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What product are you looking at specifically? When set up correctly, a vast majority of tanks don't need things like buffers or conditioners. A lot of those liquid supplements have marginal benefits at best and can actually be very detrimental if not used correctly

I would see if a local fish store can verify those results. API kits are notorious for testing a false .25 ppm. That being said, until you know for sure I would not add anything living to the tank. Do you currently have other things in the tank? If so are they showing any signs of ammonia...

You need an incredibly large (hundreds of gallons) to make more than a pair of clowns work long term. You are best off limiting yourself to a single species of clown per tank

And another +1 to Erin - if you aren't testing for it, you shouldn't be dosing for it

I run his sump on my 180 - I have been mostly happy with it

You could also look at BRS if the stuff you buy locally is getting harder to find

No, cyan is a mix of green and blue

Try cyan, it will help with color rendition on corals and fish

I would consider looking at UV, royal blue, and cyan personally

It will come in time, and eventually you'll be sick of scraping it off the glass. I would not dose anything that you aren't testing for - including purple up

I did not see this one coming, still not sure if its a good thing or a bad thing for the hobby http://reefbuilders.com/2014/02/24/ecotech-marine-aqua-illumination-merge/

The MP4-'s would be, but I would think the MP10 would work well

The spotted thing in the back? Looks like a sexy shrimp to me

While I wouldn't go as far as to say they are neccesary for a reef - I can tell you that after getting some random flow in my tank I noticed that the whole system was doing better as a whole. I saw more coral extension / growth, and the fish definitely seemed to be more active. I also agree...

The difference between the 60 and the 72 inch aquatrader fixtures is $10, that's a single cup of Starbucks or a movie ticket. Why wouldn't you just get the 72 inch fixture? Either way, I don't really know what kind of Par you'd get from that fixture, it doesn't really say what kind of optics...

Its only been a couple of days, and there appears to be some color coming back in little specs. I can't get much of a feeding response out of it though, so its just going to be a wait and see game i guess. I'll continue to try getting it to feed every few days. Thanks for all the help

Looks like a maxima to me as well

In most aquaria, clams of any size do not need to be fed regularly, or even at all: http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2010/7/inverts

I've put it back on the sand in an area all by itself, hopefully it will recover

Yes, been under the same lighting the whole time. It used to be an inch or two deeper in the tank but it kept falling off the rock work so I moved it to its current position. I'll try putting it on the sand. I hope I can save it, it was a really nice looking coral