Hey guys,
1. I just want to say thank you in advance for everyone or anyone who comments to this thread or any others for that matter. Having communities and forums like this really provide great learning for newbies like myself and it seems like it even works for experienced reefers as well. So thanks!!!
2. I just set up my first aquarium with a sump and I am really excited about the possibilities. I attached some pictures. Let me know what you think....
3. 75 Gallon with a 30 gallon sump. Octopus 110 protein skimmer, bio balls and live rock in the sump and a UV sterilizer. I brought about 75 pounds of live rock off of this site from another reefer which was good and bad. I got some cool pieces of coral that was on the rock and are starting to open up but I really cant identify them (I believe they are button polyps but not 100% sure) If you know the correct names please let me know. Other then that I purchased a rock with green star polyps, a Kenya tree coral and blue pulsing Xenia. All doing well right now although the Kenya tree coral wont stand completely just yet. But I am giving him some time to get acclimated. The bad part is I have a ton of aptashia growing everywhere. A lot of his rocks had it growing and I am doing research on how to get rid of it as I see they sting corals and bother corals if you dont remove them.
4. For fish I have a yellow tang, a blenny, a coral banded shrimp, a baby ocellaris clown fish, a six line wrasse and an long tip anemone. Now doing more research and planning I realize I may have gotten the six line wrasse and yellow tang too soon as people are saying those fish should be added last. So far they have been buddies and have been playing nice.
5. I could use some recommendations for which coral to look into. Which fish would go well with my current ones. Lighting for a 75 gallon tank, as the light I have now is a marineland LED and I think I will need to upgrade if I want to get better corals.
6. Either way overall thoughts and advice is much appreciated.
Thanks again!
W
1. I just want to say thank you in advance for everyone or anyone who comments to this thread or any others for that matter. Having communities and forums like this really provide great learning for newbies like myself and it seems like it even works for experienced reefers as well. So thanks!!!
2. I just set up my first aquarium with a sump and I am really excited about the possibilities. I attached some pictures. Let me know what you think....
3. 75 Gallon with a 30 gallon sump. Octopus 110 protein skimmer, bio balls and live rock in the sump and a UV sterilizer. I brought about 75 pounds of live rock off of this site from another reefer which was good and bad. I got some cool pieces of coral that was on the rock and are starting to open up but I really cant identify them (I believe they are button polyps but not 100% sure) If you know the correct names please let me know. Other then that I purchased a rock with green star polyps, a Kenya tree coral and blue pulsing Xenia. All doing well right now although the Kenya tree coral wont stand completely just yet. But I am giving him some time to get acclimated. The bad part is I have a ton of aptashia growing everywhere. A lot of his rocks had it growing and I am doing research on how to get rid of it as I see they sting corals and bother corals if you dont remove them.
4. For fish I have a yellow tang, a blenny, a coral banded shrimp, a baby ocellaris clown fish, a six line wrasse and an long tip anemone. Now doing more research and planning I realize I may have gotten the six line wrasse and yellow tang too soon as people are saying those fish should be added last. So far they have been buddies and have been playing nice.
5. I could use some recommendations for which coral to look into. Which fish would go well with my current ones. Lighting for a 75 gallon tank, as the light I have now is a marineland LED and I think I will need to upgrade if I want to get better corals.
6. Either way overall thoughts and advice is much appreciated.
Thanks again!
W
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