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Tank info: Currently battling dinos and am making decent progress due to more hair, coraline, and film algae showing up. In range of reef tank parameters apart from phosphates which are elevated to encourage Dino competitions. Description: this algae looks like brown dots, and i can’t blow it...

Hi I had 1 bangaii in my tank and went to buy another 3 as I was told you can keep them together….. I now know this is only correct as juveniles….. 1 of them I found dead and the first bigger bangaii is constantly at the other 2 …… Asked for 2 females and a male which again they said would be...

I am just starting it out, I realized I needed to rearrange the live rock after joining this site and finding some tips. Looking to Start with clowns of course, I would like to slowly add in some blennies, royal gamma basset, a star fish and when i think I’m ready a mandarin. Of course I’m...

I’ve had this mushroom for almost a month, and for the past week and a half it’s been scrunched up. I noticed today that it’s mouth is open and it’s releasing it’s innards. Params: Ammonia/nitrite: undetectable Nitrate: 35(high, but needed to combat dinos. phosphate: undetectable(been dosing...

Pretty recent to the hobby. How can I make my tank better? Placing wise or even enhancement. Looking to improve so drop some advice!

I’ve had this clown for about 13 days in qt, with copper power and GC for prophylactic ich/velvet treatment, and for intestinal parasites(stringy white feces). Originally it refused to eat, but after dosing gc in wc, he regained his appetite. I’m now feeding medicated food and is eating very...

I got my clown about 3 days ago, and he’s currently in 2.0 ppm copper power and have also dosed general cure. He was still refusing to eat so I checked for flukes with a freshwater dip, and it looks like there is mucus on his fins. I’m not sure if this is brook so can the experts help out...

I got an occelaris clownfish today, and it looked very healthy at the store in 0 copper and 1.022 specific gravity and my qt is at 1.023 so the acclimation jump wasn’t very large. It’s currently in qt at around 1.15 ppm of copper power. I’ve been gradually increasing dosage by .05 after...

I am water testing my new Red Sea 3xxl 900. When I filled up the sump which sits on a foam pad in the stand it looks as though there is water or air trapped under there, or just that the foam is being pressed against the glass more in a specific spot. I did notice this right away, however...

Params: Ammonia/nitrite:0 Nitrate:11 Phosphates: .04 Temp: 80 Calc: 490 Mag: 1420 PH: 8 Alk: 8.1 my mushroom seems like it’s folding up. Is this normal, or should I change placement. It fell of its frag plug so I’ve kept it in a low flow area of my tank. I attached image.

I just bought a Kenya tree today and it’s bent over. Params: Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 10 Ph: 7.8 -8 Alk: 8.1 Calcium: 490 Mag: 1420 Temp: 81 I attached an image. is this normal behavior for a new Kenya tree? for acclimation I bag acclimated and dropped it in. The fish stores salinity...

Hi Reefers, I am relatively new to the hobby and have finally got my tank in good condition. Its a Reefer 350 I bought used for $750 with fish and everything. I would take any opinions or advice you have on it. One issue I still have is sand blowing around. Do you guys have any ideas on...

My tank is a little over 2.5 months old and I believe a fair amount of coraline algae has grown in that time. I’m upgrading to a stronger light on Thursday. Anyways my params are ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate 6 ish. Calc 480. Mag 1320. Alk 8.2 ph 8 does the presence of coraline indicate the...

Ok so I have some Xenia which is open and has been doing fairly well in my tank for a month. Params: Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 15 (doing water change today) Calc 410 Mag 1340 Alk 8.2 ish Ph 8 Temp 81 I’ve noticed that my Xenia has become taller and lankier? Basically the stalks of each eat...

I'm finding myself using a lot of peroxide now, brushing stuff off with it, and dosing it nightly with the 1mL/10g that's commonly recommended, and it's completely turned my tank around! This feels like miracle stuff! What are the long term implications of using it? I had a horrible...

I have a SUPER tiny hammer coral. Its starting to have some tissue recession between the heads. it only has two heads and up until about a week ago the tissue between the heads went all the way down and connected. Now the tissue is receding back to where it only has tissue on each individual...

Hey guys, So, to kind of up my reefing game a tad and to combat a cyano plague I'm dealing with, I want to start storing an amount of salt water. Right now I mix (for my 40 gallon tank) 5 gallons at a time (approximately a 10% change) every Saturday, and use another 5 to fill up my reservoir...

Hello All! I can't wait to get a little more involved in the community. Buckle up this is somewhat of a long post but I am seeking advice in the last paragraph if you would like to jump ahead. Starting off I would like to introduce myself. I am a Marine Biologist and had originally hoped to...

Okay so due to Australia’s shipping laws tightening up I haven’t been able to find cupramine or really any copper medications at any of my lfs. The only thing I’ve been able to get my hands on is oodonex by aqua sonic. Has anyone had any experience with this? is it worth getting or should I try...

Can multiple leptastrea be mounted on the same surface and live together? I’m thinking of buying another color if so.

Hey Everyone I’m fairly new here. I have an EVO 13.5 that cycled a month ago and I’m just taking my time making sure i can do water changes and the chemistry stays well. Which iv been successful in that so now I’m looking at what to put in. As an end gold i would love to have 3-4 fish. Maybe...

Hey! I'm new to this forum and as well as the saltwater hobby, I have a 20 gallon long freshwater tank that houses some fish and I am looking for future stocking options, I am planning in converting the tank from freshwater to saltwater I am planning on getting the sand for saltwater, the...

I am setting up a new tank in the next few months and I have decided on the Waterbox X60.2. For ones who don't know this is a 40 Gallon Reef Cube with a 20 Gallon sump in the bottom of the stand. I am in college so I am on as much as a "budget" as is can be. At the same time I don't want to...

Hey everyone! As title says, I’m looking at buying my very first clownfish pair to add to a tank! I know it’s good to get clowns that have already mated, or if not to get two of equal of equal size, or one slightly bigger?? but really, I’d like to know upon buying a pair, what are the best...

Hey all. I’m a new reefer in the sense that I had a fish only tank a few years ago. Since we moved, had kids and life happened. Started out again 7 weeks ago with a Fluval all in one 15 gallon nano tank. Which I want some fish and some coral in. I have to confess I have no idea of what curls I...