community reef

Hey everyone, Lately I've been wondering why reef tanks are still kind of niche compared to freshwater setups. I keep hearing the same things from outsiders, that it's too much work or everything dies super easily or it's crazy expensive. But honestly with all the gear we have now like good...

Reef newbie question: I have a 30 gallon with two small clowns and a small Bengaii cardinal. The biggest clowns have been nipping. I kinda want a Yellowtail damsel fish but I weary about the aggression. I'm hoping the clown would focus on a fish that is equally sassy but worse case the...

Hello! I am in the process of building my 750 Gallon Reef (130”L x 37”D x 30”H - The display is 625 while the sump is 125). I have not even started cycling this tank, as I’m still plumbing, building, etc. but throughout my time in this hobby I’ve been making a list of fish I’d eventually love...

Curious what others think I should stock my Innovative Marine 100g tank with. Planning to keep corals, mainly softies and LPS. I read another user calculated that with sand and rocks, leaves about 85g in the display tank. Unsure how true or accurate this is. You can see my build thread for how...

Hello all I currently am looking into any new additions to my 75 gallon reef tank Tank is about 5.5 months old currently housing: 2 black and white ocellaris clowns 1 purple fire fish 1 yellow watchmen goby 1 male lyretail anthias 1 scooter blenny 1 long nose hawk fish For inverts...

Hello everyone, I recently got a free 9-inch engineer goby that looks amazing for free while buying a tank breakdown. I was researching online for information but couldn't find anything. The current stockings I have are Gem Tang (1), Yellow Tang (1), Tomini Tang (1), Blue Tangs (2), Purple Tang...

I love Cardinalfish! their angular shape, their colours, their unique behaviors. understand my surprise when i find that there isnt a whole lot about theses guys on the internet (exept the pyjama and the bangai) i have a 55 gallon tank with three pyjamas, 3 bangais and 3 longspine cardinalfish...

Hello! I am not new to using this site as a resource but I am new to interacting. I have a 120 gallon peninsula community reef aquarium. She’s been up and running for almost two years now. I have a large mix of zoas, variety of mushrooms, rock flower nems, bubble tip anemones (that seldom have...