first time with salt water, 75 gallons

[slay diggity]

had a used 72 gallon used bowfront tank, cycled it, put in live stock, but four months in the bottom seal busted. i saved almost every thing and baught a new 75 gallon. here it is! OH i bought the tank with its old setup, (sump, skimmer, powerheads, live rock, and a sand bed, also came with a royal grama, and a tang) soon i started seeing corals that i tought were dead come to life. and since then ive bought a few corals and they seam to be thriving. all i do is the schedualded water changes and feed rod's food.

 

[G_Sanab922]

Very nice rock work. I'm setting up a 75 as well. Same corner overflow as well! What other fish do you plan to get? and which types of corals do you want? Go ahead and tell us about your lighting as well

 

[slay diggity]

i've added two clown fish, and would like to get an anemone, but i hear my tank should be up for a year first. i have added a toadstool and a closed brain coral, im unsure of what type of coral came back to life, i think that two of them were candy canes, i will post a picture of the other. i plan on getting more but not sure what kind yet, just as long as they are easy to take care of. as far as lighting goes i have 4 t5s, soon im going to add some moonlighting so i can enjoy the night life of my tank.

 

[slay diggity]

oh and thanks for the compliment on the rock work, i was just wondering the other day if it was good or not. i mean i like the way it looks and the fish seem to enjoy it.

 

[G_Sanab922]

Very cool. Yes waiting a year is optimal but the usual time where you can introduce that I have read and experienced is at 6 months.

Other easy corals are , Kenya tree , green star polyp and Pulsing Xenia. I recommend these If you are ok with trimming them often. Like once every 1-3 months. Depends on how fast they grow for you but generally they can grow fast compared to most other corals.

Np. Are your rocks loose, just stacked on each other?

 

[fishroomlady]

I really like the rock work as well! I also agree on the easy coral suggestions by sanab.

 

[slay diggity]

Np. Are your rocks loose, just stacked on each other?

they are real stable, some of the smaller rocks are loose, the larger ones are epoxied.

 

[slay diggity]

Here is an updated picture

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

Looking good!!

 

[G_Sanab922]

It needs more corals! Lol looking good though

 

[slay diggity]

Yeah I gota get more, but for me it's a process not an event. So I get about one coral a month.

 

[G_Sanab922]

Yeah I gota get more, but for me it's a process not an event. So I get about one coral a month.

Just messing lol one coral a month is plenty! In no time that baby will be full! Looking to get frags or bigger pieces?

 

[slay diggity]

I just added two fighting conch on my lunch break. I had two wait 3 weeks for them to come into my fish shop on special order.

 

[slay diggity]

The stand and lights,

 

[Mandrew]

I strongly urge against Kenya trees! Lol I put two in my tank a while back as my first corals, now my tank is one massive Kenya tree I swear! Only get them if you want to actively remove them once they start to take off.

 

[slay diggity]

New anemones