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hey guys so I’ve been fighting a parasite which I thought was ich for the last week or two. I was treating with polyp medic lab, running a uv sterilizer, feeding nutrient rich foods and I thought everything seemed to be going ok. At first nothing got crazy better, but it didn’t get worse. So I...

Can anyone tell me what this is. It looks orange under blue light. It peals off almost like a thin piece of paper or skin. It has clear bubbles mostly on top but some seem to be under it. Could it be Cyano? It’s definitely not bubble algae. I did have a problem with no nitrate and kinda high...

I have a JBJ RL-45g AIO tank and a coral life 65g skimmer. The issue is that I will need a skimmer for my live stock and a refugium. Here’s the stocking list: 2 classic clown fish Pistol shrimp and goby pair (Cannot decide to get a diamond watchman or the shrimp goby pair) Conch, blue and red...

270gal tank - So we have a resident Moorish Idol of about 2 months I think. We attempted to school by adding two more. The original is relentlessly attacking the two new Moorish Idols who are larger. We’ve moved the bully to the 93g tank and the purple tang is now attacking the Moorish. Is it...

My name is Jasper, I am 21 years old and I own a 75-gallon marine aquarium, with a 25-gallon sump containing as of today two clownfish and nothing else. Today was the hardest day in my eight years doing saltwater, as today the algae finally won and I found my foxface and seahare dead at the...

So I have a JBJ RL-45 and it has two intake spots that cleaned by filter floss—-> sponge—-> chemical media on one die and the same for the other intake. I have the coral life 65g skimmer that came with my used tank. I set everything up as a dry run. Without water. Turns out it looks very ugly...

I have had my tuxedo Scabbers for some time now I’d say a few weeks and everything in the beginning was great! Moved around fast eating a lot. I noticed he has been slowing down k could be crazy but I feel his arms are not stretched out as much a little limp. I could be over thinking this but...

I just got this bad boy today and have been scratching my head for several hours this evening… I assembled the skimmer according to the instructions and got everything running. However it seems to blow so much air that it fills the cup up in seconds and overflows and starts dripping onto my...

My 55 gallon salt water DT has Ich!?! I have lost 3 fish in one week. I am convinced that the only thing that will cure Ich is to treat ALL my fish with copper in a QT. I cannot treat the DT as I have lots of invertebrates that will die from the the copper. I believe I have to starve the...

I have 3 RBT nems in my tank. 2 are doing fine, but the smallest is bleaching and deflating. It has moved around the tank a few times, but ended up in a shaded area. Should I try to move it? If not what can I do to help it?

Hii, I just found some really strange strings behind some rock work. It literally has the structure of spaghetti. My guess is that it is some kind of a sponge. Any guesses? Thanks!

I was doing some research and a couple people said this stuff was decaying matter and to remove it so I did but now my dry rock is stained grey? And ideas what it is? I figured I’d add that is feels very sponge like almost holds it’s shape and as I said I’m just lost/confused by it. Also the...

Does anyone know if this fungia coral is splitting? It has tentacles coming from the purple area where the coral is stretching out its epidermis.

Hello everyone. I'll try to keep this as short as possible. My apologies in advance if this is the wrong place to post this. Essentially I plan on using this 47.3x13.8x13.8 rimless aquarium to build a custom reef tank with an external overflow and sump. I'm no stranger to reef tanks but I am...

Hello all, So I have this Kamohara Fangblenny I got from ORA. I’ve had him for roughly a year now I believe. Just last night, I saw him laying in the sandbed, which is the first time I’ve ever seen him do this. It was night so I figured he was just sleeping weird like fang blennys do. However...

I just got a lominie pixie 30 for my brand new 10 gallon breeder and I got some zoas and I need help with what to set this light to. It has 4 channels and I have no clue what to set them at. I am clueless on this light and I’m not sure if I should keep it or return it and get something like the...

I'm looking into getting a Lifegard Aquatics 3.8 gallon tank, I've never had a tank before but my dad has had multiple successful tanks and I know what I'm doing. I want to grow some softies, but mainly LPS maybe SPS. I don't know what light to get or what wattage I should be looking for. The...

Hi all, I've inherited with the task of upgrading/re-organizing this mess of a system from my parents. The tank is 100 gallons. Apparently, the original aquarium specialist was a 'freshwater' expert that plumbed and installed the system, but I don't think that excuses certain errors made, such...

Hello all. Recently my euphyllias haven’t been doing amazing. They open up wonderfully, but the flesh has been receding on all of them, and the issue doesn’t seem to be slowing down. Calcium was 380, just dosed some more. Magnesium was 1185, did a dose as well. Phosphates are at around...

I just bought an acan frag last weekend. It was from what appeared to be a healthy colony. The LFS cut two heads off for me to buy. I have no idea why it's dying. I have a 16-gallon full of healthy and growing coral. I initially had it on the sand bed in the middle, but just moved it onto this...

Hello! I'm purchasing a Waterbox Peninsula 25 and I'm a little conflicted on what light to use. I have a poll up with some options. Tank Size: 24"x15"x15" (With the AIO I think the display is really 21"x15"x15") Coral: Mixed reef but mostly LPS and softies. I'll experiment with SPS but it will...

Hello I’m new to this forum I’m setting up a 40 gallon reef tank it’s an all in one system that is going to be ran with light filtration I have a question regarding rocks tho I had a previous tank with some rocks that got infested with GHA and so I’ve been researching a lot on how to clean that...

Assembling a used Red Sea 200xl and I am noticing the drain with the sleeve installed sits higher than the emergency drain. Can someone post a picture or their overflow?

Hi all, Just got my results back from ICP analysis and everythings was okayish besides a wayyyy to high manganese reading. I am not sure how, but my manganese readings are almost 10000% too high. I would think that it is a measuring error but they measure it in duplo. Can anyone tell me how...

So I just noticed this today on my LPS coral and I’m stressing, looks like rotting, let me know please !