coral advice

I’m not sure if this exists somewhere in the forum or how other people have learned this but I’m having a harder time picking it up. How do people know what a coral will look like when more grown out? Being new to the hobby I find a lot of coral that look really good, and that my tank can meet...

I’ve been monitoring this mushroom for about a month ive notice the top of it was turning white and I figured it was because it was bumping up against the gsp, even though im not fimilar with gsp having stinging abilities, fast forward to today its now definitely receding, i have another one on...

Hi everyone So i got my first 15 gallon saltwater tank about a month ago. All my levels look good but I was wondering if I should wait to put coral in. I defiantly don't want to rush into it too fast but my levels are good but should I still wait a Little bit for my tank to mature?

A couple days ago I bought some new frags for my nano, and I woke up this morning I woke up to my frogspawn in the sand. I’m realizing the spots where I put that and the hammer don’t hold the plugs very well, but they’re my only options for a low spot in the tank. Is it okay long term to put a...

Hello hello! this is my first time posting here! I need some help, I got this hitchhiker torch coral from a rock that a friend gave me from his tank. Sadly the small torch released from the rock, when trying to glue it back, It ended falling on its side, now its fully sideways... will it grow...

Greetings, new reefer here. LFS gave the go - ahead to try a Duncan as a first coral. Slowly increasing the lights for it, but wanted to check this flow. It seems like it would be a little aggressive for the Duncan (especially around the 50s-1m mark of the vid). But, to my very novice eye...

Hey yall! New to the thread, looking forward to engaging!! So as it stands, I have a 50 gal saltwater tank with the beginning to an overgrown GSP problem, as seen in the picture below. Anyone have any ideas as to how to remove it in my particular situation? Any ideas/recommendations? My tank...

Thanks in advance for any feedback. I have a 4 mo old 75 gal reef with a 30 gal sump. I'm in Florida, I run the house at a cool 75 all day long but I can't go much cooler than that. I want to grow corals, inverts and fish. My temp fluctuates from 81.8 during the day down to 79.4 at night...

Hey, so I'm new to keeping saltwater, and I have a gorgonian coral who won't open up, I dropped it in on Tuesday, (the 9th) along with another coral (a spiny gorgonian). The other is super happy and has all it's polyps out so i'm not sure if this one is just being finicky or what? It's next to...

Need help for name and what kind of lps corals are this? Thank you

Help, had these zoas for 2 weeks now and they open in the morning fully but then close for the rest of the day. I have checked my water parameters and everything is bang on. Initially I thought they weren't getting enough light so increased it but no change. Now I've reduced the light further...

Hey guys, thanks for reading this, I am new to reefing and I am hoping to get some advise on how to proceed on the current stage of my yellow leather coral. It has this brown gunk on it, when I tried it wipe it off yesterday it seems like the coral flesh was breaking away with it. Today the...

I have this coral here and I noticed it is starting to get a white layer in the middle. I lost one smaller coral before when my tank was not ready for them. This tank has been up for 1 year. Should I be worried? Not familiar with LPS yet and would really appreciate help learning.

Have had this coral in my tank for a few months ( not sure the name it was sold to me as a mushroom coral) and it seemed really happy grown heaps almost always opens up during the day (including today) however just noticed when the lights turned off that it had this going on. Any help would be...

Going to be in a hotel tomorrow, going to Reefapalooza, if I wanted to buy corals on 4/20 and keep them overnight, what’s the best course of action. Should I keep them in the bags, or should I bring a 5 gallon bucket with an aerator or small pump ? Not too far out of Orlando so it is not a far...

Less than a week ago a lfs received a cool Symphillia. It had slight but noticeable recessed edges being sold for 299. I decided to check it out today and it was more recessed around the edges but arguably 3/4 alive. Lfs was willing to sell it for 150 with small store credit possibility if it...

Can anybody help me identify what’s hanging out on this coral in the front? I just got it in. I know the one piece is bubble algae and I should just take it off but what’s the other stuff? Thank you!

I got new corals about three weeks ago. Some of them opened up right away and stayed completely open, one of them opened up at first and then closed up and some of them haven't opened at all. - GSP, Yuma mushroom, utter chaos zoas and captain jerk opened up immediately and look great. - Two...

I got this coral from a friend getting out of the hobby and I’m pretty newish. I’m just trying to ID so I can make sure it gets the best care! Thank you in advance and if you have any pointers on placement, light and flow?

I’ve had him for about 6 weeks, full extending and eating good. But since last week he has remained closed and refuses to open, any tips? And here’s what he looked like before

I bought two anemones, an orange BT and a yellow 2 days ago. I did the same acclimation process for each and added them at the same time. As you can see in the picture the orange BT is going great, as are my other corals in my over a year old tank. The yellow BT won’t open and it may be hard...

Just bought this coral yesterday it’s doing well but I just can’t for the life of me remember the name of it. The receipt just says coral frag so that wasn’t any help.

Hello, I'm kinda new to this hobby and was recommended to add these to my Tank. Unfortunately after observing them again, I saw these clear egg like sacs as shown in the picture. I do plan on dipping them before setting them up in my Tank. Should I be worried and is the dip enough for them to...

I’ve had this trachy for a little over a month. It’s very fluffy. Just wonderinf if its ticked or happy

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...