Thanks for the reply and information. You've confirmed all of the things I've read and more (lower temperature). I was planning a small tank (<5 gallons), with macroalgae a few mushrooms, and gorgonains. But perhaps the corals/shooms are not a good idea. I'm still not 100% sure I'll even move forward with dwarfs... just researching at this point.

My thoughts on food is to raise Tigger Pods. I've read that they are easy to culture and ideal food for dwarfs (live and more nutritious than brine shrimp). My plan is to get the pods culturing soon even if to just feed to my reef tank. Only if/when I get a pod culture up and running smoothly will I consider setting up a dwarf tank.

Any advice where to get them if I decide to?

Thanks,
Tom