My two 75 gallon mixed reef builds

Been a little while since I posted. I moved about a year ago and with moving the two tanks, all heck broke loose. After about 2 weeks, in one of the tanks, all fish died in about a 24 hour period. Not sure what happened. Everything was just gone. It’s been sitting empty now, still running, for about a year. Only have my rocks left in there. I recently tested the water as I’ve kept up with monthly maintenance and everything is perfect and ready to begin again. I’ll likely wait to start filling it with livestock for the holidays when the ridiculous sales start.

My other tank with the Radions didn’t fare much better, although it lasted about 3-4 mo after moving. Most of my coral never came back. All my zoa colonies shriveled and died. All my fish but my Lyretail died, and all again within 24-36 hours. Very disheartening to say the least. All my anemones survived, 7 of them. My GSP survived as well, which doesn’t surprise me.

I picked up a trumpet coral and a couple zoa polyps recently to get a start again on the coral side, figured I’d start out slow. I picked up a couple Picasso Clowns a couple days ago. I’m hoping with only one other fish in the tank and so many anemones that they start to host soon. I’ve never introduced clowns in to an already established system with nems already in. I purchased my first nem with the clowns already hosting. Fingers crossed. Here’s a couple pics of the new guys with a photo bomb from the Lyretail.

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HOW MUCH DOES A FISH’S FEEDING REQUIREMENTS AFFECT YOUR STOCKING DECISIONS?

  • A lot! - I avoid fish that require frequent or specialized feeding

    Votes: 11 27.5%
  • Quite a bit, but an automatic feeder can change my answer

    Votes: 6 15.0%
  • It depends on whether my nutrient export can handle it

    Votes: 6 15.0%
  • It depends on how badly I want the fish

    Votes: 10 25.0%
  • Not much. I’m willing to adjust my routine

    Votes: 9 22.5%
  • Not at all. Feeding demands don’t limit my stocking choices

    Votes: 7 17.5%
  • I usually learn about the demanding feeding schedule after buying the fish!

    Votes: 2 5.0%
  • I haven’t really considered this before

    Votes: 3 7.5%
  • Something else (see my comments in the thread)

    Votes: 1 2.5%
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