advice needed

Params: Ammonia/nitrite: negligible Nitrate: 25-30 (high but needed in order to combat dinos) Phosphate: .05 Salinity: 1.026 Calc: 470 Mag: 1420 Alk: 7.8-8 PH: 7.8 - 8.1 I had this Kenya tree for about a month, and it has never done this, being that it’s pinched near the center. I’m currently...

My smithi mantis was eating awesome and looked nice and healthy he then started to build a blockade in his cave as many mantis shrimp do to molt I thought he was dead on the end of week 3 so I tried to take it apart and they were wedged in there good! I opened a small crack and stuck the dull...

Hi Advise on elegance coral needed please. For last few weeks it's not opening as much but appears to have gone greener almost more neon green. Temp 25 Kh 9 Salinity 1.025 Nh3 0 No2 <.2 No3 5-10 Po4 <.3 but that could be higher as I'm trying to get rid of hair algae so might not be a true...

I glued my Kenya tree in a position where there seems to be to much weight from gravity for it to handle. I just got it and I’m wondering if it will start reaching toward my lights and fix itself? Or should I fix it now? It’s just in a good spot so I’d rather not move it. Btw in the pics I had...

I just noticed a gray hole on my cyphaestrea? Params: Nitrates: 7 pH: 7.8-8 Alk: 8.4 Mag: 1440 Calc: 500 Temp: 80-81 all my other corals are doing well and growing, granted they are easy soft corals. The cyphaestrea looks like it has a gray spot on the right which doesn’t look like bleaching...

As far as I can tell, my cynarina is growing some sort of dark flesh, see the photo. I know my nitrates and phosphates are a little low for LPS but I've been struggling to keep them up, I think I need more fish (I only have 2 in my 32.5 gallon). I dose NeoPhos and NeoNitro, but apparently I need...

Hey y’all, I bought a red brick cyphaestrea from top shelf during their sale event, and it arrived with a white spot near one of the polyps. I tried gently brushing it off and doing a dip but it seems like slight bleaching. Can anyone confirm, and if so, what is the best course of action to help...

Hey all first time using this I recently got a g.viridis and he was eating well (I feed him snails) but now he has stopped eating all together, he will punch the snails if I put them in front of him but will not eat them is this a bad sign or is he just preparing to molt. Also he is quite shy...

Hello everyone, It's been a hot minute since I've really been active on here but I come back today with a question, or rather, I'm seeking some advice. I've been in the hobby for a little while now and by no means consider myself anything but a beginner. I've had my Current setup since last...

Currently I have a 55 gal with a 20 or so gal sump running. I’m about to get a used 90 gal display with 30 gal sump. My home is quite small so it would need to be right where my current one is. I’ve read up on some old threads about using buckets and such which I will for the fish and live rock...

I've been fighting bubble algae on and off for about a year now and I'm getting tired of it. I physically remove them with a hose and screw driver and they come back within a week. They detach from rock and end up in my powerheads, causing cascading issues. I'd rather grow GSP because at least...

Im battling some red dusty algae all over the sand and rocks in my tank. I have never seen diatoms or cyano present like this so im not sure what it is or how to treat it. Its a fine dust that settles into a sheet on the rocks. Its not the typical dark purple/red of cyano. Its fire engine red...

Ok so I've got several zoa frags with heads getting super, super small. they aren't melting or dying but the heads are maybe 1/2 to 1/3 the size they were months ago. I have recently had a cyan outbreak but they were shrinking in size before this. Any ideas what the problem could be? Biocube...

I’ve had two clowns and two hermits in a 10 gallon for close to two months now. The tank has been properly cycled and decent a decent amount of coralline is growing which I’m very happy about. My female clown recently started behaving lethargic and uninterested in food. She had a stomach...

My tank has been running for close to a month and a half and has been completely cycled. It’s a 10 gallon with two clowns and two hermits. My larger clown has a white cyst and white coloration on her dorsal. Any advice would be appreciated. She had a stomach parasite a while ago and I treated...

It's a 150 gallon aquarium which is close to 6 months old now. I read of the internet that on some occations a sleeper goby (Valenciennea Strigata) won't eat frozen food, so do you think a six months old sandbed would keep him from starving? My sandbed is about 8 cm deep. Also, my "sand" is...

Hello! I recently purchased a montipora capricornis online and it has undertaken some serious damage. At first I thought it was bleaching but I don’t think that’s the case as the other corals I have, including 2 other montis of different species, are doing just fine. Perhaps something is eating...

Like the title says I have some new CB frostbite clowns that are picking at food occasionally but not crushing it. They seem healthy to me and don’t look thin. They’ve been in the tank 3-4 days I forget which. I think we got them Monday night. One will eat sometimes during the day the other...

I have a 24 Gal Aquatop AIO that has been up and running for about 8 months. My main form of nutrient export was a refugium but recently I've been noticing that my chaeto haven't been growing much. I'm a tad worried because despite getting zeroes on my nitrate/phosphate tests not having a lot of...

Hey everyone! Just want to quickly introduce myself! My name is Ryan and I have been wanting to start a reef tank since I was a senior in HS. Unfortunately, due to budget issues, it has always been a dream and not a reality! Well, I recently graduated from the University of Alabama and now have...

I bought some aqua natural marine accents (fossilized aragonite) to use as frag bases . Trying to decide if I need to cure it. I want to just rinse it and throw it in DT until I need it. I am worried about an ammonia spike . I have found conflicting instructions about it. Any experience ?!

Hello just wanted to get some feedback , i can see my tank cycle like crazy right now both nitrates and nitrates both exploded after that fritz zyme 9 and just didnt know if i should leave it or is there anything i have to do to benefit this process? Or just let her run this course? Thanks in...

I’ve recently noticed pest in my tank and my corals have became unhappy, i also see bubbles on the sandbed and a lot of algae on the glass, paramaters are okay, although cant tell for phosphate or ph, its been an ongoing thing with the pest so i wanna do a tank restart. I wanted to get some...

First: I have been reading the discussion boards of this awesome forum for a few months now and just recently decided I should be adding to the great community here. Looking forward to paying it forward! Long story short: I am a long time aquarist doing my first saltwater tank (35G). I spent a...

Hi. This my first saltwater aquarium and I would like some tips and feedback. In the end, I would like to have some coral and maybe a couple clownfish. I got some live rock from my LFS and took a shot at aquascaping it. In my mind, it looks good, but I don't know if it will work for fish and...