Jason C

Those look like hydroids. Here is a link from BRS: Spooky reef tank pests and how to get rid of them

Thank you, I wanted to keep it simple. The fish seem to like the open water, especially the wrasse and clown. They ride the jet stream from the gyre pump all day long.

Glad to be back in the hobby. It would be interesting to see which clown pair you purchased. I picked up a pair (about 3-4 inches) from Upscales back in October 2023 and brought them back in January 2024. The larger black female was overly aggressive to my 4 new additions. So, I picked up a black ice clownfish that has been doing well with the rest of the tank. As for the candy cane, I had a similar problem with them getting too much light to the point they were almost gone. I placed them on the sand bed away from direct light and have been spot feeding them mysis shrimp. They seem to be coming back, but it will take time.

Thanks, not my best work, but my OCD was satisfied.

Hello all. I'm a returning reefer after 10 years of being out of the hobby. My setup is a 75g Innovative Marine system (NUVO EXT) with sump and external 5g ATO. It has been up and running for about 6 months now and seems to be doing quite well. Other than me almost bleaching out my candy cane corals. I will start another thread of my journey to this point in case anyone has questions.