water changes..etc.

[jojo22]

Some corals will (and do) create more waste than fish.

[eldiente]

I forget the name of this one it looks like a blueish star ployp 3.

I believe she already has some pom pom xenia, at least it looks like it in the pics, I don't think they are woods polyps.

To give it some nice color, I would say some sun corals, I don't know about the bioload, and they are not photosynthetic, but they are very yellow/orange.

I use one of the hand on the back refugium on my small tank and I love it, it made a huge improvement.

Also as far as trace additives, that can depend on what you are feeding, if it is only flake food, then it is a good idea. If it is frozen food, then once the fish eat the food (Brine shrimp, mysis, krill, or whatever) they release iodine and other trace additives into the water. I'm not a marine biologist, but this is what I have read a few times. I feed only frozen food, and I still add trace suplements when I remember (3-4 times a year).

[eldiente]

Some corals will (and do) create more waste than fish.

Which corals are those? do you have any examples besided anemones? I would think it would have to be those that tend to eat food particles and are not purely photosynthetic.

[jojo22]

All corals need food as well as light, larger mushrooms would create more waste than most fish. But once again all corals NEED food.