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Hi ! quick facts : -Canadian -been in freshwater fish keeping for 3 years and finally making the plunge into saltwater

Hi everyone! I am from middle tennessee/ north of Nashville. My brother and I have maintained 2 fresh water tanks and a salt water for about 3, maybe 4 years now. Thankfully we haven't failed horribly since our first tank. We currently have an average array of "easy" fish, but the main reason...

Just looking for solid advice since I have not purchased anything yet and haven't totally convinced my wife to give me a full green light. I am looking to start a 40 gallon tank with rock and fish and move to some soft coral. Nothing crazy, just want to keep everything alive and not throw money...

Hello everyone, I've had my aquarium for a few months now (since july 2019), I've had a few major issues over that time (salinity drop, salinity hike, algae bloom, diatom bloom) as i learn the craft. Most of the issues I experienced could have been prevented by talking to people more...

A couple of weekends ago, I almost bought a brand new Innovative Marine Fusion Nano 20. It was on sale for $240 and came with lights. I debated and when I finally decided to pull the trigger on it, it was gone. It just disappeared from my shopping cart. POOF!! It was no longer available on...

Hey everyone! I wanted to say hi and that I'm a complete newbie. But, I'm very excited about this hobby and can't wait to get my tank going. I bought a nice, used IM NUVO SR-60 and it's cleaned and ready to go. I'm looking forward to hearing from all of you and please give me a shout out if...

Hey fellow reefers my name is Aaron Emery I am a new hobbiest and just wanted to introduce myself. My LFS gave me a 7G glow tank a year ago to get my feet wet in the fish keeping hobby. Needless to say 3 weeks after the tank was cycled I was hooked and already had a 75G on order to setup a...

Hi All, Since you all have been so helpful before I thought I would post here to get some thoughts. Still new to the hobby, only getting into in January so many things are still new to me. I set the tank up and let it cycle- didn't add my first fish until April. Current stock list: 2- clownfish...

Yup, another guy who got lost and accidentally wandered into a fish store. Well, not quite…. Long ( and I mean like 20 something years long) story short, I finally decided to get into reefing. My wife says I have a real problem with getting very bored very quickly, unless something occupies my...

This poll had a mistake - there is a new one: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/where-is-this-tank-picture-taken-second-try.592542/

Hello, Hello and welcome to my newbie fever underwater circus. I'm new to the hobby and got thrown into the deep end (literally) to sink or swim. I did an intro thread here: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/new-here-and-likely-in-over-my-head.558578/page-7#post-5915587 Moving over here for...

So looking for some advice on an anemone I bought a few days ago. It's spent the first few days hiding under a rock but has come out today but I'm told it looks bleached. What do I need to do to help this guy? Obviously don't want to lose him so am open to any and all advice please. Pictures are...

Anyone got any experience or advice concerning splendid dottybacks? There is one in my local shop, and while I'm just starting off and are aware that neon dottybacks can be rough, I'm getting conflicting information on the spendid dottyback. They are beautiful fish, and I'd love to add one, but...

So I ordered a RedSea Reefer XXL 750 from BRS. I ordered it on Cyber Monday and got that 7% off. It is supposed to be delivered tomorrow. With it being so big I had to upgrade my floors. So I should be able to park a car in there now. I ordered the tank without the lights I got mixed...

I have read online that royal gramma's were able to be captive-bred long ago, but I don't see them for sale (at least not with the specific label that they were captive-bred)? Also, I added a royal gramma a week ago. She seemed to be doing well on day 1 and 2, but has disappeared since. I...

Hey guys, I just wanted a place to keep track of my tank progress and to chat about some questions I may have as things evolve with my setup. Looking forward to seeing things grow out in this tank!

Hey Reef2Reef I am starting my first ever reef tank. I’m going to start from the beginning. So basically a bit after Christmas I went to the lfs and was looking for a reef tank to buy. I was originally looking at the nuvo 40 because of its size but then I saw the 20. It had the 2 skkye led’s...

It just popped up in my Facebook memories that this is my one year anniversary of having fish and corals in my tank. I've officially been a reefer for a year now! I'm happy that in that time I've only lost one fish and a few zoas, with everything else in my tank doing pretty well. In the bad...

Looking forward to jumping into the hobby. Tank still cycling atm but will put up a pic soonish. Aqua One 400 L all in one tank - will list other equipment later :)

So I picked up a 20 gallon tank that was previously set up with very well cured live rock. I cycled the tank keeping an eye on parameters and it has stayed at 0 PPM for Ammonia and Nitrate. Is this common with a previously established tank? I filled with RO/DI water and used instant ocean salt...

I decided to try my hand in reefing after being a freshwater/reptile guy for a while. I stumbled upon a guy on Craigslist who was getting out of the hobby. I purchased his setup for pennies on the dollar because he wanted it out of the garage (happy wife, happy life). His setup was only about...

Hey everyone ! My name is Katy i am a hugeeeee animal lover, i started my first saltwater aquarium about 6 years ago, I prefer nano reefs to larger set ups, because hey, why not make it more complicated for myself haha. I have had mutiple nanos and just recently purchased the fluval evo 13.5 to...

Hey R2R I’m new to this reef hobby started up my first tank this fall and I did the cycle and things went great everything is going awesome! Except one of my hammer coral frags I got about 5 days ago won’t open and it seems droopy and sad. It’s strange because all the other frags look great and...

S0 I started my first reef tank 2 months ago and about 4 weeks ago I got my first corals, I got some pulsating xenia, Gsp, mushroom and a hammer coral. They all seem to be thriving and have all almost doubled or even tripled in size (except the hammer he is the same). All my parameters are...