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Just wanted to post my 75g tank with a canister setup. Wanted to post this as canisters are not popular in saltwater. There is a few reasons why i have a canister and not a sump including not enough space but i have not had any issues and tank is doing great after almost 1.5 years. I have mainly...

Just want to show my 1.5 year old canister run tank. There is a few reasons why i have a canister filter and not a sump including space but canister filters also work. Posting this because there is a lot of people that think canister filters on a reef tank is a no no. I have soft lps and just...

I’ve agreed to purchase a Red Sea XL 525 (139g total). Seller is taking care of break down and moving the tank, I just need to look after the fish and corals until I can get it set up. My fundamental question here is how would you move ~6 large fish including: bristle tooth tang, hippo tang...

Hey people, I wanted to try my first saltwater tank but was on a budget and am trying a 3g Pico. Low and behold it’s kinda hard to keep everything stable. It’s got 4 small hermit crabs and 2 zoa frags which started to close up and maybe one polyp was opening.it’s been running for almost two...

Hi All, first post. First of all thanks for accepting me in the forum community. TANK & STAND just in the process to build this reef tank which will be 93” L x 45” W x 31” H. According to vortech water volume calculator it’s around ~540 gallons. Tank is made out of acrylic and stand is from...

We all have the same love for reefing but what’s your favorite part of it. I’m curious as to why everyone’s in the hobby or what got them into reefing? Is it the corals or the fish? Do you like buying a frag and watching it grow? Maybe it’s the whole tiny ecosystem you control and you can see...

Hi all! Im just cycling a new tank with complete dry rock. I had no lights on for the first 3 month and threw a shrimp into the tank and added some bacteria. The bacteria broke down the shrimp and i had some nutrients in the tank all the time. After 3 months ive added some fish and switched...