help

First of all.. thank you so much for taking time. English is not my main language, so what you see below is edited by ChatGPT but written by me. I hope it is cool.. As a beginner, this situation is stressing me out quite a bit. Let me start by listing the aquarium, parameters, and inhabitants...

Hello everyone, I'm back, and this time I'd like to ask if it's possible, to set up a 50 gallon reef tank, for a pair clownfish, 2/3 gobys, blenny and, maybe a royal gramma, softies, maybe some easier lps, like duncans and candy canes, and maybe a BTA? I'd use Fluval AC 110 and Sicce shark...

I found this snail in my tank and would love some help on identifying it. I have nassarius snails, but understand that it is extremely rare for them to successfully breed in a reef tank. I also have TBS live rock that I added in June, so it could be a hitchhiker from that (I have not added...

Hey everyone just got the Innovative Marine 75 EXT and am trying to put together the stand. I have no idea what’s wrong but when I try to put the other side door on top (like in the instructions and video) I have a noticeable size gap. It’s basically impossible for me to get it fix into the...

Long established tank, this one rock has development this green algae and the other some kind of black (algae? Sponge?) what are they and how can I get rid of them? Root cause?

i was wondering if someone can help not only id this lps frag my buddy gave me and what's going on with it. i noticed it has these hard crystal like balls which seem to be attached to the top base of the skeleton.

Hi everyone, A few days ago, I noticed that my Copperband Butterflyfish is covered in kind of strange looking „white coating”, as you can see in the attached photos. I’ve never seen anything like this with any of my fish before. My Moorish Idol is currently dealing with ich, but I don’t think...

Looking for advice on how I can cut down some of my large palythoa colony (mainly bc I want to diversify the rock with more than just one type of paly, but also bc it’s like… building on itself to bridge the gap to TWO completely separate rocks I do NOT want them on). I know most people say to...

My grey angelfish is breathing very heavily and I checked his airway and there’s no sign of blockage from what I can see but is breathing extremely heavy and almost gasping? (The food I feed has carrots) I pulled him out and tried to massage and see if he’d spit anything out.. also had some bad...

Hello all found this little guy behind one of my rocks. It’s tiny and in a very low light area. On first glance I thought it may be aptasia, so I went to get it off the rock. It closed very quickly after being touched. After thinking about what I saw I wasn’t sure it was actually aptasia. I’ve...

So I’ve lost about 10 fish already including 2 tangs, 5 clownfish, algae blenny and an anthias. I have 2 wrasse left, 2 chromis and a goby with no signes All the inverts you can get basically and loads of coral. All permittees are stable and lights are dimmed down, I’ve put the temp up to...

Hello everyone! Just ordered an Innovative Marine 75 EXT a couple of days ago and was wondering what you all would suggest for lighting this tank? Dimensions on the tank are 35.4 L x 23.6 W x 19.7 H. I have been looking at other threads of people asking the same things but I have not been able...

My re-start reef is about 4 months old and already have dinos. My phosphate is at 0.08 and my nitrate at 0.0 which explains it, i am feeding very heavily which has caused a hair algea bloom but nitrate wont go up, just dose neo nitro? turn off skimmer? Thanks guys

Hi everyone, I rigged a fluval sienna 72gal for 120$ so that it can fit a sump under. The tank is 31.5” × 19.7” × 25.6”. I want a mixed reef. Here is the problem, I bought a radion xr30 g6 blue on market place for half the price, it was used 2 months. And I have a brand new orphek Atlantic. I...

Ca 492, Alk 8.7, No3 2.5, Po4 0.05 I don’t have a Mg test Tank is over a year old and most things are thriving (a couple frags have been banged up due to my lack of coordination and fine motor skills) 90g DT, 20g main sump, 30g refugium I know the calcium is pretty high but it didn’t get...

So in my home made AIO baffle system using a pvc baffle I have came across a problem. The outer seam on the return chamber has blown out, and so it is effectively bypassing the heater and filtration (I would say only about 10% of the flow through those chambers. So I temporarily moved the...

Hi all, I've setup this tank for around a month now, and I think it's time to add some coral as parameters are good (0ppm NH3, 0ppm NO2-) However, I'm a bit lost on where to start haha. I'm thinking maybe some softies first? I'm trying to do a mixed tank with a BTA eventually. Any advice on...

What's up everyone, My name is Jacob, and I currently live in Hong Kong I used to have a small tank, but it crashed right after my BTA got shredded in the powerhead. Really tragic, but I'm ready to jump back into the hobby. Below is a photo of my new tank, if anyones interested. It's a RedSea...

Very small snails hoping for an id as there are tons in my refugium

I have a very bad cyano problem in my tank and I’m looking for any ways to deal with it. I’ve dosed chemiclean four times, my mother and I have spent hours manually removing it for weeks, I’ve lowered my nutrients since I assumed my phosphate being high was the cause (and now my nitrates are too...

Hey everyone, When I first started this tank about nine months ago, I made what I now know was a rookie mistake — I went with ultra-fine sand for my substrate. At the time, I didn’t realize how much trouble that choice would cause down the road. Now I’m dealing with a few ongoing issues that...

So a couple of days ago I saw 2 of my fish had ich. I tried fishing them out but was unsuccessful. Now my goby is completely spotless ,my royal gramma is out in the open like normal, and all my other fish look completely normal. I did buy a UV sterilizer but it got delayed until today. Is it...

Have my Yellow watchman goby for 3 months in my new tank. He has a pistol shrimp which he never mated with. Used to always see him but this week barely saw him. He came out today and looked terrible. I moved rocks yesterday so maybe I smushed him I really don’t know and feel like ****. Here’s...

I have 2 maxi mini’s in a ~ 30 gal tank. One is beautiful big and fat ( we’ll call that one pancake) , has doubled in size in the last year I’ve had the tank and the other ( we’ll call that one flapjack) was big and beautiful but is behaving weird now. Pancake does have a big bubble on it I just...

Today I just noticed weird behavior with my royal gramma and noticed its color looks whiter than usual. It’s breathing is normal and still actively eats. I spent an hour trying to get a good picture but couldn’t. I’ll still keep trying though. Since I noticed my gramma was off I checked every...