My New Fish Tank about 65-75 Gallons Salt

[hslocal]

I just started this tank about 3 weeks ago, My friend gave me the entire thing
I am not sure how to set up the protein skimmer that is in it though
everything seems to be working good with out it

I have 5 damsels
1 marble grouper
1 trigger fish
1 clown fish
and a hermit crab

 

[hslocal]

These are some pics of my fish tank

 

[hslocal]

well i dont know how to make my pics less mega bytes so when i figure it out ill put up pics

 

[discus4everGrl]

tigger fish will get big and aggressive. How big is he? Don't know much about the grouper. I hear damsels are not so nice either....

You might have to rework the stocking list but I am not a salt expert, However it doesn't take an expert to know your darn lucky for getting a free tank - thats awesome.

 

[1979camaro]

what kind of skimmer is it and what is the problem with it you are having?

for reducing picture size you can use MS Paint (comes with windows). Choose the "Image" tab and then "Stretch/Skew". Reduce "Horizontal" and "Vertical" until it is small enough to upload

 

[FroggyFox]

or download this little program from www.irfanview.com and use the resize function. Make sure its saved as a .jpg and not a .bmp or other file that takes up a lot more room.

 

[S.Reef]

I would definatly get that skimmer goin....those are some big messy eaters. Stock list sounds fine...all big mean fish that should be able to hold their own against each other.

 

[wayne]

I would work out if that grouper is really a grouper or a misnamed goby. I imagine the latter as a grouper would have grown like razy and eaten the damsels and cloen in a month or so.
For most triggers a 75 is a bit small long term, but probably managable. I wouldn't expect to get much else in there. Any idea what sort it is?