#newbie

Please great people of R2R, help me in under the differences in the various RODI stages? What makes one better than the other? Should I be looking for something in my tap water that would yell me what stage I would need.? I am new to the hobby, don't even have a tank yet. But I am trying to get...

This is my second ever saltwater tank, so I’m not exactly very confident in my experience. I’ve recently started up a 20gal FOWLR tank (not planning on coral, but i’m looking into some cool macroalgaes). Currently it only has a YWG/randall’s pistol shrimp pair and a bunch of snails. I’m...

Hey everyone! Need some guidance, I’m new to the hobby, when I started my fishless cycle I added dr Tim’s one and only and I added ammonia, I didn’t test the water until week 3 cause I thought I was meant to just wait weeks on end and be patience, and I didn’t get the memo that I was suppose to...

Just wanted to say hello and show a Pic or two. I was in the hobby in the mid to late 90's. Had to move a few times in rapid succession after I graduated college and I eventually list everything in the tank one night. Things have changed so much since then...it's not even the same thing anymore...

Preface: this has been my experience and findings...there may be unpopular opinions here but I want to leverage this to share my challenges and what I would do differntly and how I plan to move forward. Tank Setup to start: 150g Display Tank 55g Sump Theiling Compact Rollermat 2 inch carribsea...

Hello, I’m brand new here, and was hoping you all could help me. I inherited this 15+ year-old, 225+ gallon tank with a home I moved into last fall, and have been trying to bring it back to health. Luckily it has been thriving the last few months with help from a trusted advisor, but even he has...

I have these white worms that appear recently and have no clue that they could be. They appear right after I introduced tiger copopods and feed the zooplankton. I have a hammer coral, 2 clownfish and 2 hermits. I have a 13 galon tank and I'm worried they are a pest... I have clean and dip the...

My 1 year old 55 gallon tank. New to the hobby slowly learning more & more looking for any tips. Would like to add some corals have no clue where to start. Having problem with sand being dirty just got 6 turbo snails to see if it makes a difference. NICREW 48W Saltwater Aquarium Light Fluval 307...

Hello hello! (´◡`) 38 gallon -Watchmen goby: Harold + Pistol shrimp: Bob -Clown Pair: Marlin and Coral -Firefish: Doug Snails gang gang＼(ﾟｰﾟ＼) Kwangsoo - sand conch, Gary + Jihyo - Turbos, Jaesuk + sukjin - Astreas -Scarlet hermit: Leonardo depinche Corals so far (Won them on ebay from...

Built a fluval evo 13.5 AIO with the encouragement from our adult Son. My husband and I somewhat reluctantly obliged and fell in love with the hobby. We are now starting a new build with a Waterbox 50.3 AIO. If I can navigate the documentation of the build, I will do so and share here. So...

I am a new reefer and have had my tank for 6 days. I started cycling it with half live rock half dry rock, after two days I added a clown per my local fish store, he is doing great. About 4 days in I noticed this growing on my live rock but none of the pictures I see look like it. Over the last...

Hey guys, Ive had my Micro tank started for a couple of weeks now just cycling. Im new to the reefing stuff and have been dosing Microbacter as well as chaetogrow. So far the tank is empty except for a few species of macro algae. Ive had to deal with some Majano Nems but all is well. I was...

Here we go! I will say I am excited and nervous! Been a while since I’ve had a tank (20+ years ago) and it was freshwater at that. This is my dive into the deep end with a reef tank. I will update as I go, I was delivered to the curb this morning. Luckily there were a couple of guys in...

Hi everyone! I was talking to another customer at my LFS and he mentioned that he added Bristle worms to his tank a few months ago and is loving the work that they do for him. It was a pretty short conversation, and I'm on the fence after doing my own research at home. From what I've found, they...

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...

I have this new laffy taffy goniopora, and I just wanted to know what’s up with those longer tentacles that it has stretched out??

Hi all, today is my first day as a reef2reef member. I am planning my first saltwater build and have order a majority of the items I need and am currently waiting for my 48 gal Fiji Cube to be delivered so I can start plumping my sump and begin cycling the tank. I used pvc piping and tips from...

Hi Smart Reefers, I am getting me **** kicked by high nitrates and phosphates, see log from my Hanna Tester: A little history: I bought an established 150g tank from FB and saved the water, LR and fish. Brought it all home and added about 3/4 of a 5 gallon bucket of the sand from the tank and...

Hi I have a pair of Flurry Clown fish in my Quarantine that I added Saturday. I was curious if anyone has any tips or tricks to observing the fish over the 3-4 week QT time regarding identifying diseases such as ich/velvet/brooklynella? If the fish were regular ocellaris clowns it would be a lot...

I'm looking for, ideally, quality submersible return pumps for a standard 20gal that has a built in sump- Note: I'm in my very early planning stages and assembling gear. Right now I'm hoping to start a FOWLR tank to get used to saltwater fish and possibly macro algae growing within the year...

I’m trying to get all the info on what to do with my new tank. Everything balances. Nitrate/nitrite I been fighting with strips keep telling me a light pink for ok/stress Salinity is good 1.025-1.024 Alkaline sand Ph balanced I have a clown fish in there doing really well. I have live rock...

I have been doing quite a bit of research for my first saltwater aquarium, (and I am very excited to get started) and nearly every resource I found said that you want to wait from when you put in water, to when you add your first fish, to let the water "cycle" and become more normal I guess...

Years later I'm starting over new... Newbie to a reef tank... When I had a salt tank set up years ago, I only had fish.. but this time,I have decided to set up a reef. I will say Im a little nervous about coarls- adding corals, placements, and healthy levels.... But just one day at a time. I...

Hey, my parameters in my 29 gallon tank are a lil high, I started my tank exactly 3 weeks ago and for the last couple of weeks my parameters keep fluctuating back n forth. My Ammonia and Nitrite both keep going from .25ppm then back to .50ppm. My nitrates are high too around 40 ppm. Does that...

Happy February R2R! While reading a post from someone who meant well, I realized it might be good time this year with those getting tax refunds to remind people of the lessons learned in starting a successful reef tank. Too many times on this forum, I read those that get started in nano tanks...