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All new tanks look like that

It looks like your drain line from the tank is on the right with the big chunk of rock? The return pump would be on the left correct? Can you give me a rough idea how wide the two chambers are? It looks like a home made sump. I like those best because you can customize them how ever you like.

Now is the time to post. That way you can make any modifications before you set it up.

No. Generally bioballs are not good in SW. they just don’t do much.

Sorry missed that part.

Can you post a pic of your sump?

No bio balls. Biopure balls work well, bioballs just don’t get you much. The reason for rock rubble is not the aerobic bacteria on the outside of the rock but the anaerobic bacteria inside the rock. Biopure has an ******** that will allow the anaerobic bacteria to live similar to rock...

75 is considered a fairly small tank. It is all about territory, and there isn’t enough territory in a 75 for 2 pairs of sexually mature clowns. Most don’t even consider a 125 a large tank, usually large starts at 150 to 180 gal.

The green is algae, looks like bryopsis, the blue I can’t see. The algae growth indicated excess nitrate and/or. Phosphate in your water.

Looks like some kind of algae. I wouldn’t worry about it at this time. The tank looks pretty new. They go through phases where there is more algae in the first year.

But all oscelaris and they are probably young. Once they reach sexual maturity they won’t be so happy in a small tank.

You could put it around the skimmer

“Darwin’s” are a variety of oscelaris clown. If you only have one female and they are well fed they may do OK. Long term I’d suspect you will end up with only two, one female and one male.

That is what I do. I have small chunks of rock. I also have macro algae in the center compartment.

I bought mine at BRS. THEY HAVE GOOD UNITS AT REASONABLE PRICES AND THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE PEOPLE CAN WALK YOU THROUGH ANY PROBLEMS YOU HAVE. Sorry about all caps, it was an accident and too much work to rewrite.

I’ve made my own for years. I have my 5 stage unit set up under my kitchen sink and use the RO part for drinking water. I have a pressure tank under the sink and a RO faucet in the sink. Only the fish tank water goes through the DI. I have a diverted valve that allows me the segregate the...

That would be up to you. It would kill the rock too. I would just go after the problem one aptasia at a time since there aren’t many. I’d be tempted to do it in another tank with just salt water and a heater so they can’t spread. Just to make sure I got them all.

You can also inject them with boiling water and/or put super glue on their mouths

You have one good sized aptasia and I think 3-4 small ones. You want to get rid of the. They are pests and will very quickly be an issue in your tank.

Just a theory assuming these problems started after you got the second clown. Your original clown has, by now, likely turned female. If you added another clown that is bigger there is a very good chance it is also a female. That means fights and in the end likely only one will survive. You...