newbie help

Newbie reefer here. Recently, I've been battling a brown-ish growth in my sand bed. I suspect it's cyano due to the presence of small tendrils, but its brown so could it be diatoms? Its a 75G, currently stocked with 2 ocellaris clowns, 1 royal gramma, 1 firefish, 1 starry blenny, and 1 pajama...

My wife and I got into the hobby in January. We each have reef tanks, hers a Red Sea reefer 350 g2. Mine in an IM 10g in my home office. We are looking to do a large fowlr and from what I have pieced together, there are some differences. My main concern is getting everything I will need so...

Hello everyone, So I bought a tank off a buddie and it came with a duo corner over flow. It came with all the plumbing but he had it up for years should I still use it ?? If not it’s okay I wanted to change the color of the plumbing anyway and see if y’all can suggest best way to make it...

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...

Hi Friends, plumbing my first tank and have a question. The overflow box drains have male threads to secure the drains into the box, so is best practice to use, for example, a female x slip union then the drain pipe (thus utilizing the threads that remain protruding after the nut) or simply...

Hi friends! I’m planning my reef tank (long ago had a 10g nano reef for 3 years) and am now hoping for suggestions for brand and size of skimmer. My current plan: -60-80g tank with sump and refugium housing fish, soft corals, shallow sand bed, clean up crew - have 2 AI-16 lights - have BRS...

Hi all, i live in india and i've just started setting up a 150g DT and a 75g sump. ive added live sand and art rock in the main dt with two wave makers and an ato. my sump consists of a one cove i-200 internal protein skimmer, a media reactor, an algae reactor, a bubble magus roller filter, some...

‘First corals’ question— Zoanthids.com had a sale and I had only set out to get zoas because my tank is only about 2 months old, but for the price of about 20 bucks I was able to get a meteor shower cyphastrea. I think the gatorades and the meteor shower would look cool together. Question is...

I have for intense purposes purchased equipment that will be used for the upgrade tank. I am starting with a 40b. The ext overflow box is rated at 2400gph, the return pump is the red dragon 3 mini rated at 1321. The pipe for the drain is 1" and the return is 3/4" . I also have unions, 90 degree...

Hello reef enthusiasts! Long time lurker, first time poster! In the planning stages of my first tank (40G breeder, 20G long sump, DIY stand, softies at first and plan to progress to mixed reef over time) and have design questions along with some other questions that I haven’t found any direct...

So lately ive been having some issues with my reef tank. I switched up my rocks and disturbed the sand bed too much. My nem died, and a lot of other corals in my tank. Im new to reefing so quite honestly i made a newbie mistake and basically "started over". Fast forward my nitrates nitrites are...

Hello all! We brought our 2 clown fish home yesterday. I have tested my water and everything is okay. The temp is between 78 and 79.5F. One of them is swimming at the top today like if she was trying to breathe. She does not seem to be gasping and when she actually goes to the bottom briefly she...

I just got my first saltwater tank, a 125gal! It’s so intimidating and overwhelming at first, but with some helpful people on Reddit, I found my way here! I’m excited to learn more about starting up and maintaining a reef tank! I’ve kept only freshwater tanks for years, so I have a long ways to...

I have these in my tank. Looks like eggs. Brine shrimp? Zoom in on empty shells on rocks. White piece gone. Bubble or fish flake Setup 40 gal long breeder with refugium One wavemaker in the front Return head points the other way No sock (do I need them?) Got live rocks with the tank, dried...

This is my first tank. I have done a lot of research and listened to my friends (which maybe I shouldn't have). Anyways, tank has been running for 2 months now. Bought live sand and a couple of live rocks and mixed in some dry rock. Waited, got inpatient and added Turbo Start to speed up...

Does anybody have any idea what that white stuff is growing on my frogspawn? Should I be worried? I’ve had it for about a month and a half and it seems to be doing great and it’s growing too. The stuff looks and feels like thread..

Hi all, So my chemistry was going well after cycling new tank in December 2021. It was my first aquascape attempt, and was in the middle of the ugly stage so I was doing a clean. During the clean, I knocked the top rock off and it almost crushed my torch and conch snail. Because I didn’t...

Hi All, I am relatively new to Saltwater and would love some assistance with my current situation. I was a little excited with the cycle and did have lights on including white for some time ( I have learned since then). Can someone please assist in identifying the algae growth and let me know...

Hi hi! Just got my 30 gal. cube up and running, it's been cycling for about 8 weeks. All of my levels are coming out at zero. Snails & hermits are doing well. I introduced a two-spot goby (Mr. Harold), and he's king of the castle and seems super happy. Last night I "accidentally" brought home 2...

Hey! Bought my red sea nano (second hand) and its ready for water and to begin the cycling process. Plan is to fill up this week. I've got the Dr Tim's products to start the cycling process. I've got dry rock rather than live rock. Will upload a picture later, but just looking for tips from...

I have posted a few pics of my tank on here and I’ve gotten a pretty general consensus - it doesn’t look mature and I don’t seem to have enough algae for my pincushion urchin. So I’ve been leaving the white lights on for most of the day, only the blue at night. More algae started growing but...

Hello so I’m mew to this hobby. I recently picked up a120 gallon aquarium on Facebook marketplace. The tank needs cleaning but I’m not sure how I could clean the overflow or what’s the best way of cleaning it. Please help

Hey everyone, I'm new to reefing. Currently having my 5 gallon tank cycling for about 2 weeks now. Current levels: Nitrate - 20 Nitrite - 0.5 - 1 pH - 8.4 Phosphate - 0.25 - 0 Ammonia - 0.25 - 0.50 Temp - 77 & Starting to grow brown spots in the sand I know my tank isnt done cycling but I...

Is there a way to make wave pumps safer for smaller fish? I have a smaller YTECH 6W wave pump that works for my 30gal, but a banggai cardinalfish (maybe 1" long including tail) got hurt after he got sucked onto the side of the pump and was stuck there for an unknown length of time (it was...

Good evening, This is my first post to this forum so here's to hoping everything goes well! haha I've been wondering why my tank hasn't been doing too good for the past 2-3 months. The corals have basically been retracted and slowly dying off for the previous time stated. my current tank...