So, it's been awhile since I posted in this thread. Just to keep my thread up to date, I've since added a 4.36W light upgrade from nanotuners.com, a media basket & fuge basket from mediabaskets.com / InTank. Started running chaeto with a 10W submersible halogen light in the fuge basket. Started running purigen and phoslock in the media chambers. Setup a new RO/DI unit in the basement with a storage setup with a heater/airstone/powerhead for mixing my salt.
After losing one clown I bought another, did the usual dips and whatnot. Lost that one after 3 weeks as well. I think the other clown had gotten big enough that it was bullying it at night, but they acted like married couple during the day so I'm not really sure.
I've been pulling my hair out doing 50% water changes to try and get all the silicates out of the tank as I was fighting diatoms, they're finally now going away slowly and being replaced by dinos. I threw an emerald crab in today to start mowing the GHA and started a tank blackout to hopefully starve all the dinos out. The only light in the tank anywhere is in the fuge for the chaeto for the next 3 days. I'll continue the blackout for longer if need be.