#help

Hello Everyone, I was hoping to get some help with ID a bacteria outbreak in my tank. I believe it is either Cyano or Dino. I can't seem to figure out how to treat it and it is starting to grow on my corals and I would like to get rid of it. My parameters to start: Ammonia 0 ppm Nitrite 0 ppm...

I have this mandarin goby that has been doing very good for the past couple months since i got him. Today i saw him upside down but not dead… I put him in my little breeder box thing and he’s breathing but on his side not looking super good. He seems to have a little bit of messed up fins but i...

What exactly dose this scape need?? It looks like it’s missing something?

Hello everyone, this happens to be my first post here. Been a long time lurker with no actual account but I seem to have finally come across something that has me a bit concerned and decided to ask for some advice. Yesterday I noticed one of my acans and a Scoly were not opening up and seemed to...

Hello, I want to build a new large mixed reef tank, 300gallon (106x27x24inch) / 1150Liters (270x70x60cm). Any tips or tricks are appreciated. Stand will be made of 60/40 3mm steel with adjustable legs, any tips for how to "rust-proof" it? Also quite important is the fact that it would be...

I noticed some white spots on both of my orange clownfish which were bought together and I’m wondering if it’s ick ir maybe just stress related factor. Two of my other clowns are fine with not one spot. They all still eat normally and swim around the tank but the concern is the spots

Hey all, when I was on vacation a fuse poped on killed my entire system before I could get home (was across the country in a friends cabin that has no internet hence why I didn’t bat an eye when my Neptune said no internet) the morning of the incident my friend had sent photos of the tank all...

Hello, I have had a Fluval EVO for about three months now, when setting the tank up I used some live rock from petco which unknowingly and sadly had some Ich on it which was introduced to my system. I want fallow for a total of 56 days I kept my Display tanks heat elevated at 82 to 86 degrees...

My reef is 4 mouths old. They have appeared out of nowhere and I'm not sure what to do. They are not copopods tho. What shall I do? I found hundreds in my tank and I tried removing them but i cant because there's so many... I need advice on what they are and how to deal with them, if they are...

Hi, My parents recently purchased this Mandarin from an LFS that is known for pests in my books. My parents picked it up and decided to surprise me with it on Sunday. I closely examined the fish before it entered the tank and it didn't have any visible diseases. I did a normal acclimation, I let...

Hello Everyone, I have had these two Zoa Frags for about 3 months now. One of them is always open and the other one hasn't opened for the past month. Sometimes he opens up 1/4 of the way but never full way anymore. Also Never Extends the polyps anymore. I dipped him last weekend and nothing...

So I use a kalk stirrer and have been using it for a year it’s worked amazing but as of recent it’s had two instances of dumping tons of water into my display tank, my kalk PH is 11.4 and I use my kalk reactor at night to maintain kalk at about 8.5 I don’t understand why it would dump all that...

Hey everyone, I have an avast marine kalk stirrer that I love and I’m trynna figure out how on apex to add an interval where it only doses 2 gallons a night currently I have it maintaining my ph at night but it would be nice to Abe able to add an interval on top of that that stops it from dosing...

hi everyone! i currently have an aqua-cultured blue spotted jawfish that i’ve had for a while now. he’s my pride and joy. i went by my LFS a couple hours ago and saw a beautiful, vibrant aqua-cultured pearly jawfish. it really caught my eye and i have to hesitantly admit- i almost impulsively...

Just as the post stated so I’m currently out the house so I can’t take a picture right now so I went to my local store and they had this small crab that they had no clue what it was it’s all white with a little pink on the bottom and bottom tips of it legs but otherwise completely white with...

My clownfish has a lump on the side. Not sure what it is. It's been getting proper meals, good water quality and good parameters. I got this clownfish 2 weeks ago and noticed the lump, I tried Google but no anwers. I'm just not sure what it could be or how to treat it, if needed.

Hi everyone, I currently have a 25 gallon tank with a VERY peaceful and active clownfish pair (no aggression with them, at all they do their own thing) and super healthy blue spotted jaw fish. The clownfish stay in their host and the jaw fish in his burrow, so I have some open swimming space to...

Hi everyone! I currently have a blue spotted jaw fish, and he is doing quite a bit of redecorating in my tank. All my corals are very well glued down and secure, and I can see him manage to rip it right off the rock every time - (specifically my branching SPS varieties). With the sand bed, I...

Just moved my mangroves over to a new tank about a week ago and now they look like this any idea? I read something about it petentally being a humor issue?

So I was not feeling good and since I stayed in bed I noticed something coming out of my blasto merri I looked closely and was confused as it look like a worm was coming out the middle of the colony I freaked out and took it out I didn’t know what it was so the blasto been dying for a while and...

Hi, I have reason to believe my magnesium is extremely low. I do not have a test kit for magnesium and my LFS has just gotten a shipment in and was unable to get me one. The water has been cloudy I've tried filter floss and Vibrant. Also have been noticing a slight white film on the glass and...

This flatworm looking creature came off my lettuce nudibranch. I purchases this nudibranch about a month ago not really any problems with it until now. When I was checking the tank a lunch it looked as if it had laid eggs. About 3 hours later this thing has been moving around the tank. The...

Hi so I got the light and was wondering peoples experience with it and what you suggest height of the light on a standard 10g lid tank? There’s a plexiglass strip on the Lid as long as the tank and 4-6inches wide(or should I get rid of it ). Also what would u put the in intensity and light...

hey guys, I was just cleaning my tank when I spotted these weird things on the glass. There are 6 of them in a line and extremely small. I don't know what they are but I'm concerned. am i doomed? BTW this is a 6 week old tank and my first salt water tank. Any help is needed. Should i wipe them...