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Hello, I started in this hobby over a year and a half ago and this site along with many others have helped me navigate the reef tank world for all this time with major success and the occasional incident. Finally, I made an account days ago and was going to post a fun thread introducing myself...

I'm starting to plan to build my next tank... Given the following: A) COR 20 with it's .75" output, with its output upsized using the included 1.25" Union B) a UV that has 2" inputs and outputs C) 1" Neptune flow meters D) a tank that has 25mm return lines (20mm ID) My plan is to run 1.25"...

I had one torch in an area with great flow, but now that I’ve gotten two I’m afraid there will be warfare. I’ve read sometimes indo and Aussie are not friendly towards one another but then I’ve read they can do fine. One is Malaysian and one is unknown. Opinions? Thoughts? Do you think they...

So I lost a few corals lately trying to figure out is this is a pest they are the white ones next to my copepods about 4 times the size any help is greatly appreciated

Is this Dino? I’ve had my tank up in running for about 2 months now. Just had a die off of diatoms I believe and now this long stringy algae has appeared. Can someone confirm it’s dino or if it’s something else?

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Ok so I have a pretty in depth QT regiment following humble fish to a T using copper for 30 days the prazi for 14 days. It looks like a few of my fish have gotten white bumps but it looks like it's under the skin not on top like ick usually is. It's hard to see you have to be at the right angle...

Hello, I'm new to reefing and I currently have a 20g Red Sea Max Nano with corals and a neon blue goby. I'm looking to add two more fish and was debating on getting two Ocellaris Clownfish (not necessarily a breeding pair - just two juveniles). I've heard as they mature, clownfish get aggressive...

My tank is a little over a year old and is a mix of LPS and soft corals. I've lost a couple frags here and there but overall have had pretty good success and growth. Over the last few days, most of my corals have started to look pretty bad - zoas not opening all the way or curled skirts, acan...

I just got some corals I ordered online. A few of them look pretty pathetic. They were shipped overnight, but even still when I opened the box their water was very cold, and the heat pack with them was also cold. The one im most concerned about is a Xenia I believe. See pictures> it looks like...

hey guys. so i’m building my 2nd tank (nano) and i was wondering how i would choose the return pump for this one.. it’s a 20 gallon “frag tank” so instead of being a cube like my other tank it’s rectangular and shorter. does the height and new width affect anything? it’s an all in one tank and i...

So i have my tank running for almost 2.5 years now and i have never seen this one before! Shined my cell's light at night, saw this (snail? Hopefully) about 4.5-5.5 inches long on the backwall...! Any idea what this one is? Not even sure where it was hiding all this time!

hey everyone, attached is an image of how the back of my tank looks like (built in sump 30g total) and i was thinking of adding a filter sock/mesh bag of activated carbon on top of the porcelain rings you see there. i was wondering if anyone has had success using a filter sock/mesh bag for your...

Hey everyone, i will soon be making this breeder tank my “hob” refugium and was wondering what i can add to it to make it most effective for its limited space. it is 0.5 gallons and measures 10”L 3.5”W 4”H. i think Chaeto is definitely in the plan (fuge is built primarily for nitrate removal)...

hey guys this may be a dumb question but i will soon be adding a clean up crew and was wondering if you can help me out based on the foods i feed my tank. is there anything that will eat left over mysis shrimp, blood worms, reefroids, marine snow, brine shrimp, and or seaweed? of course i wont...

hey everyone, i’m looking to start an under tank refugium for my 30 gallon but drilling is not an option. i was wondering if you can post some links or recommend good or the best overflow boxes for my size? thanks! the fuge will be somewhere between 10-20 gallons

so i’m thinking of starting a refugium for my 30 gallon uni tank (built in sump) and i want to make sure my train of thought is making sense so far as i study refugiums. my plan is to use a 5 gallon tank and store it inside the cabinet my tank is on top of since i have no space elsewhere and the...

hello, i am wondering if i can get your input on a decent yet compact protein skimmer that is recommended? i have a 30 gallon uni tank (built in sump) with no space for an extra tank to build a fuge or external skimmer especially due to the space my chiller takes up /: . i’m wondering if anyone...

So I have had a solar flare Acro frag for a couple weeks now. It was doing fine for the first week but now it’s beginning to have much less polyp extension and color loss. I tested all levels and they seemed alright but Today I noticed a small white bug crawling on my Acro. It had a weird trunk...

We have a mixed reef tank that has been set up for almost 3 months now (this isn't our first reef tank). My gut is telling me that the phosphate is what's keeping our zoa's from completely opening up. All other corals (several SPS, chalice, duncan's, xenia, firecracker polyps, bubble coral...

This morning I did a 25 gallon Water Change on my Waterbox 220(so probably about 160 gallons of water). I am still dialing in my dosing rates, so tested water before and after. After the WC, my Alk was 7.8. My goal was to get to 8.6, so I looked on BRS calculators and dosed about 103mL of soda...

From everyone's experience what do you think the best nano reef safe fish, post your opinion with the size tank it lives in.

I picked up this ventralis anthias from my LFS yesterday. It's been there for over two months, eating like a pig, with no signs of diseases. I skipped QT and put it in an acclimation box in my DT. Today I noticed a diagonal white stripe on each side of its body, of what seems to be damaged...

Hello, We have a puzzle here that's currently on-going (brain storming and analysis stage) between two vendors at the same time and myself! I have two energy bars, one brand new dedicated for a lighting fixure, and one old one with 5 occupied outlets and one free outlet, I bought a new light...