My 75G Tank Build

All Systems GO!

After many hours yesterday I finally got my tank going. One thing I did learn is that I should have used gate valves instead of ball. Trying to adjust the ball valves to get a constant level in the sump is a PITA! You move the valve a fraction of an inch an the level goes crazy. Anyway, her is a pic of the tank filled and scaped. Let me know your comments on my scape.

 

The tank is looking good the way you scaped it. Nice bro.

 

if you think thats gonna be a pita later on in life go ahead and drain it and replace with what you want!

 

Looking good man! Nice to see yet another 75 underway on here, I think you make like the 10th active 75 around this forum, which is awesome. Gives us some friendly competition to make the nicest tank, good luck 2in10 has us all crushed lmao.

 

I think I got it figured out now. Instead of having two 1 1/2in drains, I am only using one. The other I am now using as an emergency overflow. By using just one drain, I was able to get the level to stay steady.

 

That scape job looks AWESOME!!!! Well done.....Very natural, and there's going to be lots of hiding places for skiddish animals to hide in until they get comfortable. Was that all live rock, or did you you mix in some base rock? If you want, prolong your test kits a bit by simply not using them until at lease a month, or until you start to see brown diatom blooms everywhere. I was the overactive type and tested every day, and even made a chart of it all. LOL It helped me learn how the cycle works, but I could have googled it and saved some cash on a test kit.

 

Thanks. It is all dry rock, combination of BRS reef saver, Fiji, and Pukani as well as a few pieces from my lfs.

I was wondering how often I needed to test. I did my first full set today and was going to wait a couple days for the next, but now maybe I will wait until I see some diatoms. I'll just keep up on my salinity daily tests.

 

Fish Wishlist

I am running a Trigger Systems Ruby 30S sump that has a Reef Octopus Diablo XS160, refugium, Eheim 1262 pump. I also have two Tunze 6025 powerheads in the DT. I have about 90lbs dry rock in the tank as well. Here is a list of fish that I would like to have. Please let me know your thoughts.

1x coral beauty angelfish
1x flame angel
1x foxface lo
1x hi fin red banded goby
1x six line wrasse
2x clownfish
1x firefish, purple
1x bicolor blenny
1x bicolor goatfish
1x tiger watchman goby
2x urchin
2x skunk cleaner shrimp
1x sea star

 

Hello mlott. Welcome to 3reef.

Your tank is coming along great. You have a nice tank stand and sump and I'm in love with your aquascape. It looks very natural with the vallies and crevices and will really look awesome covered in coral.

Have you thought of what kinds of coral you would like to keep? Soft corals are always a good choice as they are hardy and easy to care for. Some large polyp stony corals are relatively easy to care for as well and can be found in just a myriad of colors.

All the fish you are interested in would do fine in your tank but I would not suggest that many at once. For your size tank I recommend keeping it at around 7-8 fish or less. Keep in mind full adult sizes of fish when considering them for your tank and bioload of each.

keep up all the hard work.

 

I don't think I saw this anywhere but do you have appropriate test kits for the cycle and or corals if you will be choosing to do a reef tank? Sorry if you already mentioned this and I just missed it.