So I just wanted to tell you a little about my addiction to the hobby!
I guess this story starts a year before my first aquarium came home. My uncle has a 180 Gallon Reef Aquarium, one of the coolest aquariums I have ever seen.
One day I was visiting them (They live 12 hours from me) and they...
looking for some colorful fish/clean up crew to add to my 75 gallon set up, drop your suggestions.
Current stock:
2x small Ocellaris clownfish
3 small green chromis
1 small Lamarck angelfish
1 small diamond spot goby
1 small algae blenny
thinking of adding a Scopas or a yellow tang but I’m...
Starting up a new build thread for my newest system
redsea reefer xl200 build
radion xr15 blue g5
Bubble magus 3ex skimmer
Jebao dosing pump
13 watt uv
Phosphate / carbon reactor
Swapped out filter sock for filter cup (redsea)
(X2) innovative marine wave link pumps ( med ) set on pulse...
i have an 80 gallon (90cm x 60cm x 60cm) with a flasher wrasse, royal gramma, algae blenny and kliens butterfly. i will be returning the butterfly as it has been nipping at my sps. is there a magical fish that will eat aptasia, flatworms and nudibrachs? i don’t really want a halichoeres (sp?)...
Can't find my blenny in my 20g, i remember seeing him a little under a week ago and i haven't seen him since. I have a Possum Wrasse, Pearly Jawfish, and an Ocellaris Clown pair. Anything I can do to coax him out or any idea when i'd see them?
So I've been fighting with some burnt tips/STN on my SPS with the following parameters:
Alk - 8.1
Calcium - 450
Phosphate - .1
Nitrate - 10
Mag - 1400
I understand that low nutrients of near 0 can cause burnt tips/STN in SPS, but I would have never thought that the levels posted above were...
So I guess I’ll start a thread for this tank because I’m pretty happy with it so far. Took a job about 6 months ago working for an aquarium maintenance company and it reignited my passion for the hobby. I’ve had this 30 gallon running for a Year and a half with just a pair of clowns and some...
I have had a few different pieces of coral after I started keeping reef tanks in July 2020 I started off keeping my reef in a 20 gallon tank with a hang on the back filter and a insanely low powered light. I have improved my tank immensely since then. Some of my coral are growing slowly but none...
So about a week ago i began dosing kalkwasser into my tank through my ATO to try to raise my alkalinity and calcium given they were both reading lower than usual. My alkalinity has increased by .2 already which is good except the kalkwasser mix seems to be making my water cloudy. I am running a...
I downsized don’t have space to keep this beautiful Stichodactyla Mertensii ! Wish I could keep this carpet . Had it for 2years now
$500
very rare carpet nem to come by !
Ever since downsizing to smaller tank hasn’t stretched out as much as when I had it in a 150gal.
So, I've been in reefing just over a year now. My first build thread shows my 60G that I got up and running in November of 2020. Right before Christmas 2021, I bit the bullet and decided to upgrade to a 90G SCA. I wanted the additional space... so, here it is. I am running the Trigger Systems...
Hey everyone. So I tore down my old tank and moved from an apartment into a house. I had a large closet space facing the front door that I dreamed of building a display tank into. I then took the plunge!!
Everything is custom built from scratch except for the display tank, sump, and equipment...
Hi everyone,
I'm newish to the reef side of the hobby and I'm having a frustrating time with corals. Some are carnivorous, some photosynthesize, some are aggressive, others keep to themselves, some are invasive... you get my drift.
I'm mostly curious about peaceful, photosynthetic coral that...
Hi my name’s Ellis,
I’ve recently gotten into the saltwater tank hobby and would like some people opinions on my setup I’ve had for around 2 months now. I’m probably doing some things wrong and I always like to hear what other people have to say. I’ll post a pic or two for reference. It’s a 6...
Hello I am looking to purchase a used Apex controller. I have an apex on my bigger system and love it but am now looking for a system to run on my nano tank.
Thanks so much.
I live in Cincinnati Ohio.
Which of these 4 different brands of branch rock do you guys feel looks maybe the most natural or interesting/cool if going for a natural looking mixed reef tank? Trying to decide which I like best and am having an incredibly hard time deciding. My tank will be scaped with a mixture of dried out...
So i am currently in the middle of my second battle with dinos and things have really taken a turn for the worst. I have stable levels of nitrates and phosphates so i know nutrients aren’t an issue. I tried a UV sterilizer with no success. I had read articles on reef builders and seen videos...
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNBvc1EctyOIZYlyyw1KtpQ/videos
I have a couple videos of my set up that i just started. sump video, mixing station etc.. like comment and subscribe. tell me what you think, I'll be posting updates. Thanks guys, I'm really enjoying the hobby!
So I bought two garden eels for my mixed reef and let’s just say if you love flow, dont add these to your tank I lost one in about 45 minutes it got caught in my Nero five which didn’t come with a fish guard. I will be bringing back the other one to my lfs @newyorkreefaquatic in Queens, ny.
So I am experiencing a bit of a dino problem on my sand bed. I have experienced dinos before but this time they are not nearly as bad as they were, previously they took over all the rocks, sand and basically the whole tank. Now they are back but only in patches on the sand bed. I have had...
So in my biocube 32 I already have an ocellaris clown, midas blenny and flameback angel who are all thriving and doing great. The only corals I have right now is a hammer and a small colony of acans which are also doing good. My tank overall is running pretty smooth as of now with no major...
I am upgrading my 40 gallon reef tank to a 75 gallon reef tank. The stand that I built is 50” tall x 18.25” deep x 48.25” wide. The rimless tank brings the height up to 68” which will be great for viewing but horrible for maintenance. I will be running a 29 gallon sump with a Simplicity 240 DC...