coral advice

Hi there, I've had this cluster of candycanes for the better part of a year, and they've always been fine. Suddenly, during the last few days or so, the bottom group has started shriveling up, and you can even see the white skeleton on the left one. The top group that is attached to them is...

Hello, I’m looking for advice/guidance as to what’s required to start importing corals from Australia to USA. Yes, I have a store and No, I’m not happy with my current wholesaler. I’ve seen a bunch of YouTube videos showing the end result but no one explains the process in detail. Thank you...

I just bought an acan frag last weekend. It was from what appeared to be a healthy colony. The LFS cut two heads off for me to buy. I have no idea why it's dying. I have a 16-gallon full of healthy and growing coral. I initially had it on the sand bed in the middle, but just moved it onto this...

Hi, I was considering getting a Firewalker Cyphastrea coral. I am wondering if anyone has had experience with any Cyphastrea coral, It would be appreciated if you would send tips, perimeters and where you keep it in the tank. I have heard online they are generally easy to keep. If you have any...

I’ve been dosing All for Reef for a month now, it seems like a good product. At first it brought my high levels of Alk down to proper levels. Calcium levels has been stable around 440/450. Calcium has started to drop more frequently and Alk has risen back to 14/15KH. I remember watching a BRS...

Hello everyone! I am kinda new to corals and reefing and am having some trouble with my corals. I don't know what is wrong because my parameters are perfect with nitrate being the only thing that is a little high (by high I mean that it's like 5). I have also been testing my phosphates and those...

So I know one is the pulsing Xenia, and I believe the other is what looks to be like a chalice? How would I split them? They came home from the lfs when getting some extra live rock.

I upsized tanks about a month ago and everyone is happy except for my torch coral. My torch seems flaccid/deflated, and it is not extending out its tentacles like normal. I have moved it twice after trying a spot for 2 weeks at a time. Currently it’s half way up in my water column and getting...

My acantho hardly opens fully any more it just puffs up when lights turn on. About 4hrs it will be puffed up like a donut and then feeders will come out stretch wide and start to miss shape before closing up the rest of the day. I have my light cycle on 12hrs. Low blues in the morning then add...

Noticed lastnight my frogspawn had a bubble in the center. It’s back to normal today. What was it doing?

Hello , does anyone know why this JB is shriveling up like this ? Normally it’s usually sitting flat and measures about 2 inches across covering the whole plug. Approximately 48 hours ago it started shriveling up like this , all other mushrooms in the tank look fine. Parameters are all excellent...

I currently have no fish in my lagoon tank and possibly might prefer no fish. I know ammonia is a major thing which feeds corals which fish produce. I top off my tank with tap water only treating chlorine and not the ammonia in the water. Has anyone kept an all reef tank with no fish...

For my 32.5g, I have mostly LPS, hammers (wall and branching), and soft/Mushrooms and zoas. With the exception of my setosa montipora (SPS). It was originally sold as an encrusting and said it might be SPS at checkout, so I did some digging and research and we are managing! (I was scared to get...

Hey everyone, I ordered an Avatar chalice coral from top shelf aquatics during their 4th of July sale last month, and the coral is growing great. However, I looked at some pictures of the day I got it earlier today and noticed it used to have way more green, and that green was much more...

First time buying coral and I ordered it offline. Big mistake I've heard. But can anyone tell me if its still alive? The fish that i ordered with it didn't make it so figured I'd ask to see if I was wasting my time with the coral. GSP - FRONT Candy Cane - middle Daisy polyp cloves - back

Hi, Please can somebody help me identify this coral please? I got this frag for free from the LFS I work in, it was donated to me by a customer who was also unsure what it was. It is approximately 1cm in diameter, it is flat (about 1mm in height), formed of what look like tiny orange...

In marine aquariums I'm not exactly new to marine aquariums, but in the winter I started to deal with water quality in order to eventually get the first corals. Right now the equipment list is as follows: 1. Two flow pumps Jebao mlw 20 2. Jebao AL-90 lights 3. Bubble Magus Curve 3 skimmer. Also...

We went onto the AI Facebook group and got so much rubbish, as in everyone responded saying this and that, but nobody would match advice so we just left it. People said the light setting was bland and basic among other things, WOW it was a harsh ride I tell ya! Anyways the tank is the Waterbox...

Happy Friday , Happy Weekend Everyone Just wanted to post an interesting photo in one of my tanks Got this hammer several months ago as a smaller 2 head frag , it has since split once and then started growing little mini heads all over its stall , so far I can count 9 all around looks to be...

Hi guys Couple days ago I bought this starfish, and then I added this zoas, science then the starfish is always on top of them, they look god, I am just a bit concerned about it eating them.

I ordered 2 beginner corals for my saltwater tank just to see if I can keep them alive (GSP & Pulsing Xenia) the the seller had a two hour DOA policy and they were shipped with two day shipping. Upon opening the box everything was packaged well but it seemed as if the Xenia was dead already it...

I have 2 Acans in a rock island in my tank and one is looking great and one is looking very poor. They have been in tank about a month and I recently moved them to this new location. Both are in the same condition they were in before I moved them. Any ideas what’s going on with the orange one...

I got a green pavona coral 2 months ago. It is my first SPS after having a bunch of soft corals. He is in moderate/high lighting with high flow and I'm dosing the tank with All-for-One Reef solution as recommended by my LFS. He got knocked over a couple times by the hermit crabs before I could...

I recently got a euphylia coral about 2 days ago and it’s not doing great, I’m not sure if it’s from the acclimation process but it’s starting to really concern me and willing to do anything to help aid it. I’m just not sure what to do I’m turning off he pumps and setting my ai light to...

Hey all, I currently have a 32 gallon biocube with 2 ocellaris clownfish, a lawnmower blenny, a six line wrasse, hermit crabs, and Mexican turbo snails. I have mostly LPS and soft corals in the tank. I want to add a BTA to give my clownfish a better environment. I am aware the BTA will...