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Just an interesting thought I had, what qualities would you view as being most important in Reefing? I know its a tough choice, but you can only select your top 3 options in the poll! Will be interesting to see with some data what we view as being most important! Equipment (Quality...

Hello R2R, We have created a quick and concise video guide series on setting up our CUBE 20, from unboxing to adding fish and coral. Follow along step-by-step with us as Waterbox MVP Jess sets up our newest aquarium in the Waterbox Studio. This is a great walkthrough for anyone who is new...

Hi all. I am trying to prepare a freshwater dip for my seahorses and can't find a "recipe" for how to raise the pH in the rodi water, using bicarbonate soda. Could you please tell me how to do this? How long after you have added and mixed the bicarb to the water should the levels test...

Hello, R2R! Since April, we have been weekly documenting our BIGGEST build yet-- the REEF LX 320.7! In this time, we have covered many topics: - Delivery + Uncrating - Set Up - Plumbing + Sumps - Equipment Planning - Electrical and Cable Management - Aquascaping ...and more! Join us for a...

Hello, R2R! We've got a new mini series airing this week, featuring our friends at ORA. For our first episode, we will be discussing the benefits of choosing a system with a sump! Learn more about aquaculture and the future of the hobby with Waterbox and ORA on Wednesdays (6:00 PM EST) as...

This video is part two of a two-part video showing the Programing and Feature differences in programming and features for a heater for for both the APEX controller and a ProfiLux Controller. The first part of the video can be located here...

I want to help a very close friend understand the way Apex/fusion works, while also giving them the resources to learn how to write their own commands both basic and advanced. Can anyone recommend some good resources for me?

Hi, I work for a marketing company in Michigan and have a client that is a member here and we would like to be able to feed their posts we do on other social media platforms to your site. I see the base forum software has some APIs available to do this but I don't see where that is listed on...

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...

Silly little video I made about thinking of aquascaping from a design perspective. Expanding on it more and different coral placement techniques in my upcoming content but just wanted to share :) I know my stuff is pretty goofy but hopefully it helps in some way!

Ok , so this won’t be to most people’s liking since there’s dif strokes for dif Folks. As reefers we need to be more responsible than we are. We need to start helping our fellow hobby members become better reefers through less miss-information when we’re telling someone how to deal with pests...

So i have a 20 gallon long tank that i want to drill on 1 side to make a peninsula tank that would have a 10 gallon sump. Now that being said i don't know how many holes i need, what size holes, and where to drill (top,middle,bottom). I'm not sure if it is even possible to drill on the side...

Hi guys, I have this steel stand that I want to wrap and I have no clue on how to go about it. Do you guys have any recommendations and maybe pics of what you have done?

I Just Started a series that will guide you in how to build and maintain a reef aquarium !! In This Series I'll be sharing more information about my 180 reef tank, and build a 120 gallon for my friend Hani. thanks for watching and don't forget to subscribe and like !

How to Grow Coralline Algae In Your Aquarium: The Simple Truth A guide to growing attractive red, purple, and pink algae in your aquarium

There is MASSES of information online about what to do or not do when you start up your first reef aquarium and if were brutally honest it can be quite daunting! Ive begun to put together a multi part series on YouTube documenting setting up your very own saltwater reef tank and each episode...

Hello there I have always wanted to star marine tanks and now I think it's some I'm planning to start a 10-20g nano tank just with frags inside and see how it does I've kept tropical fish for over 15 years so not a stranger to the fish world Can anyone guide me how to start from scratch...

The first video in the BRAND NEW YouTube series, How to Setup a Saltwater Reef Tank! Some of you may be new to this and considering starting up, others of you may be considering starting over so this multi part series will cover every single aspect of setting up a brand new tank AND you get to...

Hello everyone, I have a reefer 350 and I wanted to try out a small DIY project on my sump. I don’t know exactly how to go about this so I need some help. So I was looking at a YouTube video on the BRS page on Kalkwasser. Here is the link . So I had an idea, on the video aound 8min 15sec...

Like the title suggests -- R2R is so full of information and resources -- I know there is tons of incredible information that I haven't stumbled across. Help bring some of your favorites to the top for the forgetful and new among us?

Hey everyone! Just to warn you, I had not yet invested in a microphone when taping this video o_O. I felt the information was valuable enough to post anyways, but please excuse the background noise (everything from cycling k1 to tank flow....ugh). My goal in these videos is to provide good...

Floating dropoff aquarium

In this hobby, if you haven't DIY'ed something you haven't been at it long or you are extremely well off. Even if you are the latter this hobby inspires creativity, and have probably given something a go. Personally I love DIY as part of my reefing journey and that goes well with the fact that...

How to mount a Kessil to the ATI Sunpower: This is really a long time that I want to add a Kessil 160we to my ATI Sunpower. A week ago I found a nice deal on the local reef forum ! After a few days of search how to attach a Kessil to the fixture I haven't found anything that I could use online...

Due to time constraints, I've fallen so far behind on my usual 20% (20 gallon) water changes that I've decided to re-adopt a water change strategy that worked well before, but requires smaller chunks of time to pull off. I'll be doing 5 gallons a day - which is only 5% - but it'll still give me...