are you doing sand in your next tank? i really love the idea of barebottom, and i've even come around to the aesthetic of it, but i can't see myself ever going without sand burying wrasses and the in between options don't seem great. letting the flow go super hard in the paint would be cool tho
the next tank is going to be sand since it is 25 tall and I’ll have 2 non viewing panels to work with for wave maker placement.
I was super bummed to sell off my blue star wrasse but sand wasn’t going to work long term for me. This is was a top of the list fish for me so I’m going to limp by for the next month or two and deal with it. It’s a pretty small amount of sand and he’s fairly large so I’m sure he stirs it up pretty good getting in and out. I noticed a small bump in ph after adding it too.
I’m good on tangs for the next tank. So the rest of the additions are going to be sand dwelling wrasse and a few fairy/flashers. I really want an 8 line flasher. Group of blue green chromis and something that turns the sand for me. Maybe a goby shrimp pair or CB rainfords or hector type goby.