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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...

Hello to you all, i have these sps corals that the green one has white tips with some brown stuff on top of this, and the other coral is starting to develop some brown stuff on it to. Is this a problem of flow or something else? Alk 8.5 Mag 1430 Calc 430 Phosp 0.1 Nitrate 1-2

hello everyone! just need to know if this is a good enough larvae and isolation tank for my gravid peppermint shrimp. its a 20L bucket with a sponge filter for gentle filtration + good bacteria + aeration, heater pre-set to about 25°C, a temporary hide because i have no spare rock, and a...

My GSP just died, I don't know why I just whent to do my semi weekly 12 percent water change and noticed my GSP was all closed up and within hours it had completely died, I tested my water, the calcium was right, the ph and alk were looking good, and so did the ammonia, and nitrate, and...

Hey, does anyone know why my fluval filter randomly turned off? I have the fluval hang on the back 30 gallon filter (the aqua clear one) and i came home today to it being off and it was still plugged in, so i tried filling some more water in it thinking maybe it just didnt have enough water but...

Hello everyone! I'm starting to feel lazy just coming on here everytime I get stuck for information, but everytime I do my own research I get overloaded with different information, conflicting information, and advice that doesn't seem applicable to my particular case :( I've got a 65L tank...

I got a goni frag from a fellow reefer. It was headed to the trash bin and I offered to try and save it. I thought it was covered in gha but I am not sure. I tried brushing it off and am not making progress. I am wondering if a dip in hygrogen peroxide would help? And how to get it back to...

Hello everyone! Today i got some live rock to add to my 65L tank to fill things out a bit and I got 2 surprise new residents (that i know of so far). I'm pretty sure the mystery star is a brittle star, which worries me a bit because i primarily keep 4 peppermint shrimp and 2 astrea snails as my...

Help please #fishmedic #fishmedics I fed my tank frozen food, Hikari spirulina mysis cube, and some LRS herb frenzy that had some freezer burns. 5 minutes prior, my clowns were swimming perfect in their frogspawn. 10 minutes after I fed I noticed my larger female clown drifting. I thought...

Hello saltwater hobbyists, I’m a young teen in the freshwater hobby (my tank is the last photo) This is my dad’s old tank from about 10 years ago and is still sitting in the living room collecting dust. He had tried to revive it about 2 years ago which was in vain. It’s been an eyesore to look...

Hi everyone, It’s been a while since I put together the first version of the guide! I noticed a few people were having issues updating to the latest version of the AIPAI app (3.0.7), so I took a little time to review things and added a new chapter to the old guide. This new section includes...

So I really need some help here with this stuff, I have insane algae growth going on in this aquarium and it’s been this way for like 2 months and keeps getting worse. Every single day I have to clean my glass and the next morning it’s completely covered again. I have 2 circulation pumps and a...

Hello! I would like some advice, I have a pair of clowns a gladiator (male) and a mocha (female). We recently added a blue, yellow tail damsel to the 40G tank. And these 2 clowns are constantly bothering her, chasing her but not really biting her, she has found herself a good hiding spot, but...

Hi all, I’m feeling really frustrated and know much of this is my fault. My tank, a 6-month-old Red Sea 200, was thriving—alkalinity consumption increasing, corals with open polyps, and everything looking healthy. Even though I QT’d my fish, I noticed some flashing. Knowing my LFS has flukes...

I had two clown fish juveniles. The smaller one started hanging our the Watchman Goby and Tiger Pistol Shrimps home, it would get really curious about the Goby and hang right outside of the caves entrance. I heard a few clicks from the Pistol Shrimp when it would hangout near it. One day i come...

Hello, my TLC has been like this for free weeks, is it dying? Anything I can do to help it?. Thanks

I have been having some issues regarding the flame angelfish, there were some unidentifiable white spots all over him which i assumed to be ich, it hadn't been spreading to anyone else at the time and he was still energetic and eating like a champ. I was running UV and adding...

Hey everyone. Getting back into the hobby after a break due to a move 4 years ago. I am excited to get started. Here is my tank build. I haven't pulled the trigger yet, so please let me know if you see ways to improve, or cut costs, without giving up any functionality or reliability. This...

I was wondering what type of algae this is and how to get rid of it

I’m trying to make a floating rock shelf for my reef tank and I’m not sure what materials would be best. My tank is 24” L 14” W so not big but I want the entire reef elevated about 1 1/2 to 2 inches above the sand with nothing touching the sand to support it Should I use cast acrylic or...