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i got myself some thicker grade sand didnt really think much of it now im regretting it and would like to change it to the pink fuji stuff is it possible to get the sand bed out and put a new one in 32g biocube

guys so a friend of mine gave me a big chunk of dried coral he basically took of out of his clients tanks dries them outside and sell thems i guess. So i got this chunk from him it’s alottle dirty from like outside debris is it okay to rinse it with tank water and re enter it into the tank? Or...

slowly ill be bringing in my corals into the my new tank have a few corals i want to bring in hopefully not killing them using coral RX dip small list of stuff i currently have, Red Acan, Toadstool, Duncan whisker, rasta zoas, few other zoas , palythoas , Xenias, Hammer Coral, pretty sure thats...

got myself chempure elite and it’s got fingerprints all over the bottle and some brown crap all over the inside is this normal? Is it used?

hey yall, finally my 32g biocube is cycled and ready to start moving my previous tank over here is my general idea of stocking too much bio? enough? current tank 10g - 2 clowns / watchman goby + pistol Shrimp / Scooter benny / Fire Shrimp / Cleaner Shrimp tank is fine for 13 months no issues...

so I’ve been watching this hammer for a about a month now and feel like something is either eating or scratch the branch part right under the polyps if you look at an angle it looks liek it’s been chewed off or something water is pretty much all where it should be had the same for 13 months no...

hey guys so i got s tank off of somone that’s used this before just have no idea how he set it up or how’s this stuff work, so i uploaded pictures of the compartments return pump left side middle section media rack and i thought protein skimmer right section i put the healer in there so the...

currently cycling my 32g biocube with dry rock and live sand with added biospira to speed the process up alittle i run lights 5h white 4h blue 500gph wave maker to move water. i have a media rack that needs to filled up i know the top of the rack requires Filter floss and i was told a decent...

so i got myself a 32g biocube which i converted into a rimless setup ill upload some pictures, i wanted to know how much slow is required the main return pump is 275gph and my wave maker is 550gph where would be a good place to place the wave maker? the back wall or the side glass? not 100%...

hey guys, setting up a 32g biocube this week and looking into future cleanup crews now current residence that will be entering the tank is 2 clowns, pistol shrimp/watchamam goby, scooter benny possible others. emerald crab, few hermits few snails was debating on buying this kit off aqua...

hey guys, im upgrading my tank in the next few weeks currently cycling and my current tank i have is a mini reef but i do have alot of unwanted pests / crap i basically do not want in the new tank sponges / bristle worms / vert snails and such so ill be slowly taking out corals and hopefully...

Got hands down 32g biocube off somone with the standard T5 lighting, and was thinking of converting the tank into a Rimless style taking off the hood and cutting the border off the tank if i do so does anyone know if i can keep the border and hood on with out the glue / silicone holding it down...

hey guys, i got myself a biocube from a local reefer and currently have a 10g project / learning tank. i will be setting up the 32g cube this month and trying to figure out what exactly ill be needing to get this tank rolling and keeping it steady, my general idea is pretty simple buy live...

Im currently running a 10gallon mini reef and have upgraded my lights to a AI primes couple of months ago long story short ive started to get alot of algae outbreaks on my filter / heater / wavemaker basically everywhere bothering my corals already... im running a build from someone on the ai...

hey yall, i got a light rose bubble tip anemone and a rock flower anemone hoping they split but havent had any luck 3 months now, was told people feed them directly trying to figure out what to feed them and how to feed them. i buy small cubes of mysis shrimp which i feed twice weekly and...

hey yall im still having trouble fixing my tank ive lowered my lighting by about 50% now lowered the progress of the grow but still get some, Ive also gotten myself an RODI maker and changed the 40% of the water twice now with in 10 days or so. my zoas have been closed up for about 2 weeks...

So looking for some advice on an anemone I bought a few days ago. It's spent the first few days hiding under a rock but has come out today but I'm told it looks bleached. What do I need to do to help this guy? Obviously don't want to lose him so am open to any and all advice please. Pictures are...

hey guys, im having major phosphate problems, usually 1.50-2.00 ppm cant get rid of this dang thing. been noticing this red stingy algae ive been removing it looks like veins kind of not much but all my rocks and equipment gets brownish like fuzzy algae i was told to scan phosphates and get a...

so I’m semi new to reefing and was told after testing my water that my phosphates are little too high so my readings are about 1.5 people say to lower to about .25-.5 and was recommended using the product by sea chem called phosgard I’ve ran it for a few days now and hasn’t lowered them at all...

so I’ve been getting a lot of i think it’s green hair algae? Or something my tanks about 10 months old every day i get this brown / greenish build up on my glass and now on the rocks even on the snail shells looks like hair algae trying to find a way to get rid of it Tank specs 10gallons...

hey guys so ive been running into lowish ph problems yesterday morning i tested my ph was 7.5ish used a seachem marine buffer to raise but found out that stuff raises your alk really my alk currently dropped to 8ish atm so its okay to raise alittle but long run wont work out too well. so i was...

hey all, Im going to be booting up a new 32gallon Biocube tank and need some advice on picking Dry rock or Live alittle background experience ive had current tank i have i bought live from LFS and Petco (cheapest ) got a bunch of hitch hikers i was also super new to the hobby i got some Stars...

bought an ai prime HD for my 10gallon reef tank need advice on how to set this thing up I’m running a pirates of the Caribbean setting the tank dimensions are 20L 12H 8W have the light mounted about 10 inches off water surface Have the acclimation mode on at 30% for 20 days By the looks of it...

hey guys i have a dumb question need advice with so today i got myself a bio cube 32 and currently have a 9 month old 10 gallon what would be the best steps to take on setting up my bio cube ASAP My idea - buy live sand / fill with water / put it live rock i got from a private seller / put in...

hey yall, im having some issues with Nitrates usually pretty high was looking into getting a protein skimmer i currently have a 10g reed tank ( long ) was looking into two different ones dont want anything too expensive...