cycled rock

hi all! So my fluval evo gave up on me and one of the seals went. I managed to salvage my livestock and it’s now sitting in a separate container. I have a 4 big bags of media which has been established for 2 years. Livestock consists of 1 clown fish, 1 royal gramma, 1 peacock wrasse and 1...

I haven't really seen the topic of nutrition levels in the new tank discussed before. My situation is I am transferring my 5 month old Fluval Flex 9 gallon with one fish, clean up crew and corals to a Red Sea Reefer 170 that's been running for a week to let the sump stabilize and to get familiar...

Hi all, new to the hobby. Ove got a 30Gallpn tank with approx 17kgs of live rock and live carab sand. I'm running a protein skimmer, fluval 207 cannister and salinity is at 1.024 at 28 degrees. But I've just noticed this smooth looking white growth on some rocks.

hello everyone. just did a 100% water change + cleaned the sand quite deeply after neglecting this tank for a bit. it’s 7 months old and the rock i purchased was live from a hobbyist, safe to say it was seeded for 1yr+ for sure. i plan on adding a lionfish in here but was wondering how long it’d...

I have about 40lbs of live rock. (I didn’t weigh it but it’s definitely about 40lbs maybe more!) The rock is from a tank tear down that’s been cycling in a brute container with a powerhead and heater in my garage for almost 5 months. I ghost feed a small amount of pellets every other day. Some...