Erin O's 75G Build

[alimac122]

Also, I don’t think this is Fiji pink....
But....
It’s what I ordered yesterday
Nature's Ocean Bio-Activ Live Aragonite Reef Sand 0.5-1.7mm Amazon product ASIN B0010748A0

 

[Erin O]

All good points. Just popped up and I thought about it, but not crucial and yes, you would need a light and a pump.

I still PM'd him. It seems like a pretty good deal, considering the cost of a new one on BRS

 

[najer]

Also, I don’t think this is Fiji pink....
But....
It’s what I ordered yesterday
Nature's Ocean Bio-Activ Live Aragonite Reef Sand 0.5-1.7mm Amazon product ASIN B0010748A0

I had one of those moments when I thought "You did order the correct sand didn't you?". ;)

 

[Erin O]

Also, I've been looking at the cleaner packages on ReefCleaners. I know I won't need a CUC right away, but how big of a crew should I have for this tank?

 

[alimac122]

Also, I've been looking at the cleaner packages on ReefCleaners. I know I won't need a CUC right away, but how big of a crew should I have for this tank?

I currently have 10hermits and 2 turbos in my 36 and it needs more.
I plan on doubling that plus getting Brittle stars and cerith snails (sand sifter crew) the 90g I am picking up tomorrow (EEKKK) has feather dusters in the sump.
generally you want 1 hermit per 10 gallons but my LFS sells tiny baby hermits the size of pencil erasers and my Valentini has munched on a couple when I haven’t fed it mysis to it’s frequency of choice.
For 75 I would say you’d be good with 10 decent sized hermits, 3-4 turbos, and 3-4 sand sifters.

 

[najer]

I currently have 10hermits and 2 turbos in my 36 and it needs more.
I plan on doubling that plus getting Brittle stars and cerith snails (sand sifter crew) the 90g I am picking up tomorrow (EEKKK) has feather dusters in the sump.
generally you want 1 hermit per 10 gallons but my LFS sells tiny baby hermits the size of pencil erasers and my Valentini has munched on a couple when I haven’t fed it mysis to it’s frequency of choice.
For 75 I would say you’d be good with 10 decent sized hermits, 3-4 turbos, and 3-4 sand sifters.

The title is a bit misleading, this is now a 29 G build. ;)

 

[najer]

... for now! ;)

 

[Erin O]

I currently have 10hermits and 2 turbos in my 36 and it needs more.
I plan on doubling that plus getting Brittle stars and cerith snails (sand sifter crew) the 90g I am picking up tomorrow (EEKKK) has feather dusters in the sump.
generally you want 1 hermit per 10 gallons but my LFS sells tiny baby hermits the size of pencil erasers and my Valentini has munched on a couple when I haven’t fed it mysis to it’s frequency of choice.
For 75 I would say you’d be good with 10 decent sized hermits, 3-4 turbos, and 3-4 sand sifters.

Thanks! The tank that we're setting up to start is going to be a 29g, due to my husband being a pain in the butt lol. We're hoping that once he sees how awesome having a reef tank is, he'll decide that having a 75g would be a fabulous idea. I'm so thankful for all of these enablers, because without them, my dream of having a reef tank wouldn't be happening :)

 

[alimac122]

Thanks! The tank that we're setting up to start is going to be a 29g, due to my husband being a pain in the butt lol. We're hoping that once he sees how awesome having a reef tank is, he'll decide that having a 75g would be a fabulous idea. I'm so thankful for all of these enablers, because without them, my dream of having a reef tank wouldn't be happening :)

What a turd nugget!! I INSTANTLY grew out of my 36 within a month. This 90g popped up on FB market with a sump and stand for $300 (absolute steal). I wasn’t planning on upgrading this soon. But... wow. Your husband is gonna realize the cost difference is extremely minimal once you get the 29 going.

 

[DownSouthBandit]

I think between 30 and 40 lbs for a 2 inch sand bed.

What do you think of the reef gravel?
https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petco...ibsea-arag-alive-natural-reef-aquarium-gravel

if you go back to my build and look at when it was al in the 29g, that was one 25lb bag of caribsea Hawaiian black sand. It was about a 2in sandbed, so 30-35lbs should be enough.

 

[najer]

if you go back to my build and look at when it was al in the 29g, that was one 25lb bag of caribsea Hawaiian black sand. It was about a 2in sandbed, so 30-35lbs should be enough.

40 lb of Fiji pink on order. ;)

 

[DownSouthBandit]

Also, I've been looking at the cleaner packages on ReefCleaners. I know I won't need a CUC right away, but how big of a crew should I have for this tank?

rule of thumb is about 1 hermit per gallon

 

[DownSouthBandit]

40 lb of Fiji pink on order. ;)

Niceeeeeee;Smuggrin
Im excited to see the start of this tank.

 

[alimac122]

Same here! I can’t wait to see this! What rock did you end up choosing?

 

[fishguy242]

good morning ,look into reeftopia for clean up crew :)

 

[sfin52]

Hey! I love this post because I literally am in the process of going from 36 to 90 this week!!!

Just went from a 75 to 90 about 2 months ago. Petco manager made me an offer I couldn't resist. 90g tank for 150.

rule of thumb is about 1 hermit per gallon

I best up my hermits count. I have 15 so looks like I'm way under staffed in this department.

 

[Erin O]

rule of thumb is about 1 hermit per gallon

WOW!!! 29 hermits?! That seems like a lot! How about snails? I really want some of the nassarius snails. That way, Evie and I can play find the snail lol. I also know that I'll have to get empty shells to help keep my snails safe from the hermits. Its funny, I think I'm just as excited to get the CUC in there as I am to get the fish lol

 

[fishguy242]

hi go with something like 24 micro blue legs,12 astreas,would reccomend trohcus ,kinda hard to get rt now,6 nassarius,few margarita's to start ,not a big fan of reg blue legs

 

[najer]

WOW!!! 29 hermits?! That seems like a lot! How about snails? I really want some of the nassarius snails. That way, Evie and I can play find the snail lol. I also know that I'll have to get empty shells to help keep my snails safe from the hermits. Its funny, I think I'm just as excited to get the CUC in there as I am to get the fish lol

Find money or ring cowries, my joint favourite snail, watch them use their mantle! ;)

 

[DownSouthBandit]

WOW!!! 29 hermits?! That seems like a lot! How about snails? I really want some of the nassarius snails. That way, Evie and I can play find the snail lol. I also know that I'll have to get empty shells to help keep my snails safe from the hermits. Its funny, I think I'm just as excited to get the CUC in there as I am to get the fish lol

Honestly I find that if you get snails too, you can go without the 1 per gallon. I think that 15 hermits and 5 snails would be more than enough. Especially since your tank will be new and won't have much algae for them to feed off of.