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Hello, this is my first reef scape coming out of freshwater. Building a nano 16 gallon that’s 33 inches long. 9 inches wide and 11 inches tall. I have a card board cutout as seen in the video that is the layout. And there is a cooler with a sharpie line for the height of the tank. Opinions...

I’ve been keeping freshwater fish for 5 years and ready to branch out to something more of a challenge. I’m Building my first reef tank using a lifeguard aquatics 16 gallon long. Dimensions are 33.85 x 9.84 x 11.02. My filtration im gonna use the seachem tidal 55. What should I load the filter...

Is this a bad idea? I'm a senior and really want to start a tank before I go to college. I don't care whether it's a 20g that takes up my whole dresser or if it's a 1g bowl on my nightstand. I just love corals and fish. I do online schooling, so I am home literally all day if that makes any...

Got it for $10 trying to figure out what it is thank you! Sorry for the bad quality I ordered lenses for my camera lol

Hi, Noob question here: What lights would you use for a mixed reef that's 120 gallons, 6ft long, and 16 inches deep? Thanks :slightly-smiling-face: (I know nothing about lights so please fill me in)

I came home after being away for a couple days, had family come by and feed everything once a day. This is on my glass, no idea what it is or if it is harmful. It stays in this spot, anyone recognize what this is? You can’t tell in the picture but some parts of it are not stuck to the glass...

Hello everyone! I was looking for stocking ideas for a 20g Aqueon standard. It has not been started yet. I’m just looking for ideas. Igreen’s guide says 3-5 fish for a 20, so of course I want to do 5 haha Current idea: - Clownfish pair (mocha storm and orange storm preferably but $$$) - Orchid...

Setup my first coral QT about a two weeks ago now. I've had my DT running for 6 months now. But I haven't had any lights on the tank, since I haven't had any corals. So I didn't realize quite how quickly nuisance algae can tank over a tank. Especially one that is fresh and clean like a freshly...

Please help. A few months back a friend of mine started his first marine fish, got it cycled and stable for for about 6/8 weeks. Had 2 fish in the tank and everything was fine, he recently purchased a mushroom from another friend and now one of the fish is struggling and levels have completely...

Hi all I’ve been having problems with my phosphate the past few weeks in my Fluval evo and I can’t seem to lower them at all I’ve done 30% water changes I’ve been running rowaphos in a filter bag in with my filter basket and in beside my return pump it was at a steady 0.25 since I’ve set the...

Hello everyone. I would like to ask a question about the cycling of my tank. It has been running for two weeks, and I bought live rock from the local aquarium store. For the first ten days, the NH3 level was 0 and NO2 was 0.1. Last Friday, I removed the live rock from the tank for aquascaping...

I’ve discovered there is some sort of inscect living under my gsp frag have only noticed it today I’m new to the hobby and never dipper my coral before placing them in my reed can someone please explain what this is and a solution if necessary thanks

Hi all I’ve recently noticed small white particles in my tank floating around don’t think it’s air bubbles but could be wrong any suggestions on what it could be and how to fix cheers

Hello again, i’m considering trying to set up a macroalgae tank for my first saltwater aquarium(probably a 75). I’m doing so partially because I really like the look, partially because I’ve heard it removes the need for a sump, and partially because i don’t want coral (at least for the...

Hello everyone, New to r2r; however I have a 32 gal biocube which has been going for about 2 months. I have a normal ocellaris clownfish and an Wyoming white clownfish. I got the water parameters to the correct levels so I'm looking for some suggestions on beginner corals for my tank. I...

Hi all I’ve added a jeboa MOW-5 to my fluval evo 13.5 gal/52 liter tank as I’ve recently added gsp/ Kenya tree with a max flow of 500 to 5000L/H just curious on the best settings/flow for this pump it has sine wave mode which can adjust the frequency of the waves and also the correct position of...

Hi all I’ve recently purchased this fluval thermometer as I had the basic glass one before hand just wondering how accurate these are as my old one currently shows 26 degrees Celsius thanks.

Hi all I’ve recently cycled my reef and my water parameters are starting to settle I have been experiencing some brown algae on the surface of my tank and the substrate has been turning a brown colour only a day or so after cleaning I’ve read it could be diatoms but not quite sure if that’s the...

Hi all I’ve recently cycled my reef and my water parameters are starting to settle I have been experiencing some brown algae on the surface of my tank and the substrate has been turning a brown colour only a day or so after cleaning I’ve read it could be diatoms but not quite sure if that’s the...

I’m new to tanks but my brother gave me his 29 gallon bio cube tank. I just have the aquarium and have to buy all new stuff. I still have to do research as I know nothing about tanks or more specifically saltwater tanks but am planning on a reef tank with a couple clownfish. Before I start I...

Hello Reef2Reef Community! As I was cleaning my tank yesterday, I realized that in two months it will be 1 year in this hobby! I was thinking about how much I have learned throughout this experience and how many errors I have made along the way because I was not properly educated. Some of my...

I'm new and inexperienced, and I want to get a pet crab or crustacean. I was wondering what would be a good starter, like shrimp or crabs. Thanks for any help!

Hi I'm new to saltwater and looking into getting into the hobby I found this deal on marketplace looking to get some feedback. - 40 gallon sump - 150 pounds live rock complete with pump and stand - 150 gallon with Euro Bracing - circulating pump, pump itself - heater - lights Thank you

Hey everyone, I am new to the hobby. I’ve been lurking on Reddit for about a few months now and slowly gathering materials and I would like to get some insight before I even start thinking about cycling my tank. I know there’s a lot to learn and I don’t want to waste money starting too early...

How should you be cleaning new equipment before using it/putting it in your tank? A new tank after sitting in a box in a warehouse? Powerheads and pumps with oils and grease from assembly and the manufacturing process? Nets, gravel vacs and other tools sitting on the racks at LFS? Do you just...