I am new to the reef tank hobby, and just wanted to check with some experts on how my tank is doing. I started this tank in May with no prior experience with freshwater or saltwater tanks, and I hope I am worried that I have made mistakes. So far I have lost a Yellow Longnose Butterfly to very aggressive Blue Eyed Tang (returned to LFS) and a small hermit crab to an unknown reason.
Tank Specs:
75 Gallon
Fluval 306 Filter
No protein skimmer
No sump
LED lights
Stock:
2 Ocellaris Clownfish
1 Bluejaw Trigger
1 Small hermit crab
1 Cleaner shrimp
1 Coral (not sure what type, but I have attached pics)
1 Condy Anenome
Fish Behavior
Clownfish
The black clownfish has dominance over the orange, and can be very aggresive (to me) and bite me while scrubbing tank glass (weirdly she doesnt bite me without the sponge). The clownfish both tend to resort to a corner of the tank and don't like to move out of it often, but I have been told that is common behavior of tank bred clownfish.
Trigger
The Trigger was at first very shy when first added (with the presance of the LNB and the Blue Eyed Tang) and felt intimidated by the tang. After removal of the tang the trigger likes to swim in circles and gets close (a bit more than I would like) to the clowns to try and claim his territory I guess.
The shrimp and the crab kind of keep to themselves, and seem very healthy.
I am also concerned about the great amount of algae in the tank since it makes it hard to clean the glass at times and at times can look a bit gross. I am also worried such an amount can be detrimental to the fish.
I do water changes to the tank twice a month, and have not touched the filter since setting up the tank.
Currently in the morning I feed the tank pellets (only the clowns and the shrimp seem to have them) while the anenome and blue jaw seem to ignore them (another cause of concern). I wonder if I need to change up the food that I'm feeding in the tank.
Sorry for the excess amount of questions and concerns, and thanks for taking a look at my tank!
Please put suggestions/concerns/etc.
Also sorry for the cloudy water, I just cleaned the glass
Tank Specs:
75 Gallon
Fluval 306 Filter
No protein skimmer
No sump
LED lights
Stock:
2 Ocellaris Clownfish
1 Bluejaw Trigger
1 Small hermit crab
1 Cleaner shrimp
1 Coral (not sure what type, but I have attached pics)
1 Condy Anenome
Fish Behavior
Clownfish
The black clownfish has dominance over the orange, and can be very aggresive (to me) and bite me while scrubbing tank glass (weirdly she doesnt bite me without the sponge). The clownfish both tend to resort to a corner of the tank and don't like to move out of it often, but I have been told that is common behavior of tank bred clownfish.
Trigger
The Trigger was at first very shy when first added (with the presance of the LNB and the Blue Eyed Tang) and felt intimidated by the tang. After removal of the tang the trigger likes to swim in circles and gets close (a bit more than I would like) to the clowns to try and claim his territory I guess.
The shrimp and the crab kind of keep to themselves, and seem very healthy.
I am also concerned about the great amount of algae in the tank since it makes it hard to clean the glass at times and at times can look a bit gross. I am also worried such an amount can be detrimental to the fish.
I do water changes to the tank twice a month, and have not touched the filter since setting up the tank.
Currently in the morning I feed the tank pellets (only the clowns and the shrimp seem to have them) while the anenome and blue jaw seem to ignore them (another cause of concern). I wonder if I need to change up the food that I'm feeding in the tank.
Sorry for the excess amount of questions and concerns, and thanks for taking a look at my tank!
Please put suggestions/concerns/etc.
Also sorry for the cloudy water, I just cleaned the glass
