mixed reef

Hi Everyone, Seems I have the dreaded STN/RTN disease in my tank and I'm considering options in treatment and getting back to a disease-free tank. First of all, tank breakdown including params: 32gal mixed reef biocube, no sump, no filter media whatsoever. Carbon dosing vodka. Tank 3yrs old...

My 150g has been cycling for about 6 weeks and algae growth has been showing for about a week and a half, am I ready to start adding fish and coral? If not how long should I wait more? Parameters below: Salinity:1.025 Ph:8.0 Ammonia:0ppm Nitrate:0ppm Nitrite:0ppm Calcium:400ppm Phosphate:0ppm...

Finally found where to start this. instead of filling up the skip cycle thread. Gonna dump all of my decent photos here and use this for updates :) Eventually I see this tank becoming an anemone only tank in a few years but I don't have room for any more tanks atm so this is it (Yes it is...

Hello everyone, I'm Alex, and after 8 years of being involved in the hobby, I'm about to start my largest tank yet. This thread will serve as a diary to document the entire build process and the tank's development. Since I reside in Germany, I'll be doing the same in a German forum and likely...

I recently aquascaped my new 150g to be mixed reef tank, the sand bed is 3-5” deep. Anyone know any inverts or livestock that enjoy deep substrate?

Just wanted to share my recent set up after taking a very long 15 year break from aquariums Been running close to 10 months now everything seems very happy and is growing (everything except amazeballs) currently on my 3rd frag , keeps closing after few months while a dozen + other Goni do fine...

I rented a par meter for the day here's my result...I can't decided what is best for my reef. I whish to start with soft/lps then move on to sps down the road (aka December 2024) which par map should I choose ?

After a short break of leaving the hobby, I couldn’t resist the itch and started back up with a waterbox 20 and an AI Prime. Long story short, I overcame many nuisances and after a year had a solid nano that could easily grow LPS and Softies. That waterbox survived a short move up the road...

Hello Reef2Reef! I have been in the hobby for about 10 years, enjoying mostly nano mixed reef and low-tech planted tanks. After being without a reef tank for about 1 year following a cross-country move, we decided to take the plunge and start a small mixed reef, trying for a more SPS-dominated...

So I collected my LFS’s 300g display tank for free when a corner seam blew. Over the course of a year I planned out how to tear it apart and reseal it. I had a 120 gallon that went through a crash due to some hard alk swings and the fish and a bubble coral moved into their new bigger home. My...

Hello everyone, I have an aquatop 40 gallon cube tank. This is my first ever saltwater tank. I am semi okay with the aqua scape but at some point in the future I definitely want to redo it. I am running radion xr 15 g6 for lighting and this tank is an lps softie tank.

Hey guys, I just recently upsized to this Red Sea Max 250! I love the curved edges because it’s one less seam to worry about, plus it have a hood for evaporation and jumpers!

I can't find any forums with this answer, I have a friend asking if he can add one of his live rocks that has been established for over a year now with copepods to a new tank under two months. The new tank is a 32 gal that has been doing great, main question is how long should he acclimate his...

I've been on this site for a little while now and I'm finally building a new tank for an older aquarium. I guess I'll do a "quick" recap up to this point. I started with a 55g I got from my sister-in-law around 2006. 55g with some coral life compact Florence and some glo T5s, CPR Skimmer and...

Hey all, Been running a RS Reefer 250 G2 for about a year now. Pretty much self-sustaining at this point...I do small 5 gallon water changes maybe once or two times a month. I'm a believer in "if it isn't broke don't fix it". I have a huge colony of GSP that is thriving, as well as a few...

Setup: Waterbox 230.6 Kessil A360x (5x) ReefBrite 60" led bars EcoTech Vectra L2 return pump Nero 7's (2x) Nero 5's (2x) Clarisea sk3000 roller filter RedSea RSK300 skimmer IceCap Kalk Reactor Alkatronic for alk testing Mastertronic for regularly testing everything else Hydros X3 Hydros X4...

Hello all, just starting out on this journey of sharing my hobby and tank with anybody and everybody who is wanting to come along. I've been keeping reef tanks for just over 20 years and have been quite alone in my journey. I have no local LFS, closest is 170 miles away, but that hasn't stopped...

Hello, I was wondering what would be the best clean up crew for a 65g tank? mixed reef with corals and fish, what should be best? I've done some research but cant pinpoint the quantity Current stock: -conch -6 nassarius -4 trochus -3 hermits -5 bumble bee -soon to be 1 Halloween urchin Thanks!

I bought a pair of photosynthetic Gorgonians from KP Aquatics that will be delivered today for my 310 gallon mixed reef. Are gorgonians safe to coral dip? Should I dip gorgonians? Looking for past experiences with these and whether or not you dipped yours or not and how they reacted. Should I...

Hello, everyone! This build thread has been painfully overdue. But, here it is! This is my journey with a little 40B that I started as of Feb 2021. There is a lot of documenting that I did not do because I had the intentions of upgrading tank size once I had a good grasp of how to do things...

After many years I finally got my hands on a legit weeping willow leather toadstool! It’s been so long since I’ve seen 1 that I thought could be the real thing. I found this piece at a swap about 2 months ago and immediately I knew it had to be the real deal because it was in a very low flow...

I've been reading about softie chemical warfare, and how brutal they can apparently be, along with of course Paly/zoas. Do you run carbon to try to protect your non-softies, or would it even make a difference?

I have a 180 SC aquarium with center overflow. 60” long x 29” wide x 24” tall. I have 1 4k icecap gyre with the hydros wave maker LE and 2 MP40’s, one on each end. Going to be mixed reef but just can’t seem to figure out the best flow set up. I have a 2nd gyre coming Tuesday, possibly both on...

Just curious if I’m doing this right. I have a currently 20 inch long zebra moray eel in my 310 gallon. After a week in my tank he’s finally started eating. I fed him a piece of raw uncooked table shrimp. And then 3 days later I fed him a scallop. Plan on feeding him again again tomorrow. I have...