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I have a 12 Gallon Bookshelf aquarium with a 3 gallon refugium full of chaeto. Tank has been running for months. Ive dosed ammonia, added media and rock, from other established aquariums, and probably used 4 500mL bottles of Microbacter bacteria. My nitrates in the tank are high, but no matter...

2 months ago I started my 120 gallon reef tank. The Tank cycled in 3 weeks, but I didn't add fish till a month ago. 5 days ago I added my clown and blenny to the 120 and the ammonia and nitrite read zero until today. Ammonia and nitrite currently read around 0.25 (slightly less), I did use a API...

Hello! Was curious if this was bubble algae that came with my Frogspawn frag I got today? If so, what’s the best way to get rid of it? If not then what could it be? The bubble like substance by my thumb. Dark in color. I didn’t dip my coral so maybe this was my first mistake..

Can someone tell me what is going on with this Oregon Tort? These bleached spots keep showing up. They will slowly recover over a couple of weeks, but a new one will pop up. I don't see any bugs on it. There are some spots that kind of look like bugs, but if I hit them with a blast from a...

Hi new here I just changed my filter media and this guy fell out not sure what it is or what to do for it????

Just got a box of ELOS salt mix from a buddy of mine on a trade. Has anyone here used it? And I’m having a problem finding any in the USA. I have seen online it should be some top tier salt but don’t want to start using it if I can’t get more. Thanks in advance for any info.

Hello everyone, so I bought a pair of cardinal fish and one is doing great eating looking good but the other stopped eating. That began when I loaded my tank up with some pods. I try to feed frozen, reef frenzy nano, arctic pods, frozen brine and mysis. I’ve tried garlic. When I put more pods in...

My juvenile tang was doing great. Ive had him for close to 3 months now. I have ich in my tank but have a cheap UV to help with management. Unfortunately, I think he’s not doing too well since my tang doesn’t look great. I’ve seen the ich come and go but this time, it’s a bit much. He’s not...

What is this bush that is growing on my rock?? It started small and continues to grow! Does anyone know what this is? And how to remove it?

Hello, I’m starting a new 40 gallon tank and I’m wondering if I can use live rock as a source of ammonia so I can add Dr Tim’s one and only nitrifying bacteria. If I can should I add the bacteria immediately?

I purchased a dog face puffer today.. he is brown and spotted and i’ve posted on facebook about him and people have said he looks good and he looks horrible. I’m aware he has a hazy eye which I plan to treat. LFS is feeding krill, only known issue of him is his beak needs filed some since it’s a...

Hello, can anyone help identify what corals these are?

Hey everyone, I have a clownfish pair that just laid their first eggs today (or at least first time I've noticed). I've read a bit about raising the fry, I'm thinking about giving it a try but it also sounds intimidating. Does anyone have any advice on how to move forward if I decide to try...

I have had this tank going in one way or another for over 10 years. Ups and downs , mistakes were made. It is a 30 gallon with 20 pounds maybe of live rock and some newish dry rock at the bottom. It has been in the New used tank for 5 months and coraline is growing well. I consider this the main...

I had bought a captive regal angle fish however i think the food i have id to big. It spits it out. I tried flakes but it shows no intrest in flakes. What should i do

Hey guys! My lobo 1 month ago was very healthy, it looked with a vibrant color, and now is more brown. What can I Do? Parameters today Sal: 1.025 NO3: 12.1 ppm PO4: 0.4 ppm Alk: 9.0

Hi all, I'm a new reefer and I have a new reef tank and its definitely in the ugly stage. I have about 4 of these weird whiteish growth on my rock work and don't really know what it is, a few people said it is some kind of sponge but I just want a second opinion on here. Can anyone help ID...

Hello all, I have a 25-gallon water box with soft corals, a frog spawn, and leptastrea. I also have a small derasa clam, some snails, crabs a few hardy fish. I'm saying that to see if this would affect anything. I have been using all for reef premixed ready-to-use bottle and have been dosing...

Hi everyone, I’m having trouble getting my Deltec CRRT 1500 calcium reactor to work properly. I’ve followed all the steps online and purged all the air from the system. However, I’m encountering an issue during the final phase of setup. When I plug in the CO2 sensor and start the CO2, it...

Hi All, so a few months ago my system had a failure when water got on a 24v cable and fried the IC on the top board of the 2016 base unit. I got that fixed and was back up after I reinstalled the board, took the sd card out and reinstalled and replaced the wifi dongle. Last night I noticed my...

Hello, I have a 70 gallon (20 gal Sump) up and running, Was lucky and purchased a lightly used set up (1-1.5 years old) It currently just finished up its cycle. Been running for about a month and the cycle took about 2 weeks. Used TurboStart 900 and Fishless Fuel. Ammonia spiked and now at 0 for...

I bought this green scoly coral for 40$. Any info on how to get it back healthy? It’s place in the sand bed with medium flow(not direct) and low light.

Can anyone help , how would you plumb this if it were your tank ? The display is a 60 gallon Visio tank with a corner overflow box , it has a 1” drain hole and a 3/4” return … I know , I know .. it is better to have an emergency drain but I got a good deal on it so I’ll have to deal with it ...

Dear all knowing R2R, it’s been a fun ride building this tank but today it seems something was way off, almost everything is dying - I’m curious what the major issue could be, all information I provide may or may not be relevant. Is it bacterial? Acros(dying): are turning a little light...

My ph has been sitting at 7.6 both before and after installing the BRS co2 scrubber. I think the issue is that my skimmer doesn’t pull air fast enough for the scrubber to work. I feel no suction when I put my finger over the scrubber intake, and also when I do that the bubbles don’t stop going...