Okay this is my second post in 20 minutes I think but I was looking at some of the member pages- beautiful tanks guys- and have some questions. I am in the processof setting up a 75 gallon reef- my first one- and am wondering what kind of fish load it can handle. I have a sump that fits about 25 gallons and a seperate refugium that handles around 15, so my sytems capacity, after putting in 90 lbs. of live rock, is around the 100 gallon range. I have always read or assumed that reefs had to be sparsely populated, in a tank my size something like 5 or 6 small fish, but some of the members have a pretty high fish load. I'll use MtnDew Man's tank as an example, which is an amazing 75 gallon SPS tank with 12 fish in it. What extra steps need to be taken, besides time to let the tank mature and balance, to support such a fish load? Also, how do you determine when a tank is ready for the first corals, adn whenafter that is it safe to add more? I know you can test the water but a 2 month old tank can have perfect water quality but not support a boatload of corals. Anyhow thank you for your time and for any opinions you can give me.
-Mark



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