Brent is 100% correct about the starving fish!

I tried & failed to keep a Mandarin healthy in my 2 yr old 60g tank.

This was despite the fact that I built a 'pod safety zone' pile using LR rubble, had a large population on pods as a result & even had my Mandarin feed occasionally on fish roe & frozen food.

My Mandarin was not amazingly fat when I got him & he did fatten up a little bit, but eventually, despite my pod population being almost at infestation levels & my Madarin seemingly eating well, he got skinny looking & ended up in pretty bad shape.

I had him 4 months & he went from slightly skinny to really emaciated & I felt really sh***y about it :sad:

A harsh lesson learned despite the fact that I read up everything I could find & asked for lots of advice on forums.

I had to give him away to a friend with a 4 yr old 200g reef.

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I haven't looked up the fish but i have looked up the coral. Why would they starve? I found out the dimensions of the tank. It is 48x20x15 thanks.

Okay what would be the average Length and width of a overflow for a 60g tank?

Madarins starve in aquariums because they're extremely picky about what they eat.

They usually feed off copepods & amphipods in the wild, but despite making sure there was a more than adequate supply in my mature tank, it still starved.

With those dimensions, your tank would be around 62g.

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awesome. Thanks so any more things to add to my list. or anything wrong with it. (new one on pg 3) I am also getting a sump with it. The sump has the same dimensions. so my whole tank will be 122g :)

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How are you going to suport a tank with the sump being the same size?
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I don't know

How was it set up before?

Is the tank drilled?

How many baffles are there in the sump?

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I'll ask. I have my stand being built by me on google sketchup. if you have it i'll post it on the warehouse place. In a bit though.

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Typically a sump as smaller length and width than the main tank so that there is room for support under the main tank.

You need to know the interior dimensions of your stand before buying a sump
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