Noobie alart! Please help. Need sugguestion.

[chau98736]

Please help me build my fish tank. Please suggest what type of rocks and how to stack them up, Coral reef, fishes, etc.
75 gallon.
2 crowns, 3 damsels.
50 pounds of live rocks.
1 year old tank.
Died: yellow eye tank, rusty angel.
Should I get some finger looking live rocks? How would you stack my tank. I love my tank, but I need expert advise to build more.
I attached pictures
Thanks

 

[extinct 1ne]

Is that Majano? Anyways...Your stock list looks good. Maybe add a Yellow Tang and another Blue / Green Chromis when your ready, if your not willing to risk losing a Yellow Tang & $50+, you could give a shot at a Kole Tang, he will be super happy in a 75, and costs usually around $20-$30. How long has it been running and what's your lighting? Also, I would look for more around 100+ Lbs. Live Rock and you can stack it however you want.
Here I'll make a stocklist for you.
1 Yellow Tang
1 Species of Another Tang (Make sure you add them in at the same time.)
1 Scooter Blenny or any Blenny you like
2 Ocellaris Clownfish
2 Domino Damsels
2 Blue / Green Chromis
1 Sand Sifting Starfish
2 Cleaner Shrimp
35+ Snails / Hermits
Anemone (If you want to)

 

[mantisman51]

The thing in the close up of the clowns, on the left side of the rock is an aiptasia.

 

[ryancw01]

If you are putting fish in your tank and they are dying, probably don't buy any more until you figure that part out. Definetely get some more rock to help with filtration. You want rock with a lot of holes in it for nitrifying bacteria to hang out in. You can buy live rock if you want and cure it seperately because you already have your tank set up or what I would do is get a bunch of dead base rock and eventually it will turn into live rock. I would start there. Are you using RO/DI water? Can we get a shot of what is in your sump?

 

[ryancw01]

On more thing...I like the look of that tank...very simple and not crowded at all...but might look better if you paint the back of the tank light blue or black. Or you can even buy posterboard or something and glue it on. It will make new fish feel more secure also...

 

[chau98736]

Thanks for the very good replies. You all are good people. Those advises help me a lot. Now I know what to start.
I brought the most expensive lightning (with blue and white light bulbs, 2 of each)
The Sump: Wet Dry.

 

[extinct 1ne]

What type of lighting? Also, do not get the finger looking LR, it's a pain in the you know what, and it's very hard to place corals on it to suit your liking. What corals do you plan on doing Soft / LPS / SPS / Mixed? Also, the way you stacked you LR is fine.
LR = Live Rock

 

[nina&noah]

I think you might want to get more rock as well. I think it will look better, and I think it will help you with filtration.