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doog · 05-11-2008, 10:41 AM

Hi, newbie here. I've got a 4 month old 75g tank c 20g sump, 110 lbs live rock, 2 fire shrimp, 8 snails (turbos, cerith, and a cowrie), 2 hermits, and now a lawnmower blenny just out of quarantine. ammonia, no2, no3 are all 0. Still have brown algae, but its decreasing and the coralline algea is begining to layer on a couple rocks.

i'd like to add blue chromis. my thinking is they're colorful and active, and sound like they're pretty durable and a good beginner fish. I'll plan on quarantining them for at least a few weeks. My questions are - (1) how many should do well in a 75g setup, (2) how do you do quarantine with a group of, i'm guessing, 5 or so fish, (3) how do you feed these fish - my shrimps eat out of my hand when i feed nori or flakes to supplement algae?

TIA- any additional advice is greatly appreciated!

05-11-2008, 10:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
doog Astrea Snail Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Salisbury, MD Posts: 31 Karma: 34	Adding chromis to a 75g tank Hi, newbie here. I've got a 4 month old 75g tank c 20g sump, 110 lbs live rock, 2 fire shrimp, 8 snails (turbos, cerith, and a cowrie), 2 hermits, and now a lawnmower blenny just out of quarantine. ammonia, no2, no3 are all 0. Still have brown algae, but its decreasing and the coralline algea is begining to layer on a couple rocks. i'd like to add blue chromis. my thinking is they're colorful and active, and sound like they're pretty durable and a good beginner fish. I'll plan on quarantining them for at least a few weeks. My questions are - (1) how many should do well in a 75g setup, (2) how do you do quarantine with a group of, i'm guessing, 5 or so fish, (3) how do you feed these fish - my shrimps eat out of my hand when i feed nori or flakes to supplement algae? TIA- any additional advice is greatly appreciated!