benefical bacteria

Howdy all, My last reef tank was in 2008 and when I set it up with my dad in 2005 our only option was fish in method or ghost feeding. My dad wanted to add fish and The store assured us the few mollies we added would be fine and they all survived for quite some time afterwards before being...

So I have a 29gal reef tank for prob 2 years, tank is deff established. I’m planning on buying a 190 72x26x24 display making it mixed reef. If i put the rock from my tank now in the new display or even the sump, will that prevent the ugly phase or algae boom? Or is there no way around that

Hello Reef2Reef Community! As I was cleaning my tank yesterday, I realized that in two months it will be 1 year in this hobby! I was thinking about how much I have learned throughout this experience and how many errors I have made along the way because I was not properly educated. Some of my...

I currently have a 20g AIO IM. I have a filter sock on one side and a media basket in the other side, my tank is dry sand and rock and has been cycled for a couple months now, I kinda regret not using live sand but oh well. My question is, I've been debating using my empty media basket (besides...

I’ve recently brought a saltwater tank and after cycling it added 3 fish. After a week of having the fish in the tank I’ve had a nitrite spike, due to my own fault of feeding them too much the first few days whilst getting used to it all. A visit to my LFS (10 days into spike with nitrite...

So I just started my tank cycle with 4ppm of Dr. Tim's Ammonium Chloride and the recommended dose of Brightwell's Microbacter Start XLM. Considering I get the "full cycle" as advertised in 7 days, will it be fine to leave my tank with no ammonia source for the following 3 to 4 weeks? I'd be...

New to reefing. Bought a new 32 galon Marine tank. Filled it with live rock, live sand & salt water. Running with pump, two filters & heater. Have a skimmer but its off. Added Stability (1 cap full) for 12 days to build beneficial bacteria. 4 weeks go buy, ammonia, nitrite & nitrate at 0...