Here is the build thread for my two tanks. Definitely been a wild journey with the ups and downs of dialing in a new system.
https://bareefers.org/forum/threads/therealmadmax-monster-tank-build.31172/
One issue I ran into when deploying large WC to deal with high phosphate levels was nutrient deficiency. A lot of my feeding is automated so when doing a number of WC events all the coral started to suffer.
Welcome to da club! I love all the softies in your tank! Those I absolutely struggle with. SPS do amazing in my tank, but LPS I’m drawn to like a moth to flame …
With those fish I wouldn’t worry about any of them jumping. I have a bunch of similar ones in an open top rimless tank without any issues. As others pointed out getting glass or acrylic lids to cut down on evaporation is something you might look at but I wouldn’t worry about those fish.
My high school son has a freshwater tank. Since getting a girlfriend the tank maintance has dropped off a bit and all the fish and plants are mostly still happy. So much more forgiving than our saltwater tank where keeping everything in check requires constant diligence.
We went Sunday, Saturday in Disneyland! Definitely need an appointment, sometimes someone from the business as well. Most of the fish for the US market are imported in through LA so some large operations running.
Yeah two full days would be expensive … We went for a day and had a blast. We flew and had no problem at all with TSA. We had two large bags of corals. If you go down a day early on Friday you also might be able to see some of the wholesalers in the area.
In my big display tank I’ve had an aptasia outbreak. With a snowflake eel in the tank pepermint shrimp were a no go. Tried some of the aptasia eating nudis but I think they all got eaten. Finally opted for a filefish and boy has he gone to town. Robert named him Rocky as in Rocky Balboa ;)
About a year ago I picked up this branching GSP. Turns out it is a pretty slow grower. Really cool effect in the tank. Give me another six months and it should be big enough to get some frags out.