Thanks all!
ReefSilly - I am glad my tank had motivated you to move some LR.
200# in a 55? There must hardly be room for water!
The golden ratio sometimes aka the goldenmean is truely natures building block.
One can't help but use it even if you don't realize it.
Patience is probably the most important thing I have learned about salt water and reef keeping. I went slow with my 12g nano and I have had almost no real problems except for a zoanthid wasting disease that wiped out half of my zoa population.
I have seen many new reefers on RAG and other forums rush things (often on the advice of their LFS) and have major problems, become discouraged, and give up their tanks. If only they would listen to the advice of the experienced here.
I will add that the cost of reefing really helps me have patience. I cant afford to have everything right now and then risk losing it all.
I didn't add any fish to my nano for 9 months. I have 2 Ocellaris clowns and a barnacle blenny in a 12g tank with no problems at all. Enough LR, skimmer, and regular waterchanges has allowed me to have health and happy fish.
Due to that experience and the possibility of Cirolanid Isopods (parasite)from the TBS LR/LS I will be waiting several months before adding fish to this tank. I did pull a cirolanid out of the return pump sponge so If I wait to add fish I do not risk the fish having problems caused by this isopod because they will starve without a fish host.
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