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Choosing lights has been the bane of my existence due to some very specific circumstances I must follow regarding my build. I need to minimize the 'usage' of wifi and wifi-related things in my build, due to the other occupants of my home being 'sensitive' to it. This seems to be an extremely...

Bought the NUVO EXT 100. Looking into lighting but there are so many options my head is spinning. At this point I'm considering starting simple and small and adding more advanced lighting as the tank matures. If I'm planning to start with just soft corals/LPS corals. would one or two 48''...

What would be a good skimmer to buy for the IM EXT 100? I had been previously looking at the Reef Octopus eSsence s-130 and classic 150INT skimmers, but I saw multiple people say that both of these skimmers can be loud. I'd really like a quiet skimmer, so what do you friendly folk recommend...

Hi! I’m new to the reefing hobby as of about 5 months ago. I have a RedSea Nano G2 Peninsula (26 gallon tank). I’ve heard about Ich, and know it can affect the whole tank if I’m not careful. My current inhabitants are: 2 Clownfish, One Diamond Goby, One BlueSpotted Jawfish, and an Orchid...

Hi all, just bought 2 days ago a Clavularia Viridis from my LFS, The guy there said to just put her on the rock I want her to colognise, since she got a “Not conventional form” (not flat at all) I was wonder If she will adapt by herself to the rock, The guy at the LFS told me to place it so that...

Hi all, Looking for help or insight I’ve been battling dinoflagellates in my reef tank for nearly a year, and I’m at my wit’s end. Hoping someone here has dealt with a similar case and can offer advice or spot something I’m missing. Tank Info: (I tested my levels before writing this post) 75...

Hello everyone, I’ve had enough of the trident testers. No matter how many times I get a replacement they always are completely out of calibration within a week. Even with calibration they don’t read accurately. I’m frustrated and tired after losing lots of corals from swings. Anyone have a...

Help. Me and my husband are new to reefing, we started in January this year. We have found this little guy in our tank a few weeks ago and have asked our local very knowledgeable reef shop what it is but it has stumped them. Any help would be great

Tank comes today, yippee!! But I still have some important questions I really need help with! I tend to be easily confused with some of the technical stuff, and a lot of the tech that exists these days is far more advanced than what I had access to 15 years ago. Currently I am struggling to...

When I first put all the macros in this tank, a dino bloom quickly came about, and it was a mess. A LFS that I frequent told me to do a 48 hour total blackout, followed by 2 weeks of daily dosing of these three products: And it very much worked, the progress a few weeks later can be seen in...

Excuse my ignorance here if I use the wrong terms. My 380 gallon tank is getting overgrown and needs to cleaned up. Everything has been growing like mad and I have had breaks and rocks fall. Mix of hard and soft corals, fish, critters and anemone. I can’t seem to get my fish guy to commit to...

Hello everyone, I just sold my 75 gallon tank to downgrade to a 13.5, it’s a Fluval EVO, I used it about 3 years ago, I went this morning and bought the sand, placed it on the tank and all, after the tank got filled I noticed a very small leak on the bottom corner, it takes about 10 minutes for...

My tank is five months old. I have already been through the diatom phase and now have this brown hairy algae starting to grow on the rock work. It will not blow off with a turkey baster. I have scrubbed it a few times with a soft bristle toothbrush, but it continues to come back. It also does...

I received a tiny bristle file Fish in the mail from top shelf aquatics the other day he mostly his nose down, but sometimes he’ll be laying sideways. I have not seen him eat yet. I have him in quarantine at the moment next to the main tank. Sometimes he is floating sideways and I’m starting to...

As I've been planning for a new reef tank, I haven't been able to decide what fixture to purchase so I am here yet again back on the forum. Doing a 100 gallon mixed reef tank, and will upgrade if I decide this hobby is for me. The model of tank I am using is a NUVO EXT 100 from IM. I've been...

I recently had a total crash in my IM 20...and I am not entirely sure why. Looking for possible answers as a learning point. The question is: what was most likely the cause for the rapid crash of what seemed like a very stable and happy tank. And given that things stabilized pretty quickly...

Will I be able to avoid a cycling period to transfer fish to a temporary tank?? I’m breaking down my 75gal in order to do a restart on it that has only 3 fish, snails, crabs and starfish in it. I have a 29gal tank from years ago. Will I be able to just transfer all my current live rock from the...

Guys whats going on with my alveopora why they keep closing up like that i dont know its something to do with the temperature or lighting even also my other acan coral acting up

I woke up this morning to find one of my rainbow bubble tip anemones in my power head (it had an anemone gaurd) it was completely dead and chopped up everywhere, my tank was very milky and smelled so bad, I immediately removed the dead nem and did a 70 % water change vacuuming up all the dead...

My anemone has been riding on one of my big snails going on 4-5 days now. It’s gone all around the tank.

Hello All, I have a 210 gallon 7 foot long tank. (7x2x2). We have been cycling it since march/ April, added the sump, pods, chaeto and rocks etc. We are getting super close to being ready to add in fish finally. We made sure to take our time and try to do things right. I have these fish as...

I need an ID on this guy before taking him home from work, he’s got the anatomy of a peppermint shrimp but the coloration is similar to a tiger pistol…

As I re-enter the hobby, I am currently trying to plan out what kind of things I would put in my tank. When I look at corals on certain sites like LiveAquaria, they have a brief spreadsheet about the needs of each coral, such as their lighting and flow requirements, and their supplement...

I noticed these today… are they clownfish eggs or possible algae (like bubble)

I’ve only been in the hobby about a year and I’ve only kept softies and LPS up until recently when I added two montiporas, a red cap and another one but can’t remember the exact name (it’s supposed to be orange with purple polyps and it’s plating). I’ve had them for about a month and a half now...