Reef Colors

[don1234]

Greetings all,
How do I go about bringing out more colors in my aquarium?
Everything is healthy..I would just like to have some vibrant colors
75 Gal
60 lbs live rock
Protein skimmer
cascade 1200
live sand
yellow tang
hippo tang
sailfin tang
clown
red banded shrimp
crabs
snails
polyps
zoanthoids

 

[nycbob]

that is a lot of tangs and not enough liverocks imo. what kind of lights do u hv? since that will determine what corals u can keep.

 

[meeks101]

You should get corals, but like the previous post said it depends on what lighting you have. Mushrooms are very hardy and don't require much lighting. They also come in a variety of colors. (EX. red, purple, blue) They also multiply.

 

[nordy]

Agree on getting some corals! How about some rics? They come in some pretty bright colors but are pretty small. Frogspawn, galaxea, hammer, trumpet corals come to mind.

 

[roberteb]

A 75 gallon is a bit small with a hippo and sailfin tang?

 

[fishygurl]

if u like the colors of those tangs, imo u should trade them in and get
1 yellow wrasse (yellow)
1 blue pygmy angel (blue)
1 lawnmower blenny (greyish)
1 blackcap basslet (purple)
1 flame wrasse or 1 flasher wrasse (red)
then you have colorful fish that arnt going to get too big for your tank.
also if you get good t5 lights with individual reflectors or metal halides you can get any coral or clam you want, and making it more of a reef will bring more colors and interest to the tank imo.

 

[tangs123]

maybe some starburst polyps or xenia if your lighting situation is good enough

 

[aquaguy24]

do u want to add more colors or do u want to bring out the colors of what u already have in the tank...wat kelvin rating are ur lights..usually u can trade in ur 10k bulbs for 14k or even 20k..that will really bring out the colors of wat u already have in ur tank...