The bryopsis is looking like its gone, but I am gonna keep the Mg level high for another two weeks just to make sure.
I also have an order of 10 chromis, 1 ocellaris clownfish, and one mandarin goby. Wanted my school of chomis back again after they died slowly over a 2 year period. I think the key is to treat them like anthias, as they feed in much similar fashion, snapping up zooplankton from the water column. They also have very high metabolisms like the anthias. I will aim to feed 2-3 times a day and see if that curves aggression in the school and also keeps them well fed to maintain their high metabolisms. The clownfish is a buddy for my one lone clownfish that has been with me for 2.5 years now. The mandarin is to pick off the gadjillion pods that are always on my glass and rocks... plus they are really cool.
In the meantime, one of my koralia pumps died so time for a replacement. Enter the WP-40 (thanks Ol'Aggie ).
Here's the controller box that comes with it:
Size comparison:
In the tank:
It was about the size of my old school koralia 4 that it is replacing. The old koralia 4 did some great work for me for many years. Rest in peace my old friend.
Once I plugged the WP-40 in, I tried it in several different modes and liked the "Else" mode best as it ran a variable speed program. I turned all of the other pumps off (Koralia 3 and Nano Wavebox) during the test. The WP-40 could probably be the only pump I need in the tank (125 long) but my SPS do like their flow so I will run it with my wavebox and my Koralia 3. I didn't really spend much time considering the wave modes on the WP-40 as I have a wavebox performing that function already. What I needed was more circulation flow instead of the back and forth flow of a wavemaker. The two in conjunction does move a lot of detritus and keeps it in suspension for export to the sump.
Overall, I like it a lot and it seems a lot quieter than my Koralia that it replaced. My canopy setup emphasizes noises because of the open back structure. My wavemaker sounds like a torture device because my canopy amplifies the sound. Even with the canopy amplification, the WP-40 is not that loud at all. Ideally, I would like to add a pocket door to the open doorway between my living room and family room to isolate the fish tank noises but for now, it is at a level that is not terribly distracting.