Well here we go Dennis 's 75 gallon saltwater reef tank journal

[denniscoy420]

OH is it stable I spend a hour or so turning the rocks so they would fit together also I had to
us some putty for some spots, i didntwant to use to much putty, because I still have to move all
my corals and that rock over later this week

 

[klbertin]

Hi the Coral Beauty is a great Angelfish and is reef safe> I have had mine for 5 years now and he does not pick on any of my corals.

 

[denniscoy420]

I think I am going to give up having a angel fish, I thinking of having some gobies instead,
also How long should I wait till I move all of my coralsto my new tank?
the tank has been running for about 2 weeks and the first 25 gallons or so ran in a trash can
for about a week before I sat the tank up also I adding about 5 gallons of dirty water from my other tank
to help start the nitrate process,
I was thinking of moving all the stuff this sunday, all the corals having been doing good in my other tank
here r some photo's from this afternoon , sorry about the dirty glass I didnt want to make any corals close up, due to me cleaning the glass for a quick photo,
Can anyone tell me what the grass coral, (girlfriend came home with it from the LFS and I not sure what spieces it is)
I love my red zoo's the best and the other zoo's I got at the LFS had them both about 6 months,
the grass a little more, the devil hand I just got here at Saltwater fish, not sure if it a true devil hand, but they gave me a refund, so I have to say thank you saltwater fish for all of ur help,
I plan on ordering some fish on monday and get them wed my day off, i want to have the corals in there before I add the fish or should I wait another week to the corals not sure please help me out dont want to lose the corals....

 

[denniscoy420]

These are pictures of my 3 year old reef tank,
1 clown fish
1 flame angel
1 royal gamma
1 mandarin Dragnot

 

[denniscoy420]

well I plan on ordering some fish in a day or two waiting to see if they can
get the item in stock also I got 2 Blue green chromis at the LFS for the cycle system
plan on taking them out in a month or so great way to cycle a tank and be able
to catch the fish

 

[denniscoy420]

More Pictures

 

[denniscoy420]

Well I made the order here at saltwaterfish
I got 2 Clarkii Clownfish - $17.99
1 Sixline Wrasse
2 Leather - Toadstool Medium
Blue Leg Hermit Crab - Group of 10
Chaeto for the sump
2 Shrimpgoby - Yellow Watchman
Star Polyp Green - Frag
Long Tentacle Anemone

 

[ecbuddy123]

hey nice i like ur 30 gallon a lot, and using it to start one of my own when i do anyway, which i hope will be soon, nice upgrade (might remember me from youtube )

 

[denniscoy420]

ty keep the post's coming goodluck with ur tank I would do a large tank over a small one
because in 6 month u will not have anyroom for anything eles the small tanks fill up so fast withh
all that live rock

 

[denniscoy420]

Well today is the day I move all my corals over to the new tank
also I am getting a order from SWF today so happy hope it come's early
I will post some pictures and some videos later today

 

[denniscoy420]

Well today was a sad day I lost 2 clarkii in the shipment not enough water

the anemone not sure about him and the frag coral has yet to come out of hiding
I plan on giving the anemone and the frag time to adjust to the water
hopefully they will take hold
also all my other corals seem to doing fine all opening up
all expect my red mushrooms hope they come through
anyway I will update soon I am getting in some new filter setup for carbon and for GFO
they are due to be here in the morning hopefully I can get them hook up before I got to go to work

 

[denniscoy420]

Well I got everything hoook up and working

 

[denniscoy420]

more pic's of my tank

 

[mrdc]

So nice and clean!

 

[denniscoy420]

thanks so much here is a quick video

 

[flower]

Hi,
I hate to be a buzz kill…your tank is too new for an anemone. I also think you are building up your stock too fast. Take your time and slow down, you put such great work into it, and it does look great. You just started building the tank set up in the end of April. (4-22)
But if you don’t develop some patients you could be heading for a crash. Remember your first tank, all the changes still have to happen, just like a new setup even though you have established rock and coral from the old tank.

 

[denniscoy420]

I have not added a anemone yet plan to in 6 months or so
also never had a crash is that when u suddenly have a hugh bioload and
u dont know it to do a water change? and everything dies?
also my tanks are in the green
great new filter system with carbon and gfo reactor's in both tanks

 

[flower]

Originally Posted by Denniscoy420
http:///forum/post/3275955
I have not added a anemone yet plan to in 6 months or so
also never had a crash is that when u suddenly have a hugh bioload and
u dont know it to do a water change? and everything dies?
also my tanks are in the green
great new filter system with carbon and gfo reactor's in both tanks

Hi,
I was worried you had bought an anemone already. LOL..Yes going too fast causes everytng to die for those reasons. I love the new tank and was following the thread, not making any comments, thought you knew what you were doing..then when I peek back you were talking anemone. Post #30 and #31...

All is well after all.

 

[denniscoy420]

yeah my girlfriend wants one for the clarkii clowns, I guess I wait a couple months
i want to add 4 more fish and thats it
2 clowns
1 pwder brown tang
1 midas blennie

 

[flower]

Originally Posted by Denniscoy420
http:///forum/post/3276075
yeah my girlfriend wants one for the clarkii clowns, I guess I wait a couple months
i want to add 4 more fish and thats it
2 clowns
1 pwder brown tang
1 midas blennie

I know going from a 30g to a 75g looks so big and roomy, but it really isn’t much bigger than a 55g.
I’m just talking about fish..it does not mean for you to change what you want, your stock list is just fine. I don’t want you to misunderstand or anything.
If you get a tang it will have to be a very little baby for a 75g. That way you can keep it for a year or two. Be prepared, when it’s time to get it out you will have to remove just about every rock, I know because I keep a Hippo Tang, from a 55g to the 75g to the 90g I have now. You don’t have to give up on an Angel fish, go for a small pigmy one. They are great for eating algae (even hair algae), very active, swimming in and out of the rocks and really eye popping pretty.
I like clowns, I have two regular ones… the only thing they host are the intake and output tubes. So getting a clown is not a guarantee they will host, so don’t choose a clown for only that reason. They just stay in one corner of the tank and swim in place. My Mother insisted I get them and frankly they are boring. A royal Gramma or some other dottyback would look nice, I chose a Fridmani Dottyback, I love the purple, and they stay small (3 inches) darting in and out of the rocks. The fish with the most personality awards go to the sand sifting goby and the blennies.
There are allot of fish to choose from and with a 75g it fills up fast so be very picky. May I suggest you make some hard copies of your tank diary, computers crash and CDs get scratched and damaged. I speak from experience. So now I print out my pictures and just got a notebook and a hole puncher and store them in there. I don’t know how many times I had to scan an old picture to share, even on this site, that had been lost to a computer crash or a CD that just insists is corrupted and can’t be read.