new build

Good evening all! after some time away (2 years) and a move to a different state I’m gearing up to build my dream build in my new construction home! I won’t be starting a build thread just yet but want to get some opinions. Attached is the floor plan for both the crawl space and the main level...

CYCLE DAY 1 - water is a bit cloudy and has a greenish hue to it. There’s also tiny white stringy things hanging off my rock. I was ghost feeding for a few days and added fritz turbo start 900 yesterday. Lmk if this looks bad. Ammonia is reading high right now. UPDATE: Here’s what it looks...

Hello everyone, I just got a tank from my girlfriend as a birthday gift, I waited an about a week to let the tank cycle then added two clowns after I got my water tested. I then added a fire red shrimp to clean up excess food and that has been in the tank. I’m not sure what I should do as of...

Just showing off my tank. Hope this could belong here... if not let me know. My friend wanted a video to show his kid so figured why not post it here, too? Here's what I have running: -Fluval 13.5, stock filtration, stock lighting -Have a laser cut media basket, haven't used it yet. waiting...

Hello all My wife and I are getting ready to build on land, we will be utilizing a well for our water source. I have no experience with reef tanks and well water so I figure bring the question here. Who here runs a successful reef tank with well water? And what does your setup look like (RODI...

Hello all! I’ve been out of the hobby for a few years since I moved from NY to VA. Now I’m planning on building a home and was so wondering if anyone had suggestions for how I could add a small fish room to this floor plan!?

Hello, I’ve been reefing for about 4 years. My nano tank (fluval 13.5) was about as perfect a coral landscape and tank can be. 3 years of collecting corlas, growing and maintaining. Was featured on reef2reef tank of the month and a magazine. Considering it was my very first tank I was thrilled...

Recently picked up a redsea 750xxl tank (glass only). It was replaced via warranty as the overflow glass was cracked during shipping. I decided to take it on as a new build and see if I could tinker with it and make a beautiful reef tank. 1st thing obviously was building the stand I was going to...

Hello all blukorr here, I've been dreaming, researching and saving for five years to break into the salty side of the hobby! I've saved up around 5 grand to get my dream tank and equipment and I feel it's time to pull the proverbial trigger and start buying things. I've seen that a lot of...

Hey everyone! After a year of debating and researching I've started my first reef tank.. really my first fish tank for that matter. I went with a Red Sea Reefer 250. I'm about a month in. I'm sure I'll be asking all the questions!

So I’m new to reefing. But I’ve started a 40 breeder build. I joined after a lot of things have been done. I built the stand and I’m going for a like old shipping crate look for the stand, because when I think of the ocean I think of fishing and shipping ports lol I don’t know. Any feedback...

Hello everyone. For saltwater, I started with a 13g aquarium , then a 32.5g aquarium, then 65g with a sump. Now, for my last and final upgrade... 180g Aqua Japan aquarium Included four door 30/31” tall cabinet and the included 60” sump. The floor has been reinforced. The stand is put...

Long story short my tank crashed, I found my nero pump controller sitting in my sump (photos below). I immediately did an icp test find results below. I’ve been doing several waterchanges and running carbon between the crash to now. As per my icp test is it safe to assume the metal in the tank...

Long story short my tank crashed, I found my nero pump controller sitting in my sump (photos below). I immediately did an icp test find results below. I’ve been doing several waterchanges and running carbon between the crash to now. As per my icp test is it safe to assume the metal in the tank...

Hi everyone, I’m planning to get a new tank instead of my Waterbox 35.1 AIO. The reason is that it’s never really taken off and I need some more stability as due to my job it can be hard to follow the tank. So basically I’d like a bigger tank to allow it to go on autopilot once in a while. For...

Like everyone knows reefing is addicting… this is my third attemp with saltwater. Currently have a lps 6 gal pico that’s 2 months old. I’m attempting an sps dominant tank. I will be doing a fishless cycle and will be adding ammonia. Current build: Filtration: Fluval 207 canister with seachem...

I used my city water to clean my 80 pounds of sand (Caribsea grade sand) I know this is frowned apon. My water has chloramine in it and I used the city water to clean it, I drained the water out as much as I could and put the wet sand in my 90 gallon aquarium. There was very little water in the...

I don't know which tank to upgrade to I currently have a 136 gal and want to go bigger the 2 I have narrowed it down to are the red sea REEFER™ 3XL 900 and the red sea REEFER-S 1000 I would love to see photos of both empty from the top also if any one knows where I can order either from in...

I’m a brand new aquarist & for my first tank I’m starting with a 16 Gallon BioCube. I’m from Indiana and have been diving once a year in the Bahamas for 30 years. Finally, I can bring the ocean to me! I realize that salt is harder, but since I’m limited to just 1 tank, I decided to jump into...

In the process of gathering equipment for my first build. LFS recommended two 100w titanium heaters for my 25g AIO for redundancy. In researching heaters, I came across the reviews on BRS for their 100w heater, and the reviews are TERRIBLE. Is this just small but vocal set of reviews, or are...

Hi everyone. New to posting R2R but have checked it out frequently for answers. A little background, my partner and I got into the hobby about 5yrs ago. Jumped in head first doing almost no research before we bought equipment. Big mistake. Learned so much, especially the first year. we ended...

Ever since I was a child I pretty much lived at the aquarium and thanks to pandemic I’ve been researching the hobby since September 2019 and have had a mentor to help me along my slew of questions (cc_reefkpr on Instagram, @Scubabum on R2R)! Back during the Black Friday sales, I decided to...

Hey all, After owning a Biocube for over a year, I was wanting to own another tank! Immediately I was thinking of doing a 125 gallon tank but then after doing some research and finding things around my house I decided to do a 5 gallon Rock Flower Anenome tank. I do have a 5 gallon AIO that I...

I am still anxiously awaiting the arrival of my Red Sea Reefer S1000. Wow, do I have a lot to learn. I will document each step along the way, but first a little background. This is my first Mixed Reef Tank. Previously I had a 150 gallon saltwater fish only tank, but it's been more than 10...

Well it's been about 4 years since I moved and tore down my tanks. Sold the 100 gallon and the 30 is just a freshwater with my daughters fair gold fish. But I'm back! Here we go! 40 breeder build. 20 long sump Reef octopus 150 (proly overkill) Reef keeper controller Some type of return lol...