advice needed

Hey guys will nassarius do a decent enough job of turnover to prevent my sandbed from becoming a solid mess of algea? I have some in my 32 biocube and a sand sifting conch and my sand is beautiful. In my 16G I only have a smaller conch and he doesn’t do enough to keep the sand clean at all. It’s...

Some clove polyps hitchhiked into my tank somehow. They are isolated to a small are about the size of a half dollar on a movable top rock. I have contulinously removed them by removing the rock and brushing them off with a toothbrush destroying the polyps under running water. I don’t do this in...

I lost my clown today to what I believe to be brook. Cloudy eyes, mucus on skin and rapid breathing last night. I noticed this 2 days ago but honestly I didn’t want to believe that she was sick. Even though I’m upset about it since she was my first fish, she is not the only one in the tank. I...

Hi I’ve started cultivating my own phyto and it looks about ready for harvest…. How do you know if there’s still f2 that’s not been used up and what I’ll effects would there be if you dose phyto with f2 left over…. Ive cultivated 3.5 litre of phyto with 4ml of F2….. Im currently on day 7…...

Hi I’ve started cultivating my own phyto and it looks about ready for harvest…. How do you know if there’s still f2 that’s not been used up and what I’ll effects would there be if you dose phyto with f2 left over…. Ive cultivated 3.5 litre of phyto with 4ml of F2….. Im currently on day 7…...

Any idea what’s going on here?! Doughnut button coral.. woke up with a white goo substance on it..

I have a small 17gallon aquarium and yesterday I went out and bought a coral banded shrimp not realizing how agressive they are and that it would eat my sexy shrimp, my question is which other cleaner shrimp should I buy? A pacific (skunk) cleaner shrimp or a peppermint shrimp? Fish plans: 2x...

Hello everyone, thank you for having me here! My name is Corina and I’m a 100% beginner Let me tell you little about my journey. As a little child I had a freshwater tank, and that was back in my county (Romania). So 0 information about saltwater! Now living in UK London. After Christmas me...

Just wondering if this is the correct amount of tissue on my torches skeleton or if it is experiencing tissue recession. It’s fully open and happy in the daylight. It’s slowly split from one head to around 5 now. Does the tissue look like it thins out as new heads grow? Photo in blues and...

So I am seeking some advice on fish we can have in both our 75 gallon tanks(180g total), these tanks are plumbed together attached are two images of said tanks, with the aquascapes in them, my fiancé would like to decide all the fish that goes into the left hand side tank that currently has a...

looking at power heads for my biocube 32, currently don't have any coral but planning on a lps dominant tank and will have a nem and want some feedback on what the best route is to take. thanks in advance.

Hey guys so I’m a little ways into the diatom stage (I got lucky I got a conch and few other snails early that keep my sand clean) But my nitrates are really higher than I’d prefer (40ppm API test kit) they get all the way up to 60 by the weekend and I’m forced to do a 20 and 40% WC in order to...

what's up guys, as the title says im looking to upgrade my lighting on my biocube with either the hydra or 360 and was looking for feedback on them both. I'm open to other options as well but these are the two that I have seen used the most. I'm also looking at a prime hd for my 13.5 evo but...

My dad just got back from florida with around 5-6 lbs of Gracilia Marco algea. If I quarantine this stuff and only use a small piece is it ok to use in my reef tanks and to pass along to friends? I’ve never taken anything from the ocean before.

Need some advice, this tank is a 20 gal WB cube mixed reef(to include acros), high demand and heavily stocked. Livestock include mandarin, Molly, fire shrimp, rainbow nem, and small cleanup crew. Using RS pro my parameters are: Alk: 8.5 (raising it to low-mid 9s) Ca: 460 Mg:1500 No3: 8 Po4: .04...

What’s everyone thoughts on BrsTv Biome investigation? Wow was that some great information. I’m new to reefing but that really has to be pushing the envelope and progressing this great hobby. I would love to see the results of phase 2 but I just don’t have the time to wait 4 months for their...

Does this like stupid? Bottom cabinet will have apex power bar and top cabinet will have 2 DOS. Aquarium will also probably be move over a foot. I’m thinking it might look better with the Hydra 32’s in place also. Any thoughts or advice?

I came across a used RedSea Reefer XXL 625 for a great price and I remember hearing that there were some issues with the older RedSea models stand and support system. Would anyone know if the 625 fell under that category and if that is something I should worry about when looking to purchase the...

Hi everyone. Loving the hobby so far, ive cycled my 20G high with plenty of rock and started adding livestock. Currently i have a small ocellaris clownfish, emerald crab, 2 nassarius snails, a yellow watchman goby, and a few days ago i added a citron clown goby. Id like to describe how my tank...

This is going to be a really stupid question but as my candy canes split should they tissue cover the entire skeleton or just about an inch below each head? They’re around 50 heads now and the tissue doesn’t cover anything but between heads that are close together and about an inch below each...

Any ideas why this single torch head would be mad? It’s been in my tank over a year. All one colony, 9-10 heads. All grew out of a single original head.

Hey guys! I have had a peninsula 38g AIO for about 10 months. I think its time I really put more into the hobby in terms of hardware. I barely have anything in the refugim area other than a media basket with nothing in it and a heater lol. I had some really bad bubble algae and aptasia problems...

Finding the perfect skimmer for my Reefer 350 is proving quite difficult... There is a plethora of options from so many brands of which i have no experience since this will be my first skimmer ever. -Application I need recommendations for my particular application which will be a mixed reef...

Just bout these on the rock and was wondering if the bottom one in picture, will be ok in the overhang in low light…. Will they move if they need to on them selves, or can I peel off and replace? Only been in hobby a year so still new…. thanks

Title says it all. I just started in the hobby about 6 weeks ago, and then had an unexpected and serious job change. I'm feeling super overwhelmed, and definitely don't have the time or ability to maintain the brand new system like I need to. To add to it, I went all in on a Red Sea Reefer...