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Can I add 3 tangs?? I have a 125g fowlr with 2 blue tangs, 1 purple tang, 1 fox face, 3 damsels, 2 clownfish. 1 bicolor angel along with general clean up crew and a long tentacle anemone. I have the chance to purchase a gem, yellow and purple tang for a steal, it’s ridiculously cheap the guy...

Hi gang, Few questions I was hoping someone knew the answer to: 1. I've been getting this stuff/dust that grows on the surface of the water. I siphon it off each week with the water changes and it always comes back after a few days. You can see it in the first pic, and can see where the...

Hi I’m new to sumps and just upgraded my tank and equipment… I have a main return, overflow and pump pipe (3pipes)… Do I just connect the reef at directly to the return or put a T-piece in and connect like that? Thanks

Hi all so I have a Aqua One AquaNano 60 - 60cm x 40cm x 44cm Along side a NICREW 100W HyperReef Aquarium LED Reef Light What light settings should I be running at with a basic set up of a few clowns,Anemone , GSP, Kenya trees, few more other corals

Hello everyone, I been in the fresh water world for about 15 years growing up. I’m currently live in Ontario, Canada. I recently been wanting and researching salt water tanks and have began to set up. Any thoughts or recommendations for my tank would be greatly appreciated! For my tank I’m...

Finally after months I’m going to start filling my 75 gallon tank with water. My plan is to take some caribsea rock from my old 30 gallon tank and put it into this one. The caribsea rock has been in my in my tank since May of 2023, I added it with dry rock for my rock scape. I would assume it’s...

Picked a few items up from Marketplace. It came with a frag. I was in the middle of moving and with the ongoing "Unknown" , We kept it inside a container at the bottom of the refugium. It has spent a few months there. We just moved, setup the tank, and now i'm trying to figure out what to...

All my other corals are doing great! Everything was tested a couple days ago. We also did a water change not too long ago as well. All the water parameters are where we want them to be. I have done my research on the frogspawn and I do have him in a good location in the tank. I have tested...

Hi, I have a Fluval evo 13.5 I set it up last march. I had damsels and it was doing fine but the entire tank turned brown. I tried everything but couldn’t get the tank fixed. Forward to December now, and all the fish died and now I have 1 nassarius snail and no fish. After the last fish died the...

Hi all, I'm getting into saltwater, and I plan to let my tank get cycled and ready over the next 1.5-2 months (I'm going away in early January for a bit). I have a wavemaker on order and I have extra heaters and stuff to mix saltwater appropriately. But I'm curious, do I really need that for...

Hello everyone, I have experienced a lot of success In the hobby over the last few months, with the additions of new corals (thriving) and stabilizing my water. I feel like I’m starting to understand and feel the rhythm of the hobby more and more, and I would like to dip my feet Into the sps...

I’m new to posting on here. I always come here for any advice. I’m kinda in a pickle here. Aquarium has been running for 6+ months already, test strip states the parameters are where I want them to be but in having this algae buildup I believe it is, not sure which kind tho… I don’t know how to...

Hi, There is a need for me to make a new Fish Tank as quickly as possible for a small showcase in an exhibition. I already have my own Cycled Tank, I want to simply take the water from that Cycled Tank (when doing water changes) , including the fish, Coral and Live Rocks and place them into the...

Hello, I have a reef tank which is 132 gallon display (210 gallon whole system). My fishes inside the tank are: -2 clowns -cirrhilabrus cyanopleura -leopard wrasse -yellow wrasse -flame angel -cardinal -midas blenny -one spot foxface -royal gramma -flame hawkfish -yellow watchman goby(which I...

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...

In my latest post I asked about the health of one of my acroporas as it seemed to have been bitten, it is complitely healed and in fact it si growing a new branch. The problem is with two of the acro frags that I recently moved to the final position after a few weeks on the center bottom of the...

Hello - Long time lurker and first time poster. I have a UNS 90B 12 Gal with approx. 12lbs of live rock, 5lbs of live sand, two power heads, AI Blade Grow, sponge filter, and Bubble Magus QQ1 HOB protein skimmer, IM Helio heater. Ok so here is the rundown. The tank has been set up since March...

I'm new, to this reefing. It just seems like a never ending cycle of something new to learn. However this was my lifeline I was so proud I could keep my parameters up and keep LPS. My first coral my little hammer and its grown but look at this. Its something I don't know I tried to scrape it...

Hello all! I have a torch coral with some very beautiful yellow striped tentacles. It wound up getting shaded and over a few weeks lost most of its bright gold color. I have found a lot of information on color coming back after bleaching, but what about after shading? I have stable water...

Hey everybody, Just got a saltwater AIO system off marketplace. Waterbox 25 peninsula, came with a large bubble tip anemone, 2 clowns, turbo snail, and a hermit crab and all the goods. I want to build a diverse reef but am concerned my anemone wont allow this. Also my clowns live with him so...

Hey guys I got this fella for a $1 during black friday, and im curious if hes doing well. Hes one of the few corals I got as a beginner. Just curious if he looks well. Hes my favorite one in the tank. Im learning as I go with it. Also; I am currently acclimating to a new light schedule...

The dilemma between the two sizes would be that I have about 55” of room to place the aquarium. With the 100 being 47” this leaves about 8” of space total, likely 4” for each side. This would essentially leave the side doors unusable and removing the sump if needed would have to be done through...

Hey everyone! I'm pretty happy with my current selection of corals but there's some extra space that I feel some more coral could spruce up. The first place I would love to add something new is next to my green hammer coral and frogspawn in the top right section of the reef. Its hard to see in...

I have an old 120 I was going to use as a sump in the basement. As you can see there is damage where a previous owner removed baffles and left cracks and gouges out of the acrylic. I was going to patch all these with weld on and 1/4" acrylic before adding my own baffles back in, but I wanted a...