advice wanted

Hi guys, I am pretty new to the hobby and I have this 20 gallon tall that I would love to keep soft corals in. My question is if the dimensions would be suitable for toadstools. The tank is two feet long and a little over a foot wide with a depth of about two feet. I know the Cap for some...

Hey everyone, just starting out my reef tank journey. My girlfriend and I decided to start our own 75 galloon saltwater aquarium. Currently planning out some logistics, budget, space, etc. so still very early in the journey but excited to be here and honestly can’t wait to start. I’ve been...

I’ve officially gotten to the point where the nutrient consumption in my system outweighs what is produced by the animals, so I’m thinking about finally adding one more medium sized fish to accommodate that. The tank is a 48x18x24 90g mixed reef with lots of rock and a roughly 4” deep sand bed...

Hi all! Went to the LFS and got a deal on a 140g tank with sump, plumbing, return pump, stand, canopy. With delivery paid $750. I went ahead and cleaned the entire thing with water and distilled white vinegar, with the correct. Ratio. I’m looking for thoughts on the tank and any tips or...

I have a Waterbox 105.4 and currently have a tomini tang, mostly grown engineer goby, 4 carberryi anthias, a Valentini puffer (model citizen), black leopard wrasse, starry blenny, Blue Sided fairy wrasse. I did plan on adding a mandarin but was also considering one reef safe butterfly or...

Hello everyone! I'm starting to feel lazy just coming on here everytime I get stuck for information, but everytime I do my own research I get overloaded with different information, conflicting information, and advice that doesn't seem applicable to my particular case :( I've got a 65L tank...

Hello everyone! I've wanted to get some macroalgae in my 65L tank for a whiilleeee and recently my LFS was kind enough to give me a small cutting of a macroalgae (im not sure which species though) and now I want some more! I'll attach some pics of my tank (the rock is a bit sparse, i plan to get...

Hello everyone! As you can see by the title, I've got some evil milky water in my tank that I just can't seem to clear up. I've got a 65L tank with a sponge filter + airline in one corner and a hang-on filter in the opposite corner (specifically an aqua one clearview 280 because that's what...

Hello all, I wanted to share my newest system and get some advice on it. I have had experience keeping predatory FOWLR (large systems 300-450 gallons) and some experience with easy soft corals like leathers, xenia, kenya tree etc. I am setting up a new tank and am planning to go all in on reef...

hello everyone! I'm really new to reef2reef but I'm anxious for some advice from the lovely folks here. To make a long story short, I have no idea what animal(s?) I can keep in my tank! it's a 65L tank with a heater, thermometer, sponge filter + airline going into it, and a pretty standard white...

I just started using the aquaforest hybrid pro salt, at least for a few weeks depending on how effective it is, to hopefully reduce nutrient levels a little bit. I just did the first water change with it a couple hours ago. This might be a stupid question, but should I be turning off my skimmer...

When I first converted this from a nano reef to a macroalgae tank and stuck in the first few pieces of algae, all my coworkers/friends who are more into planted FW tanks, and some that are really into macroalgae as well, were like “omg that looks so good”. Over the past couple months I’ve added...

Hello! I have had my Red Sea 350 g2 running for several months now, and I’m definitely entering the ugly stage. Ive been noticing a really nice pod population, but across the past 3 weeks I’ve begun seeing some uglies. I’m not too sure what it is, but I’m assuming cyano or dinos. it’s only...

So I have a second sump for a refugium, and right now I have a pump putting it in one end of the refugium from the main sump, and another pump putting it back into the main sump from the opposite end of the refugium. I struggle every evening to get the pumps to exactly match flow rates to not...

Hello! You can call me Balue! I am a programmer by trade, gamer by night, and reef enthusiast otherwise. Having hit a small creative streak recently, I have been developing a personal project that can only be described as a cozy little marine aquarium simulator. The scope is relatively small as...

What is this freaking algea? Got a tuxedo that does great in my big tank and he barely touches it. I beleive it to be green turf algea but don’t know how to kill it. Please help. It’s growing so fast it’s going to smother my candy canes and white zombies which are my two best corals.

I have a 30 gallon setup that will eventually go into a 150 gallon next year. I have a basic ni crew light, a heater, a fluval canister filter (no sump) a hang on back oase protein skimmer, a fluval uv light that connects too my filter, a auto top of system, auto feeder, 2 wave makers, carib sea...

Hey everyone, I am new to the hobby. I’ve been lurking on Reddit for about a few months now and slowly gathering materials and I would like to get some insight before I even start thinking about cycling my tank. I know there’s a lot to learn and I don’t want to waste money starting too early...

Its been a while since I've had a saltwater aquarium, but I'm finally ready to jump back in. My previous tank was successful for the most part but I now know that I should do a few things differently. Mainly, not placing it by a window!!! As well as taking things slower and not messing with the...

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 fellow reefers! I’ve been in and out of the hobby for about a decade but I still have a lot to learn, fell in love with salt water keeping when I was 15 and a family friend had a 55 gallon tank. The hobby has come such a long way since then! I currently have a 40 gallon breeder I’ve had up...

What suggestions do you guys have for bringing up nitrate and phosphate? I have a Reefer 300XL and it seems no matter what I do the nitrate and phosphate are extremely low, and now I'm battling dinoflagellates. Even after doubling my feeding and ceasing water changes my nitrate stayed at 0. I...

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...

So I’m about 3 months out from my stocking list. My plan is to scape to my stocking plan and I just ordered rock, then cycle the tank and then start stocking. Here is my 10+ Phase list so I can slowly absorb bio load and work through a SIX WEEK quarantine for each phase. 36 gallon bow w/20...

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...