suggestions for newbies

Looking for some suggestions on my tank. 100g Innovative Marine Internal Overflow. Going for a mixed reef with various types of fish and inverts. So far here is the equipment I have: 2x AI Hydra 32s Eheim Jager Heater Mighty Jet return pump that came with tank. Fluval CP3 Circulation Pump Stock...

Hi, Does anyone have any suggestions on good corals to keep with my Seahorses. Looking for Coral good for a beginner, Also that doesn't take/ Need alot of calcium/ Magnesium. I am working on a 125G if that helps. TIA

Hello community - Trying to determine if I take advantage of last day of cyber monday deal (complete system) or purchase better equipment for the Red Sea Reefer MAX 300 G2. This is what is included with the Max option: 2x ReefLED 90 2x RL90 Mounting Arm 1x DC REEFER Skimmer 300 2x ReefWave...

I am new to the reef hobby but have been planning on a reef aquarium for many years. I started building a very large aquarium years ago but needed to move on (literally). I now realize that size tank would have been ridiculously impossible to keep up with… let alone afford! I am ready to...

I have decided to finally get a big(ger) tank this go around. I have a 3ftx2ft area in my living room that is perfect. Looking for some guidance. Opt 1- Red Sea Reefer 250 G1 (sump/stand/tank)-$1500- 20 wide 21ish tall, 36 long opt 2- Red Sea Reefer 250 G2- (sump/stand/tank)-$2000- 20 wide...

Hi, I am here to make sure I have everything thing I need and also that I am not planning on adding too many fish. 17 gallon rectangular tank Equipment purchased: Small protein skimmer Light fixture Waterfall filter Thermometer Chiller Frozen mysis shrimp (I bought them very early) Heater...

recently picked up a photon 24 and have been messing with the settings(only been reefing for a few months), was curious what others run on theirs. Currently doesn't have corals but will be LPS dominate with some SPS eventually. light is sitting 10" above a Biocube 32 at the moment. Cant get a...

Hi All, My name is Raj, Living in Michigan. New to aquariums. Physician by profession. I am really glad to find this forum. Started exploring aquariums after my daughter asked for a small fish tank. After multiple trips to local fish store, impressed with reef and salt water ecosystems and...

So I have my tank already been cycling with live rock for about 1.5 months and I believe im ready for some corals. Here are my specs: Tank Dimensions: 17.72"(L) x 17.72"(W) x 17.72"(H) Stand Dimensions: 17.72"(L) x 17.72"(W) x 30"(H) Tank Capacity: 24 Gallons Glass Thickness: 8mm Filtration...

I’m as new as it gets…. Have a desire but in the planning stages, and ashamed to admit I bought Saltwater Aquariums for Dummies…

Hello everyone. I have a 75g standard size aquarium that I've had running with fairly little issues. I thought I'd be able to jump into a 20g nano tank pretty easily but it hasn't been as easy of a transition. For reference I have have the Innovative Marine 20g Concept Panorama (pic included of...

Hey, R2R. Back again trying to learn what I can. Ok, I’m convinced I’m getting 125g tank and I want a lionfish to be the “star” of the tank (at least for me) so I’m building around it. This is going to be a living room tank so it needs to have kind of a “wow” factor to it. My partner thinks the...

Hello everyone!!! How’s your quarantine going??? My names Caroline & my boyfriend and I are setting up a 75Gallon tank. We were wondering if there are any kind of Tang that we could put in the 75? I know that most of them require 100+Gallons .. but I really want one!! Also any other...

Hi All! I am new to saltwater tanks and have purchased a used 29g Coralife Biocube. My plan is to start a reef tank with some suitable fish and softy/LPS corals. After a month or so of research on forums like R2R (thanks for the help already!), I decided to start a thread on the setup and...

basically I’m looking to add a active swimmer to my 33g tank 120L I’ve thought of a coral beauty but there is various tank sizes that people say they need some smaller some bigger than my tank?

Looking for suggestion for an alpha fish that is always active and swims around alot, basically the center of attention of the tank.

Hi. We have just started the process of finding a place to purchase our first salt water aquarium. We have more questions than answers, but are really excited to get this party started, sorry just had to go there. We've been together for 10 years are grandparents to 5 sweet girls and 1...