Finally some pics of my 75 gallon. 2 months in...

[jay knows]

Hey all, I finally was able to post pictures of my 75 gallon tank, advise, opinions, critism, thoughts???
Here is my info,
2 perc clowns
1 yellow tang
1 hippo tang (tiny)
1 coral beauty angel
1 mandrin
1 cleaner shrimp
25 hermits
8 cleaner clams
4 turbos
12 nasserus snails
4 margarita snails
1 queen conch
1 dersea clam
2 anenomes
1 torch coral
1 peice of multi rock
1 zoo cluster rock
1 hammer coral
60 lbs mixed lr
80 lbs of ls
55 lbs of base rock
wet/dry skimmer combo
fluval 404 (no media)
4 powerheads

 

[jay knows]

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[jay knows]

here is another

 

[jay knows]

and another

 

[jay knows]

and one more....

 

[sweetreef]

very nice start like the rock work it will get even better as time goes!!!Keep up the great work!!!

 

[sweetreef]

yeah that hippo is a little guy keep and eye on him they are tuffer to keep when they are little like that but very nice little fish and good luck with him

 

[daisy]

Your coral beauty looks like it's got some real personality! What a picture!
Have you got base rock on top of live rock? It just looks very white on top. It's a good idea to put the LR on top of the base rock so you don't lose the algae on the LR.
Your set-up looks great! Happy building!
How is your mandarin doing? They need a ton of pods to eat to stay healthy (and alive at all) -- do you have a pod source?
Best of luck!
-Daisy

 

[fishcrazy2]

Your doing a great job you have the right amount of every thing

 

[crazyguy]

nice start man. I wish my 55 would look like that. Well there isnt anything in it rught now

 

[jay knows]

thanks for the reponses...
I did add some base rock on top of some LR because it was the only way it fit nice in the tank, i may try to rearrange and bring the LR to the top.
The manderin is doing well, I have had him for about 5 weeks and I guess he is living off of the 60 lbs of LR in the tank.
Thanks again for taking a look and posting for me!

 

[craig65]

Im new at this so this may be a dumb question but... why the 404 with no media along with the wet/dry combo? (I know the media can cause nitrites) just wondering why both? Did you also remove the bio balls from the wet dry?

 

[jay knows]

well i bought the fluval 404 before i knew to much... after i learned a bit more i took out the media and bought a wet dry. the fluval is really just removing partial matter and acts like a powerhead. After I bought it, I bought the wet dry and couldnt throw it away, and has good water movement so why not another powerhead...

 

[jay knows]

i forgot this pic

 

[laddy]

Nice set up, I like the way you wrapped the rockwork on the right in the last picture. :jumping:

 

[jay knows]

Thanks Laddy, I tried to do it on both sides in attempts of making like a natural cove type layout.
I am finally getting some coraline growth after 2 weeks on my base rock, so I am pretty pysched....