Meg's super mega ultra cool 150g reef tank

[megisawesome06]

Hello! I'm Meg and I'm a noob. I've never had a saltwater tank til 2 weeks ago. I've been researching obsessively ever since.

I need help with landscaping. I'm going to have to superglue some rocks because my urchin (who I have since dubbed Bob the Builder) likes to rearrange it. Therefore, the pics I am uploading are not at all how I want it. He rearranged it last night.

Also, my tank is deep. I cannot reach the bottom...which is why I'm asking if y'all have any tips or anything for me.

I'll be updating this frequently and I ask A LOT of questions, and I may get annoying, but I just want to learn everything I can for my fishes! (And reefies.)

If you see any coral in the pics that I need to move, please let me know. I had an issue with my open brain coral and found out it was because we had it on the top instead of the bottom, where it should be.

Also, I have a lot of corals and know what exactly one of them is. There are a lot of frags and to have no idea where to put any of them. They're cluttering up the bottom of my tank imo.

My fish are as follows:
- 1 Clarkii (Blemo)
- 2 Ocellaris (Nemo and the other one was Marlin until it was pointed out that "Marlin" will eventually become Nemos girlfriend...)
- 2 Chromis (Chromeo and Shark Bait)
- 1 Coral Catfish (Snape)
- 1 Lawnmower Blenny (Tommy Lee Jones)
- 1 male Melanurus Wrasse (still unnamed as of yet)
- 1 Blue Hippo Tang (Dory, of course!)
- 3 pink spotted Watchman Gobies (Olaf and I don't know the other twos names yet.)
- 2 Sea Urchins (don't know the species)
- multiple snails and hermits, unsure of species.

And possibly a skunk cleaner shrimp. I haven't seen him since I put him in two weeks ago, so I don't even know if he's still alive. His name is Jacques.

Thanks in advance for all of your help. You guys are amazing!

 

[kevinsmixed90]

Hi Meg. Go to the top of this forum and type in landscaping in the search bar. lots of pictures and ideas and how to ideas. hope this helps! Hey Meg, what lights are you using? just curious

 

[megisawesome06]

I have no idea. I believe they said there was the moonlight on one side and reg on the other. They all seem to prefer the moonlight side. Sorry I don't have a specific answer. I'm still a noob. I'll find out, though!

 

[megisawesome06]

I took my Coral Catfish to the LFS for rehoming. I loved watching him, but I think he needs an owner whose done lots of research on him.

 

[megisawesome06]

Hello! I've been working on my tank today. It feels much emptier without my Coral Catfish. He was so cool. But on the flip side, it was nice to be able to stick my hand in there and not have to worry about getting a sting from him.

So I've been making lots of RODI water. I also took a new toothbrush and scrubbed my fans and cords and stuff. I blew the rocks. (That was gross.) But when I was trying to move a rock in the active part of the tank, my Clarkii went crazy and started freaking out. He almost jumped. I was scared to death. I stopped then and have been letting him chill. I need to get a cover for it as I have a few jumpers. Any suggestions?

 

[megisawesome06]

Yo! I did my first water change today. Man. I didn't think the water would come out so quickly...I got a mouth full of salt and fish poo. [emoji40]

I'm attaching a video of my tank. It needs a lot of work. I have too many frags (going to put them in a different tank later). I don't even know if my corals are placed correctly. I don't even know what they all are. I know they're too close, but I don't want to move them until I know where to put them. Any tips or expertise is greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!

 

[Cyndi & Jim]

Unfortunately it's hard to see what coral you have especially with just moonlighting on fromyour lights. Are they LEDs? Or do you havr ling white bulbs, or squares between the blue bulbs?

 

[megisawesome06]

I have figured out the fish and started on the corals. I have no idea what lights I have. I can post a pic in the morning. Maybe someone will know what it is... [emoji1]

 

[megisawesome06]

I actually have some good stuff but I haven't figured out how to make it work yet. An electrician I am not. Slowly but surely plodding along.

 

[megisawesome06]

Been a while. I've since learned a lot. Like not to top off with salt water. And I have a 100g, not a 150g as I was told. Oh well.
Someone I met in our local Coral Club came over and switched out my lights with a loaner pair that I'm going to buy eventually. They're so much better. (I was on vacation and had my best friend house sitting. She went to turn on the lights and they literally burst into green flame. She turned them off immediately and didn't attempt it again. She's ok. Hence my 911 out to my local group to help me with lights. He also fixed my skimmer.)
And most of the frags I had were dead. No worries. They looked bad. I got rid of a couple button polyp colonies.
Also, I finally named Nemo's girlfriend. Her name is Shemo.
I got 10 Astraea snails and realized that's the only kind of snail I have in there. Gonna get some Nassarius and Ceriths.
Learned that my Dory is too small for my tank and I'm sad. My husband doesn't want to get rid of her as she's his favorite, but I need to figure out what to do.
Oh, and I only have 2 PSW gobies. Olaf and the little one who I rarely see. But I know he's eating.
Oh and I saw a huge bristleworm in my rock work. I'm just letting him be.