advice needed

This is kind of a two-part question. I've got a dozen 2 x 2" Marine pure ceramic media cubes on the way along with 4 jars of ecopods. I'm thinking about using six of the cubes and placing them in one of my rear Chambers and pouring one bottle of Eco pods within the chamber to give them a home...

I started noticing white blocked on my dottyback he’s active and eating. Anyone have an idea of what’s going on?

Hello, I have little to no room in my sump for a refugium and was looking at a DIY plan to build one that was external to my display. Does anyone have any advice/success with this? Some concerns I have are: 1. If it’s pump driven back to the display, in the case of a pump failure what are some...

Is this torch got enough flow? I have never had an indo. My Aussie does fine in low flow. I can’t get a small enough wave maker to get a random flow pattern going in my tank so it’s just flowing using the powerhead. Pics and videos are from when I got it to this morning. It’s opening up well...

Hi everyone, I am in need of some help with my reef tank again. I was on here last month with a cyano issue that has now been pretty much-resolved thanks to the help of the users of this website. I have another issue that I am now tackling and am having some trouble with. After clearing green...

Hello everyone, I am hoping to get some help with my Dino issue in my 38 gallon AIO reef tank. It has been about 2 month of having them and about 3 weeks of treating them. So far I have been dosing microbacter 7, microbacter clean, and phyto. Thus far I really do not see any difference in the...

Does anyone who has kept Chicago sunburst anemones have any advice? Things to avoid, Favorite parameters, compatibility with other corals or fish, Lighting.

Hey guys. I just joined the saltwater gang and bought my own 10 gallon tank. It’s small BUT we gotta start somewhere. Anyways, it’s already cycled and therefore it already has fish in it ( a clown fish) and live rocks. Since my first goal was to set up this tank for fish and get it within the...

I am planning on doing a clownfish harem. I have a 48" long 20" tall and 20" wide tank. I was planning on doing two Oscellaris types. 8 of each for a total of 16. Anybody with experience have any tips? I have watched brs, they said you could do it but havent done it themselves.

Here is what I have so far.. - Fluval Evo 13.5Gallon Saltwater Kit - Box of Seachem Vibrant Sea Salt - Fluval 50W submersible heater - Wide range specific gravity meter Im currently running a leak test on the tank but this is my plan. Please let me know where I should change or adjust. Going...

Hey guys I just got a new hammer and Duncan from my lfs. After I dipped them these little worms came off the hammer. Are these the flatworms that eat euphyllia? What’s the next move on this?

Hi guys, I've been thinking about this for a while, but I've been playing around with the idea of quitting my job and opening up a fish store around Gig Harbor or the Tacoma area in Washington. I'm honestly very unsure about this as it is a very big step, but a fish store has always been my...

So I’m currently in the build list process of a 96Lx36Wx30H acrylic display tank or 120x36x30. I will most likely go with the 96 so I can buy local. The DT will be going on the main floor of the house, no basement, no crawl space, house built in 08, and wide tile flooring. The tank would be...

Hi everyone, I am new to this forum but I’ve been a long time browser of this website. I am having issues re-scaping my tank, I can’t seem to find a style that I enjoy and gives all my corals/fish the attention they need. My questions are: if I were to replace ALL of my rock with new dry rock...

This is totally going to sound weird, but I bought two blue legged hermit crabs, yesterday, and today, I see a third one, without a shell? It looks like it’s molting, from what I’ve read online. This is my first time having these creatures, so I have no idea what’s going on. I attached two...

Hey guys, I’ve been reefing with all in one tanks for the past few years just getting into the hobby and I definitely got the reefing bug. I have a fluval evo 13.5 gallon and a 32 gallon biocube and I love them but I feel like I’m running out of space and I just want to use what I’ve learned to...

I have a rock with ultra orange Yuma mushrooms, I bought one head for $80 last year and there’s now at least 8-9 heads on this rock and some scrambled egg zoas next to it. How much can I sell this rock for?

Hi found a small home 5mm in a new frag… Noticed a couple of hermits picking at it over the corse of a week which has made it bigger….. Looked inside the hole and found no hitch hikers so I’ve plugged it with reef putty to stop crabs picking at it …. Have I done wrong plugging it in tank while...

I am new to saltwater and i have a simple 20 gallon tank with 2 clownfish. My tank is actully made for freshwater and has a white light. I was thinking of adding a really easy coral to keep and i heard pusling Xenia is a easy coral that can almost grow anywhere. Do u think this coral will...

I've been in the hobby for 3 years but id consider myself semi beginner intermediate and have been recommended last year to dose as my levels have not been stable between water changes. Being a student whos about to head to college, school has not let me research what i really need in terms of...

Hey guys will nassarius do a decent enough job of turnover to prevent my sandbed from becoming a solid mess of algea? I have some in my 32 biocube and a sand sifting conch and my sand is beautiful. In my 16G I only have a smaller conch and he doesn’t do enough to keep the sand clean at all. It’s...

Some clove polyps hitchhiked into my tank somehow. They are isolated to a small are about the size of a half dollar on a movable top rock. I have contulinously removed them by removing the rock and brushing them off with a toothbrush destroying the polyps under running water. I don’t do this in...

I lost my clown today to what I believe to be brook. Cloudy eyes, mucus on skin and rapid breathing last night. I noticed this 2 days ago but honestly I didn’t want to believe that she was sick. Even though I’m upset about it since she was my first fish, she is not the only one in the tank. I...

Hi I’ve started cultivating my own phyto and it looks about ready for harvest…. How do you know if there’s still f2 that’s not been used up and what I’ll effects would there be if you dose phyto with f2 left over…. Ive cultivated 3.5 litre of phyto with 4ml of F2….. Im currently on day 7…...

Hi I’ve started cultivating my own phyto and it looks about ready for harvest…. How do you know if there’s still f2 that’s not been used up and what I’ll effects would there be if you dose phyto with f2 left over…. Ive cultivated 3.5 litre of phyto with 4ml of F2….. Im currently on day 7…...