corals

I have red algae that looks like a slime coating and also has long hairy strands. Is it beneficial, or should I get rid of it. If so, how? I attached a few photos. Thanks!

I discovered nudibranches eating my zoa colonies. First instinct was to purchase a large Melanurus wrasse, but a week in and he still has shown no interest in the nudibranches or in any food yet. I am hoping this will change soon. I removed all the large colonies and did a freshwater dip for...

Want to buy Rare Soft Coral leathers, will pay for shipping if needed, located at 60056. Specifically looking for... - Koji Wada Pink Nephtea - Japanese Weeping Willow Toadstool

Hello everyone! I have a 33 gallon 4ft tank (48x13x12) frag tank. It is drilled, comes with a sump, pluming, return pump DC, T5 4bulb 4ft light, and the stand. Let me know if you have any questions! it is ready to be picked up as I broke it down and cleaned it up. I am located in PA 19025 and I...

For the past few months i have been thinking about all the different species of fish and corals i have in my reef tank. Then it dawned on me that most of these species from the different oceans have most likely never intermingled with each other. When ee add them to our tanks it is most likely...

So a couple days ago all of my zoas closed up my leather lps are slumped over my Duncan’s won’t open not will my hammer and frogspawn open, the only coral that seems to have any polyps open is my green tyree monti cap, I have checked ALL parameters and they seem fine, I don’t know what to do...

Hello- I am new to reefing and Reef2Reef. I started a reef tank in honor of a friend who passed away. His wife gave me several coral frags with no information regarding what they were except for high flow and light. Can anyone help me ID these corals? I would like to make sure I am taking...

After posting about my refugium over in the macroalgae forum I decided why not post up my whole build progression while I'm at it. First off, I suppose this would be considered a budget build by most standards, and/or DIY, nearly everything was repurposed from old builds during my last foray in...

Hello I’m new to corals and I have 3 torches I believe. But I don’t seem to see my torches extending how it did from when I purchased them. Please help. Should I blast the torches with flow ?

Hello everyone, My name is David and I live in Manchester, England. Thanks for stopping by my GazuntaiReef build thread! UPDATE MONDAY 22 MARCH 2021: I use Core7 Triton method to maintain most of my parameters. The aquarium is around 280 Gallons. Lightly stocked at the moment with both hard...

Hey everyone!! so I recently bought a tank! My first ever reef tank! I’ve got a question regarding aquascaping for my aquarium, and whether I should go with floating rockscape or a bottom rockscape. I’m curious as to the pros and cons of each, and how each one will affect my tank? Here’s the...

I am looking for uncommon blastomussa.

Hey folks! Fee free to skip down a ways if you want to get to my questions! so I started my reefing journey back in October 2020 with a 55 gallon peninsula tank. Fast forward a month and my husband gifted me a 130 gallon acrylic tank! Fast forward a few more months and I decided to tear down my...

So I am starting a 20g reef tank as soon as my cycle finishes. I am planning on the following stocking: - 1 ocellaris clownfish - 1 cardinalfish or royal gramma - 1 small blenny or goby maybe paired with a shrimp - 1 small wrasse if i can find one (pink-streaked or possum, or perhaps even a...

Hello all, I’m new to reefing and I have started off my journey with a Red Sea Max Nano, all is going very well! I bought my first coral yesterday which is the torch you can see in the photos, I think it’s happy? Anyway, it’s come on this big black square frag plug which doesn’t have a stem...

So last week I fed my palys reef roids mixed with phytoplankton and ever since then they have not opened back up it’s coming up on the 8th day of this and I’m starting to get concerned, is there anything I can do? Or is there anything I should do?

Hello:) I have a new Red Sea 425xl up and running. Been cycled for a while and already have a decent stock in the tank. Recently added 15 corals and have a question on flow. I really want this to be a mixed reef but I read so many different things about flow. I’ve seen up to x80+ In some...

Hello, Im want to purchase 300 Gallon Rimless Tank for Reef fish and Corals. I will put this Tank in the basement. Im worried about water Evaporation and getting mold on walls and ceiling. can anyone please tell me if there is possibly I will get Mold later in the furure because of so much water?

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...

Starting up a fishless tank, corals and cuc only. How long do you need to quarantine your corals / cuc before adding them to the DT? I've been reading about 76 days in qt to eliminate all strains of ich, but what if you don't have to worry about ich or other fish diseases?

So people I came home from work and my missus who don’t no any bout reef tank has said to me I have treated you babe to a new anemone she actually got me 2 and put 1 in each of my tanks I have never put anything in my tank that I have researched before so I **** it but couldn’t moan as she tried...

How’s everyone doing this weekend? Super Bowl parties? Let’s see some reef photos and your most favorite corals !!!

Ive had this pair of clowns for about 8 years, i love them as a pet. they have been going crazy at the rocks for a while now and i always thought it was algae they were after. i looked today and saw the male cleaning a big patch of eggs under their rbta! will they hatch in tank? i always dose...

Hey guys so I bought a random pack from a local reef store which I now realize wasn’t a good idea for me cause this is my first reef tank, I would like help identifying the corals an maybe placement tips it would be much appreciated!!!