#reefsquad

Hey everyone, so I just recently had to qt my tank due to a fluke outbreak. After getting everyone through two rounds of prazi pro and a couple days of no symptoms. I noticed my dusky wrasse was having issues with his side right behind his pectoral fin. Upon further inspection it looks like...

hey guys, when i got into this hobby (not knowing enough about lights and only looking at the package suggestions) i decided to purchase some leds at my lfs, FLUVAL marine 3.0 bluetooth leds that supposedly say they’re good for reef tanks. they’re 32watts resting about 5-6 inches about my 30...

Hi, We recently took over an established 32 gal Coralife Biocube tank from friends. There are 2 paired clownfish already in it and we have added additional live rock, new sand and some cleaner crew as the previous owners hadn't done much with it other than get it established/cycled in the 1 1/2...

hey guys i just got this frag at the lfs and noticed it’s almost covered in brown. i tried blowing it off and brushing it off thinking it was something that’s not part of the tissue but i guess it is. is this due to insufficient light, some type of bacteria, or am i just dumb and it’s a normal...

hey guys just took a look at my possum wrasse after doing a water change and notice he has a couple white specks on one side of his body. they’re 3 dimensional and i can’t tell if it’s ich or just dead skin/debris from the water change some how?? he’s active and always eating and both my...

Been looking everywhere to find a cyphastrea dominant tank and couldn't find anything. Anyone have a Cyphastrea dominant tank or garden please show it off!!

hey guys, i’d just like to grasp an understanding behind the KEY(vital) elements when it comes to growing LPS and SPS, maybe softies in the spectrum of farming corals. i.e conditions you’ve maybe experienced or read about where corals have grown the fastest whether it was the light, specific...

hey everyone. i have the marine fluval 3.0 LEDS and am trying to figure out which light schedule/pattern works best. after doing the research about what colors are actually beneficial to corals and how your light patterns should mimic that of the suns, i’ve planned a couple of different methods...

Can anyone help me identify what this might be? It popped up overnight and I’m not sure whether it’s a disease or my clown being an idiot and brushing up against something.

hey guys my yuma decided to detach about a week ago and i struggled to get him out of the current, the was one point where he got stuck upside down in a small crevice of my LR so i had to pick him out with my finger. after about 10-15minutes of trying to get him and quarantine him in a container...

Found these on my live rock, is there anything I should be worried about? What are they?

hey guys i was looking at my bounce shroom i got a couple days back and noticed that he had a small piece of himself just chilling besides him? i have been moving him around day by day trying to find the best spot with the least flow around the sb. i’ve read someone blended their mushroom once...

hey guys i keep putting one foot in and one foot out on adding my first lps coral(s)... i feel i’m really overthinking it but what i keep reading seems to reassure that i’m not and it’s difficult. can someone share some main highlight type of advice when it comes to lps? sort of like lps in a...

how do you know your rockflower anemone has moved vs when it has died? i woke up to it missing this morning and i can’t seem to find it anywhere. do they usually stay attached when they die and rot or do they let go and just float off shrink and make it impossible to tell where it is? i’m afraid...

hey guys i’m thinking of adding a 3rd fish to my tank (30 gallons). i currently have a young clown fish which is about 1.5 inches long and a young possum wrasse about 2 inches long. i’m planning to get this adult bluegreen chromis at the lfs who is about 3.5 inches long but i was wondering if...

hey guys i’m new to the hobby and am trying to stock up on soft coral and start doing some research on any i may have missed! so far i know there’s 1.mushrooms (ricordea florida, ricordea yuma, ???) 2.toadstool 3.xenia 4.zoas 5.cabbage 6.kenya trees 7.GSP 8.finger leathers 9.sinularia...

hey guys i just woke up to my tuxedo urchin battling this small pump i have he didn’t climb on it but he decided to travel in front of it and lost some spines around that area where he was. is this because of the flow or do i need to act quick and help him out? he’s been eating gracileria and...

hey guys just wondering how some of you guys manage to keep a stable ph? my tank is 1 month old (30 gallons) after cycling and i struggle to keep my ph steady. i’ve tried ph buffers but i was adviced not to by BRS because those supplements usually raise alkalinity more than they do ph. i’ve been...

hey guys i just bought this xenia who was fragged right in front of me at the LFS about 6 hours ago. it’s been bending over like this for a while now and when i supported it with my fingers it’d stay upright for ~10minutes. was wondering if this is normal since it’s new/freshly fragged? wouldn’t...

hey guys i’ve had this guy for about 3 weeks now and he popped out of the rock i glued him to 3 times and hasn’t popped out this last time i did it a week ago. he doesn’t really open upright(vertically) until the last couple hours of the day he’s recently been opening a little flat like this. is...

hey guys i recently saw this reefer post that he got a 2 liter bottle of microbacter7. his tank seems pretty big around 150g but i was wondering why some people religiously dose so much bacteria? is it the large water changes? i myself have a 500ml bottle for my 30 gallon tank that i thought i’d...

hey guys i have a 30 gallon nano with 3 zoas colonies, 2 finger leathers, a toadstool, and a mushroom. i was wondering what anyone has used and experienced beautiful growth color and overall health with? i just purchased reefroids and am considering searching for other supplements etcetera...

hey guys i’m new to the hobby and i have a small clown and small banggai cardinal (about 1-1.5in). the banggai has been in the tank for about 2.5 weeks and clown about 1.5 weeks. the clown eats real well mysis, blood worms, flakes but i rarely see the banggai eat anything. he chews every food i...

hey guys, i’m about to do a water change for my 30 gallon tank (will be removing 7 adding 7 gallons of new water) and the 7 gallons i mixed have a total ph of 8.5 but my current ph in the tank is 8.14. I was wondering if the vinegar method is approved by one of you? i’d like to lower the ph to...

hey guys i just bought a couple of zoa colonies and noticed these tentacles tucked in between today. theres about 6 tentacles that all seem attached to one thing somehow? i just want to know if it’s harmless or not! heres a video of it moving and an image attached. thanks!