saltwater

Hey I’ve had this 13.5 gallon for about 5 months now and honestly I think it’s going good so far. Right now I have 2 clowns, a court jester goby, a fire shrimp, 1 turbo snail, 1 cone snail, and 2 hermits. I was thinking of adding 1 more small fish but I don’t want to stress out the fish I have...

i just added in my first two fish. Pump has been off from time to time, it runs fine. until it shoots out clouds and makes clogging noises. maybe the water level is to low from the return pump chamber(waterbox 20)

Thought I would start a thread on my 20 g nano reef! Current fish is an all-time favorite, Nemateleotris helfrichi. - Jason Begalke

I buy water from a local store and just found out it’s collected from the sea. I used to keep it for around 2 months in a container in the dark with no circulation. Never smelled bad so i didn’t assume it was spoiled, but now i worry there are no nutrients and it doesn’t benefit nothing in my...

Hello, I have had some things floating around in my head recently that I need answers for. So what is the difference in filtration between salt and fresh. Why in freshwater you use these big filters that are packed with biomedia for maximum surface area for beneficial bacteria (maybe K1 or...

Let me know what you have available. Need to add 1 light, my G5’s about 1 year old. Thanks for your time. I’m Paul.

Hello Everyone, I upgraded to a 135 system two days ago. My return pump is coming today therefore I can finally get the tank fully set up and started. I was just wondering how to properly get the sump running. I tried to look up YT vids but they don't show the part where they are filling it up...

Hi everyone selling my 32 Gal Biocub with stand that comes with *live rock 30lb roughly *mushrooms *1 clown fish *few random snails and crabs Everything works good just don't have the time for it Make me an offer Pick up only Staten Island NY

I got this tang yesterday from pet co at first he was hiding inside of the rock formation but I came home from work today to see him just laying there should I try and return him or assume he’ll get used to the tank

Good afternoon Everyone! Hope all is well. New here, as a child I had a freshwater tank that eventually moved into a saltwater fish only tank a few years later. Eventually I left the hobby, military and college. Now as an adult, with children of my own, its time to reignite my old love! I work...

I have a 250 gallon saltwater tank set up with about 10 fish (large to small). This tank used to be an aggressive tank turned to a reef tank. All of these fish have been in the tank for more than 6 months. Nitrates are higher than they should be but has not been an issue before. Now when I add...

Well, I've been "encouraged" to introduce myself. Marlin here from Seguin Tx. Been doing aquariums since 11 years old, that is saying a lot considering I'm a little older now. That means fishkeeping for about 50 yrs. Mostly fresh with a little dabbling in salt on occasions. Recently wife...

I tried googling "Smallest auto fish feeder" to see what my options are and couldn't really find any threads or articles dedicated to reviewing and comparing the smallest available auto fish feeders for a small pico tank. I'd probably go with an Eheim Everyday Fish Feeder but if anyone knows any...

Had this thing show up in my saltwater tank on one of my rocks and I’m trying to figure out what it is. It’s growing slowly as well.

I got live phytoplankton from my LFS yesterday. I’m wanting to culture it. It’s a 6 oz bottle of phytoplankton. Imma be using a 12 oz Gatorade bottle to culture it. I got my saltwater mixed to 35 PPT. My question is how much saltwater I should be in their bottle? I’m only wanting to use half the...

I have had flat worms for a while now hoping the would recede as of now they look like they’re getting worse. Should use use flatworm x. Any recommendations or suggestions will be helpful. Trying to get ride of them.

I have encountered a asterina starfish as a hitchhiker, should I put it in the tank or get ride of it? I’ve seen some keep and some get ride but not 100% what to do.

I started a 36 gallon saltwater aquarium on a sunsun 304b canister not using the uv light, with seachem matrix as biomedia, with dry rock, 2 anemone, 4 clowns, 10 crabs, and 1 lawnmower blenny. One anemone found a way to get sucked into the filter. I cleaned the filters with my well water...

Need advise on what my stocking options are for a 22 gallon long. Plan to do soft coral down the road. Thank you for any input! The tank dimensions are 36 inches long 11.9 wide and 11.9 tall.

Hello I was re arranging my coral and I found a little black bug in my saltwater tank. I have absolutely no idea what it is and there appeared to be only one.

Hello everyone, I am new to the saltwater hobby, I’ve had a 20Gallon Long saltwater aquarium for around 11 weeks now. In the aquarium, I have 3 clownfish, a blue hippo tang, a damsel, two shrimp, a few corrals and several snails. I had a starfish and two gobys (did not have the gobys at the...

I am a starter to saltwater aquariums and I have a 6 gallon tank and I want to get a decorator crab because I feel like I am not ready for a reef aquarium (mainly because of budget an size of tank) and I want to know if I can keep a decorator crab in a 6 gallon fish tank?

I am new to saltwater aquariums and I have a 6 gallon tank I have done my research but I don't now one thing. In my 6 gallon tank can I have a pair of spotted porcelain anemone crab and 2 pom pom crabs? If not what will I have to turn down Out the the creatures I have just mentioned.

Hello everyone! I’m currently going on my 3rd week of cycling my tank I just wanted to reach out and see if these are normal parameters for going on the 3rd week of cycling! Thanks for the help! Ammonia 4.0 ppm Nitrites 0.25 ppm

My 65g rodi container just in the past month has started to smell a little funky whenever I go to fill up a bucket of rodi water. Kind of a fishy smell is how I’d describe it. Figure it’s time to empty it out and give it a cleaning. How do you guys clean yours? Take a pressure washer to it...