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Hi all from fabulous Las Vegas, Today marks day one of this adventure I had began thinking about 15 years ago when I saw my first reef tank as a young teenager. A couple weeks ago my 2 boys (4 and 2) were obsessed with my BIL's Gecko, so I decided to surprise them with a reef tank while they...

Hi all, Upgrading my tank from a Prostar 150 (4-ft) to a new 230.6 Waterbox. Unfortunately, patience is not one of my best virtues. I had ordered the new Waterbox on/around 04-August, and it was noted that the tank is on backorder and would ship before August 31st. I called Waterbox today...

Hi so I just started a new tank and it’s been cycling for about 2 weeks. I used live sand, dry rock with, fritz fishless fuel, and turbostart 900 bottle bacteria. Gotten my ammonia up to 2ppm then added the bottle bacteria then a day or two later tested and the ammonia was at 0ppm and my nitrite...

Hi! I'm Window, I'm 17, and I'm new to Reef2Reef and very new to reefing in general. My dad surprised me with a 20 gallon Waterbox cube (and some equipment) yesterday, after I had been wanting to start a tank for a while. Now that I've got this stuff, it's up to me to build and take care of the...

Hey All, I am a fresh water guy dipping my toes (or going head first) into salt. I have just started the cycle 3 days ago. I dosed the tank up to 1 ppm Am with Dr. Tims AmCl solution. I was a bit hesitant to go to high in Am as I am worried about getting too much Nitrate at the end of the...

Does anybody have experience with this tank? I was going to get the Redsea 350 but I don’t think I’ll take my chances. Does Fiji cube have a good reputation with there larger tanks?

I’m considering buying the 350 g2+ but I’ve heard the g1 and g2 experience a lot of leaks. What is the major difference between the g2+ and g2? I tried searching up tank failures for the g2+ but I mostly see the g1 and g2 failing. Does anybody have experience with the g2+ and what are some good...

Hello all, I’m new to the hobby and have realised I probably rushed things by not QTing my first 3 fish. I started with 2 clowns and then a blue tang. I’m fairly certain the tang was patient zero of the ich. It has survived thus far but the two clowns sadly died. As a result I’ve decided I...

Hey everyone! I recently started a 25-gallon Water Box Peninsula tank using dry Marco rock, Ocean Direct sand, and Tropic Marin Pro Reef salt. I added one piece of live rock from a local fish store to seed biological diversity, but the majority of the hardscape is dry rock. I’m about two weeks...

On a previous post i mentioned battling Dinos, raised nutrients, hired a professional reef maintenance company but the tank is looking worst and worst! Corals are dying and not happy! I Also have a big outbreak of Aiptasia I want to nuke the tank and start over! Of course saving the fish...

Hi, just added 2 days ago my very first soft coral, parameters of water were good and the tank full cycled, we decided with my LFS to try to also add the coral, not Only the CUC and 2 Clonwfish, but now he is like this, while the other fishes are doing great. He seemed to be good The first day...

Hello, Desperately need help. I have a 45L tank with a skimmer, biorings, sponge filters. With a peacock mantis shrimp, 4 clownfish, and a mix of coral, as well as one anemone wandering around the tank, started about 5 months ago. We used sand from a friends long-running tank to start with, as...

Just that question: Do you cycle your tank with the light on? My intuition is that the tank needs to exist as if there were fish in it, for it to cycle in a way that will be a "true" cycle, but I'm finding confusing information.

Hi Reefers My names Rory aka Toast I've been browsing R2R for a few years now but I'm going to be starting my first Nano soon (40 gal display with 8 gal sump) and will probly log my process as it comes along. I've been beefing for about 2 years now with Pico tanks my current setup is a Nuvo 8...

Hello, as of today I am starting a new adventure. After a long time of freshwater experience, I am starting my saltwater adventure after almost a year of research. 😊 The aquarium was specially made and designed with a 70x50x45cm extra clear glass. And bottom sump is 50cm. The aquarium water...

What’s going on! I kind of asked this in my build thread but I’m looking for a more in depth answer I guess. I’m trying to figure out which would be worth it… a decent protein skimmer or a custom media rack with chempure, purigen, filter floss, bio media, etc. i’m new to this hobby so I really...

Hello Everyone, Im in the middle of a move and I have to downgrade my 40gallon cube to a 13.5 fulval evo. The 40G right now has two clowns 1 bangai cardinal and 1 coral banded shrimp. The tank aslo has a kenya tre the size of a softball and a few mushrooms. Im downgrading due to size...

Hello everyone. I am in the process of my first saltwater aquarium. I am very open to any knowledgeable advice, hits or tips. I know patience is key. I am not rushing into stocking the tank. Here is what I have going on so far. 75 gallon tank. It has CaribSea live sand and 60 lbs of the dry...

I am looking to buy one last fish for my 250+50l reef, and I was looking into the sunburst Butterflyfish. It seems it's the only one that's small enough to be okay to house in a tank that size. My question Is what are your experiences with these fish? I searched this forum and others and it was...

Hey all! My tank has had fish and corals since March 7th. I added 3 different brands of live nitrifying bacteria plus added massive heavily seeded live rocks during the cycling phase. Nearly one month of fish, corals and inverts with daily feedings of frozen reef frenzy and nori seaweed, and...

Greetings from the UK! So after a break of a few years I’m back with a new tank. In the past I’ve had a 4 foot, 3 foot and 2 foot tank, but due to work and housing circumstances, had to close them down for a while. Back in the day I had horrible luck with ich leading to two full wipeouts...

hellooo!!! i decided to create a thread where i can track my reefing journey. i've had a 10 gal for the past few years and finally upgraded so right now i have a 35 gal topless with the aqueon quiet flow, NICREW light with LCD timer, caribbsea live sand, and about 15-20 pounds of dry rock, since...

I have the space and equipment for a 40 gallon setup. Looking for opinions on what others would do with an extra 40 gallons if they had the space. Would you start a frag tank? Would you set up a niche tank or fowlr system? My current thoughts have been frag tank or predator tank but I’ve been...

As I (im)patiently await the arrival of my 180g aquarium, I have done some research and created a list of fish that I would like to have. I will not end up with all of the following, but this will give you an idea of where my head is at: Purple Tang Yellow Tang Hippo Tang Magnificent Foxface...

I have started transitioning one of my tanks from FOWLR to reef tank. So far everything is going as expected and I only see one possible issue. This tank is home to a 10 inch gulf toadfish that I brought home from a fishing trip last summer. He doesn’t bother corals or inverts and doesn’t even...