The foray into mixed reef didn't go over all that well. The Torch did great for a couple weeks, then got wiped out rather rapidly by brown jelly. So, back to soft coral tank. A couple Rock Flower Anemones also to keep it from being 100% softies. There is a frag of Blasto Merletti growing nicely in the biocube that I'll try in this tank when it gets big enough to frag.
There are also still two Malaysian Trumpet Snails living in the biocube, so apparently that experiment wasn't a complete failure. Guess something in the 75 does kill them, although still not sure what. The cleanup crew in the biocube is basically a more diverse version of the 75. If anything I'd expect the opposite since the 75 has natural population controls on the smaller critters. The biocube is so overrun by starfish, Stomatella's and pods that it is less a fishtank and more an invertebrate tank. Not sure if those two have managed to breed yet but keeping an eye on them.
FTS. Added some seagrasses to the middle garden. There is also a Rock Anemone in there somewhere. It's green and it appears to want to live right in the middle of the garden right now, so odds of seeing it...
Also overhauled the LED fixture. Wasn't getting very good greens and reds, so added cyan (looks green to me either way) and red LEDs. The channels got a bit odd to balance everything, but now channel 1 is 1500ma 10 RB/2 NW and channel 2 is 900ma 2 RB/4 NW/2 Cyan/2 Red. Which quickly pointed out that my cooling methods in the old poorly-made fixture could use some improvement. So, having a pile of plastic outdoor T8 fixtures in the shed (apparently the previous homeowner collected them...), and some free time. A new casing, complete with better cooling and a splash guard. The heatsink barely even feels warm.
All the softies are filling in nicely. Added an Aqeuon 1250 gph powerhead to up flow a little. It may have been overkill. Okay, it was probably overkill. But no one seems to be suffering, so it'll work.