Some pics of my newbie tank

[ReefBert]

1 and 1/2 years old and finally starting to mature. I dont have enough money to spend on the fully grown corals so I just buy frags and watch them grow. I know they are small now, but I guess thats half the fun for me...watching them grow.

Here's my setup:
75G AGA
20G Sump from walmart
-2 250W Ushio 10k
-2 110W Coralife Actinics
-1 unidentified skimmer that works well when you supplement it with a wooden diffuser
-3 maxijet 900's
-1 rio 3000 for return
-1 rio 800 for skimmer

Corals (I dont know the scientific names for most):
Gonipora aka flowerpot
Some Zooanthids aka zoo's
Hammer
Frogspawn
A tiny Acorapora frag
Purple star polups
A mushroom that is starting to split (cant get that badger song out of my head now;)

There is also one anemone that apears to be splitting as well. He wont eat today so I think his energy is being put toward the split. Very interesting. I put a Red Mangrove in the sump and ALL my green algae problems went away within 6 weeks.

Fish and crusties:
-Wolf eel
-Spotted grouper
-Huma picasso
-Lionfish
-Clown tang
-Coral banded shrimp. How thing guy has survived this long in this tank full of hungry predators is beyond me.
-Horseshoe crabs
-Varios snails and hermits

Here are some pics:

[ReefBert]

OOPS

[ReefBert]

HERE ARE SOME MORE

[andy4499]

Looking good

[ReefBert]

Thanks man. I love taking pictures of the tank. Hopefully in 6 months the corals will be a bit bigger and I will post pics again. The first year sucked, but now that I am getting the hang of it, its a very rewarding hobby.

[andy4499]

That triger does not seam to bother any of them corals. My wife wonts a tank with agressive fish but I was told you could not keep corals with them. How are your corals doing?

[ReefBert]

I believe the reason you cant keep them with corals because they are active and clumsy. They bump into a lot of things including the corals. I have never seen him even think about nibbling on them. All the fish in my tank are aggressive carnivores except for the clown tang, most of them I was told you cannot keep with corals. I think the key is to have lots of room and from my pics you can see I have that. Maybe when the corals start to grow out I will run into problems but for right now they all seem to be thriving...yes including the gonipora.

[ReefBert]

Oh also wanted to say that in my opinion, agressive fish are the way to go. They just seem to have more personality.

[Brandon]

I would think the problem with agressive fish in a reef tank would be that you can't really have any sort of a clean up crew. If you go with a deep sand bed, wouldn't it get pretty funky after a while.

Beautiful Clown tang, I'd have one if I didn't already have a sohal, but I just know those two wouldn't exactly be best of buds.

[ReefBert]

Your right brandon. My snails are escargo now for the trigger. For cleanup of the rocks, the tang is doing a great job. I have ordered an adult goldheaded sleeper gobie which will be as big as any other fish in my tank right now, and he will clean up the dsb. I had one before but he was under a year old and was a $40 meal for my eel. I will let you know how the adult fares.

[ReefBert]

Oh and the horseshoe crabs stir up the bed also. I guess they dont have a very good taste to them.

[sb1227]

It ought to be interesting when all those fish get huge in a 75 Gal. I would think agressive would be an understatement.

[ReefBert]

By the time they start to get big, my house will be built and they will be swimming in a 300-500 in wall tank.