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To all of you reefers who have mandarin dragonettes I have a few questions for you. I want to start off with my tank and it is an 8 month old 90 gallon tank with a good amount of livestock now. 2 clownfish 1 foxface Neon goby Yellow watchman goby Pistol shrimp Sand sifting star 2 conch 1 tux...

To here! Lol when you google best powerheads a lot of stuff comes up‍:eek:, but nothing that is useful. It all seems like one giant ad, and I think this is one of the seldom times that wire cutter is failing me. So setup.... Will be... This is a next summer tank that I'm doing lots of research...

My YWG did wonderful in QT and did what you'd expect from a watchman. But after moving to my main tank, two months ago he doesn't stay on the sandbed and will sometimes swim around the tank like crazy. I have really sensitive inverts thriving so is there something to be concerned about? See...

So I started reefing a month ago, and I ve bought recently a acans and it seems dead by now… Idk how but it lost a lot of fleash and colour Please help.

Every fish I add the last 3 weeks mysteriously dies. There’s no signs of parasite or disease on the fish at the time of death. So I had an orange shoulder tang and all of a sudden he has a deep slash on him and he was found breathing heavy in the corner, sadly died hours later. I had him for 2...

I'm wondering if I need to to ramp my light? People with T5, metal halides can't ramp up in the morning down in the evening can they? Just have full power lighting in the day for a few hours. So do I need my LED light to come on early morning at low intensity creep up to full power for a...

I'm wondering if I need to to ramp my light? People with T5, metal halides can't ramp up in the morning down in the evening can they? Just have full power lighting in the day for a few hours. So do I need my LED light to come on early morning at low intensity creep up to full power for a...

what lighting would be better one ai prime 16hd or a smatfarm 95W? the tank size would either be 16"x16" or 22"x19"

I have two baby dragonets from Biota, that I’ve had for about 5 months. Currently eating pellets and copepods. I had an ich a problem a while back, and while I treated all my other fish with copper, I did TTM with these two. Afterwards I put them into a temporary tank, where they still are...

hey all, ive had some red/brown spots showing up on my sand, lately its gotten a little worse and I don't really feed a whole lot. I got a test done at my lfs last week and everything was zero, (except nitrate which was like 5ppm or w.e) which can obviously be a problem. ive started to feed on a...

Okay so I have this tank I’m about to set up and upgrade to but only thing left for me to do is the sump. I have my complete tank setup everything is ready except the sump. sump design is incredibly difficult for me to understand anyways, it doesn’t help that there are no baffles that came...

Don't have much expectations asking this question, but when it comes to bubble algae, how do they grow? To give an example to my question: A couple days ago I found a fairly small shell covered in bubble algae. I removed it very carefully from my tank and looked around. I didn't see the algae...

Just recently got my skimmer back up and running. All was looking good and then I added 2 media bags, one with Seachem Phosguard and the other with Seachem Carbon. Now my skimmer is producing clear, hardly skimmed water. Any ideas as to what could be going on?

I’ve tried everything with my bicolor and he just will not do anything but hide when I feed no one is messing with him he’s by far biggest fish in tank and he’s been in for almost two weeks now. Tried reef frenzy, zoo plankton, nori on clip and rocks, flakes/pellets, frozen sponge, mysis and...

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I have a 5 stage rodi system and it's currently letting 8 tds through, super high, I know. But my resin looks unevenly worn. Is there a problem with my system or is this when I would normally need to change it? I thought it should all change color before needing a replacement.

I am putting together my first reef aquarium. (Not how I wanted to tell you guys) Planned to make my first post with my build. Sadly I'm having a plumbing issue. I have a Maxspect jump 8k. I am using 1inch return pvc pipe. This return came with barbed fittings and I am unsure of what tubing/...

Hi all, I have just installed a vertex RODI I picked up New in box from a local market. I am not getting any pressure on the dial. I’m getting decent flow and 0 tds water out the other side. I have confirmed this with 2 meters. now it had this weird restrictor I have never seen before. I...

Been awhile since I posted but my Clownfish looks to have blisters on its fin and tail. It still eats good and swims normal. These are the best pictures I could get. None of my other fish have these symptoms not even the mate to this clown.

Hello! I got my first Favia coral today. I’ve only had it for a few hours, but it doesn’t look great. It looks like some of the green has just turned into white gunk. I don’t believe it was like this when I got it, or it happened though-out the 5 hours I’ve had it. Is this bad, and anything I...

Just got a new snowflake eel 2 days ago and tried feeding it cut up fresh grouper fillet but it isn’t interested at all. Its a decent sized one over a foot long and thick as a thumb. I read they wont eat when new to a tank but the other 2 snowflakes i had before ate the same day i got them. Any...

My wife purchased me a very pretty "mushroom coral" from a local fish store, my gut tells me its some kind of LPS but i'm quite new to corals and have just started getting beginner softies. I want to make sure this fella gets the proper care so any help and info would be much appreciated!

I had a pink starburst gonipora on my sandbed for about two months, and it was doing amazing. I added emerald crabs to help with some bubble algae, and when I came back from a trip I noticed it was the only coral shut. I caught the crabs trying to eat it, and now it’s sitting in my breeder box...

Hello We lost power yesterday at around 7 due to snow storm and wind. No ETA from local power company on when we will see it back on. The tank has been covered in blankets since power went out and this morning we started employing hot water bags to float on the surface. We were siphoning water...

Hello! I’m new to the hobby. I’m in the process of cycling a 29 gallon tank. Have live rock, dry rock, live sand. And by recommendation used Fritz Turbostart 900. But I’m confused. added ammonia to get things going. I’ve been testing the last five days. As of today ammonia is present and between...