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Hi All, I have a red sea 170 with skimmer and reefmat running. I am running carbon in the sump with Maxpect Bio blocks. On two occasions now in three months,i have this strange slime build up in the bottom of the reefmat. I have a similar build up in baffle between main part of the sump and...

Hey everyone I’m due to add another fish (or 2) to the tank but I’m really struggling. I have a fire fish which is extremely peaceful so was put off clowns as I don’t want them to bother him and a lot of people have said clowns will turn aggressive as they mature. I also really like the...

Hey what’s up everyone, I’m relatively new to the hobby and needed suggestions on a new tank I’m currently planning. I currently have a 10, 20, (2) 30’s, 45, 55 and a 75 gallon already setup. As I was browsing the deep dark web (just kidding) I came across a couple of tanks that were close to...

Hello everyone, I am hoping to get some help with my Dino issue in my 38 gallon AIO reef tank. It has been about 2 month of having them and about 3 weeks of treating them. So far I have been dosing microbacter 7, microbacter clean, and phyto. Thus far I really do not see any difference in the...

Hi everyone. I have had my 20g up and running for 6 months now and have recently encountered. Sorry for the poor photo quality but my microscope does not magnify much more while maintaining clarity. Please help identify the type of dino and what you guys have experienced in the best way to...

All fish QTed in copper prior to adding to tank. All corals stable prior to incident. Water stable with Po4 under .1, No3 around 15, alk between 8.2-8.4, calcium around 440, I recently added a group of fish to my main tank that had been in QT and dosed with copper for 30 days followed by...

Who all out there is keeping gonadactylus viridis and what are their temperaments and activity levels?

Need some help with what this orangish brown algae is and how we can fix it..if we need to? Tank is several years old, nothing has been added recently other than water for a water change. Seems to be spreading all over everything..

I got my first zoas on the 25th of February and after acclimating them and dipping them with revive, they looked healthy and had opened up by the next day. On March 3rd, I noticed they looked a little misshapen, like some were starting to have that umbrella-shape to them, and then on the next...

Hi everyone, My name is Deven and I am currently working on starting a 55 gallon reef tank. I'm glad to finally be getting in to this part of the fish keeping hobby, but it is incredibly intimidating. I would love any advice you guys can give me on keeping this kind of tank started and how to...