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You could always add a second temp probe to the tank itself to get an accurate temp, your sump would give you a nice place to add the pods so the mandarin won't clean them out, they can reproduce there and will move to the tank themselves. I use an aquamaxx hob-1 skimmer that is an awesome skimmer, and the newer version of this is still available online, you can hang it on your sump, as to ph I've never been one to do anything to raise ph, I literally let the tank do that itself. I started my tank with a ph of 7.7-7.9 it's been up a 2 years coral in the tank for a year, it currently sits at 8.46 per my apex.
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