Hi everyone......I have a 125 gal FOWLR, DSB with a 20 gal refugium (also with LR, DSB, and some chaeto) and a nice protein skimmer. The main tank is built into a wall dividing my office and our club room. Everything is accessed through cabinets....and the top of the tank has a lid which the lights lay on. I started with some LR from a 7 yr old established reef tank (bought from a guy I met on reef central) and that helped seed the sand and the rest of the "dead" rock I used. Temp is at 80 degrees, SG 1.25, Ph at 8.2, all other parameters are good....slight elevation is nitrates now....doing a 25 gal water change today (have had buffered, salted water heating and airated for almost a week. I am not good about water changes ( I know I know...slapping my hand) and have probably done 3 in the last year and a half. Nothing major but now and then some little macroalgea pops up but the coral beauty seems to like to pick at them. Tank critters are a pair of clowns (false perc(2") and blk & white(almost 3"), coral beauty (3.5") , and the ever so entertaining lunare wrasse (6"). Recently lost my royal gramma...all seemed ok, then he/she was gone the next day. Was a very large gramma and I'm sure was an adult when I purchased. I made the mistake of getting the wrasse while I had some hermits and a shrimp.....yes, they became a tasty dinner for the wrasse. 
( But, before the wrasse came, they did a nice job sifting through the sand bed. It's mainly sand with a VERY fine sprinkling of crushed coral on top. What I'd like to know is, what if any "sifting" critters can I safely add with the wrasse? I would just like to clean up the bottom a little as it tends to be unsightly....but I don't want the sand bed actually "dug" up of course. I know that when I keep up with water changes, the light brown algea on the rock will diminish as well....plan on being better at that from now on. I would also love to add another fish...maybe two but am not sure which way to go with a large wrasse. Although the wrasse IS active....I have seen no outward aggression; actually the coral beauty and the wrasse are buddies and always swim together. The clowns hang out in the "clown corner" and venture out more when it's feeding time....yet I have never seen a fight or chase scene. I'd like to add something yellow in color maybe......want to stay away from tangs as I don't feel my tank is large enough and I already have a fish who has the potential to be big. I like the bangaai cardinals but worry they're too peaceful....also like a small shoal of green chromis (or another small schooling fish) but know they can grow pretty fast as well. Any suggestions? And what would the limit be in my tank? Want to attempt to avoid major territory fights and bio-overload.
The pics are of my tank now....as of this morning (front and back). You can see all the crud at the bottom. Pics are dated.
Then pics when I started her up a year and a half ago. Pics are dated.
Then a few pics of the fishies!)
The last shot of the wrasse was taken yesterday...shows how much the tail has grown from the pic above it with the male clown.
Thanks!
Lisa
( But, before the wrasse came, they did a nice job sifting through the sand bed. It's mainly sand with a VERY fine sprinkling of crushed coral on top. What I'd like to know is, what if any "sifting" critters can I safely add with the wrasse? I would just like to clean up the bottom a little as it tends to be unsightly....but I don't want the sand bed actually "dug" up of course. I know that when I keep up with water changes, the light brown algea on the rock will diminish as well....plan on being better at that from now on. I would also love to add another fish...maybe two but am not sure which way to go with a large wrasse. Although the wrasse IS active....I have seen no outward aggression; actually the coral beauty and the wrasse are buddies and always swim together. The clowns hang out in the "clown corner" and venture out more when it's feeding time....yet I have never seen a fight or chase scene. I'd like to add something yellow in color maybe......want to stay away from tangs as I don't feel my tank is large enough and I already have a fish who has the potential to be big. I like the bangaai cardinals but worry they're too peaceful....also like a small shoal of green chromis (or another small schooling fish) but know they can grow pretty fast as well. Any suggestions? And what would the limit be in my tank? Want to attempt to avoid major territory fights and bio-overload.The pics are of my tank now....as of this morning (front and back). You can see all the crud at the bottom. Pics are dated.
Then pics when I started her up a year and a half ago. Pics are dated.
Then a few pics of the fishies!
)The last shot of the wrasse was taken yesterday...shows how much the tail has grown from the pic above it with the male clown.
Thanks!
Lisa
