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Hello All, I am new to saltwater tanks. I recently set up a tank and purchased a Chocolate Chip Starfish. I did my research ahead of time, but I still feel clueless. If anyone has advice on taking care of our Chocolate Chip Starfish please flood me with information. I will probably post...

New to reef aquariums and have no clue what this is???

Hello everyone, my name is Steven, and I am making my first attempt at reefing. i have a new BioCube 32 that has been running for two months, a couple of clowns, and no huge problems yet. Any advice for someone with very little knowledge would be welcome. Please be gentle, it’s my first time. I...

Hey everyone! Just wanted to see what your DIY light mounts look like. I have two brand new Kessil A360we’s and need to figure out a good way to mount them. I have studs right behind the ends of my 75 gallon and would like to work with those and mount something off the wall. Need some...

Hey, everyone. I am BRAND NEW to the hobby. So new in fact I currently don’t even have my first saltwater tank. However, I plan on starting that up this week. Since I’ve watched 100% of Mark Callahan’s videos on setting up tanks for beginners, I feel confident that my first tank will be a...

New to R2R but the community has been great so far! Figured I would post my (re) build of an old tank I got for a steal a few years ago that has been neglected pre quarantine! Dimensions are 60x26.5x25. I would love to get some feedback and ideas! I wish I would’ve posted a month or so ago...

Hello everyone Been a saltwater Aquarium enthusiast since 2012, had ups and downs a plenty, restarted this February with my 1 year old established 75 gallon tank. Here is what I have currently, and what equipment I am using. I know, I know....no sump or refugium, that will be added whenever I...

Hello, My tank has just finished its cycling period and has perfect parameters to start putting fish in but I just noticed this brown diatom forming. What do I do now? New to this hobby and am posting this so I can learn from you guys! Thanks in advance.

whats best place to put my wave makers for circulation? Overflox is top right and return nozzles are top left. Right now not much in there just some clownfish, damsels dottyback and yellow tang. Some shrimp & snails. Coral wise got hammer Xenia zoas a Favia and blastomussa

Questions at the bottom, here are some tank stats: (If anything is wrong here don't crucify us, we are new and have done the best research we can) So we've had our tank since mid-February: 32.5 Gallon tank Canister filter good for up to 75 gallons 20ish pounds of liverock Fish- in order they...

Hi my names Nick and I'm really new to the reefing community. I'm looking for stickers to cover the many fridge I store my phytoplankton and frozen foods in and I think it would be cool to cover it in different stickers from different companies and different hobby related things. If you or...

If you could design a “new” series of tanks for the RedSea Reefer series, what would they look like and what features would they incorporate?

Hello!!! I’m relatively new to the aquarium scene I have had freshwater tanks my entire life growing up but this is my first salt tank to keep and maintain by myself. I had acquired an “established” tank from a neighbor who had to move and couldn’t keep the tank. So thus began my journey into...

Hi All, I set up my first reef tank over a month ago and Red Sea’s Reef Mature stater kit to help cycle my tank. My tank was doing great (no amonia and low nutrients) until this morning where I woke up to a bloom of white hair/spider web like growth in my tank and sump. I have been doing some...

Newbie here and yeah I probably failed already. So I’ve spent a few weeks doing research. I have finally handwritten my plan of action to have a check list of things completed in the correct order and time frame. Well I ordered everything and spaced it out correctly on when they should arrive. I...

Finally decided to register after lurking for the past 5 months. At the beginning of this year, I got my first reef tank after only having freshwater tanks previously. As the name suggests I started with a nano reef in my college's dorms. As of currently, I have an AIO Truvu 10g with a clown...

Hallo, Maybe an odd question... But is it possible to use the lighting of Philips Hue for your reef tank with corals? I know Philips has it own Coral Care lights but they don’t really fit in my budget. Does anyone has experience with the Hue lighting? Rowen

Hey all, My name is Nancy Cumberledge. I am just dropping in to say hello. I have had my aquarium for about a year now. I have had some ups and down with my tanks, but I’m hoping it’s good to go. I am eventually wanting to get coral started. I hope everyone has a wonderful day!! Here are a few...

I've been out of the hobby for about 15 years. I used to have a small nano, and my brother was the one with all the tanks. I started scouring Craigslist and other mediums to find a used tank. I found this 40 breeder not too far from my home for $20. So far I've removed the blue paint on the...

Selling a brand new Vortech MP40W-QD, literally 3 days old, and used it for 10 minutes. The pump is way too powerful for my tank. My loss is your gain. I purchased it for $366.50. I think when I was attaching it to the mount, I lightly scratched the controller. Nonetheless, happy to provide...

Hello everyone, I’m looking into getting a reef setup. Today I picked up a 55 gallon wide tank, and an additional 10 gallon tank. Ideally I’d like to set up some sort of auto top off system with the 10 gallon, but honestly I have no idea. I know this is going to be a long process, as I don’t...

Hello I just wanted to introduce myself, as suggested in my welcome email. My name is Sheldon and I just started a 65 Gallon saltwater tank and it has been a real struggle from the start, maybe due to my impatience. Today is day 6 and I am awaiting items to be delivered and trying to find...

So I purchased a purple and yellow tang and added them at the same time 125 gallon tank. I noticed a few days later some dots on the purple.. they are both eating well and not flashing like many do with ich.. it went from just a handful of dots to ALOT!! I’ve run ichX for the past three days at...

Introduced to R2R at Reef Stock Denver. Had a 100g leak and my friend gave me a 130g for $free.99. Thanks Brian! Just resealed and plumbed. Considering auqascaping options. I like the elevated tree like look.

Hello Everyone, I’ma little bit over 6 months into this wonderful Journey. I have taken things slowly and being patient which isn’t my strong suit lol. Just have a 29g standard tank with two beautiful clownfish. A small Maroon clown and slightly bigger ocellaris clown. I know I know, there...