose continuously to provide both Kalk and make-up water. If you dose every night, I think you would greatly minimize the fluctuation in the pH. If this is in a water quantity that does your make-up, you should also have a more stable salinity. Good luck with it.

If you are just saying what tangs you like, that is great. If you are serious about putting them all in one tank, I think you are looking for problems. It is very common for tangs to not get along well with other tangs of similar shape. I think you would likely have quarrels.

Pseudos are pretty fast and tough. I think he would do alright with those. Most other small fish would be in trouble though. I believe they will jump sometimes, so I hope you have a tank cover. Good luck with them.

Read up on the anemonees that interest you before buying any. Most require very good lighting and water conditions in an established tank. Feeding is necessary despite the fact that healthy anemonees contain algae that supplied nutrients to them under the intense lighting they need. Feeding...

Having a lot of turbulence at the surface of the tank is good because it helps with the gas exchange. This will not hurt snails. Try to avoid positioning the powerhead so that it sucks air and creates a lot of bubbles. I have my largest powerhead angled at the surface (about 45 degrees) from...

Unless you have an algae problem, I think you have enough of those types of snails. One per gallon would be way too many. You might want to consider adding some Nassarius snails to cruise the sand, although they would not eat algae.

More people each day lean toward the thought that the common bristleworms are beneficial, even the large ones. I have added small ones to my tank deliberately. They will eagerly eat dead or dying corals and fish. I do not think they attack any healthy creatures. The only minor caution is to...

I don't know how hardy they are. I have only had mine a few weeks. One is usually on top of the sand, the other usually buried. They are great for eating diatoms. I believe they get to be 5-6" long. Mine are 1-1/2 and 1-1/4 long. I have seen recommendations for at least 2 square feet of...

The tank and rock look very nice. The pictures may be dark because the camera flash is reflecting into the lens. With the tank light on, you may have better luck with the flash disabled. If you can't do that, move slightly to one side so that the reflection will miss the camera lens. What...

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I think your choice needs to be either 2 or 3. Good reflectors help. Fans can be very valuable, even with PCs. Are there other features in 2 or 3 to sway you? I don't think you can have too much light if you are considering SPS, clams, and some anemonees. Since you have ruled out metal...

I think it looks like a good setup, except maybe for the wet-dry. The live rock and sand will provide the biological filtration. Are you using the wet-dry just to create a sump, or do you have bio-balls or something in there? Any filter media that is in the wet dry can become a source of...

It is a very beautiful setup. I love the rock. Doing it right like that should make the maintenance easier. I was always afraid of how much difficult, physical work such a large tank would be. Good luck with it.

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I don't know anything about the seahorses, but the Queen Conch will eventually get big (8-10"). I have a small (1-1/4") one in my 55g, along with a similar size Fighting Conch. The Fighting Conch has grown about 1/2" in a month. The Queen is new. My thoughts are that they will be good for...