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Hey everyone, I am new, like literally signed up today. I have read a lot of info and learned a lot of things from this website so I thought I would join. I am fairly new to the hobby and am obsessed ( obviously) its so fun! Anyways my question is, what is the ideal numbers for alkalinity...

I was wondering how big of a tank I would need to get a pair of clowns and a damselfish or two. I am Kind of tight on space. what all will I need to start? in the future, I would like to keep some coral. I am looking at the bio cube 16...

I am new to the Hobby and have a 40-gal set up, tank was donated by a friend of mine and have corals now mainly greenstar pollyp and kenya tree. Would anyone have frags to donate to start this reef or liverock?

Hi guys! ^.^ I'm new, and just read the noobie welcome dm so I thought I'd say hi! I joined last night (though I've lurked frequently during the last year or so of the progression of my reef, to read and learn!) after going to shop on WWC and discovering the witch craft that is the live sale...

Yes I know! Patience. Hahah. Just thought I would introduce myself, as I have been lurking for the past couple of weeks and posting occasionally here and there. My name is Calla and I have a coral addiction. My husband got me into saltwater aquariums (his 55g and 125g are gorgeous, and he's...

Hi guys just wanted to introduce myself. I am new to the hobby and do not have my tank yet but I'm looking into getting my first tank soon and want to start with a 90 to 120 gal Pred tank. I do know that I want a snowflake eel and a fuzzy dwarf lion fish. If you have any suggestions on brands on...

So Ive been all over the place in this hobby the past few months/years and I just set up a 75g tank a few months ago, lost interest, tore it down and sold everything, then decided I wanted a tank again... Ive just been so indecisive lately. So Ive settled with this standard 29g tank I purchased...

New to the hobby, so not too much to show. Working on my first reef tank. It's a 55 gallon bowed acrylic tank. The tank sits on a cherry stained wood stand. I bought the tank used which came with some equipment, 1 clown, and approximately 50 lbs. of live rock. Since receiving this tank in Nov...

Hey Everyone! First off thanks for having such a wonderful community for people like us. I have been browsing around a bit and this place seems like a great treasure trove of information.:) I am not 100% new to the hobby as I have had tanks my whole life growing up. Nothing to serious though. I...

FINALLY!! After over a year of delays (termite tenting, carpeting, etc.,) vacations, and miscellaneous financial setbacks I finally got the Red Sea 170 moving forward. I'm intending this to be a mixed reef with lightly stocked smallish fish. Aquascaping was to be pretty minimal but now that...

Hi there, I have a few of these white '' thin hair looking '' things growing on some rocks and I actually think they are alive but i have no idea what they are, if they are good or bad? here's a link to a video! http://sendvid.com/39tl9x8r thanks in advance!

Title says it all. Im not so sure. First time I've seen it cycled soo fast. Parameters are all on point. Started date is : 1/12/17 *25g Threw in shrimp on the first day and left it there for 4 days. It was pretty much rotten by the time i picked it up. I have about 10lb dry...

Hi guys, I am following reef2reef on facebook for quite a while and now I decided to sign up :). I am from Germany, 27 years old and started as a child with freshwater aquariums. Three years ago I decided to start a saltwater tank. This one was about 4gallons and very basic with some Zoas and...

Hello all! I'm brand new to the Aquarium hobby so please bear with me. I've always thought Aquariums were really cool and relaxing to look at. Being 48 years old, I'm thinking about some "me" time since my days of coaching Baseball and volunteering for various other things for my boys, (who...

This is my first saltwater tank and any information you guys can give my is appreciated. Specs: -29 Gallon (picture of tank: http://imgur.com/a/A7NXV) -1 600GPD Powerhead (aimed slightly down) -84 Degrees Fahrenheit (in process of lowering this to 80) -1.022 Gravity / 30 PPT -Around 7.4 pH...

Hey R2R, Ive been a member of nano-reef.com for the past couple years. Im in the planning stages of doing a minor overhaul on my 1 year old nano reef. I just wasnt finding the resources or helpful input I was looking for at nano-reef.com so I wanted to seek help elsewhere. The guys at my LFS...

So my fiancé "Audikers" and I recently purchased our first 33 gallon reef tank and a 5 gallon Pico. The tank was purchased used and already established with live rock and sand, we have since added Coral, invertebrates and fish. 33 Gallon with Fluval aquaclear 70, filter is filled with...

I started cycling my tank at the end of November. Here is a chart that shows readings that I took occasionally to track the progress. Can anyone look at this chart at tell me if it is cycling correctly or not? I'm not really sure. From what I have read the Ammonia would go up then back down as...

New Tank 90 Gallons. Has been running about 4 months now. I have hair algae growth everywhere. And can not figure out for the life of me why. I do all the test p04, nitrite nitrate ammonia, And everything reads 0 all my test are new and not out of date. The hair algae is on everything. Have a...

I have a 20 gal aquarium. For Christmas I am getting my brother a little 10 gallon aquarium. I have already gone out and bought live rock, a heater, and a power head then made salt water and set it up in a tub. It will sit in there for about a week. I was wondering if when he sets it up if I can...

Hello everyone, I am pretty much brand new to the hobby. Here is my thread from when I first got my tank started up. https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/new-to-the-hobby.273155/ So, here's my story... My dad was diagnosed with cancer about 2 years ago. We got this 29 gallon Biocube for him for...

I used to have a 55 gal Fish only tank with some live rock so not totally new but still a pretty much a newby . Before my aunt passed away she gave me a 130 gal acrylic tank and some other stuff. Problem is I don't really know know if I can utilize what i have from her and stuff from my old...

Hello everyone. I'm glad I found this forum and hopefully you all can help me get my reef tank on its feet again. About 10 years ago I got the saltwater bug. I had a small 55 gallon tank with the bare minimum I could get away with to get my fix. I was lucky enough to be given a larger tank by my...

Hello All, I thought it time to pay my dues on the meet and greet forum. I joined R2R last Tuesday and have been poking around daily since. First off, my name is Jay and I'm from North Carolina. To be clear, I am not a master chemist, nor am I a master biologist, I am just a guy that has...

Hey everyone, I am brand new to the world of saltwater aquariums, and have a few questions starting out. We got my dad a 29 gallon BioCube for Christmas a few years back. He absolutely loved it, and had it up and running for 2 years. He was diagnosed with cancer about a year and a half ago...