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Hello Reefers!! Just introducing myself, new to the hobby and about to embark on my first build and looking forward to joining the community. Any tips are always welcome! Excited to learn and grow with the help of this community. Cheers!

Hey sorry if this has been discussed before, but this has been popping up around my tank and causing me to panic. I can’t tell if they’re dinos or diatoms. Will it kill my corals and should I add a clean up crew to my tank? The tank is a little over a month old with currently no fish and this...

Hello everyone ! I'm not sure if I really need help or if I'm worrying too much for nothing! I am currently in the process of cycling my Waterbox AIO 20 gallon aquarium. I put in the water on January 19, with Caribsea Ocean Direct living sand, and around ten pounds of Caribsea Liferock. On...

Hello to all and thanks for those who read and respond. I can use all the help I can get! To start: I know nothing. Respond as if I am a complete moron! I shall not be offended, I promise. I just purchased a used 20 gallon IM Nuvo Pro aquarium and brought it home and spent the day cleaning it...

Hello, I’m new to saltwater aquariums and got these (2 farmed clowns) fish last week. Today, I noticed the black one has some white spots on it. I’ve attached pictures below. I added the fish to the tank Jun 1, a day after starting the filter and adding sand (with live bacteria). Temperature...

Hey guys, I just started up my second reef tank. Waterbox Cube 20, I built a life rock reef scape and am adding in live rock, some in my mid chamber and some in the display to skip cycle. I know this isn’t a pure skip with the life rock but can I swing it as a skip because of the Live I have in...

Hello all, It’s a pretty funny story how this 20G build came to be. My GF and I were at uncle bills to get her a Beta fish, one thing led to another and we were stuck on the gorgeous saltwater fish. We both always loved aquariums and I’ve always wanted a tank. Well we decided to go with a...

Hello, I've had a 20G tank setup since the beginning of February and I have a Scarlet legged hermit in there (along with 1 blue legged and 2 clownfish). He's been sitting on the top of my rocks for days now and moved as recently as Friday. Today I went to spot feed him, which I do sometimes...

Hello everyone! I've been cycling my 20 long for about a week now, I know I still have a long ways to go. I'm doing a fishless cycle and I threw in a cocktail shrimp about 2days in and I'm wondering if I should remove it? I have about 5lbs of live rock in there and I'm just letting it do its...

So I am starting a 20g reef tank as soon as my cycle finishes. I am planning on the following stocking: - 1 ocellaris clownfish - 1 cardinalfish or royal gramma - 1 small blenny or goby maybe paired with a shrimp - 1 small wrasse if i can find one (pink-streaked or possum, or perhaps even a...

Hello! I will summarize at the end and provide photos if you don't want to read my initial tank journey from start to now, but here we go! I included the journey only because maybe there was a misstep I took that can explain things. Look for the colored markers if you want quick notes, and...

Hello all, I am a returning member of the reef community after years off, and new to the site! Please excuse me while I learn the etiquette and how to ask what I'm thinking in my head. I've set up a 20G Nuvo Peninsula tank in my office and so far here is what I've done. I'm mainly concerned...

I had a tank 10 years ago and I really liked having clowns and miss them. I'm at a place where I want to have a tank again and I have a few questions since it has been so long and I'm sure times have changed for fish keeping. I am looking at getting a 20 gallon fish only tank with: 2 clowns; 1...

Still familiarizing myself with the site, and pretty sure I should have started here! I live in Denville, NJ, I just started my 1st 20-gallon reef tank with dry rock for cycling, enhanced with MicroBacter just to speed things up, but I'm home all the time with COVID and a newborn so I have loads...