New tank, lagoon! D6 with almost direct transfer of existing rock and biomedia from existing tank. Daily bottle bacteria plus seachem stability. Dozens of corals and inverts all-in! Visible pods swimming around rocks d1! Initial tests (ammonia/nitrite/nitrate) zero, increasing ghost feeding plus adding some reef roids to push cycle into gear. Pics to follow 🐠
Looking for advice! Bought a used IM 120 gallon AIO tank from LFS. When we got tank, the inside glass was a bit foggy. LFS said fog would go away with water. We added water and things seemed ok until we turned lights on. Fog is definitely still there. This pic seems like where previous owner had his nori clip. Tried scraping it a bit. Nothing seemed to change.
Wondering if anyone knows how to clean it. Tank is newly cycled and I added fish from a smaller tank. Could move the fish back to smaller tank if I need to empty the 120. It would suck, but it will only get harder given more time.
So anyone have tricks to help? Either with water or without? Thanks yall!
The 20 gallon nano just hit 3 months old and is going strong.This tank was started with the help of my two other mature systems so it had a good biological start. Tanks been super stable with a two part plus bio mag dosing system.
How of doing people do a water change or how often should we do one. So my tank is about 4 months old now and have been doing a watcher change every two weeks. Its been through all it's cycles and now all readings are coming back perfect and salinity is also spot on. My question is do I need to keep doing a water change every two weeks if my reading are spot on or can a leave it a bit longer now ?
Update- Firefish went in first, Bengaii and Pink Wrasse 2 weeks later due to stocking availability. All doing well so far. Update on Week 11-12 coming soon as that was my first panic disaster week!
New tank, lagoon! D6 with almost direct transfer of existing rock and biomedia from existing tank. Daily bottle bacteria plus seachem stability. Dozens of corals and inverts all-in! Visible pods swimming around rocks d1! Initial tests (ammonia/nitrite/nitrate) zero, increasing ghost feeding plus adding some reef roids to push cycle into gear. Pics to follow 🐠
Quick AI Prime 16 question for a new reef tank.
No corals yet — just copepods and clean-up crew.
I’m trying to keep the light low to avoid algae, but still make the tank look good.
Thinking:
RB 25 / B 25 / W 5
Everything else 0
5–6 hours/day
Light about 9–11” above the water
Is this a good starting point, or would you run it differently?
My new UNS 180 Peninsula. Going to be a fowler. Almost ready for new fish!
Looking for advice! Bought a used IM 120 gallon AIO tank from LFS. When we got tank, the inside glass was a bit foggy. LFS said fog would go away with water. We added water and things seemed ok until we turned lights on. Fog is definitely still there. This pic seems like where previous owner had his nori clip. Tried scraping it a bit. Nothing seemed to change.
Wondering if anyone knows how to clean it. Tank is newly cycled and I added fish from a smaller tank. Could move the fish back to smaller tank if I need to empty the 120. It would suck, but it will only get harder given more time.
So anyone have tricks to help? Either with water or without? Thanks yall!
3-Week Tank Update
5 straight days of stable parameters:
✅ Ammonia: 0
✅ Nitrites: 0
✅ Nitrates: 4 ppm
New additions to the tank:
🌌 Galaxy Pods introduced
🦀 2 Electric Blue Hermit Crabs
🦀 2 Crimson Red Hermit Crabs
🐌 5 Stocky Red Stripe Trochus Snails
🐌 6 Cerith Snails
🐌 2 Nassarius Snails
The 20 gallon nano just hit 3 months old and is going strong.This tank was started with the help of my two other mature systems so it had a good biological start. Tanks been super stable with a two part plus bio mag dosing system.
Tanks two months old now and doing great so far !
Two clowns
One cleaner shrimp
4 hermits
First post here. Tanknos about 3 months old.
1 month learned so much and I can’t wait to see what 1 year brings
How of doing people do a water change or how often should we do one. So my tank is about 4 months old now and have been doing a watcher change every two weeks. Its been through all it's cycles and now all readings are coming back perfect and salinity is also spot on. My question is do I need to keep doing a water change every two weeks if my reading are spot on or can a leave it a bit longer now ?
240 gl ,2 weeks since the upgrade
Update- Firefish went in first, Bengaii and Pink Wrasse 2 weeks later due to stocking availability. All doing well so far. Update on Week 11-12 coming soon as that was my first panic disaster week!