My first big salt aquarium 75g

[brandon14295]

I finally got my 75g tank up and running. This is my second salt tank (first was a small 10g with two snowflake clowns). I have one clown left (the smaller one jumped out a couple weeks ago) and Im hoping to find him another partner and tank mates. I have 60 lbs of caribsea life rock on egg crate layer, 40 lbs of Natures ocean bio active live argonite sand, 250w eheim heater, 2 Hydor koralia power heads (560gpm each) and tidal hob 75 filter. Dosed with microbacter7 and the sponges from the 10g tank. I have transferred our only clown into there and waiting for the cycle to complete before adding anything else. Glass canopies are covering the top and I have two smat farm reef lights that will go up soon.
I hope all of this sounds like Im going in the right direction. Couple of questions, my LFS does not have anymore snowflake or frostbite clowns, but they have one thats small and black pattern. Will that be a problem mixing patterns but keeping same species? And when introducing a clean up crew, do I introduce a little at a time correlating with the growth of algae? My plan is to slowly stock the tank according to the needs of the tank rather than emotional attachment of seeing an awesome fish at the shop. Lol. When the tank is well established, I will then try my hand with corals. Thanks for having a great forum full of information. I appreciate everyones likes and comments. Bring on any constructive suggestions as I am still learning.

 

[Ranjib]

looks fantastic if you ask me. I think you can slightly adjust the depth of those two large island to make them not exactly aligned on the same visual depth. One front, one back will make increase the overall perception of depth. Same goes for height. A bit more different in two islands height difference will bring more visual appeal. I would also recommend having more space between the walls and the rocks. if the rocks almost touch the glass, then the tank will look small/busy.
I just learned all those three clues from a set of youtube videos ,

 

[Sink_or_Swim]

I finally got my 75g tank up and running. This is my second salt tank (first was a small 10g with two snowflake clowns). I have one clown left (the smaller one jumped out a couple weeks ago) and Im hoping to find him another partner and tank mates. I have 60 lbs of caribsea life rock on egg crate layer, 40 lbs of Natures ocean bio active live argonite sand, 250w eheim heater, 2 Hydor koralia power heads (560gpm each) and tidal hob 75 filter. Dosed with microbacter7 and the sponges from the 10g tank. I have transferred our only clown into there and waiting for the cycle to complete before adding anything else. Glass canopies are covering the top and I have two smat farm reef lights that will go up soon.
I hope all of this sounds like Im going in the right direction. Couple of questions, my LFS does not have anymore snowflake or frostbite clowns, but they have one thats small and black pattern. Will that be a problem mixing patterns but keeping same species? And when introducing a clean up crew, do I introduce a little at a time correlating with the growth of algae? My plan is to slowly stock the tank according to the needs of the tank rather than emotional attachment of seeing an awesome fish at the shop. Lol. When the tank is well established, I will then try my hand with corals. Thanks for having a great forum full of information. I appreciate everyones likes and comments. Bring on any constructive suggestions as I am still learning.

Following - looks great so far! I have the same exact stand, lol. I'm upgrading from a 32.5 gallon to a 75 as well (will also be my 2nd sw tank). You don't have to get the same color clown to pair with your existing - it does help to get a smaller one though in my experience, if the one you have now is the female of the pair you had.