My 75 gallon

I bought this setup from a guy on Craigslist about a month ago. Right now it is a fish only tank exept for the hitchhiking green star polyps. I plan on making this tank a reef soon probably once I get my RO/DI unit. As you can probably tell I'm having a diatom outbreak on the rocks hopefully they will be gone soon. It has a 20 gallon sump/fuge with some type of macro algae in it, I plan to put some chaeto in the fuge soon. Right now the only tank inhabitants are a juvi yellow tang, a coral beauty, and a magneta dottyback. Any tips, comments, or criticism are welcome as this is my first tank.

 

nice start jhawk. its lookin very good. cool scaping too. are they ziptied together or just restin on one another?

 

Thanks, they are just resting on eachoter it looks unstable but but I made sure that it wouldn't collapse.

 

okay, just hope they arent. dont want a collapse or anything. but lookin good. look forward to updates

 

Looks like a good start. Are you planning on adding more rock? Good Luck with the first tank!

 

nice setup and fish, even though they might be a bit agressive to new fish. also have you tried scraping off the diatoms?

 

I actually have about 75lbs of once live fiji rock in storage. Would I need to cure it before adding it to my tank?

 

I was told the yellow tang would be a problem with new additions but he's actually very timid and peacefull, the one I'm worried about is the coral beauty she bullies the dottyback. Also what should I use to scrape the diatoms off the rock?

 

Going to the LFS tomorrow to pick up a pair of clowns. Also getting a frag of green zoas and a 3 headed frogspawn tomorrow as well will post pics tomorrow night after I get them. Do you guys think the new corals will do OK under just 10k pc lights?

 

should be fine keep the frogspawn closer up top