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Hello! I have been freshwater keeping for a few years, and I have just started cycling my first saltwater aquarium. I know I have a lot to still learn, and it's going to take some time, but I'm ok with that and excited to start reefing! Equipment so far: 40 gallon breeder 40 pounds of live...

Hello! I have been freshwater keeping for a few years, and I have just started cycling my first saltwater aquarium. I know I have a lot to still learn, and it's going to take some time, but I'm ok with that and excited to start reefing! Equipment so far: 40 gallon breeder 40 pounds of live...

I have a 30 gallon setup that will eventually go into a 150 gallon next year. I have a basic ni crew light, a heater, a fluval canister filter (no sump) a hang on back oase protein skimmer, a fluval uv light that connects too my filter, a auto top of system, auto feeder, 2 wave makers, carib sea...

Hello! My tank is fully cycled and I was about to begin dosing. I have a 25G tank w/o corals, but with live rock and coralline. I’m leaving for a 4 day vacation on Wednesday and will not be able to test or dose until Sunday. I have already dosed 5ml yesterday, and 2.5ml today. I do not yet...

Hello! This is my first SW tank and I’d like some professional advice. I’m worried I killed one of my larger live rock. I got about 40% live rock, 60% dry. The live rock was absolutely beautiful, I mean some objectively great rocks. One of them was super alive, but sadly came with Aptasia. I...

Hello everyone, I will be moving soon and because of that I am tearing my tank down and selling it. I filled up the 25 gallons of my tank with 1 pound of citric acid powder. All my rock and corals and fish were out obviously. I left water and algae to be killed my the acid. After about 24...

So this past weekend my fiancé told me she doesn’t love me anymore and I’m back to living with my parents. On the bright side, I’m converting the empty room with much more space in their basement into the ultimate bat cave (I’m very into goth culture) where I’ll keep my nano tanks. I’m also...

Hello .. I’m getting back to the hobby and resurrecting my 15 yrs old 70g tank. planning to add variety of crabs, a couple of fish, and star fish. However, some crabs need to breath air so any ideas how to set that up? I was thinking of leaving the tip if a rock out of the water. Any suggestions?

Hi, I set up my nano reef tank three weeks ago using a live rock and purchased beneficial bacteria, 4 days ago I put there 2 soft corals that quickly fully opened and look great, also I have 1 hermit crab in the tank. The thing is that I have almost no algae, just a couple of very small spots in...

As of know I have a clownfish. I want to add a tail spot blenny. Neon cleaner goby or a court jester goby or both if possible. And add Cleaner shrimp, my tank is cycled and is 4 weeks old just for some info.

Hi everybody, As the title suggests, I just started a new tank after being unable to have a reef tank for the past 9 years due to my work travels… I’m doing everything “right’’ this time. Got a new Red Sea reefer 350 and filled it with 80 lbs of live sand and about 60 pounds of dry rock. Added...

Good morning reefers! I’m going to start up a 20 gallon frag tank and wondering if I should do substrate or no? If yes - what kind?

Hey all, I woke up this morning to a sad day. Both my transparent goby and my clown, along with my camel shrimp & sea hare were all dead. That being said, all of my crabs (hermit & emerald) along with my turbo snails, my tubiflex worm & conch snail are all alive & seem to be doing fine...

Hi guys. I’m moving into my first house soon and instead of trying to transfer my current tank within a day, I thought I’d just set up a brand new system and slowly bring my fish/corals over as my newer tank establishes. My quiestion is what’s the best go to tank? I’m looking around 1.5m...

Hello, I am looking to set up a 56 gallon, 212ltr tank. (length x width x height Inches — 69.69x12x15.75, cm — 177x30x40 approx) This tank is not pre-drilled, and will be effectively on the floor (due to the height of the stand it is on) so unable to do a sump beneath it. However, as this...

Hi all, trying to figure out if I’m experiencing the start of dino’s in my system. They don’t look like dinos under the scope however they appear like them with stringy snot and looks as if they disappear when the lights go off. Hopefully the video is good enough! Thanks :)

I’m moving house and am looking to upgrade to a much larger tank. I want the tank in my bedroom, which is on the second floor. In terms of dimensions, the IM 50G Lagoon is perfect. I calculated the weight to be circa 780lbs (stand, tank, water, sand + rock). I plan to place the tank in a corner...

This past Saturday I upgraded my reef tank. I went from a 40 breeder to a 220 gallon tank with a 29 gallon sump. So far I’ve had no losses and no ammonia spike and I’ve been testing daily to be sure. The only thing besides the fish and coral that I transferred was my rock which had been cycled...

Hello I recently got a 50 gallon innovative marine. I have filled it with salt water and put a heater and some bio-media in the tank is there anything else I would need to start the tank! I’m missing a wave maker and light which I will be getting soon. Also missing a skimmer. As for cycling the...

Hello Everyone, I just set up my first saltwater fish tank, a 40-gallon breeder. I have just finished my cycle and am now thinking about stocking. Proposed stocking list: 1. 2 Clownfish 2. Sleeper Goby 3. Cherub Angel 4. Purple Firefish CUC - Astrea and Cerith snail, blue leg hermits, and a...

Hey all, My tank is really starting to grow diatoms, at least i think that’s what they are. Besides Turing my light off I am thinking of getting a cleaning crew but I have no real clue where to start. I’ve seen packages online but I’m unsure what can even be mixed together, water params, what...

I just added some clownfish 2 days ago. The tank is cycled and ammonia is now at 0, nitrites 0, nitrates ~5, salinity at 1.022, and temp at 77. Based on my research this could be brown algae since the tank is super new, Around 1.5 months old. My concern is diatoms vs dinos, and how to tell...

hi all! So my fluval evo gave up on me and one of the seals went. I managed to salvage my livestock and it’s now sitting in a separate container. I have a 4 big bags of media which has been established for 2 years. Livestock consists of 1 clown fish, 1 royal gramma, 1 peacock wrasse and 1...

So we have a brand new tank set up (and also bought an 10g QT). We want to start with a pair of clowns and maybe a goby (eventually?) The one fish we knowingly bought from a questionable fish shop (Nothing clean, fish looks okay - young). We only bought there because it was listed as (and...

Hi guys, My new cade 1200 is nearly up and running. Relatively new to the hobby, started up a waterbox 20 last year, about 2 months ago introduced a new clown that i suspect had ich, with my royal gramma and firefish and other clown brushing up against rocks and a few spots (3-4). Don’t want to...