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Ok, this was my second attempt at a pair of clown fish. Both times, in less than 12 hours, they are dead and I don’t know why and don’t understand why. Three days ago I came home from my LFS with two clown fish and saw my emerald crab eating something meaty and I never put anything meaty in...

Any help with an id for this critter that has decimated half of my papaya clove coral

Hi all. I am currently freaking out. I’ve had this 75g tank for 3 years. All my inhabitants have been great. Until recently, I noticed my uv (coraline) and protein skimmer weren’t working properly. (Uv had pump issues, skimmer had calcium buildup) After fixing them, a lot of shtuff went into my...

Forgive me if this is a dumb question, but I’m having a day. While feeding my scorpion I didn’t move the heat lamp far enough from the edge. Which then proceeded to melt the plastic/ rubber of the lip the lid slides into. This caused a burning plastic/rubber smell to then fill the room. Just...

Hi there I'm hoping to get a little bit of help or advice on these 2 carpet anemones, a Blue Haddoni and a Purple Gigantea, from the experts. @OrionN @D-Nak Both were purchased from Dr. Mac at PEA on May 16. We brought them home and put them in the tank, a 3ft 65G display with 20G Sump. (ICP...

Hey so I prepared to do my first water change to my 40 gal and had already mixed the salt in the buckets then I had an emergency which led to the mixed water sitting in the covered bucket for a week and a half uncirculated, Is it still okay to use? (l'm using pro reef sea salt)

Hi everyone! Quick note on the photos: The bright pictures were taken tonight using a flashlight, so the coral heads are currently retracted. The smaller photo is from a few weeks ago out of the tank to show the growth of the strange tentacles I'm asking about. I’ve had this Duncan frag for 2...

Hello, I am currently in the process of treating my display tank using hyposalinity for flukes. The salinity is currently at 1.014, I have gradually dropped this over the span of about 10 days starting from 1.025. For about a week my purple tang seems to be most affected from the flukes, as-well...

Hey all, I just ordered a Waterbox infinia frag 175.6 gallon tank, and was wondering if my 3 xr30s on my current 150 gal tank are too strong for the Waterboxes shorter height, not sure if I should downgrade to xr15s or hydras, or even just keep them

Hello, I’m quite new to reefing. I’ve transferred from freshwater I had quite the freshwater collection and breeding set ups… stingrays, rare peacocks and heaps more. Made the transition to reef tank as It all got too much and thought I would downsize into a single display tank and thought...

I have a Cade Reef 1800 that is a few months old. I transferred everything from my established 40-gallon reef, which had been running for about a year. The system had been stable, but over the last two weeks I started getting what I assume to be dinoflagellates. Current filtration includes...

Hello, I have 2 Fromia that I got recently (reefapalooza for the Milleporella) and then my LFS had the Pacifica that I had been searching for months for a week later. So it's been 2 weeks - tanks parameters are great even coral is thriving but my Milleporella just started having issues. First...

Yesterday was ok all others r ok suggestions?

I’ve recently got 2 juvenile clownfish about 4 days ago. I have a 16g fluval tank and I added the fish in but the larger one will not stop glass surfing. For the last 4 days the second the lights go on she goes BANANAS and glass surfs the entire right side of the aquarium and a little out in...

Hello, I’ve got a fungia and after a few days in the tank I noticed that one side seems to be damaged (polyps completely flat, even a visible tear in the tissue). Is it recoverable and what should I do next?

I'm currently away at college, but my parents at home just informed me that my 65 gallon reef tank hasn't been doing well. The tank was established in 2021 and has mostly been successful, with my parents keeping up a basic water change/dosing/testing routine during the ~9 months of the year I'm...

For some context I picked this tank up fully set up at reefapalooza this weekend in orlando i’m a little confused on what’s going on with this guy it’s a five gallon fully set up tank from the macro lady i was told since the clowns have permanently flared gills they can live in this tank for the...

I’m feeling a bit, defeated with my fish choices for my tank. I got a Splendid Dottyback and it bullied my Watchman Goby. I took the Goby out so he could recover for a few weeks in private. I took the Dottyback back to the LFS and asked if there was a more peaceful fish I could add. They...

i went to remove my wave maker to today for cleaning and found this strange mass in the corner next to it, almost looks like a egg sack of some sort but i have no clue what it would be from.

Hello Everyone! My first post on here and it comes with a worrying situation! The tank has been running for 5 years now with minimal issues thanks to all the advice on here! However! I added a large copperband butterfly about 2 months ago as the only new addition and over the last few weeks...

Hello everyone I posted a thread regarding this angel before as he has flukes but he was in QT and healed for 4-5 weeks and I made him fat before transfer into QT tank. I am assuming he doesn’t have flukes as I did two rounds and his fins healed up etc and he isn’t breathing hard or rubbing and...

I have a Red Sea nano max xxl 52 gallons tank. Nano mat and protein skimmer. I bought this coral 5 days ago. The tank is about a month or more old. It seemed very happy the first 3 days and then up to today has been barely extending polyps and shrinking in size. I checked my parameters and...

So this has been puzzling and frustrating me for the past few days now and sadly I cannot find a lot of information online about it... I have a Neptune Apex and use Kessil LED lights on my tank. For years, I just had then run on a table that I would manually adjust over time as the sunrise and...

Hey guys, I'm struggling with KH. I have a new 220l system with 2x clowns and 2x cardinals, 1 anemone, small GSP frag, one ricordea, 2x hermits. My LFS pointed out that my KH was too low and suggested Fauna Marin Elementals KH solution. I've been dosing it for a while but can't seem to get my KH...

He fell under my hammer and I didn't notice for a couple of days. What should I do?