Literally new! This is my 75G Saltwater tank! Trying to learn as I go.
Jump into it with 0 knowledge to make happy one of my kiddos and I have fallen in love with it.
As you can see I don’t have the best set up or equipment but saving to get it soon and to upgrade to a bigger tank and add corals eventually. About 5 months in, everything have been stable with couple water changes here and there to keep up the good health.
Any feedback or advance is welcome!
(I know about starfish but my wife got them for the kiddos and we try to relocate them and my kids cry so much)
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@amberbamber
213d
Off to a good start. The best advice I got in saltwater is 'slow and steady'. No need to act too fast and add too much. Give your self time to learn how to keep stable parameters. Do you plan on adding coral?
@Chrisminniear
212d
Thank you!! Yes, I do want to add corals but I don’t think I’m ready for that yet, I was thinking on getting an small tank just for corals to make it easier to learn. What do you suggest?
@amberbamber
212d
That’s probably a good idea. You do have your hands full with some fish that will grow pretty large.
@ShadyInlet26
212d
Looking good so far! Love the clowns
@Chrisminniear
212d
Thank you!!
@NocturnalMountain14
211d
Your tank looks awesome for only five months in! Love seeing the clowns and that Foxface Rabbitfish hanging out together. Slow and steady really is the way to go and it's so cool you're getting the whole family involved. It just gets more addicting from here!
@Chrisminniear
210d
Thank you so much!!! I know!! We’re talking now to get a 125-180G tank with sump. Not right the way but eventually because we know the tang would need more space and my goal is to get another tang. And other fishies.
@hbly499
210d
What species is that silver triangular fish? It’s adorable. Tank looks amazing
@Chrisminniear
210d
My wife buy this one and she told me it was a Mano Angel. Hahaha I’m not 100% sure on names I’m starting to get familiar with.
@hbly499
210d
Cool! I’ve gotta do some research… I’ve just been doing nanos and picos so far but setting up my first larger tank soon. My son would absolutely flip over the big eyes 😂
@Chrisminniear
210d
Hahaha, my son is huge fan of the fish store now. We did make couple mistakes couple of weeks ago. We had a Atlantic Blue Tang baby that he called in loved with and a Atlantic Sting-Ray and our fish store told us we should be good but I think our set up was not ready for the stingray so she day couple days ago but we told him she is in the hospital and that she might go to the ocean with his parents and the Atlantic Blue Tang was too little and we have a Granma fish and she attacked him and kill him and he saw this and he cried for hours and we had to do a funeral for him and everything. So we’re now more careful with what we get and trying to else and research a lot before we get him fall in love with a fish lol
@hbly499
210d
Man do I feel that. 💀 keeping fish when you have littles can be ROUGH. I got a little six lined wrasse to help with a bit of a flatworm problem and he didn’t make it through the first night of quarantine (looked rough right out of the bag). My 6 year old was DEVASTATED. 💀
@Chrisminniear
210d
That sucks! I don’t have a quarantine tank, I was thinking on getting an small 2-5 G for it. What fishies do you have in your tank?
@hbly499
210d
Pair of clarkii clowns, royal gramma, flame hawkfish, blue neon goby, trio of pj cardinals. My son’s tank has a pair of true perculas, a tail spot blenny, royal gramma, and blue neon goby, my daughter’s tank has a pair of ocelaris and a lawnmower blenny
@Chrisminniear
210d
Oh nice!! So you have 3 tanks total?? I’m starting another one small a 50G but were waiting on the cycling test we tested last week and it was good but I haven’t buy anything for it yet.
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Tank looks good. I would recommend adding more rock and removing the ship decoration. Sometimes they can leak chemicals into the water and saltwater is very sensitive. You want plenty of rock for hiding spots and bacteria growth.
Love the arches!
Thank you!! That’s my next step! Titanic was my little boy add up but I explain to him that we have to change but rocks are so expensive lol