[hmcklveen]

I have a 75 gallon tank with 90lbs of live fiji rock. I have a protien skimmer that can be used for up to 100 gallons and also a emperor filter on it. I have a sand bed on 3 inches. I have a lawnmower blenny, percula clown (nemo) long nose hawk fish, one spot fox face, and a kole tang. Would it be okay to add a flame angel? and another semi small fish? Any suggestions? Have i already reached my limit? Should i add corals instead of more fish? What are easy corals to start out with my light has 20,000 K wattage. I don't have any inverts i would like to try an emerald crab or some type of shrimp. Tank has been up for almost a year. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

[Taras1]

IMHO you have enough fish. Kole Tangs and Foxfaces do get larger and require significant swimming room. I think you're max'ed out. The 20,000 K is the color temperature of the bulbs. What type of bulbs do you have? Flourescent/MH/HQI??? The bulb will give the watts -- Depending if you want to go with stony corals, 5 watts / gal is typical. Soft corals usually need less (like colt corals, zoanthids, mushrooms) at about 3 watts per gal.

[Uvajed]

This is an interesting thread, I'm a 75 gallon newbie tank person, and all this is extremely fascinating. I have a new tank, 90 pounds of LR, 80 pounds of sand, and just today, added 5 red, and 5 blue crabs.

[e_baer]

It would help to know takn parameters, how often you do water changes etc.

As far as the light, like Taras1 said, it all depends on the watts of the light. A 20k bulb usually do nothing for corals so I would suggest getting a different lighting set-up.

[nunch]

I have 10 fish in my 75 gal. they're all very happy, but i do frequent water changes to keep them that way.
Marine Compatability Chart
here's a chart to let u know what can go together. hawk don't sound good w/ inverts and fox is iffy w/ corals

[hmcklveen]

I have a powerglo light it is 40watt. It has 2 strips of them and it is flouresent lighting. My tank paramaters are
ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0
salt level 1.022
ph : 8.2
those are all the things in my test kit if i do coral i'm going to invest in one with the calcium and iodine and stuff like that but for now thats what i have. I think i might just stick to what i have in there and since the fox's are a little iffy with coral maybe i'll just leave it alone for now. And i do water changes 20% monthly.
Thanks for all the input guys!

[e_baer]

As long as the foxface is fed and not hungry, it will be fine with corals. Definately get a more powerful lighting system if you decide to get corals. that will not be enough for corals to thrive in.

[hmcklveen]

Alright thanks for the info. About how many times should i feed him daily? (foxface) he will eat as many times as i would but i only do once a day i alternates between formula one flakes, mystysis shrimp, and brine shrimp pellets. He also has a constant supply on nori on clips and plenty on the rocks.

[e_baer]

I think that is plenty. They are considered herbivors so lots of green is good.

[nunch]

Originally Posted by hmcklveen

Alright thanks for the info. About how many times should i feed him daily? (foxface) he will eat as many times as i would but i only do once a day i alternates between formula one flakes, mystysis shrimp, and brine shrimp pellets. He also has a constant supply on nori on clips and plenty on the rocks.

sounds perfect.