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Hi, I just joined here and my tank build is waiting for approval so I apologize if this is too much info. I have had my reef tank for about a year now. I have other corals that I have had for since November that are doing really well (zoas, mushrooms, antheas, daisy star polyps, green clove...

Hello, I have only fish in my tank and live rock since I can’t really upkeep corals and all that. I got a new fish which is a spiny box puffer fish. I know that there diet NEEDS hard stuff like clams and all that for their beaks. But the problem with mine is that he doesn’t go for them. He’s not...

I woke up overnight and all of this algae appeared out of nowhere it seems, what inverts will take care of this. I am considering hermit crabs.

26g AIO with a decent amount of Lps and softies. After a major crash back in November 23, i added new corals to fill the tank back up in January this year since i lost basically everything in the crash. I noticed my alk didnt drop even after a month, then now 2 months. But purple coraline is...

Was told this is a “Green Tree” coral. Any idea?

I am planning on going to my LFS to pick up my first fish a one spot do face for my 150g mixed reef. With this fish being a little price being around $100, does anyone have any recommendations to assure best chances of survival? Do not worry the tank has been cycled for a few months already and...

My 150g has been cycling for about 6 weeks and algae growth has been showing for about a week and a half, am I ready to start adding fish and coral? If not how long should I wait more? Parameters below: Salinity:1.025 Ph:8.0 Ammonia:0ppm Nitrate:0ppm Nitrite:0ppm Calcium:400ppm Phosphate:0ppm...

Hey coral friends. I just got this guy exactly one week ago and had a small section melting on the left side. Fast forward several days and today looks like this. How do I fix it? Please and thank you!!

I have a 26g tank with a pair of clowns that have turned mean and nips at new fish that are timid. For example pajama cardinal and fire fish. These fish just stay there and let the clowns eat their fins. I wanna add one more fish that would take the other end of the tank cause my clowns only...

I found this little creature crawling on my glass at night, and I believe they’re flatworms. Can anyone help ID this? Or at least tell if they’re harmful or not? It looks transparent/white with black dots on them. Doesn’t look like brown flatworm unless it’s a baby.

We just started a saltwater tank a couple weeks ago but one of our clown fish is not eating, breathing fast, and is more dull in color than the other. The ammonia is 0, nitrite is 0 and nitrate is 10ppm with a ph of 8. This is a 36gal tank and they are the only fish. Appreciate the help.

Hello everyone my fish have all been in QT with copper power 2.35-2.50 ppm and nitrofurazone for the last 31 days. Since I had an ich on my purple tang so took everyone out. Currently in the process of setting up a new 125 gallon for everyone. I’m pretty sure copper never dropped below...

I’ve been cycling my 150g for about 3.5 weeks and I noticed to day that red algae is starting to grow. Should I add any sort of life to eat it before it starts to grow too much? Or should I do a water change? I’ve never dosed anything in this tank yet by the way.

Hello Reef2Reef Community! As I was cleaning my tank yesterday, I realized that in two months it will be 1 year in this hobby! I was thinking about how much I have learned throughout this experience and how many errors I have made along the way because I was not properly educated. Some of my...

Long story short, got a new tank, purple life rock, and aragonite substrate. I tested my ammonia to get a base reading and I was showing 1.0 ppm on the api test and .8 on the Red Sea ammonia test. I was puzzled to why I’m showing ammonia within a few hours of setting up my new tank (20g nano)...

I have an Innovative Marine 50 gal EXT tank with a herbie style overflow and ive been having a lot of trouble with my overflow fluctuating. I have a trigger crystal cube 18 sump and had originally for a couple of months used a Sicce Syncra 3.0 for my return but had been having issues with my...

I have this slime on my sand bed and on some of my rock. The slime sticks to the rock and sticks pieces of sand to it. I can’t suck it out with a siphon the sand that sticks to it weighs it down. I have to manual remove the slime and the sand that is attacked to it as well.

Hi All! I’m fairly new to the reef/fish hobby thanks to fostering my daughter’s two clown fish. I have a 32.5G Fluval Flex saltwater tank and have just started adding corals. The Hammer Coral was placed in one of the pre-drilled holes on my live rock, but I’m afraid it might be the wrong spot...

Hey guys, Hope you are doing well.:beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes: I wanted to ask for some suggestions regarding the future stocking on my currently cycling tank. Ammonia to nitrite phase is over, the tank is currently on day 16. It is an on-going nitrite to nitrate phase now. While it is...

Hello guys, I'm still fairly new to the hobby but I'm looking to learn from the best and that is all you experienced people in the hobby. I have a 65 gal tank with the standard LED's that came with it. I'm looking into upgrading the lights in order to be able to keep a nem and some corals...

Hi, my corals are not opening after a recent water change, I am in a ugly stage with GHA and will be getting hermit crabs tomorrow to address that issue; so if you believe that is the issue please let me know. Parameters below picture: Salinity: 1.025 Nitrate : 0 ppm Nitrite: 0 ppm Ph:8.5-8.7...

Hello I dipped some zoas in Bright-well Aquatics Koral MD cause I found some tiny critters on the rock of the zoas. Not sure what type of pest these are or how to get red of them since the dip did not kill them. Can you help me ID these pest. They have a pair of white antennas. Also found them...

Hi everyone, I found this kind of aquascape I want to do in my new build. I found one place that does this kind of rockwork but I’m looking at over 2500 for it because of the crazy shipping costs from the origin company in Asia (I am in Canada), otherwise I would buy it right away. Anyone...

Just gonna start by saying if you only want to comment something rude, I do not need your negativity. Life has been hard recently, and I’ve been having a lot of mental health struggles. As such, my time and ability to maintain my tank has severely declined. I have a huge green hair algae...

I'm getting ready to setup my biocube it has a few upgrades I'm running a apex a3 controller with a dos and a trident I'm new to the hobby this will be my first saltwater tank I'm going for a lps and soft coral tank. Looking to keep feeding fish easy so if you have any suggestions on what fish...