Six weeks into this endeavor.

I am hooked. A friend's roommate was tearing down a 90 gallon reef tank and he sold me all of the live rock and corals and a 48" Aquatic Life light fixture. I am keeping my Marineland 48" LED fixture as well.

My 75 gallon tank looks like it has been setup for years vs 6 weeks!

Some pics and a video. Any help on species IDs would be most appreciated.

A YouTube tour of the tank. The audio track is me playing a Chopin Prelude on the piano.

SaltwaterReefTank75 - YouTube



Mushrooms.



More shrooms.





Hermit Crab



Blue Chromis



Kenya Tree (w/Xenia and shrooms in the background).



A plant. Can't remember what he said it was.

 

Looks good! Your macro algae is halimeda.

 

Wow, your tank looks great. Easy to get hooked, isn't it. I think your Blue Chromis is actually a Blue Damsel. Very minor difference, but damsels are a bit more aggressive than chromis.

 

Well, the guy at the lfs told me they were Chromis. :roll:

I have 3 of them.

I know they are similar.

Will I have any issues when I introduce my mated pair of Ocellaris Clowns in a week or two?

 

Probably...and the damsels will get bigger than the clowns most likely pick on them...you should see if you can get store credit for them and trade them for the clowns...

 

Crap. I really like them. Oh well, I hope the lfs will take them back.

 

They took them back and I got a store credit.

Nice people but the one guy really confused me about the whole Damsel/Chromis thing.

Looking for suggestions for compatible tank mates for the clowns.

Thank you for the heads up on this one.

 

I love my midas blenny and my sandsifting gobies they are friendly and the gobies will keep your sand super clean.