Im sorry your having to find out like this
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I hate when this happens. All that water on the floor is a real pain.Cycle the water? I didn’t. My filter came lose so all the water started pouring out
Ug,Hi everyone, I’m 5 days into the salt water tank adventure! Yesterday around 9pm my filter started overflowing because the side arm wasn’t pushed all the way down properly. Roughly 40% of the water escaped from my tank. I filled it back up, included water conditioner also. I moved the anemone closer to the rock and the “No fishing” sign so that it could attach. My salinity level is 1.028 this morning at 8am. My anemone practically closed, you can see in the picture below. The first one is what the sea anemone looked like at 12pm yesterday, 9 hours before everything happened. The second picture is this morning at 8am.
Yes, I agree. If the livestock you've bought so far is still alive, I would try to return it. Additionally, I would look into how to cycle your tank before thinking about anything else. This should be your priority at this point. Here is a popular thread on Cycling an Aquarium. There are lots of other helpful threads about this topic and beginer topics in general. You can search for them in the search column. Also, I would suggest starting a tank thread so that we can follow your progress and answer any questions you may have. There is a link in my siguature on how to start your tank thread.Bring back the clowns and anemone and whatever else live stuff they sold you.
Agreed!! This tank should not have any animals in it yet at all. It needs to cycle, then the clowns, but you are several months away from being able to sustain an anemone. Please take all back to place of purchase and get the tank properly cycled. Then start with the clowns.Honestly you should not have any life in the tank at only 5 days after filling it with water, and honestly and straightforward, you will be lucky if anything lives. I usually wait 3-4 weeks before adding anything a new tank.
From the little picture I see this tank is not built like a reef tank, so you did not try to replicate its normal environment.
Sorry if I sound critical but this is a complex hobby that requires lots of research for success or else its not fair to anything you put in the tank.
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