75 gallon reef update

[Fishmonger70]

Nothing too spectacular yet, but its coming along nicely. Cycles been done for 2 weeks, cuc been in for a week and a half doing a great job. Another week or two I'm going to pick uip a hippo and put him in. If all goes well after 4-6 weeks, I'm gonna move my 2 clowns from the 20 gal I have. Then I will focus on corals after that. That's the plan anyway.

 

[Lotus]

Looks good!

 

[TRe]

hippo tangs are ich magnets..... i kno first hand ive had one for a good 2 years now and any change and hes covered in white spots. mine has gotten huge! about 6" .. not sure id put one in that small of a tank tho

 

[Fishmonger70]

Well It's either that or the yellow tang. Personally I love the coloration and lines of the Hippo

 

[TRe]

yellow tangs are cool... i cant have one cause my purple tang is the same shape

 

[strout]

The tank looks really nice and I like your rock work. What kind of corals are you looking to put in your tank?

 

[Fishmonger70]

Thanks. I actually got the rock off the internet. Its Carribean live rock and I got 100 lbs for $300 from a place in Texas. It arrived here in great condition and only took two weeks to cycle my tank. It was kind of tricky trying to aquascape the rock, but it looks pretty good. Not sure what I want to do for corals yet. Probably start of with zoas and things like that. We will see how my pocketbook is down the road if I can afford the bigger stuff, which also will require a light upgrade. I have some zoas in my 20 that are growing like wildfire and when I moves some stuff over into the 75 I am going to try to frag em and get them under control.

 

[Fishmonger70]

Yellow tang going in this week. Off to the LFS maybe thurs to pick him up.

 

[Fishmonger70]

Everybody, meet Toby. Toby, meet...well, everybody.

 

[Fishmonger70]

Hard to get a good pic of him. He is still pretty shy and hides behind the rocks. When he gets more used to his new home I will get some better pics.

 

[Lotus]

Cute little guy!

Like a lot of those smaller tangs, he looks like he needs some feeding up.

 

[KahluaZzZ]

Yep he's skinny but he's colorful...anyways scenery change = stressed little one.
Great flashy fish to watch *thumbsups

 

[Fishmonger70]

Yeah, I left some seaweed out for him on a veggie clip. Not sure if he's touched it yet, but I have seen him nibbling on some of my live rock so he must be eating a little anyway.

 

[Fishmonger70]

Bought a frogspawn frag at my LFS today I will get a pic posted when it opens up.

 

[strout]

Congrats on both your new fish and coral, will be waiting on the pic of your coral. Just wondering, what is your fish list for your new tank?

 

[Fishmonger70]

Well so far its the yellow tang, and the two percs from my 20 gallon. Down the road I will probably add one or two more. Maybe a pair of blue chromis or a flame angel and thats it

 

[Fishmonger70]

Not the best pictures in the world, but you get the idea.

 

[TwistedGA]

very nice!

 

[Fishmonger70]

picked up 3 new zoanthid frags today on the way home from work. I'll get pictures when they open up.

 

[strout]

The Frogspawn looks nice and can't wait for pics of the Zoas. Wish I could catch my Flame Angel and you could have him. He picks on my Midas Blenny every chance he gets.