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Hey everyone. Long time fishkeeper here who has been doing freshwater for awhile and loves it, but I want to try my hand at salt. I'm here to ask for guidance on choosing my first salt water tank (gallon wise). I have two options in mind. First of all, I recently built an 8 foot x 2 foot stand...

Here is a picture of my ten gallon (soon to be) reef tank. Currently it only consists live rock, sand, some shells, and 2 Ocellaris clowns named Marlin & Coral . I have only had these guys for 2 weeks now and I wanted to know any of your thoughts, suggestions, concerns, ect.

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Hi! I need some help deciding on some new fish, I have had a mochavinci clown for about a month now and am getting ready to move it to a bigger 25g tank. The tank has been cycling for about two weeks and has plenty of fake plants, rocks, and other decors. The water is in good condition. I want...

Hello, I just bought a frag pack and was wondering what the top right and bottom left coral are:

Hello, I just bought a frag pack and I was wondering what the top right and bottom left coral are. Thank you!

Hello! My first post on the forum, I've read countless threads, watched days worth of Youtube (BRS mainly) and still don't feel like there is a clear path to success when starting. It seems a lot of videos/threads will contradict themselves based on how old they are. I'm just looking for a...

Intro: I've been researching the saltwater hobby for many years, and reading through all the R2R forums have been a major help and a great source of information. Growing up, I had 10, 29, 46, and 90 gallon tanks but all freshwater. College and rental situations took me out of the hobby for...

Hi :) Currently looking into getting the above tank (will be my first) and wanted to pre-plan what I could have in my tank. Ideally, I want all levels of the tank to be used equally, and for as many fish as possible to be utilitarian so it works like a nice little ecosystem so do let me know if...

Hi All, I am new to reef keeping and I thought it would be fun to share my introduction (horror) story to the hobby. I started out with a 10g tank that had an arag-alive substrate bottom. I then bought 2 chunks of live rock and let the tank go for a few weeks while monitoring the water...

Finished setting up my 55g reef after a couple months. Equipment; HOB Filter Protein Skimmer Nicrew Reef Lights Marineland Wave Pump Auto Top Off w/ 10g reservoir 200W heater Inhabitants; Emerald Crab X3 red leg hermits X2 blue leg hermits X2 Turbo Snails X3 Bumble Bee Snails Hollywood...

Running a single 16HD on my WB Cube20 right now, and I've just been messing around with the lighting schedule, but I really don't know what I'm doing... This is my current schedule I don't have any fish or coral in the tank as of now, but I plan on putting a clownfish pair, tailspot blenny...

Hi! I noticed a nasty lil worm thing moving, inching its way out of a hole in the rock. Obviously I was curious to see what the heck it was so I turned the tank light on and it shrunk back in the hole. I'm new to saltwater tank keeping so I just want to make sure this isn't a harmful parasite of...

Hi! I’m new to this and never had a salt/fresh water tank before. I’ve been looking at different stores and places online to get a tank, but I’m not sure which one is best? I was looking at glass frameless ones, and possibly something from fluval but I’m curious as to what everyone else thinks...

Hello, I'm Byron. Besides being new to R2R I'm also new to reef tanks. I have some freshwater experience but I'm more interested in going marine! I have yet to start my first build but after lurking in this forum for a long time and gathering/preparing some materials I'll be starting by first...

Good Morning Reefers ! I am writing this thread in order to help out the brand new reefers within the community . I have combined my knowledge and experience into a step by step guide in setting up your brand new reef tank . The goal we all have while setting up and keeping a tank is...

Alright, so a quick introduction: hi, I'm Elijah, and I've been working with freshwater planted tanks for around 5 years. This is my very first saltwater tank, and while I do aim to get a couple corals later on, my primary goal with this tank is to grow macroalgae. Seeing planted macroalgae...

Does anyone have any Xenia or quick beginner corals they are trying to get rid of? I’m willing to drive a decent amount. I bought a bio cube with the stand for a 100 bucks on marketplace which was pretty wild. I’m stocking it rn, just looking for a first coral to hopefully cover the whole back...

Hi all Relatively new (couple of months) to the hobby and very new to this forum. I’ve been running my tank for a couple of months and have probably been dealing with all the things a new tank faces. I currently have a Fluval Evo and have got it to a place where, with a few fish and...

Hello all, I have recently put my first fish in my newly established 30-gallon tank about 2 weeks ago, and I have now caught the itch for coral. I don't think my lighting is good enough for any coral (Fluval Aquasky, I know, bad, but it came with the tank when I bought it). I am in the market...

Hi everyone. I've recently joined the forum, but had to deal with some serious personal stuff and had no time to really explore and introduce myself. So, I'm planning a new tank, my very first saltwater aquarium. I've been a FW guy for 13 years and now I want to take the plunge and start a reef...

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