75 Gallon Reef tank

When you say 3200 GPH do you mean combined or you have more then one powerhead that only produces 3200 GPH?

 

I have 4 x 1,600 gph JBJ Oceanstream, but only two at a time are running due to the wavemaker. It cycles them.

My return flow is pretty low, maybe another 150 gph.

 

So technically I have enough power but I just need a wavemaker to stimulate the oceans water flows?

 

I think the wavemaker is a good idea, but I don't know that it's a requirement.

The important thing is to place the powerheads so you have good flow with minimal/no deadspots. In doing that, you'll probably have high flow areas and low flow areas. You can put the "easier" (not necessarily easy) SPS in the high flow zones. Keep in mind, I wouldn't try LPS until the tank is 4-6 months old, and SPS until it's 8-9 months old. Your tank will go through many little cycles and stages as it ages. You need everything stable before trying the "easy" SPS.

 

I think BMX's tank is "older" in that he's converting from a FOWLR to "reef" - hope I'm correct on that....

 

Yes my tank is about 2 years old so it should be able to hold anything as soon as I get the proper lighting.

 

Now
Yellow Tang
Blue Tang
Dwarf Fuzzy Lionfish
Banghai Cardinalfish

Want
6 Line Wrasse
Occelaris Clownfish pair
Yellowhead Jawfish
5 reef chromis
Pinkface wrasse

 

Any opinions on the planned livestock? ^

 

My only thoughts are you have a mix of some very peaceful fish and some rather aggressive fish. Typically you want to have a tank with either all peaceful (add semi-aggressive last) or aggressive fish.

 

Christmas was good to my tank. I now have an RO/DI system and the light will be coming January 14th so coral will be coming soon as well Now it gives me time to make my changes to my sump and refugium. Photos will be up soon