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Definatley your nitrates are still a bit up there. You wanna wait until that vial is on the yellow side. Check back again on that in about a week.
The clowns should be fine, i would start off with them and let the tank ride out a bit to give it time to stabilize a bit.
Right now, just let it be. Keep monitoring your Nitrates and Ammonia, keep your lights off for now too. You can even keep the lights to a minimum when you get ur 1st fish. Once you start adding corals, then you can set a lighting schedule
With nothing in the tank, you Definitely wanna keep the lights off for now until your readings reach near zero. The last thing you want is for algae to take hold in your rockwork early on.
Once you add fish, when the tank is ready, you'll need to hold off a bit more to allow it to stabilize a...
That's what heard about it too, but it looks really cool. They also are coming out with this black rock which I'm thinking about for my next build
Real Reef (BLACK OUT) Rock (by the pound) - Mixed Sizes - Real Reef
Is that chemi pure blue? I'm assuming cuz of the white resin I see in the bag.
Suggestion: I would remove the purigen for now as that plus chemi pure will strip your tank down to 0 really quickly in that empty tank. The combo of the 2 long term may cause you more headaches down the line.
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Once you have a good starter, the pods will repopulate on their own. When you seed the tank, do it when the lights are off to limit the chances of them getting consumed by fish n what not.
You can make your own pod hotel as from the pix, it just looks like corrugated plastic sheets just glued...
You're more likely to have better success with a larger tank as the parameters will be more stable but....if it's not working out for you, ditch the corals and keep the nems, they seem to be doing well in your tank. Maybe do a clown harem in your tank