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  1. J

    ID on these? I don’t have names on any of my zoas

    does anyone have an ID on any of these? Asked a few weeks ago and the only answer I got was that maybe the one with the red mouth is a gorilla nipple, not sure tho
  2. Wmacintosh

    Upgraded to a bigger tank and PH has been out of whack

    Like the title says I upgrade my tank from a Red Sea max 250 to a Red Sea reefer 350. I used about 3/4 of the old tank water and the rest newly mixed. I swapped all the rocks pretty quick so no die offs and didn’t transfer my sand except for enough to just cover the new (washed) sand that was...
  3. H

    Overflow leaking

    Got an Eclipse l and after much time, I finally got it plumbed to the best of my ability in the bean animal style. However, I for some reason watched the ONE YouTube video where the person cemented their inner overflow in, meaning I can’t pull out any of the elbows because they are cemented into...
  4. Gichigami.reefer

    Having issues with nuisance algae

    I’ve been having some issues since I tried to “rescue “ 2 fags in august with the tiniest amount of gha I dipped in H202 and put them in tank everything seemed to be going good numbers were good and all of the sudden boom it was everywhere slowly kept losing coral ( I bet atleast 15 frags lost )...
  5. Gichigami.reefer

    Having issues with nuisance algae

    I’ve been having some issues since I tried to “rescue “ 2 fags in august with the tiniest amount of gha I dipped in H202 and put them in tank everything seemed to be going good numbers were good and all of the sudden boom it was everywhere slowly kept losing coral ( I bet atleast 15 frags lost )...
  6. X

    EMERGENCY Clown fish white spot

    Hi! First of all, I would like to thank you all for your help! Whenever I have a problem with my tank, you help me solve it ASAP! Now to the issue: In the past few days, I noticed that a white spot appeared on the top of my clownfish. I have no idea what this could be, so I want to hear your...
  7. P

    EMERGENCY Clownfish ID disease and Meds to administer

    Unsure if it's ich? I placed him in qt and dosed rally reef pro while I get help from you guys. Thank you.
  8. B

    EMERGENCY Blenny labored breathing

    My lawnmower blenny has been breathing strangely recently and as of today has started breathing with his mouth open.sometimes the breathing has been fast and other times it’s slow and hard. Tankmates are a single fire fish goby and a pistol shrimp that were added at the same time with the...
  9. S

    Lawnmower Blenny breathing heavy - TIPS/HELP

    Hi, I recently got a Lawnmower Blenny about a week ago. I noticed he breathes super heavy and fast - the other fish don’t do that. I have 3 Nemo’s and a Naso Tang which I call “Lips” They all seem to be getting along and the salt levels are fine. I noticed though he cleaned up the amphipods...
  10. S

    HELP!! I have little white shrimp spider bug looking things that are growing decent size

    Hi, I am relatively new to salt water reef tanks. I got a 80 gallon tank for free luckily about 8 months ago. About a month and a half ago I noticed very tiny like shrimp bug things and did some research and saw posts about centipods, amphipods etc and thought maybe this was them. But I am not...
  11. TeeSquared1214

    Algae ID

    At first I thought this was cyano but think it could be dinos because it recedes to an extent at night? Looks like a slimy film that is covering sand and sometimes the rocks. I believe that some of the brown/green is hair algae and my lawnmower blenny and pincushion urchin seem to have dented it...
  12. Koby

    Is this a baby starfish hitchhiker??

    This may sound dumb but today I was looking at my tank before I clean it and I see something I haven’t seen in my tank. I’m no saltwater expert but it looks like a baby star fish. I got the best photos I could but he or she is tiny. I never put any star fish in my tank. So it had too come in a...
  13. S

    Question for the Aqua medic Yasha 90

    I am currently setting up my Yasha 90 for a few sexy Shrimp but i am concerned that the in take will suck em up. Has anyone a simple idea can help me out ? I was thinking of a guardmesh or aquarium devider where i cut a bit to put zipties through but then i thought for cleaning later will be a...
  14. A

    EMERGENCY Tiger moray eel sick

    I’ve had my tiger moray for about 8 months all has been great till this last week he stopped eating my thoughts were hunger strike as I’ve dealt with his pickyness in the past, the he stopped hiding sitting on the sandy bottom out in the open in daylight hours, someone told me to do a salt dip...
  15. G

    Help BJD or Tissue damage

    I recently brought a Branching Hammer, and it got exposed to air because my family likes to screw around with my things. The polyp was obviously dying when it got put back into the water but now i’m wondering if this is BJD. If so what can I do to prevent it from attacking the goni frag that it...
  16. N

    Help ID'ing why my corals aren't opening up fully

    Hello everyone, I have a 120 gal reef tank and for some reason I can't figure out why my hammers, frogspawns, Duncan, Zoas, clove polyp, and Goniopora aren't opening fully. My parameters are: Ca: 400-450, KH: 8.1-9.2, Nitrates: 5-10, PH: 8.4, Salinity: .024, Alkaline: over 300. I have...
  17. ThatFishEnjoyer

    EMERGENCY Slime Coat issue with maroon and white spotted soap fish?

    Last night my Whitespotted soap fish was acting weird but I didn’t think much of it, now that the lights are on both the white spot and one of my maroons have something all over their bodies and cloudy eyes. Any ideas?
  18. clownaround4giggles

    Molting or dying?

    Walked into my room and saw my emerald crab “Austin” in the dying spider pose- he’s still kinda moving his front claws but generally not moving anything else and his apron is just open. I haven’t seen him molt yet and i Don’t think it’s starvation because he’s been eating both bubble algae and...
  19. j.speaks

    Favia stn

    Hello all, I picked up this favia around 3 weeks ago and have noticed tissue reccesion over the last few days. it’s sitting Lower in my tank but direct light and pretty low flow. I know that corals can have a delayed reaction, do you think it could just be shocked from the system change? My...
  20. NCaquaticnoob

    New to the reef life...

    So I am mostly looking for @Paul B advice but all advice is welcome. I live in NC and I have access to floating docks and piers. I'm looking for advice on what type of life I should bring back or definitely don't bring back. I plan on bringing back 8, 5 gallon buckets of water and 2 buckets of...
  21. B

    Fungi? Sponge? What?

    I posted this previously with some crappy photos. I finally got my phone to focus. I will be editing the old one also but I hope this gets some traction. Have had this white fuzz on my rocks and i have a feeling it killed off my hammers and it's moved it's way to my zoas. In fact the only hammer...
  22. B

    New growths?

    Hello all, I would still consider myself new but informed in this hobby. I have two weird growths happening in my tank. One of which is a white/grey fuzz on my rocks and I first noticed it on the bottom of one of my hammers skeleton (not in it or by its head at all)...I asked reddit and they...
  23. C

    EMERGENCY Clownfish Disease or Injury

    I recently got a new clownfish. I’ve had this one for about a month and a half now. It is apart of a pair that I bought locally. When I first purchased the clown it had one red spot under the chin, but it looked like an injury. I thought that it could have been apart of fighting even though I...
  24. K

    Need Maintenance help with Reef Tank in December

    I live in the Austin Texas area and I’m looking for maintenance/cleaning and feeding on my reef tank and one fresh water tank for three weeks in December. I was curious if anyone had any recommendations on people who could help with this. It would be a once a week thing. Any help with this would...
  25. toddb93

    Help stabilizing my tank

    Hi everyone, I’ve reached out on here a couple times before and had some good advice given so I’d like to reach out for some assistance again. Long story short, just got back from a week vacation, auto feeder dumped the entirety of its contents into the tank (dry food) and now dealing with some...
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