I still have not decided on inverts, but the tank itself is coming along nicely. I do have a small hermit and an astrea snail in it right now. I also have a peppermint shrimp in m frag tank that I want to move in. Although I may just end up getting a new one; they a tricky little guys to catch!
The ATO is set up and tied into my main reservoir. I am thinking I could just tie it into an old (and modified) water cooler as an easy way to keep things topped up when I decide to move this little thing. It would be super simple to just refill a 5 gallon jug and plop it down.
I also built the light fixture based on a friend's design (which needed to be prototyped). The colours and spectrum need to be adjusted slightly, and I think I will split the blue and white channels. However, it is sufficient for the montiporas and the LPS, likely the birds nest too (hard to say, I just added it this week). About a month ago I also put in a couple acropora frags I accidentally broke off from my large display tank, they are slightly polypous; however, I suspect they need more flow.
There was also a crazy algae bloom, which is now cleared up. It was some sort of hair algae that grew about an inch long and looked almost wheaty on the tips. The Astrea was not doing much, so I put in a turbo and it was all gone in about a week (maybe two).
Here is a full shot of the tank:
I put the fox coral in on a whim, it was a small piece that fell off one of my larger ones. It looks fantastic!
In the lower left, there is a very tiny RBTA I found in my sump. it must have split from one of the ones in my frag tank. It has tripled in size since I added it in September:
