My First Foray into Saltwater 75g

gadwall72 · Jun 19, 2017

My 75g setup with live sand and dry rock. Cycling now.

bif24701 · Jun 19, 2017

Good luck!

LivinTheSwreefLife · Jun 20, 2017

Following! Great to watch others from the start!

gadwall72 · Jul 7, 2017

Well, the tank is finally cycled and a major water change happened yesterday. Headed out for my first livestock this evening. Hope the LFS has some nice specimens to choose from!

Tahoe61 · Jul 7, 2017

Welcome.

gadwall72 · Jul 7, 2017

Our newest family members!

Cameron Wise · Jul 8, 2017

Wow! Amazing clownfish!

gadwall72 · Jul 8, 2017

Cameron Wise said:
Wow! Amazing clownfish!

Thanks! We saw them and knew they had to go in our tank!

gadwall72 · Aug 3, 2017

We have added two more to the fam! I picked a Falco Hawkfish and my daughter picked an orchid dottyback. Everyone is getting along great!

phytofish · Aug 3, 2017

gadwall72 said:
View attachment 557778 View attachment 557775 We have added two more to the fam! I picked a Falco Hawkfish and my daughter picked an orchid dottyback. Everyone is getting along great!

The orchid looks red! Is that it's actual color or just the picture? Looks great!
Also, love your clowns and hawkfish!
Loving these livestock choices altogether!

gadwall72 · Aug 4, 2017

The pic was taken with my iPhone. The orchid is a bright purple with the darker stripe at the eyes.
Thanks for the love!

nautical_nathaniel · Aug 4, 2017

gadwall72 said:
View attachment 557778 View attachment 557775 We have added two more to the fam! I picked a Falco Hawkfish and my daughter picked an orchid dottyback. Everyone is getting along great!

If your orchid dottyback is anything like my neon dottyback, then you will need to add fish or inverts to the system very carefully and keep an eye on them. Mine sees all new additions as a threat to its territory and will sometimes be a little mean to them, although you can most likely avoid that aggression by adding something bigger than the dottyback!

gadwall72 · Aug 4, 2017

So far my clowns rule the roost. They catch the Dottyback unaware sometimes and the chase is on. The Dottyback is still pretty timid and hanging close to the crevices in the rockscape.