advice needed

Hi everybody! I have a 63” x 23” x 23” tank with a Picasso Triggerfish, Regal Blue Tang, Tomini Tang, 2 Occellaris Clownfish, Royal Gramma, Midas Blenny, Foxface Rabbitfish, Melanurus Wrasse and a Flame Hawkfish. I might add a Snowflake Eel later on. Will I be able to add maybe a lionfish...

Hi! I am just about to start the build for my first SW tank. I am gonna go with a 20g long and build my own AIO chamber. I have attached my current blueprint and would love some feedback on chamber dimension / anything I might have overlooked before I start cutting acrylic. I believe all the...

I’ve recently got 2 juvenile clownfish about 4 days ago. I have a 16g fluval tank and I added the fish in but the larger one will not stop glass surfing. For the last 4 days the second the lights go on she goes BANANAS and glass surfs the entire right side of the aquarium and a little out in...

When I was taught the basics a couple years back I was told 76°F was the only acceptable temperature for a reef tank, so that’s what I’ve kept my tank at this whole time. However, the guy who trained me at that previous LFS job was very set in his ways. I often hear 78°F is the best, so I’m...

I’ve been battling dinos and algae for some time. Finally got a microscope. Hopefully the image quality is good enough for a solid ID. I understand there are different ways to handle Dino species. Thanks in advance.

Hey all! Back again with the 140g. I have little over100lb of sand in (needs to be leveled out I know!) And I have 87lbs of rock, I have additional on the way, but was thinking it looks good. Want to hear some veteran thoughts. Looking to keep simple Zoas, maybe BTA and GSP.

Recently came back from vacation after already battling turf/gha problems. Now it is extreme. I've tried many different algae eating invertebrates to no avail. Tank was previously having perimeter swings, but has been steady. Clowns are hosting the algae at this point so manual removal=chewed up...

Hey all so cleaning up the tank and everything points to this just being minerals, salt creep hard water. The tank wa setup before no issues prior to me having it now. Flashlight test didn’t show any glaring gaps or noticeable issues. Interior seems smooth, but figured I’d ask!

Is this stocking okay for a 55 gal? I could possibly move up to a 75 gal too. 2 percula or skunk clownfish, 1 azure damsel, 1 royal gramma, 1 emerald crab, 1 porcelain crab, 1 firefish goby, 1 pistol shrimp, 1 watchman goby, 1 yellow clown goby, 3 peppermint shrimp, 1 flasher wrasse or fairy...

I’m redoing the baffles in my refugium, but I don’t want to drain and dry the whole thing to silicone in the new baffles. It’s kind of the heart of my whole system. I’m wondering if there are any products out there that use a magnet on the can simply hold the baffles in place, also so I can take...

Salinity: 1.025 No3: 10 Po4: 0 (I guess that’s why?) PH: 8.4 Calcium: 440 Magnesium: 1050 Alk: 10.0 what the heck!!! Guys what is this algae? What are those white tubes growing under my rocks?? I’m so sad everything even my zoas are dying like what the heck

New to the hobby, and have about 41" of wall space I can put a tank. I am ready to click the buy button and I have done a lot of research, but can't decide on the tank. I plan to keep LPS & fish, no interest in SPS. My key criteria is success in keeping fish & coral and low maintenance. I want...

Hi everyone, A few days ago, I noticed that my Copperband Butterflyfish is covered in kind of strange looking „white coating”, as you can see in the attached photos. I’ve never seen anything like this with any of my fish before. My Moorish Idol is currently dealing with ich, but I don’t think...

Hi all! On Friday, I noticed that my Moorish Idol had a few white spots that looked like ich. At first, I thought it might be stress-related, but today there are significantly more spots. He’s still eating well and behaving normally, and I haven’t seen any signs of ich on the other fish apart...

I wanted to ask if those fish would thrive together in a 50 gallon reef (my first ever) 1. A pair of Ocellaris clowns, maybe I will add a quadricolor anemone when the tank gets really stable 2. Neon/fire Goby 3. Watchman goby 4. Bicolor blenny 5.Yellow tailed damsel 6. 6line wrasse maybe (?) 7...

Hey all, I'm an experienced freshwater keeper who's looking to dip my toes into saltwater. I've done my research, and I'm very much of the opinion that wild caught fish and corals are a no go. I'm from an area where wild corals are something I've never had the pleasure of seeing and I have no...

Hi all, I’m working on setting up by 8ft 200 gal aquarium. I’ve researched and exhausted myself trying to figure out what I should do lighting wise. Historically I’ve been a radion user, but the price point of the new ones are so high. I’m not opposed to spending a good chunk on lighting up...

After reading answers from this post: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/advice-if-its-worth-to-start-a-tank-needed.1134946/#post-13967850 And thinking about my future, I have at least 5 years before I move to another country for studies, and I want to set up a reef tank. The thing is, I haven't...

For context, my main goal is to keep a male Mandarin Dragonet from the Biota group—ideally one that already eats pellets and frozen food. I’m also hoping to stick with captive-bred fish whenever possible, unless I happen to really fall in love with a wild-caught specimen. The system has two...

hello everyone! just need to know if this is a good enough larvae and isolation tank for my gravid peppermint shrimp. its a 20L bucket with a sponge filter for gentle filtration + good bacteria + aeration, heater pre-set to about 25°C, a temporary hide because i have no spare rock, and a...

Hey everyone 👋 I’ve been researching saltwater setups for about 9 months now ( and still learning more about it, watching @brstv ) I’m planning to start building my first reef tank next year. I’ll be getting equipment bit by bit and taking my time with the setup no rush, just want to do it...

Hi Fellow Reefers, I have a 20-gallon long tank that’s been running since 2021. For a while, it was on the back burner due to family responsibilities and going back to school for my master’s, but recently I’ve gotten back into proper husbandry and it’s really revived my passion for the hobby...

I’m setting up a 4 feet sps dominant tank, and i’m not sure how many mp40s i should get. The information vortech provide just doesn’t mention what tank size they are suited for. So do y’all think 4 mp40 on a 4 feet is overkill?

So I have had my tank set up for about a year and three months. And decided to clean all my equipment and do a partial water change. A mistake I’ll never forget as I bottomed out all my levels lost all my mushrooms and cuc. My LTA looks absolutely terrible. Over the course of the week I have...

I’m sad to say my female pink skunk clown lost a battle to an oversized emerald crab last night :( My question is do I keep my male (orange skunk) and try adding the pair of blackfoot rose skunks that got donated to my lfs a while back, or do i rehome him and get a pair of clarkiis like ive...