75 gallon reef tank

[Blade953]

I just bought this 75 gallon tank and stand today. Going to start putting more corals in it. Does anyone have any ideas of what other fish to put in it?

I have a 6 line wrasse, 2 clowns, anemone, starry blenny, blue eye kole tang, and a Fiji orangetail puffer(doesn't pick at my corals). Very chill.

 

[steveschuerger]

You say you just bought this today? If that’s the case it’s not even cycled. And you’ve already got a lot of fish in there, and tangs need lots of space. It’ll most likely outgrow that tank . Not to mention anemones need a tank that’s had a chance to mature. Need more live rock too. Not trying to dump on you but I did the all in with my first tank and it crashed and burned. Had to do total restart. Patience is one of the key tenets in reefing. That and researching info.

 

[Blade953]

Sorry I forgot to mention I've had the liverock for 3 years it is cycled. I just upgraded from a 55 gallon.

 

[steveschuerger]

Sorry I forgot to mention I've had the liverock for 3 years it is cycled. I just upgraded from a 55 gallon.

Oh. Gotcha. Still think the tang will probably outgrow its house. Love puffers myself, but I don’t need one eating my torches and Gonis . With that slightly aggressive bunch of fish maybe a dwarf angel or hawkfish?

 

[i cant think]

I just bought this 75 gallon tank and stand today. Going to start putting more corals in it. Does anyone have any ideas of what other fish to put in it?

I have a 6 line wrasse, 2 clowns, anemone, starry blenny, blue eye kole tang, and a Fiji orangetail puffer(doesn't pick at my corals). Very chill.

You may want to wait a few days before adding anything - Even though it may be cycled you don’t want to risk it. Wait Atleast a week if not 2-3 with just the bio load you have and measure ammonia, nitrate and nitrites each day.

 

[Blade953]

You may want to wait a few days before adding anything - Even though it may be cycled you don’t want to risk it. Wait Atleast a week if not 2-3 with just the bio load you have and measure ammonia, nitrate and nitrites each day.

Will do thank you I'll wait like your suggesting. What do you think about liverock maybe a couple more?

 

[Blade953]

Oh. Gotcha. Still think the tang will probably outgrow its house. Love puffers myself, but I don’t need one eating my torches and Gonis . With that slightly aggressive bunch of fish maybe a dwarf angel or hawkfish?

I got lucky with mine. I have a a hammer coral and it doesn't touch it as well. Will the flame angel be a good choice or will that pick at my coral? The hawkfish is a good one but will my starry blenny pick on it or vise versa? How many more live rocks should I get?

 

[i cant think]

Will do thank you I'll wait like your suggesting. What do you think about liverock maybe a couple more?

Do you have any white light photos?
It looks like a bit at the minute but I can’t tell how much in the heavy blues

 

[steveschuerger]

I agree white light would be helpful. As for live rocks, about a much as gallons (so 75 lbs in total). Flames are beautiful, but like all dwarf angels a bit hit or miss with coral. I’ve got a 60 gallon and I’m debating on a dwarf myself. I’ve heard one of the best to try is the Cherub Dwarf angel. I’ve got an orange spot blenny and they don’t bother my other bottom dweller, a mandarin dragonet, so as long as there’s enough hideouts in the rocks , hawk fish probably be fine.

 

[Blade953]

I agree white light would be helpful. As for live rocks, about a much as gallons (so 75 lbs in total). Flames are beautiful, but like all dwarf angels a bit hit or miss with coral. I’ve got a 60 gallon and I’m debating on a dwarf myself. I’ve heard one of the best to try is the Cherub Dwarf angel. I’ve got an orange spot blenny and they don’t bother my other bottom dweller, a mandarin dragonet, so as long as there’s enough hideouts in the rocks , hawk fish probably be fine.

The flame angel is just too expensive but I would like to give it a shot sometime or what about a flame hawkfish? I couldn't get a picture of the rocks with my white light. I was gone all day. I have 13 live rocks in the tank tho decent size atleast 8 pounds for 7 of those one of them weights about 13 pounds.

 

[Blade953]

This is my tank with the white lights on.

 

[Blade953]

I eventually need a bigger protein skimmer but it does the trick for now it's an eshop nano skimmer up to 30 gallons. Does anyone have suggestions to where I can put that smaller circulation pump in the back it's not plugged in yet