mixed reef

So it's come time to finally create this thread that I promised to do a while back. Been a member here on R2R for a while now but have only been lurking. I currently have about a 220 litre system with the sump included in that. Display volume around 170 litres. It's a cube and my first ever...

So, I ventured into that wonderful world of tank upgrades. I upgraded from my 70g cadlights II tank to a Waterbox 5226 peninsula. I'll be the first to say that it was quite challenging and took me nearly all day to do it. I found myself worrying and stressing during the whole process. But...

Just wanted to share a short video of my peacock in his 100g mixed reef. Breaking all kinds of stereotypes!

hey all, I wanted to start a build thread for my a new SW tank. I am hoping to get a reef ready glass tank that is either 90G or 120G (if I can find a 48” sized 120G tank, that is my preference. if anyone has knows where I can find one, please let me know, feedback I am getting is it is a newer...

Recent Update 5/31/19 Recent Update 4/8/19 - Shadowbox installed, tank filled -----ORIGINAL POST------ Hey guys! First time poster here but I've been reading Reef2Reef for years and most everything I've learned about this hobby was from you all. Build threads have been so helpful for me to...

I have a 36 gallon mixed reef bow with a 15 gallon sump. I have oscellarus clowns, lyre tail anthias, fire shrimp, lawnmower blenny, and assorted snail clean up crew. My reef is a little over a year old. I have a mix of softies, mostly lps, and some sps — green slimer and montipora. I am...

Hey again. I have a very large Devils hand in my 55 gallon mixed reef, along with many many loose fingers and small devils hands that drop off frequently. It's very healthy, but perhaps not happy at the moment. I say that because while it looks great, it doesn't have any polyp extension lately...

Hi, I have a system that`s 210 gallons, the main tank is a pensula style custom made tank. It has Opti white glass on all sides and is viewable from 3 sides. The tank is placed between my Livingroom and the hallway. Aquarium Custom ordered pensula 610Liters With full Opti white glass at...

So today was a big day! My new Husband and I put down our deposit on a custom 243G Rimless Tank from Planet Aquariums. The Tank dimensions will be 72x30x24 and will be made out of 3/4" glass with 1" bottom 20" Tideline (ghost) overflow that will run a herbie style drain and 2X 3/4" returns. We...

I am just about ready to put this plan all together so I wanted to make a build thread for it. Just so everyone doesn’t freak out about the cycle, I have had my sand in one 5gal bucket and my dry rock in another with air pumps with ammonia doses for the past 4+ months so they are both properly...

Hey gang! I moved out of my apartment to a house in Seattle, so The Apartment Reef has been disassembled. On the bright side, the new house has a semi-finished basement, so I’m back in the big tank game! The new (to me) tank is a centerdrilled 150gallon tank I picked up from a nearby guy on...

Set up date: 06/22/18 Newly built, few free to comment any tips or ideas! This is an upgrade from the 20L being used as the sump. Fish yellow watchman goby white lightning maroon clown Tail spot blenny 4 bar damsel Inverts astrea snails blue legs red leg Rainbow bubble tip Coal banded...

hey guys! First thread post so not sure if I’m posting in the right section. I tried to look for information on this but haven’t seen any. Does anyone put their encrusting sps on the same rock as a branching one. So example an encrusting sps with a branching acropora on the same rock. Would...

I just renter a PAR meter from BRS for$50/2 weeks. Anyways, I'm wanting to make my tank a mixed reef tank. So far I have mainly LPS and Zoas (2 Acros that haven't done much). Which is why I wanted to rent a PAR meter to fine tune things before really diving into and buying some good SPS. My...

Hello again everyone! I’ve been working very hard on my new tank for the last two months. Equipment: -Red Sea Reefer 350 (white) -Synergy TS-26 (atomic green) -Neptune Cor20 Pump -Neptune Apex Fusion Controller -Neptune WAV powerheads -Nyos Quantum 160 Protein Skimmer -Aquamaxx XS...

Hey Reefers! I just sold my RedSea Reefer 250 and will be downsizing to a 25 gallon lagoon. I will be attending graduate school next year for Marine Biology, so I needed something a bit smaller for my new room. Anyways, the tank and APS cabinet will be here tomorrow, along with most of the...

Hey everyone I'm going to restart my 5 gallon soon and want to do a real nice scape, locking rocks together to make it look like either one rock or at least a cool structure. What type of epoxy, cements etc do you recommend?

Hello everyone, I'm restarting my 5 gallon nano sometime this week or next week and when asked if I was going to use sand or go bare bottom I wasn't sure.. but now I was thinking, Why not use miracle mud/ mineral mud? I've never used it before, but I've heard of people using it and giving great...

Hello all! I'm beginning to figure out this video software! This is a video that shows 7 months of growth in 30 seconds. Hope you like it! Whiskey

I currently do not have a tank and have been out of the hobby for about 5 years. I do have limited experience and have maintained an LPS dominate cube and a 75 FOWLR in the past. In the near future I will be doing a mixed reef, bare bottom Red Sea Reefer 250 running on the Triton method. My...

I wanted a saltwater tank for ever, eventually I was in a position to make it happen. So I started like everyone else and did a ton of research trying to gain as much knowledge as possible going into it. At first I settled on a 90 gal tank, but the more I researched the more I wanted a bigger...

I'm wanting to get a sps frag. Something that is pretty hardy to dabble in the world of sps. Is there any sps that can be close to lps? And can sps touch zoas? Any tips on a hardy sps that has alot of color?

This might be a no-brainer question to few or most, I am just having a hard time understanding the interaction of these two. I have a 75G DT with 20L sump, the sump is basically set up with a filter sock, water passes through the length of the sump (recently added chaeto to this section, sump...

In general, what should someone keep an eye out when buying colonies? What do you look for besides good polyp extension and making sure the corals aren't covered in pests. As of now, I have several zoa frags and few LPS like Acans and euphyllia, all of these are very small and to be honest it...

This is the story of our journey of the second large saltwater tank we built. During the series I’ll add bits about the things we learned from the first build, that have helped us so far. We started a 90 gal mixed reef tank 2 years ago, learned a lot from the journey, a lot that we wish we...