5 gallon

Hi, I’m very new to reefs I got a 5 gallon nano tank for my room with a nice light. * I am sorry to say what I’m about to say*. Setting up the tank I used filtered water from my sink and mixed it with instant ocean and added it to the tank. I saw it said that on the back of the instant ocean...

Starting a nano 5 gallon will be my first time doing coral

Long but I wanna share my progress as a first timer in keeping a 5 gallon reef tank, also new to the whole build thread thing This is so far about 1 month and 6 weeks of progress with 1st salt water tank. Nitrates are 5 or 10 or less not much as for ph is 8.0 and as for alk, calcium, mg, and I...

I have a 5.5 gallon reef tank I set up around 3 months ago. I use a hipagero( I think I spelt that correctly ) reef tank light from Amazon at the lowest setting. My current dilemma is a new pulsing Xenia and it doesn’t seem to be thriving or doing very well. I have it placed rather high in the...

Hello fellow reefers, I guess its about time i started a little journal of my little pico tank. quick history, been reefing for about 5 years with a 45 gallon then took a 3 year break from the hobby. some coworkers got into the hobby and found out i used to own a reef tank. they were able to...

Hello fellow saltines, I just started up a 5g pico a couple weeks ago and am starting to plan for corals. I won't be adding them anytime soon but want to start prepping for them. I love the softies and I also love coral that flows. As a beginner I was thinking of: - Tyree Toadstool: Placement...

Hi fellow saltines, After about 3 yrs I finally pulled the trigger on my first tank. It's a 5g so there isn't a heck of a lot of room. It's fish only (for now). I purchased only one piece of dry rock and would like ideas as to what I can do for the left side of the tank. Here are my thoughts...

Thinking of converting my 5 gallon aquatop into a saltwater tank. Pros and cons? I’ve never kept corals before and have a small pair of clowns that I’m thinking of moving to this tank. Any suggestions on filters (there’s a 3 stage filter currently with the tank), atos, skimmers? Tips for...

Hey everyone, I have an empty 5 gallon tank and I want to get some ideas on what I should do with it. Thank you in advance.

I have a type of algae in my tank and I'm not sure what it is. It started out on a Zoa that died and I had to throw out then I started noticing it in the sand bed clumping up sand and now I noticed it on the rocks. Any idea what it is or how to combat it? The pictures aren't too good because the...