Hi all! I'm Deb. I'm 65, live in Central Texas and am getting back into the hobby. I've had fresh tanks and my last tank was in the mid 90's, a 20 gallon marine.
Recently I found a FREE 55 gallon and stand in my neighborhood. My wife and I have decided to do a reef. We've been watching numerous YouTube vids.
The tank will be set up 2 weeks this Saturday. I'm doing old school filtration with a Marineland back of tank filter for 75 gallons, have an Eheim heater, thermometer. We purchased some dry Rock from our local aquarium store and used 60#s of Caribsea Fiji Pink sand, which is quite lovely!
On our 3rd week we are thinking of getting 2 pairs of clowns, Perculas and Darwin's. We do not have any anemones yet. Would this be a good time to add a couple as well for the clowns? The water is within parameters and I can see a bit of green algae starting to form on the rocks. I've been researching about lawn mower critters, which do y'all find to be the easiest for a new reef hobbyist? We DO NOT have the lights on yet.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. And I'm happy I found y'all!
