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Hi all, I recently set up a new 30 gallon reef tank and am trying to figure out what to do. For some background, I have a 13.5 which I bought a rock that had 3 awesome nems on and placed it in my tank knowing the previous owner had dinos. This sparked the dinos in my 13.5 which I have recently...

I want to use the same rock that I have in my current tank into my new tank. I have some algae on the rock at the moment, would it be ok to do some sort of dip to get the algae off the rock when placing it into the new tank? I don’t want any of that algae going into the new tank. What should I do?

Hello everyone, I am in the process of getting an Innovative Marine 25 Lagoon. I currently have a tank with live rock in it. A couple of weeks ago I took out probably 5-10 lbs of rock that was in the tank which was live rock. I dried it out and it has been in the sun the past 2-3 weeks. Is it...

Hi everyone! We are Eugene and Dasha. Unfortunately, we haven’t had the chance to create our built threads yet, but hopefully with this thread we’ll be able to achieve that too… My husband and I have 3 tanks set up at the moment, my husband’s first tank, a Reefer Max C 250 (65gal), my old...

The tank I want to thank @i cant think and @SaltyT again for help on the stocking but that stocking was intended for a 180 gallon tank and after some discussion and negotiation I can confirm I will be purchasing my dream tank, a 100g/≈374L tank, and all the equipment needed this afternoon. I...

I just recently noticed these. Seems like my clown fish are eating them, maybe?! I did drop a cube of PEMYSIS in last night because my new clown fish seem to not like pellets, but that is a different discussion! Any help would be greatly appreciated! Should I be concerned? Thanks,

Hello guys! I just started my first tank about 9 weeks ago and I just want to see what you guys thought on the different types of algae and bacteria. Its all new to me so I really can’t tell what’s good or bad since it is my first tank ever!I if you guys have any suggestions or things that you...

So I am starting up a new 22 gallon tank and planning on bringing my clowns and inverts over from my Fluval 13.5. Problem is the 13.5 has been showing signs of slight dinos from a rock that I had recently added to the tank after buying some anemones. I would love to move the anemones to the new...

Hello! I just upgraded from a 10 Gallon to a 18 Gallon Red Sea Nano desktop and would like to set up a controller and dosing system for the new tank. The Nano is an All in one so it has a built in filter sock, skimmer, charcoal but thats it. Any recommendations on how to augment the existing...

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Hey guys, started this about 2 months ago so brand new to the hobby. we started off with a 110ltr tank use the red sea 21 day kit. Once we had everything up and running with all parameters looking good we’ve added 4 hermit crabs, cleaner shrimp, 2 clownfish and a royal gramma. We didn’t add...

Hi everyone! I've recently been building up my 90 gallon tank setup and I think I've finally just about finished it for now. I'd love to know everyone's thoughts on my aquascape, sump setup, and more! To start, it's a 48x18 marineland corner flow aquarium which I have plumbed with a Herbie...

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(Heads up: Jump to the second paragraph if you want to avoid mostly unnecessary background info on the tank) Hey guys! This is my first post here on R2R. I’m definitely a beginner. I’ve been keeping freshwater aquariums for 5 years now. I tried my hand at saltwater by getting a 10 gallon nano...

I'm currently cycling my first tank, and somehow gaslit myself into think the nitrogen cycle was measured in days not weeks. I have an order of ecopods and oceanmagik coming from AlgaeBarn to develop the plankton population in the tank post cycle but it will arrive way before the nitrogen cycle...

Hi team, I have a biocube 32 that I’m about to get up and cycling. I bought an InTank fuge basket. Do I wait for cycling to be over before I add in the chaeto? Thanks in advance!

Just had a delivery of this! Scape has also been made and delivered! Will post updates when this bad boy is filled and stocked

Hi All, I am new to reef keeping and I thought it would be fun to share my introduction (horror) story to the hobby. I started out with a 10g tank that had an arag-alive substrate bottom. I then bought 2 chunks of live rock and let the tank go for a few weeks while monitoring the water...

Finished setting up my 55g reef after a couple months. Equipment; HOB Filter Protein Skimmer Nicrew Reef Lights Marineland Wave Pump Auto Top Off w/ 10g reservoir 200W heater Inhabitants; Emerald Crab X3 red leg hermits X2 blue leg hermits X2 Turbo Snails X3 Bumble Bee Snails Hollywood...

Hi all, I’m likely going to use live rock for my upcoming ‘scape. I was also considering getting the Algaebarn ultimate aquarium cycle kit. Is that overkill though? Would there be any negative impacts there? Here’s a link to the kit...

Just upgraded my 10G nano tank from my first build thread tank to a 25G Innovative Marine Lagoon tank yesterday and now it’s two-days old :) Radion XR30 G6 at AB+ at 30% max for 9hrs and 1.5H ramp up and down. Dosing daily All-for-Reef, Brightwell CoralAmino, Red Sea AB+, Red Sea Trace Colors...

I found this in my refugium. Some type of slug, but I did not put any animals in there, so it was surprising to find. I have some Troccus and Astraea snails in the main tank. Should I be concerned?

Hi, I first started dosing my saltwater tank with fritz turbostart 900, but I ran out and my LFS also ran out and only had Dr Tim's. Is it ok to combine different brands of nitrifying bacteria or will it cause problems or crash the cycle?

I am currently in the process of upgrading my 20g to a red sea reefer 250 (55g). I was hoping to get some advise on my stocking list. This is the list i had in mind: 2 oscillaris clownfish (wich i already have) 1 firefish A goby with pistol shrimp 1-2 banggai cardinals 1 lownmower blenny 1...

Im cycling my tank using fritz turbostart 900 (beneficial bacteria) and fritz fishless fuel (ammonia), my question is, should I turn on my filter or powerhead during the cycle? My tank is still a little bit cloudy from the sand, so I would like to use my filter and powerhead to fix the issue...