Shoutout! My 155 Floating Reef

[bvega789]

High density foam board leaves no gaps between tank edge and stand from minor manufacturing imperfections = full perimeter support. This is a pic of my 125G standard 6’ AGA glass. Good luck!

Dont see the pic bro

 

[bvega789]

I don't want to come down on you @bvega789 as I'm sure we've all had our fair share of newbie mistakes. You have so many other issues aside from the tank not being level. I would take down the tank for now, give away, sell or have someone hold your fish for you and restart. You should not keep more that 2 clownfish together. As soon as 2 pair up and bond they will most def kill off the remaining clowns. It may be possible to keep more than 2 clowns but is even difficult for the most experienced reef keepers. Second, you started your cycle in Nov, the tank is not mature enough to keep anemones yet, plus that light is not strong enough for them. Slow down, do your research and get all the equipment you need. Have you been testing your water and salinity? Are you using ro/di water to mix saltwater and to top off? Also you should make sure all those toy/decorations are reef safe as well or they can ruin your tank. Best of luck and everyone here is a great help, just take our advice.

Finished in nov, but the my clowns dont even pick at each other.

 

[bvega789]

+1.
@bvega789 you got a ton of AmGaurd, Prime, Stability there. You have a legit cycle yet homie?

QT

 

[Timbo]

You have to level the stand, not the tank as you have done. People use foam under the tank between the bottom of the tank and the stand so that if you level a slight bit off (you are way beyond level) the foam will compress where necessary and self level.

Everyone is trying to help you here. Please listen, empty the tank, use composite shims under the stand between the base of the stand and the floor to make sure tank is level front to back and left to right. Add foam between tank and stand if you want to add for any small errors in leveling.

I had to do this and it took about 2 hours to drain, level, refill, and my tank is now level and hasn’t moved.

 

[Timbo]

Finished in nov, but the my clowns dont even pick at each other.

Having clowns in a tank for a month doesn’t mean they won’t turn on each other.

Again, people trying to help you here. You may get lucky and they move to different sides of the tank and leave each other alone but that is not the norm.
God luck

 

[ohana888]

Dont see the pic bro

 

[S.R. Reefing]

Kind of speechless, but yeah.... should follow what other have advised. Anemone little soon, but with some luck they could make it. As for other fish make sure you are buying reef safe fish. SPS coral maybe 4-6 month later to have best survival chance.

 

[BryanD]

Dr tims one and only

Dont see the pic bro

Most of the aquarium made now a days comes with the foam board on the bottom of the aquarium

 

[BryanD]

If you want some good aquarium check out waterbox.com

 

[BryanD]

They joined with AI so the light and the tank is a better package deal

 

[BryanD]

Kind of speechless, but yeah.... should follow what other have advised. Anemone little soon, but with some luck they could make it. As for other fish make sure you are buying reef safe fish. SPS coral maybe 4-6 month later to have best survival chance.

Honestly your absolutely wrong waiting that amount of time to add corals like sps anemones softies is just a joke, those rules only apply when you let the tank cycle it’s self when you don’t add nitrifying bacteria or anything to help the tank cycle, now a days everything changed at the end of the day today you play your self if you believe you need to wait 3-6 months to add sps and have them thrive here is my proof my tank today is 1 and a half months old From the first day I set up my aquarium I added turbo start and 2 clown fish to start my cycle they did great I Waited 2 weeks for cycle to finish then I added 6 anemones 1 torch ,1 sps , 3 zoas colony, and more and they thrived, the next week I bought more corals and added them ,when my tank turned 4 weeks I got my self Walt Disney’s , Colorado Sunburst Anemone , and an og bounce

And to prove it again I set up an anemone only tank I did a 5 gallon water change on my main tank and I took that water and filled the anem tank I added turbo start this time I didn’t add any fish to help the process because the water from my main tank had ammonia so the turbo start fed off of that, 1 week into my tank cycle I added 13 anemones to the tank and guess what they did amazing

 

[BryanD]

@bvega789
Enjoy your tank brother do what makes you happy ??
In my opinion the only thing you need to do is get the leveling situation sorted out if you can get your hands on a new tank definitely do buttttt a lot of people on MR are giving their tanks away for free you will find one don’t stress it but other than that don’t even stress your corals man they will survive especially your anemones ?? Just make sure your levels are in range and they will do great remember don’t chase a number

 

[bvega789]

@bvega789
Enjoy your tank brother do what makes you happy ??
In my opinion the only thing you need to do is get the leveling situation sorted out if you can get your hands on a new tank definitely do buttttt a lot of people on MR are giving their tanks away for free you will find one don’t stress it but other than that don’t even stress your corals man they will survive especially your anemones ?? Just make sure your levels are in range and they will do great remember don’t chase a number

Im not worried about the anemones thing brother i have 5 and they are doing great.
my parameters dont ever go anywhere! Only thing swings is the ph and i fixed that

I dont worry about all the old tales about waiting so long and and the amount you can add to your tank so fast

i know the leveling is a problem and will be fixed i just misunderstood the shims now i get how they work from that video.

but all these fish and corals and anemones wee all added with the two. Months and i mean like every other two days


I used turbo start from algae barn and my aquarium was up in sept. I moved and bought more when i set up the 155 i still have some of this left

 

[bvega789]

I had the 16oz and the 32oz i still have some nitrocycle left. I wad thinking about dosing it to feed my corals since the water is so clean after i fix the leveling.

 

[bvega789]

But over the months since august my rocks were cycling in the rubbermaid with the 16oz of turbostart

used the 32 in oct plus tons of bacteria additives from petco. My bacteria supply is covered im sure. I avoided a mini cycle when i moved

 

[bvega789]

This leveling thing is bothering that its bothering all of you guys i love and appreciate yall like family.

i cant even enjoy my tank anymore until i get this off my mind

 

[bvega789]

Havent had many fatalities! Except a couple mollies and a sally lightfoot and my largest clown died he stopped eatin

5 anemones
4 Conchs
50+ Snails & Hermits
3 Fire shrimp
2 cleaner shrimp
1 coral banded
5 clowns
Salfin tang
Purple tang
Pair of six lines
Pair of blue chromis
Pair of banggai cardinals
Pair of mollies
Court jester
Engineer goby
green spotted mandarin
Scooter blenny
3 green emeralds
5 corals - 2 i have no clue

 

[A4edwin]

We want to enjoy your tank also. How long have you had the mandarín?

 

[bvega789]

We want to enjoy your tank also. How long have you had the mandarín?

Hes been with me for a month now

 

[Czynot]