advice needed

I made a HUGE mistake yesterday when I got my first online order of corals… in the excitement of receiving the shipment, I forgot to temp acclimate and went straight to dipping before putting into the tank… I realized my mistake immediately after but i had already dumped the water the frags...

Hello all! First post on reef2reef, and I'm posting this here because I'm a bit concerned for my new clowns. I'm new to the hobby and set up a tank and let it finish a cycle, ensured ammonia, nitrate, and nitrite levels were low and safe, and introduced 2 ocellaris clowns into the environment...

so far ive only had freshwater tanks, recently though ive ordered a waterbox peninsula mini 25 gallon tank, measurements are 60cmwidth×40depth×40height, what would be a good lighting option for a tank this size with only soft corals

Hi guys, I finally decided to pull the trigger on setting up a saltwater tank (only had freshwater ones before) and decided to go big (5 foot tank). I plan on setting up a mixed reef with fish. This has always been a dream and I am really looking forward to developing a beautiful eco-system...

Good afternoon everyone! I have decided to take things seriously and as my LFS says, "Become a huge nerd". I made the decision to buy a Salifert bundle and have test kits for Phos, NO3, ALK, Mag, Cal, and pH. I have created a gameplan to test my tank's levels every day for two weeks straight...

I’m looking the way on polyp extension, I try amino it can help on polyp extension. But meanwhile it will raise a lot in No3. As currently my tank parameter wasn’t in stable status, I can’t do heavy import and export. Every time I using the amino, it take some period to lower my No3. And my no3...

Hey all I’m new to saltwater and my friend has moved away so we had his tank and his live rock (around 4kg plus some ocean rock). Everything seems to be going smoothly minus bits on the surface? I’m worried that my water is not getting enough oxygen. Ph is 7.8, Ammonia, nitrite and nitrate all...

Hey guys, looking for some advice here. I passed by one of my LFS today and was looking to pick up a few frags when we started talking, he started telling me about this colony that since they fragged just keeps spiraling downhill. He was taking the last few frags out of it as possible before he...

Hello I have a 30 gallon tank and I have algae. I recently had to quarantine my fish so my nitrates went down. My nitrates are less than 2 but definitely not 0. I don’t have a phosphate test kit, I just ordered one so it should come in soon. Anyways I’m keeping my tank fallow except for...

I'm a member of a program called Amazon Vine where I can request free Amazon items to review. This popped up as an available item today and I'm wondering if it is safe to try on my AIO 20 cube. Is it possible for a device in this price range to safely make ozone? If it won't kill my tank, I...

I have a tank I want to use but I have noticed two scratches on the front glass panel. They are deep enough to catch your fingernail on so fixing them is probably out of the question. Will these scratches be a lot less visible when the tank is actually filled with water? The tank is float glass...

Hello, I have always been using api testers and then upgraded to salifert. But I want to get a phosphate Hannah checkers. But on BRS they have 3 kind which are phosphate ultra low range PPM then the. Phosphate low range colorimeter, and the last one phosphorus ultra low range. I want to know...

Hello Reef2Reef community, Firstly, pardon any newbie mistakes in this post; I'm still getting acquainted with this platform. A bit of background: About 5 years ago, I was the proud owner of a small reef tank. However, circumstances led me to sell it. I also have a history with freshwater...

Hey everyone, I ordered an Avatar chalice coral from top shelf aquatics during their 4th of July sale last month, and the coral is growing great. However, I looked at some pictures of the day I got it earlier today and noticed it used to have way more green, and that green was much more...

Hey guys so on Saturday I picked up this RBTA and it doesn’t seem too happy. It was a lot bigger at my LFS and my parms seem decent so is there anything I could be missing here? Calc 440 Mag 1320 Alk 11.2 pH 8.2 Phos .16 Nitrate 17 (in between 12 and 25 Nyos)

This is kind of a two-part question. I've got a dozen 2 x 2" Marine pure ceramic media cubes on the way along with 4 jars of ecopods. I'm thinking about using six of the cubes and placing them in one of my rear Chambers and pouring one bottle of Eco pods within the chamber to give them a home...

I started noticing white blocked on my dottyback he’s active and eating. Anyone have an idea of what’s going on?

Hello, I have little to no room in my sump for a refugium and was looking at a DIY plan to build one that was external to my display. Does anyone have any advice/success with this? Some concerns I have are: 1. If it’s pump driven back to the display, in the case of a pump failure what are some...

Is this torch got enough flow? I have never had an indo. My Aussie does fine in low flow. I can’t get a small enough wave maker to get a random flow pattern going in my tank so it’s just flowing using the powerhead. Pics and videos are from when I got it to this morning. It’s opening up well...

Hi everyone, I am in need of some help with my reef tank again. I was on here last month with a cyano issue that has now been pretty much-resolved thanks to the help of the users of this website. I have another issue that I am now tackling and am having some trouble with. After clearing green...

Hello everyone, I am hoping to get some help with my Dino issue in my 38 gallon AIO reef tank. It has been about 2 month of having them and about 3 weeks of treating them. So far I have been dosing microbacter 7, microbacter clean, and phyto. Thus far I really do not see any difference in the...

Does anyone who has kept Chicago sunburst anemones have any advice? Things to avoid, Favorite parameters, compatibility with other corals or fish, Lighting.

Hey guys. I just joined the saltwater gang and bought my own 10 gallon tank. It’s small BUT we gotta start somewhere. Anyways, it’s already cycled and therefore it already has fish in it ( a clown fish) and live rocks. Since my first goal was to set up this tank for fish and get it within the...

I am planning on doing a clownfish harem. I have a 48" long 20" tall and 20" wide tank. I was planning on doing two Oscellaris types. 8 of each for a total of 16. Anybody with experience have any tips? I have watched brs, they said you could do it but havent done it themselves.

Here is what I have so far.. - Fluval Evo 13.5Gallon Saltwater Kit - Box of Seachem Vibrant Sea Salt - Fluval 50W submersible heater - Wide range specific gravity meter Im currently running a leak test on the tank but this is my plan. Please let me know where I should change or adjust. Going...