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Hello, I’ve had my 50 gal for a year and I’ve had my gold Midas blenny for about 6-8 months of that time, but he’s so skinny and hasn’t grown at all. I’ve been feeding daily, switching between frozen mysis shrimp and frozen brine every other day. He’s eager to eat once he notices, but it looks...

Yesterday I traded in my magnifica for a long tentacle anemone. I turned off my flow for a couple hours to let him adjust and get settled in the sandbed, but when i turned it back on he got carried away by the current. Then i tried digging a little hole for him to anchor his foot into, and the...

Hi all, I'm in need of suggestions on how I can get my sump inside my 75 gallon Aqueon stand... I recently upgraded from a nano to a 75 gallon tank. I am learning how insanely wrong I was with my lack of planning. For now, I do have a Tidal 75 HOB so my tank is fully operational for the time...

Just got these zoas the owner didn't know what they were called. I think I found 2 of the 3 zoas show. 1 is blood diamond and 2nd is chiquatias but im not sure what the 3rd pink one is. Again I could be totally wrong on all three so what are the names of these zoas?

Not sure what this is, only affecting one of the clownfishes, parameters in line, picture also there. Salinity at 1.026. They are all eating normal, only 2 clownfish and 1 starry blenny (Which is hard to see if has any spot because well, starry blenny and hides until feeding time) Any help is...

Hi all, I have 2 mixed reef systems, which have been running since November 2025 and March 2025 respectively. Up to this point, I have been using RODI and saltwater purchased from my LFS, which sources natural sea water as live in a coastal city in Florida. I purchased both RODI and saltwater...

So I've had some softies in my tank for 2 months now and they were initially doing great. But now I fear some of my fish may have started nipping them and they look awful. I'm pretty sure they've been nipping them cause I've seen fluorescent coral bits in the sand before which I assume are from...

Hello everyone, Happy Friday! I need some help with my lights settings as I believe its playing a big factor with my red slime Algae problem. I currently have no coral but looking to add some in a month or so. it was alot worse about a month ago, but with the help of a UV sterilizer, a ton of...

Within the last month, my monti cap bleached randomly and seems to be spreading to the leptoseris (which had been touching the monti cap). Any idea what this is and what to do about it? Been monitoring the last couple weeks and seems to be spreading. I suspect that it may have been higher...

last month I moved my tank to the basement, and therefore my ph dropped as it wasn’t next to an open window the whole time anymore, so I finally went ahead and installed the CO2 scrubber that I’ve had lying around for a year. It worked for about a week, giving between 8.1-8.2, and then dropped...

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...