Coral Hind

I agree with Origami, use a new blade and just skim cut the surface to remove the extra silicone. If you don't feel comfortable using the blade you could get a silicone adhesive remove and apply that to the area and wipe off the top layer.

If fresh from the ocean then I doubt it would be HLLE. Keep us updated.

Was the tang already in captivity or fresh from the ocean? If it is healing and getting smaller it might have been a damaged area from swimming into something.

Do you have fine smooth sand or course rough stuff on the bottom? If it isn't a fine substrate they can scratch their bellies and get an infection.

What brand and kelvin do you use?

I think Sanjay's guides are now old and haven't been updated. It was great info and very valuable about 10 to 15 years ago. Many reefers went to LED which is why the MH bulbs are not as popular. If I was still doing SPS I would run MH, much better colors and growth in my opinion. Although I don't use the DE bulbs anymore I did use the XM's in the past and they were really good, but pricey. They are still available. Do you already have the fixture? SE lamp are less expensive than DE so if you are getting a new fixture I would suggest the SE route and run Plusrite 14k or 20k lamps.

Currently, at the bottom of the main forum screen it says there are 3,130 members. We have come a long way in the 15 years that I've been a member!

Welcome to the club!

I love wrasses but I would caution on adding a Melanarus if you have snails, hermits, and shrimp. Besides the carpenter wrasse mentioned I would also recommend the C. solorensis, C. lubbocki, and C. cyanopleura as they are all peaceful, active, and I find them hardier then the P. carpenteri. A Foxface if on the smaller side starting out would be good. They help control algae and are very peaceful community fish. A male Squareback Anthias, P. pleurotaenia, would make a nice center piece.

You didn't give much info on your tank so it is hard to accurately help you. You should be fine unless you have a really overstocked tank. If you see your pH drop really low over the next couple of days then you have an O2 exchange issue and would need to add an airstone. If you run a sump then the water travelling down to the sump should help it get aerated.

It is a spaghetti worm. I consider them harmless and a helpful part of the clean up crew.

I did run ozone on my 600g but I recently sold it with the tank.

ozone works great.

In that scenario I would QT that new fish! Not smart to add an unknown to an established system.

I agree, remove the fish quickly and treat in a hospital tank unless you have a fish only system. If you only have fish then I would treat in the tank. Make sure you properly diagnose what the fish has. Many reefers try to treat ich with hypo but the fish actually have velvet and marine velvet thrives in lower SG so it can make things worse.

Looking nice, that's a very well healed frag! How about pics of the other two if they are of a different type?

It is fine to use, just re-check SG as it might have gone up from evaporation. If you see a white film in the bottom then check alk/calcium as they might have precipitated out.

You are allowed a one time post in the general section for individuals leaving the hobby. The thread was reported by a member and it was moved to the for sale section until I could research it. I have moved it back to the general section. All is good. Per the rules for the general section: No posting of sales, Want to Buy, Free, For Trade or similar transactions. Members leaving the hobby may be granted a one-time exception to post a single thread listing all items available for sale or donation.

The rules allow a one time posting of items for sale if the individual is leaving the hobby which is the case here.

Foam will provide some minor help but I would plane/sand it down flat if possible.

There are lots of fish that will eat them, but most of those will not be reef safe. They are filter feeders so they really don't travel much hunting for food but maybe try putting food in something shallow after the lights go out and then collect it in the early morning.

They are good in my opinion. I only pull out the really really big ones.

It looks like a young bristle worms to me.

Add a clean up crew.

It looks like in the pictures there might also be a Red Planaria issue.