75 gallon reef tank with half reused rock and half bleach cured rock. Current livestock is low, but fish were upgraded from a 40 breeder.
Aquarium Profile and Equipment
- What type of saltwater aquarium is this?
- Mixed Reef
- Total Water Volume
- 75
- When did you start this tank?
- Jan 15, 2026
- What is your aquarium made of?
- Glass
- Aquarium Length (inches)
- 48
- Aquarium Width (inches)
- 18
- Aquarium Height (inches)
- 21
- Aquarium Overflow/Drain
- No Overflow
- Aquarium Sump
- NO Sump
- Aquarium Stand
- It’s a DIY wood stand that I built myself.
- Aquarium Controller
- NO
- Protein Skimmer
- YES
- Protein Skimmer Make and Model
- Instant Ocean Seaclone 100
- Aquarium Reactors
- None
- What types of equipment are you using for water flow and circulation?
- Wavemaker
- Water Flow and Circulation Equipment List
- Freesea wavemaker dual head and 1 Fluval wavemaker
- Aquarium Lighting
- LED
- Lighting Equipment List
- Currently only one Wills black box saltwater led light
- Auto Top Off or ATO
- NO
- Aquarium Heating and Cooling
- I am using a heater or heaters
- Water Temperature
- 78
Aquarium Water Chemistry and Parameters
- Specific Gravity
- 1.025
- Salt Brand
- Instant Ocean Reef Crystals
Aquarium Natural and Mechanical Filtration
- Substrate
- Crushed Coral
- Substrate Level
- Other
- Live Rock
- 100
- Live Rock Type
- Mixed
- Nutrient Export
- Macro Algae
- Protein Skimmer
- Water Changes
- YES
- Water Change Details
- I have not yet, as this tank is relatively new with some old material, but I will perform monthly water changes of at least 20% water volume ≈ 15 gallons
Aquarium Tank Inhabitants (fish, coral, invert etc.)
- Fish List
- Clownfish
- Damselfish
- Goby
- Total Fish
- I currently have 4 fish, a pair of frostbite clownfish, 1 blue damselfish, and 1 yellow watchman goby paired with a tiger pistol shrimp.
- Coral List
- Soft Coral
- Mushroom Coral
- Total Corals
- 2
- Invert List
- Crabs
- Starfish
- Shrimp
- Snails
- Total Inverts
- 20
- Livestock Detail
- I don’t have nearly the amount of inverts I’d like to have, but I’m slowly building them up. Most of my inverts are the cleanup crew, including hermit crabs, Nassarius, margarita, astrea, and 1 Trochus snail. I also have 1 tiger conch, 1 peppermint shrimp, and 1 tiger pistol shrimp. I plan to add more over time.
- Livestock Quarantine
- No Quarantine
- Favorite Fish
- My current favorites are my clownfish.
- Favorite Coral
- I don’t have one yet.
- Favorite Invert
- My favorite invert so far is my tiger pistol shrimp.
- Never Livestock
- Tangs and puffers because they will limit my stocking due to their bioload.
Aquarium Nutrition (fish, coral, invert etc. feeding)
- Fish Feeding Frequency
- One Daily Feeding
- Coral Feeding Frequency
- Do Not Feed Coral Directly
- Fish and Coral Feeding
- Pellet
- Frozen
- What brands of foods are you feeding?
- San Francisco Bay frozen food, and currently omega one pellets by ocean nutrition.
- Auto Feeder
- NO
Additional Aquarium Information
- What do you think are the keys to your success in reefing?
- Keeping up with maintenance and watching water parameters as I add more livestock. Because this is a low tech tank, I will be careful to not overstock the tank with fish, which is also why I’m avoiding tangs and pufferfish as well as anything that can “technically” fit in it. I’d rather have a lot of nano fish instead of limiting my stock with larger fish.
