Thanks!
Honestly I've been feeling like my tank is a little sterile. I went to John's (minus9) house to get a confetti and a few other frags and that really got me thinking. He had so much life crawling around in that sand and a huge copepod population, micro brittle stars ect. I don't want to give up the BB and very high flow so I decided I'd add a sand bed in the section I moved my skimmer from. I've always wondered about MM and the more I read around the more I wanted to finally try it. So it's really just an experiment to see if I notice any positives or negatives about it. I added 20 lbs like they recommend so there is no wondering on that note and that put my section right at the recommended max depth of 2".
I also managed to sell enough frags recently to cover a few ATI ICP tests and some more moonshiner element refills. I've been dosing dailies and a little blind dosing here and there based off previous ICP results but haven't been following the program like i was on the 180g. It'll be interesting to see if anything's changed after adding the MM. All my traces were always undetectable before even with a calcium reactor, I'm curious if I'm just going to see a Iron reading now or if there is something else to this mud.
The sunsets are by far my favorite anthias I have kept so far. There's some checks from the male here and there but nothing near say bartlett's. The coloration of the male has really come in full force and his tail is much more defined and long than the others. Mine are eating machines at this point, so I'd say go for them if you find a group eating. Tong's has had a group of 5 the last few times I was there.