um not really sure about 6" i guess.

yeah the tank isnt level, the carpet on the floor is making it slant to one side, i can tell because the carpet on one side isnt flatten and the other side it, not really sure why it is doing that, i guess the tank is not perfectly straight on the stand so its shifting the tank to one side.

I give some thought to emptying the tank as much as possible to get it level.

I would drain and level that. You may not have to drain it all the way but at least half way or so. Its not worth risking it. If you leave it like this, there is a lot of pressure on the seam/corner that the tank is leaning towards instead of distributed evenly around the tank.

Looks good otherwise!

what should i level it with ? shims?? under the stand or tank? the stand has a plywood bottom on it.

shims, stainless steel washers, anything that won't compress over time. And I would put them under the stand under the plywood base.

ok i leveled it off so i dont have to worry about it anymore, even though i wasnt that much.

a few update pictures.

added a scopas tang. it is beautiful

now for the pictures

FLASH
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NO FLASH

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I hope you're as happy with my Scopas Tang as I am. I hadn't even thought of adding one until asmodeus suggested one to me. He has been a very friendly fish and enjoyable to watch. I added a pygmy angel tonight and he hangs around him sort or acting like a big brother.

well it was that or a yellow tang and everyone has one of those, i love all those black dots all over them. very active swimmer, kinda timid right now, but we will wait and see what happens.

what do you feed yours??

I make a mixture of mysis and a little bit of brine. I have to chop it up quite small as he is still very little. Sometimes I add in a drop or two of Selcon or a pinch of Cyclop-eeze. Every second day I give him a piece of Nori to shred.

My thoughts on the yellow tang were the same as yours. The problem I have now, is what fish do I get next, that is very peaceful that will add some yellow to the tank.

well there are so many colours you can add to your tank, for me i find that the less colourful ones are really different because most people have those colourful ones. :D:D i like to be different.

i also found that because the scopas is so small it wont eat the bigger pieces. and i had a little bit of hair algea, now its all gone, and i use tap water..... i know i know. im hoping it will produce more hair algea for the little dude. hehe as funny as that sounds.

where do you get your nori from?

Because I use so little, I have 2 different packages I purchased from 2 different SS LFS's. Looking at the packages, it doesn't say Nori it says "seaweed". The Scopas loves it. When it's put in the tank he rips it to shreds within a few hours.

i cant seem to get this guy to rip mine to shreds, he seems to like my frozen food but when i put in seaweed, he doesnt jump on it. mmm

I put on a few drops of garlic powder and selcon and let it soak in before hanging it up. Maybe it's the smells that attract him.

thanks for the help



so i came home today and guess what, my tank was almost overflowing, luckily the emergency drain worked, the funny thing is when i got home i usually check the tank first but today i went on the computer instead for about 30 minutes. i guess the one got clogged and in turn the ato turned on and my salinty went down to 1.022, so i drained out a bunch and going to let it evaportate and get the level back to where it should be. i also took off that mess that was around my eggcrate covering the overflow in the main tank, it allows more effective surface skimming.

but man that was a close call,

though im left with the question my tank was to the brink of being full and so was my sump?? where did all the water come from?? ato stayed on?? but it was sumerged under the water? i checked it and it turns off once underwater. so hmmm maybe someone elses herbie drain has clogged and this happened also?

ATOs scare the willies out of me. I have read too many horror stories.

if you spend the money on more expensive ones, im sure it is fine, its great to have an ato, save alot of the time and frusteration keeping the salinity in check.

I don't regret adding the Tunze ATO my system... saves me daily work on the tank of having to top off... I'll take the risk of it getting stuck on, if it saves me that work.. Plus my skimmer skims better without the fluctuation in water level, I've also noticed the corals look better.

here is a no brainer for ya if your sump isnt drilled for it
get a piece of glass and drill a hole 5/8" and make sure that it will fit in the corner of the sump
And get a float switch and have it connect to your RO unit and then you dont have to worry about the water over flowing or put it on a tub say like 2-3 gal if you are the nervous type.
I like it on the RO unit my salinity never goes up or down.

I have been running one eversince i got into the hobby. April 02 and it hasn't failed me yet

ato
 

yea, a normal entry level ato unit can fail. I bought a bulk reef system ato with a timer (for a second fail safe). This has been running for three months with out a failure or hiccup !!

I'm sold!!

Cheers!

Geoff

If you wire up 2 floats, one that is in water that controls whatever ATO you choose. Then the other, is a HIGH LEVEL that will shut it all down. Thje high level will NOT be in the water, so wont get salt creep or buildup. Will allways be ready and working. My ATO consists of a $20 Omron timer and 2 floats, all from ebay. Works great and never had a problem.

i have the one from BRS, and it works great, i also have it on a timer just incase, i would easily spend 200 bucks on a more expensive one, but tried to keep the cost down by buying this one. works great for me, the problem wasnt the ATO it was the drain it clogged, i really need a better pump like a QO6000 but i cant get one at the moment as in saving money, and needing a new computer for school in september. priorities i guess, thats what the wife says. hahah no kidding, im smart with my money too, thats why i spend it all on the tank :mrgreen::mrgreen:

so im having some issues with micro bubbles, and im at the point where they are starting to annoy me, are there any quick fixes that people find in keeping the bubbles to a minimum. ive got my fuge flowing back into the skimmer section and have filterfloss between the glass dividers any other tricks or something i can do to help reduce the bubbles. also the water doesnt drop more than 1" over the last baffle and the intake of the pump is about 5" underwater. i will take a picture later so you understand my setup better.

edit- im also having a problem getting my surface to flow into the overflow, im getting alot of it just going around in circles to the point where i can clearly see it going around. ive redirect my outputs around but it doesnt seem to want to flow into the overflow, any ideas there would be helpful also.

i know i havent updated in a LONG time, the tanks been running for 4 months now, got a few new fish, and added more rock to the display looks more natural now than it did before. got a few more zoas also, will get pictures up later battery is charging, also picking up 2 new kitty's tonight, they are 6 weeks old, i will post pictures of them also because come on who doesnt think kittens are cute.

well here are some pictures that i took with my crappy camera.

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and here are the kittens we got, they are 6 weeks old and we got them for free from an aunt.




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im getting some hair algae between one of my corals, its the 4th picture down, the top green ones. and it seems to be irritating my corals alot, what have people done to get rid of it between the corals??