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Hey everyone! I’m new to the saltwater side of the hobby and wanted to share my journey so far—plus get some advice and reassurance from the pros here on Reef2Reef! I’ve been keeping freshwater tanks for a while, but about 3 weeks ago, I finally took the plunge into saltwater and set up my...

Hey everyone! I’m new to the saltwater side of the hobby and wanted to share my journey so far—plus get some advice and reassurance from the pros here on Reef2Reef! I’ve been keeping freshwater tanks for a while, but about 3 weeks ago, I finally took the plunge into saltwater and set up my...

Woke up at 4am to beeping. Immediately checked phone. Which is nice to not have to get out of bed if its something stupid. NOPE. Sensor says unknown. And ATO pump went into fallback which I never configured or realized I should have. Thankfully it did not dump a lot of RODI in. Salinity only...

Hi everyone, I currently have a problem with my two tangs. They are both juvenile and from biota! Super great fish although sometimes they don't get along. Now fast forward I purchases a copper band butterfly although I knew the risks I asked to seem them eat and this one was a very sporadic...

Can someone let me know if this octospawn is supposed to act/look like this? I have had it for 2.5 weeks now and got it in the same shipment from aquaSD (both hammers and bubble coral). As you can see, the hammers and bubble are doing great— but my octospawn’s polyps don’t extend further than...

So, I just bought NeoPhos, and this is to help me get rid of diatoms. I was told I need to raise my phosphates levels to .1 PPM, and I am not dosing yet because I need some other dosings to go with this. It says on the bottle, word for word, "Apple NeoPhos as directed below to attain a minimum...

There is 1000’s of these tiny white snails in my aquarium an i have a few questions about them. • What eats them ? • Is it me that has too remove them ? • Good clean up crew ? • anything i need too worry about ? • are they worth anything ?

Good afternoon! My saltwater tank has been up since.. November(?) of last year. I waited a long time to ensure it cycled, used live sand, dry rock, lots of filter media, etc. This isn't my first tank so I have experience, though I am not an expert by any means. I've had a moon jelly tank, and...

Since adding a new, stronger light, the cabbage coral has closed up, and now it’s bubbling. I brushed and blew off the bubbles on its surface, but all these bubbles are under the skin and inside the flesh. Is this because it’s receiving too much light and wasn’t acclimated to the new lighting...

Does any one know what’s going on with my toadstool leather? Its polyps haven’t extended in over 4 months. Water parameters Calcium- 380 Alk- 8.0 Mag- 1350 Ph- 8.1 Phos- 0.25 Nitrate- 10 Ammonia- 0 Temp-78.9*F

I have this cool looking mushroom but when I was taking it off the plug the Little Rock that the mushroom was on had a little buddy… and idk what it is… the mushroom is on the left and the small like flower shape or idk its on the right hand side

I’ve had this hammer coral for a little over 2 weeks and for the past 2-3 days it’s been closed. I’m not sure what the problem is. I’m guessing it’s flow but I’ll list my parameters for the 15g it’s in. Salinity 1.023 Nitrate 9.0 Phosphate 0.04 Alk 8.0 Temperature 77-79

Hello, so my entire tank has been doing great outside of this one hammer coral. Have only had it for about a month and noticed about 2 weeks ago one of the heads has died. It is now going to 2... any ideas whats going on? I have a peppermint shrimp that i notice picking at the head but it is...

Im new to the hobby and i had a bubble coral that die when it got stuck on my filter. Because of that my gf gift me this one, but i cant idd and i need some help with that and also need to know if it is ok. I also have a small remain of the bubble one but i think it melted down.

Hey everyone, I picked up my first acro frags 1 week ago and they’re not looking too good. The purple 1 is in worse shape but now today even the green 1 on the left in the second picture seems to have some tissue loss now. Looking for advice on what to do to save them if possible, or what to do...

Hey reefers! Can you help me figure out why my hammer has been losing head? Parameters Ammonia and nitrite are 0 Alkalinity 7 Ph 7.9 Nitrate 5ppm Calcium 420ppm Phosphate 0 Salinity 1.023 Fish and every other invert/coral are doing fine. The only change that occurred recently is that i moved...

Can I add 3 tangs?? I have a 125g fowlr with 2 blue tangs, 1 purple tang, 1 fox face, 3 damsels, 2 clownfish. 1 bicolor angel along with general clean up crew and a long tentacle anemone. I have the chance to purchase a gem, yellow and purple tang for a steal, it’s ridiculously cheap the guy...

I’ve had him for a bit and noticed he’s consistently got this white stuff hanging out of him. My guess is internal parasites but I’m not sure. I’m no noticing any other symptoms. What is it and how can I treat ?

Good afternoon all, This is my first time posting to hear but I’ve used this website as a resource for the past 2yrs and I really appreciate all the help I get from people posting. Now I’m finally posting my own question and I'm hoping someone can help me out with some advice I have a 40...

Hey Guys Bought a second hand RedSea Reefer 170 - it’s an older model, so we’ve been upgrading to G2 system underneath and have hit a snag … as we have come across dodgy repair on the RedSea sump valved downpipe (the slide lock nut has snapped and cannot be repaired) The Actual pipe is a Red...

Not sure if I’m stupid and this is normal or if it’s something to worry about about? Both of my Halloween crabs have a medium sized bump on the larger side of their shell right at the “tip” I guess you’d call it, I never thought much of it and assumed it was normal but looking into my tank today...

Last night I noticed the spots on my skunk clowns, so I spent 3 hours getting them out of the tank and put them in QT and started copper treatment. Now tonight my white tail bristletooth tang has it and it’s much worse than my clowns. The problem is that my QT tank is 10 gallons and I cannot fit...

I'm brand new to saltwater, and after cycling for over 6 weeks, I purchased (Petco) and placed my first round of "livestock". I started with a clownfish, an anemone, a hermit crab, a turbo snail and a coral frag. All seemed to be doing well, until I got the bright idea to (carefully) relocate...

Hello, So I have noticed that my Calc and Magnesium have been dropping as my Alk has went up. It is now getting to the point where I am starting to panic and need to do something. salifert tests kit: Alk: 9.9 Dkh (it was low, 7Dhk so i got it up via dosing) Calcuim: 320 (was around 400)...

So I have this Red St Thomas mushroom that is huge. Like donut size (Krispy Kreme size), and it was in the middle of two rocks. It the slowly started moving over towards having a bit more shade. I read they can move a bit to get comfy. Well today. This this is leaned up on the rock and...