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Hello, just joined last night! I’m new to the hobby and I’m very excited to begin developing an understanding of a whole new realm of life! Coming from Canada!

Hey all Just made the plunge into this with the acquisition of a secondhand reef tank that had been emptied by a guy who went off to college; Dad said, “he’s in college, he doesn’t need this stuff anymore.” His loss, my gain! :D I’ve done quite a bit of reading and research into saltwater...

Hello all! I've been a long time lurker here but decide to finally post something that requires a more specific answer. What fish and how many should I put in my new 75 gallon reef system? (I'm wordy, what's blue is what my post is about) Some information on my build: 1in. sandbed, 60lbs of...

hi i am new to reefing and i am planning on getting a 55 gallon reef tank. i am wanting to get the smallest option for a blue tang on reef beauties and also a yellow tang but i dont know if it will fit. can somebody help?

Hey everyone I have a question! I wanna keep my tank as happy as possible and according to Red Sea they recommend dosing their elements everyday. My first question is this a good recommendation? My second is when it says dose 0.5ml of trace elements dose that mean 0.5ml of each or total out of...

Hi, I want to get a circulation pump for my tank but they are sorta expensive for me. There are some cheap ones on Amazon that circulate the water at a constant rate without change but I heard that it isn't that good. Should I get one pump? Should I get 2? What are your suggestions? I would...

Hello, My name is Wes and I live near Pittsboro, NC. What used to be rural and now is growing too fast. It is nice to have a few tanks to look at and relax. :) I have had a 30 gallon long FW tank for over 20 years that is heavily planted with mostly tetras and mollies/platies/cories/etc in it...

Hello everyone, like the subject says I am new to the hobby. REALLY excited to learn all that I can, I have wanted to start a reef tank for years I just never made the jump. I started into the fish tank with my wife all freshwater tanks, but now that I have my saltwater tank I have gotten a new...

How come I test calcium using API and get 390 and then when i tested calcium with Hanna Tester it says 550? I’ve read the manual a million times and watched videos on how to use the Hannah tester so I’m confident I’m using it correctly. Any help/ideas?

Hey everyone! Yesterday my boyfriend and I went on a coral buying spree :p ! The lady told us the name of this beauty, but I was way to excited and ended up forgetting the name! I think it was along the lines of “Yellow Eyed Monster” but I’m not 100% sure :) Any recommendations? Thanks!!

Hello all, I know you all have a lot more knowledge setting up and maintaining a marine aquarium, so I am coming to you all for your expertise. I decided to go with the Waterbox cube 20/ ReefLED 50. I initially bought a Aquamaxx WS-1, but I couldn't figure out how to set it up in my AIO. Now...

I have been in the hobby for about one year thanks to fluval nano 10g tank for newbies with success ( to my likings and my small test kits) I decided to go big or go home and I have the set up 140 gallon Neptune tank Aquatic life 48 with 3 Hydras26HD Redsea 900 skimmer Corallife UV sterilizer...

So I recently purchased 3 corals but my brain refuses to let me remember what they are. I should have written it down before I left my LFS guess I was to excited! Please help! I’m pretty sure the one to the far right is a Zoa. The first pic will be of all three together and then I’ll crop them...

Ok so here it goes. I had a, rather my father, 175 gal tank when I was younger and I always wanted one. Now I have a mini me! It started it in May. Here are some pics I dont have the hermits any more. They are one of my fish. I got rid of them and replaced my fish. I also don’t have the...

Hi all! My wife and I decided after a couple of years of talking that we are taking a dive (no pun intended) into the reef tanks. We both have many years of freshwater tanks so this will be our first saltwater. We decided to start small and see how things go. We decided on the Red Sea Max Nano...

My fireplace insert saltwater fish tank is 20 gallons. And I’m pretty happy with having corals and only a Pinnatus batfish. What’s your opinions on this.

Hey everyone I’m Madangelo First time in a forum and owning a saltwater fish tank. My tank is located in my den of my condo and placed in a fire place mantle. Tank size 20 gallons and set up as of June 13th, 2020. Now I’ve just done the water cycling testing and I’m shy of zeros all around ...

I'm a college student in Texas returning to school to finish a my degree after some time off and I'm setting up my first saltwater tank! I'm excited to begin this journey, why don't you come along for the ride with me? I've been eyeballing this project for over a year, but I kept putting it off...

Hi All, I'm Mohammad Ikmail, this is my second month in the hobby, previously I used to have freshwater tank with only fish, i stopped when I moved to UAE (Dubai), here I had the opportunity to start my first reef tank. I started by buying 80G (around 315L) tank (Aqua Medic Armatus 400), I was...

Just got them a last weekend. They started out swimming as most fish horizontally than all the sudden all they do is swim vertically at the back of the tank. They did eat this morning. I’m just wondering if this is normal. first video is of this odd behavior second is from a few days ago. I...

Hey everyone! I'm a bit late on my greeting as I had formally joined R2R last year, but have been a long time lurker prior. I wanted to start becoming more of a presence in the forum and network with other hobbyists as well. I had been a freshwater hobbyist since I was about 11 years old...

Hello. Thanks for stopping in to check out my build. Forgive me, not everything is here yet but I have been planning for months now and I’m anxious. I was going to do a 20 gallon nano since I found my mom’s old freshwater tank from when I was a child, but my son moved and had two 55 gallon tanks...

Hey, folks! This is my first time posting, so I hope I'm in the appropriate space for help with ID'ing. This morning, as I was inspecting my tank I noticed a sort of "ant trap" in my fine sand. I tried to do relevant Google searches but couldn't find any info. I have noticed no feelers or...

So, I’m new to the hobby. I have a 60 gallon saltwater tank with two clowns, some snails and a cleaner shrimp. When I started I didn’t think I could have a sump where my tank isn’t drillable so I got a canister filter and HOB skimmer. When I was setting up I made sure to have a drip loop on all...

The title says it all really! I'm moving from my current 200L non-sump using a HOB filter to a Cleair 650L sumped system. Current fish are Yellow Tang, Koran Angel, Fire Angel, Coral Beauty, Clown, Sand Sifting Goby and Blue Damsel. Any tips on CUC and best practices for the larger tank...