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Hey guys, I’ve been away from the hobby for quite some time(10 years) but am eager to get back into it. I purchased a 60g breeder as it fits my space perfect and it’s a big enough platform to have some fun with it. Much has changed in the past 10 years that I’m looking for some advice on a few...

Im assuming my dumb idiot jawfish ran into something pretty hard to hurt his mouth so badly. He’s been in this tank for a long time now, and he is normally very calm, so something must have spooked him pretty good. Is there anything I can use to help promote healing, and will this injury fix itself?

I have 2 AI prime 16HD over my 40 Breeder. I recently got a par meter and while testing, the left light gives off about 100 less par (250 vs 350) than the right when ran at 90% a few inches below the water surface. I updated the software, reconnected the app. I visually do not see any...

I know my 32gal biocube needs some help, but I need some help helping it. Below I have my all my parameters listed, my lighting schedule listed, the chemicals I have to use, and the filter media I’m using. I have pictures and videos of my tank both at day and night so you can see how the coral...

Hello everyone, I have experienced a lot of success In the hobby over the last few months, with the additions of new corals (thriving) and stabilizing my water. I feel like I’m starting to understand and feel the rhythm of the hobby more and more, and I would like to dip my feet Into the sps...

When I came home from this weekend the light was off extremely dimmed. Which is unusual I check the power supply and the main block was hissing. I purchased a new one as I have had to do this multiple times. After plugging in the light the power supply light turned right on but the connection...

Hello, Everyone Im having trouble deciding what fish to add to my 30 gallon tank 36”w x 11”d. So far I have a pair of clownfish, pistol shrimp and some hermit crabs. I would love to add a yellow watchman goby, a starfish and a midas blenny. However I feel like I need more movement in the tank...

2 Oc. Clownfish 1 Spotted Coral croucher 1 cleaner shrimp 3-4 hermit crabs Any suggestions for stocking ideas or changes to current plan would be wonderful! I am new to saltwater but have kept multiple freshwater aquariums. Thank you in advance! Edit: any beginner coral suggestions would be...

HELP!!! few days ago i noticed few white spots on my favia (2week old into the tank), some people said to me theses were mesenterial filaments and they were probably a sign of stress or whatever and they would disappear after the polyp wasn’t stressed anymore. it was gone for two days and...

I've been battling hair algae for a long time in my 25 gallon. I have tried everything, lowering nutrients, adding a ton of CUC, manually picking and scrubbing the rock in peroxide and can't seem to beat it. I have read the reviews on brightwell Razor and it seems very mixed... some people say...

I just got a round ray that needed better home conditions currently in a 200ish gallon tank she’s pretty small for now so will try to get a bigger home very shortly anyway the problem is since adding her my snowflake eel will not eat he is too stressed and scared. Also cuz when I try to put the...

Hello, I plan on mounting my GHL Doser and KH Director on the wall or on the inside my stand. However, I'm not sure which method of mounting to go with. I saw this GHL mounting faceplate on SaltwaterAquarium.com which caught my attention. However, I can't seem to find a real photo of someone...

Hey everyone, I’ve had this pistol shrimp and YWG for going on 3 months. A couple weeks ago I stopped seeing my pistol shrimp all together and their burrow slowly withered away until my goby eventually moved to a little cave under a rock else where. I have since covered up their old home but...

Hello, I have a goblin popeye scorpionfish who has been glass surfing since yesterday (with breaks in between) he normally did this behavior only at night sometimes but he has now started to do it during the day as well. He basically goes against the glass swims for like 15 seconds then falls...

Hello everyone, I’m reaching out because I need some help with my 250-gallon (1000 liters) marine aquarium, which I’ve had for about a year now. All my water parameters are stable and within recommended ranges: - **Salinity**: 1.025 - **Nitrate**: 5.3 ppm - **Ammonia**: 0 - **KH**: 8.3 dKH -...

Hey guys got this regal tang about a week ago it’s been doing very well eating and swimming until a few hours before. I upgraded my filter and added the filter floss from the other one and my ammonia is 0 he did eat a bit of food but not as much as usual. Please help it’s a very beautiful fish...

Hello, I recently got an XR15 pro gen6 and I’m working on a template. Right now, I’m using the phx14+ spectrum, but I’m having a bit of trouble deciding between two options. Should I have a peak intensity photoperiod of 2 hours or should I have a sinusoidal period with a peak intensity that...

I have a Prostar 150 it has 150gal of total water volume. 120g display and 30g sump. I have 3 filter socks and a protein skimmer. The tank has 4 fish total 2x orange storm clowns 1x foxface 1x 6 line wrasse 3x emerald crabs I have zero coral but would like to have a LPS dominate tank and maybe...

I recently set up a 65g with a 20g sump, but my clownfish pair is young and small so they’re not really producing any significant amount of ammonia. Someone I work with at my LFS suggested adding a few green chromis so I got three, and being that they aren’t really hardy fish anymore due to...

Hey friends! On October 23 I got what I assume to be a favia from Petco. It was labeled as an Australian coral, I tried to Google image search it. I did a coral dip from tropic marin before adding it into my tank. The first night, he put out some longish feeder tentacles (not sweepers). The...

I recently added a Midas Blenny to my 35g aquarium, with a pair of clown fish. The last Blenny that I had was super peaceful and shy, but this one has been periodically nipping at the clownfish fins and one clownfish has some damage to his back fins now. Anything I can do to help with the...

Hey guys ive been having issues with brown algae but at this point I don’t have idea what I’m dealing with. Please can you help me to identify?

Totally devastated by my latest build. Whatever it is that’s in the water or on my corals is making me lose both SPS and LPS. A little about my system: 2 year old system 100 g total volume, 3x reefled 90 2x coral plus, 2x 460 nm strips with peak par at 320 for 6 hours Skimmer with air from...

I got a pair of clownfish yesterday evening and fed them when they got home. They did not eat, probably because they weren't hungry or just aren't used to the tank. They had been hanging around the sandbed but one of them had been exploring a little bit and going around the tank a little bit...

Hello fellow Reefers! I made a post a few days ago asking for help validating some hitchhiker ID's I made. It didn't garner too much attention, but for the most part I got the answers I was looking for, with one exception (sort of). At first I thought there was some Aptasia in my Acan colony...