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This is my 4 month old 45 gal cube, It is stocked with: 2 chalk bass Starry blenny Midas blenny YWG Citron goby Variety of hermits, conch, snails etc (Before you ask yes the starry and midas get along well, they are best buddies)

Bought a used red sea 170 on June 8th 2023 with a few corals and a few extras. I have a kessil 350 tuna blue. A octo protein skimmer. Octo return pump with controller. The tank is 2 years old with some live Rock from the previous owners friends 10 year old tank. I see I have a few brissle worms...

Relatively new to saltwater (cycling process is done, two clowns are in, 35 gallon tank). I feel like I watch a ton of videos, do tons of research on Google and YouTube, but all I see is videos and discussions surrounding the cycling process. Seems to be a lack of info on what to look out for...

Hello all, after having my first tank for a while now, I am thinking of getting my first corals. I just ordered one of the smatfarm lights off of Amazon but I am not sure if one will be suitable for my tank. It is 30 gallons and I believe 36 x 12 dimensions. Would one light be enough or would I...

Hey there i got a trumpet coral today, before i bought it i tested my water and everything checked out but an hour after it being in my tank it shrunk a lot and white slime started coming out 8hrs later it looks like they are starting to erode or something as brown parts are coming on the fleshy...

Hi, I'm pretty new to keeping marine aquariums. I've kept freshwater planted tanks before and I thought I'd take a shot at saltwater. I have a 20g Waterbox Cube that's been cycling for a few weeks. I received a shipment from WWC of my first coral frags ever and was pretty excited. I got a...

First time reefer - finally got some iphone lenses to offset the 20k lights, so sharing a quick vid. Would love any advice or feedback on the tank - ideas welcome! Tank is a 4 month old Red Sea Max Nano with Tunze ATO, Trigger Systems reservoir, Tunze wavemaker, InkBird + Eheim heater, ReefLED...

In my most recent Reef this is my first addition. Build thread coming soon. "Show me what you got!"

Hello All! I recently got my corals that I ordered. I got a blue spruce candy cane and green watermelon mushroom :) Both arrived happy and healthy. I acclimated, dipped, and placed near the bottom of the tank. I left my light off for an hour (AI Prime) and then put it on acclimation mode. The...

Hey Everyone I’m fairly new here. I have an EVO 13.5 that cycled a month ago and I’m just taking my time making sure i can do water changes and the chemistry stays well. Which iv been successful in that so now I’m looking at what to put in. As an end gold i would love to have 3-4 fish. Maybe...

Hello all, I’m new to reefing and I have started off my journey with a Red Sea Max Nano, all is going very well! I bought my first coral yesterday which is the torch you can see in the photos, I think it’s happy? Anyway, it’s come on this big black square frag plug which doesn’t have a stem...

I got my first ever frags for my first reef tank and I got two small zoa frags. First one has three polyps and the other has 5 main and maybe a handful or more small new polyps growing around. For the first frag I saw them doing well and the second frag is doing okay so far but I noticed two...

I've seen more than a few posts on here of people struggling to make it through that first year. How did you do it? Do you still have the tank up? What would you do differently? For me, I've had a 60 gallon planted freshwater tank for over a decade. That first year was a battle with algae and...

Hi everyone! I'm looking at a 56 gallon tank and I want to have as many fish/coal/invertibrates as possible. I'd love to have as much color, variety, and movement in my tank as possible. Is it still the 1" per gallon rule? Thanks! I also plan on adding several invertebrates I'm also...

I recently got a torch coral. It is my first coral and I am trying to do everything right. I acclimated it yesterday through the drip method then used dip and checked all over for eggs and stuck on hitchhikers. I placed it in the tank and it was closed up. Over night it opened up and is still...

I bought my first 10 gallon tank two weeks ago and wanted to show off some first pictures of it up and running.

Hello guys! So I’ve just added my first coral to my 30 gallon tank. It’s a GSP, Green star polyp. I did a 5 minutes dip Reef Primer shot, then remove it from the frag base and added it to the thank. But I’m worried, it’s all contracted and I’m afraid I’m might have killed it. Also I think I see...

So I am about to get my first corals and after being dismayed at the price/selection of my lfs I found a good deal on saltwaterfish.com. I can get 20 corals for $150 with a coupon I have and can pick beginner corals to start with. However, I am concerned how this might dramatically increase my...