Please someone help!!

[stickynicky10]

i started a reef tank about two months ago,i feel i have way too many things in it already, its a 75 gallon tank.heres what i have.....1 trigger fish,1 bangi cardnial,2 clown fish,1 blue devil damsil,1 watchman goby,1 firefish,3 emerald crabs,1 porecelin crab,about 5 scarlet hermit crabs,3 turbo snails,one brittle starfish.thats my livestock. for corals i have one colt frag i bought it when it was about 1 inch big it has already grow almost three time that.i have one hammerhead,1 frogspawn,yellow poyps,numorous button polyps,1 large christmas tree rockabout 60 lbs of fiji and tonga brach rock, i feel the tank is doing great but it is so new. am i in for a disaster? i also already notice that their are polyps growing on some live rock i purchased they werent their 3 weeks ago bam they r now well is that too much for a tank that is only 2 months old??? i however did have one bangi cardnil die on me,i bought a pair and one died. i also have a clownfish who is M.I.A. so help me please i have a ton a pis posted take a look please!!!!!!!!!! nick

[Reefland]

Hi Nick,

That is a lot to have in the tank, especially being 2 months old. Your only option nowis to stop buying anything and get into your maintenance routine, performing the water changes, making sure your supplement additions are consistent and letting things grow.

Scott Z.

[stickynicky10]

i have done only one 5 gallon water change so far because for some reason water changes scare me.i dont know call me crazy but ive heard some tanks go crazy just being left as they are? true or false look at some of those tanks that one guy posted.how ofter are your water changes?
how long has that tank been running that u have posted in the gallery????????

[tonyb]

I have the same size tank.... i do a 20-25 gallon change at least once a month. Changing the water does several things for you... it will help you keep harmful things such as nitrates, phosphates, and possibly ammonia, all within a safe range. with your clown MIA. i would really start watching your ammonia levels. have you checked your overflow? by the way. do you have a sump, a refugium, or canister, if so how big? water changes also allow you to replinish trace elements in the water that are taken up by the life... many salts contain some of these elements... I would suggest you start testing your water to make sure nothing is wrong or slightly off. its much easier to correct somehting when the problem is starting.

fewer water changes may be ok for fish only tanks.... but your tank is not a fish only tank, so start changing that water. and if you dont have one already invest in an RO/DI filter. this will also solve many problems down the road.

[Elmo18]

Hi Nick,

That is a lot to have in the tank, especially being 2 months old. Your only option nowis to stop buying anything and get into your maintenance routine, performing the water changes, making sure your supplement additions are consistent and letting things grow.

Scott Z.

Agreed. Two months is too short. YOur tank has maybe finished cycling but is no where near stable enough yet I waited 8 months before adding any corals or fish, and just had live rock, heater, powerheads, pump. Some say that is overkill, but I would wait at the earliest 4 months before even adding anything, and i'm speaking of new tanks.

- Elmo

[stickynicky10]

ok,ok, what about the nano cubes tho? i went to the lfs and their nano has been running for about three weeks they have x mas rock, toadstool, anenomes, two clown fish, a coral banded shrimp and some mushroom rock? whats up with that? reguarding my tank tho all has been doing well its great i hope it continues to do so, any more tips????????
nick