75 gallon build

Looking good, something that I see with your rock work. Is the rock resting on the left side glass? if so I would move it away far enough to get a mag float through. once algae and coralline starts to grow, your going to have a hard time keeping that section clean.
 
Looking good, something that I see with your rock work. Is the rock resting on the left side glass? if so I would move it away far enough to get a mag float through. once algae and coralline starts to grow, your going to have a hard time keeping that section clean.

It is not....I should have enough room to get a float in between the rock and the glass. The only rock that I have up against the glass it one or two in the back.

Thanks for the advice!
 
Your welcome,
That isn't going to be a problem, I have rock resting on the back glass as well. It just looked like the rock was too close on the sides. I'll be following along. keep the pictures coming.
 
Looking good. Is your skimmer pulling anything out yet?

Not too much. Just took these pictures so this is about 8 days worth, haven't emptied it yet.

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Just ordered the double float from autotopoff.com
 
April 4, 2011 - Day 12

pH 8.4
Nitrite 0.2
Nitrate 10
Ammonia 0.25

Getting some growth on the live rock again. Can see some green spots and purple spots. I included pictures to show what the progress has been.

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Well I've been slacking with updates but photobucket wasn't cooperating with me.

I see some great growth on the dry rock which is hard to see in the pictures. I am getting a whole bunch of little clear bugs (not sure how else to describe them) they are crawling everywhere and not sure what these are.

Test:

April 11, 2011 - Day 19

pH 8.4
Nitrite 0.05
Nitrate 5
Ammonia 0


I put two more raw shrimp in to make sure there was an ammonia spike.

Pictures:

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I just picked up 5 Turbos and 5 Ceriths tonight. Going to get some Nassarius and Astreas on Thursday. Now I'm looking for some advice for fish and other inverts.

I am going to be having soft corals in the tank so I'm going to need reef safe fish and inverts.

Fish:

Wrassle
Clown
Yellow Tang
Red hawk?

I want unique fish.

Inverts:

Shrimp?
Sea cucumber?

Not really sure what other inverts I could get. I don't want any crabs.

Any advice?

Where can I check a chart or a website that will tell me what fish are great with reef and other fish in the tank?
 
Pictures from tonight:

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Turbos:

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Testing for the night:

May 23, 2011 - Day 61

pH 8.4
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
Ammonia 0
 
Tank looks REALLY good. So glad to see you're taking your time and it looks like your cycle is done. BTW, those 'little bugs' are copepods and/or arthropods... good things to have! Looks like your about ready for stocking. Do you have a QT set up? I ask because, even though you don't have any fish in the tank yet you want to QT to make sure you don't introduce Ich into that beautiful tank.

In looking at your fish list, I see you have a flame hawkfish listed. I've never had one and they are very cool looking, but I've read that they will 'sit' on corals and such which can irritate them (the corals I mean). Like I said, I've never had one but you may want to consider any 'quirks' before you commit. Yellow Tang will look really good in that tank! What kind of clown are you considering?

As far as coral, I love the euphyllia corals... Torch, Frog Spawn, Hammer. All relatively reasonable in price and pretty easy to care for. They can grow quickly and get large and full and are really beautiful. There are also a number of different colors for each. I've seen people who have like 3 different colors of Hammer Corals all together and it looks GREAT. The other thing is that they can colocate relatively close without chemical warfare (well, maybe except for the Torch) ... at least in my experience.
 
Tank looks REALLY good. So glad to see you're taking your time and it looks like your cycle is done. BTW, those 'little bugs' are copepods and/or arthropods... good things to have! Looks like your about ready for stocking. Do you have a QT set up? I ask because, even though you don't have any fish in the tank yet you want to QT to make sure you don't introduce Ich into that beautiful tank.

In looking at your fish list, I see you have a flame hawkfish listed. I've never had one and they are very cool looking, but I've read that they will 'sit' on corals and such which can irritate them (the corals I mean). Like I said, I've never had one but you may want to consider any 'quirks' before you commit. Yellow Tang will look really good in that tank! What kind of clown are you considering?

As far as coral, I love the euphyllia corals... Torch, Frog Spawn, Hammer. All relatively reasonable in price and pretty easy to care for. They can grow quickly and get large and full and are really beautiful. There are also a number of different colors for each. I've seen people who have like 3 different colors of Hammer Corals all together and it looks GREAT. The other thing is that they can colocate relatively close without chemical warfare (well, maybe except for the Torch) ... at least in my experience.

Thanks for the motivation to keep going! Ive taken my time with this and it's been slow moving. I do have a QT tank. It's 10 gallons and is filled with water from my DT. I plan on getting a goby, blenny, wrassle, or cardinalfish first as they are peaceful.

Corals, im doing all soft for now just to get started.

How many fish are sufficient for my tank? I also have moon lights I haven't even used. Any thoughts on how to use these?
 
moon lights are just for your view so running them a couple hours after lights out will be fine.

how many fish depends on what type of fish, if you look at my list of fish for my tank I am pretty much done except I am waiting for a baby choclate tang to show up t fosters and smith then that will be the last addition. then just more corals:D

your tank is looking good so far keep up the good progress.
 
moon lights are just for your view so running them a couple hours after lights out will be fine.

how many fish depends on what type of fish, if you look at my list of fish for my tank I am pretty much done except I am waiting for a baby choclate tang to show up t fosters and smith then that will be the last addition. then just more corals:D

your tank is looking good so far keep up the good progress.

Thanks for the advice on the moon lighting.

Right now I can't seem to get my sand clean. I just picked up 4 nassarius snails, 2 more turbos, and 5 astrea.

What advice do you have to get my sand clean? Pick up a goby for the first fish?

I want a peaceful, reef safe colorful fish for my first one.

Any recommendations?

Thanks
 
Did you soak your BRS rocks for a week or 2 before you put them in or give them a good rinsing? Cooking them perhaps to relise Phospates? P04 on your test kits. If you didnt dot be suprized when you get some Dino/cyno blooms.. Im not trying to derail your thread. Its just somthing i had learned the hard way.. Also mine had some dead sponges and a few acient crabs left over in it when i rinsed them out.
 
^ I rinsed them before putting them in as people said this was good enough. I'm not too worried about the blooms, but thank you for the heads up
 
the sand will become dirty for a little while as you will get the standard alage blooms of it being a new tank but will clear up over time.

good cleaners for sand that I like are: tiger tail cuke, goby, and nass. snails. between them they do a great job.
 
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