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Hello all, just looking for suggestions for fish stocking on a 60gal long that I’m getting today. I currently have 2 clowns 1 purple fire fish 1 royal gramma 1 lawnmower blenny 1 diamond goby 1 peppermint shrimp 1 pistol shrimp 1 fire shrimp 1 cleaner shrimp 1 tiger conch 1 urchin 1...

Hey guys, so I have a Fluval 13.5 with a pair of clowns, lawnmower , cleaner shrimp and a fire fish plus cleanup crew and lots of coral. Want to upgrade to a 55/60 gallon tank. Couple of questions. If I get a new 55, would it already be cycled because I have a cycled tank already? (Plus the new...

Hello all! I currently have a JBJ 45 gallon cube AIO reef tank but have been recently trying to upgrade to a larger size with a sump. I’ve never used a sump so I’m not sure what to do and I also don’t really know what I’m looking for when getting one and I’d really like some advice! I found a...

I’ve already got a build thread on here but I’m making a new one since this is a new tank! It’s a BioCube 16 LED and I got it completely dry, with nothing but the tank, pump, and a couple unopened filter cartridges. I did not know it was a used tank, but it is, and I found out after the fact -...

Hi, after nearly a 30 year time span I'm back starting a small 75 gallon reef. So much has changed!!! Thanks to the Internet mainly, BRS, reef2reef, and YouTube for inspiration! So I started gathering things in November, and I'm still gathering lol. I have an older 3 chamber sump, Sicce return...

As you can see aquascaping isn't my strong point hopefully my next build will be better.

So I just wanted to tell you a little about my addiction to the hobby! I guess this story starts a year before my first aquarium came home. My uncle has a 180 Gallon Reef Aquarium, one of the coolest aquariums I have ever seen. One day I was visiting them (They live 12 hours from me) and they...

This might win dumbest question on this site. But I’m doing it anyway. Where does the return pump go on a reefer 350? Does it go on the left or the right in the same chamber as the stock ato float. I feel like it has to be on the right because other wise the bubble filter wouldn’t be doing...

TLDR: help me ID this fish I bought, I think it was mislabeled/represented and I’m new to this Hi all, new to the saltwater aquarium world. I used this forum to get me started and would like to say thanks for all the help and info I’ve received so far just by reading though previous threads...

Hello there. If anyone can help identify what this is on my glass. It's not air bubbles. They seem to be swaying and sticking to the back of my tank. Also note that we have added trigger pods about a month ago in the back of our AIO tank. Tried getting a better picture in clearer lighting but...

Hello everyone If anyone would be kind to help us in our new tank. We have had it for 2 months now and just last week this showed up. We can't get our hand on what it is exactly. We have caribsea Life Rock and life sand Ammonia - 0 Nitrite - 0 Nitrate - 20ppm Lights are on for 6 hours We do...

Hello everyone If anyone would be kind to help us in our new tank. We have had it for 2 months now and just last week this showed up. We can't get our hand on what it is exactly. We have caribsea Life Rock and life sand Ammonia - 0 Nitrite - 0 Nitrate - 20ppm Lights are on for 6 hours We do...

New to the hobby but I've had my salt water aquarium with lots of live rock for 3 months now and i have something weird growing off the side of a rock. Looks like a coral but not sure at all. Could someone please help identify this for me?

Hi Everyone I’m just getting started in this and super excited to start this crazy journey. what’s the best advice you would give a brand new reefer?

Hello everyone. We are about 1 month now into the hobby and made a list of fishes we would potentially like to have. We obviously know a lot of these we won't be able to get but would like your opinion on what we can or should not get, problems they may cause or alternatives. Now we do want to...

All kinds of fun stuff happening here! Looks dull and boring from far but I've been enjoying using the magnifying glass to find all the tiny critters. We started out by accidentally bringing home a Cone Shell Hermit crab inside this Auger shell, threw him in a bucket of water with a nice algae...

Hello all R2R people! My name is Corey and I have been reefing for a little over a year and a half. I have been studying R2R at a constant since I found out about it. I started with a fluval 13.5 and upgraded almost instantly to a 40 breeder with HOB equipment. At the time I was living in...

Hello everyone. Off the bat I am new to the hobby but have been doing research on different sites to learn before getting into the hobby. Now it's been 2 weeks now since we set up our waterbox 65.4 tank. We tried the fishless cycle using Dr Tims. In our tank we used caribsea live sand special...

Had a great suggestion from @Fish Think Pink to catalogue my build. So that is what I am going to do. Kept African cichlids for 10+ years and decided for my 40th Bday that I would take the dive and try my hand at saltwater. List below is what I have and will be using for my setup: 2x SunSun...

Just wondering if anyone can help me identify this coral and about how much they believe it runs for, I just got this coral today from a guy as a gift and I’ve only been in this hobby for about a month now. Any help would be greatly appreciated. It’s the coral to the right of my bubble coral.

Hey everyone, I noticed on my glass within my aquarium there seems to be tiny little white specs and they move, seems like I got a good amount. Are they copepods? Or something else I should be concerned about? I’ve attached a picture and they are very small, I hope the picture is clear enough...

Hello everyone and happy holidays! Long story short I decided to start a new hobby for the new year and really need some opinions on how my aquarium is looking so far in the first week (since adding livestock). everything looks fine to me however my hammer seems to be having some issues and I...

Hi! Im Olav, from The Netherlands, 23 years old and living in Barcelona. 3 months ago started with my first reef tank. everything is going well till now. Always good to got advise and help here if necesarry. First question, does anybody knows the name of the Zoa in the picture? kr Olav

Hello so I am new and have seen conflicting messages, how much salt do I add for my 73 gallon reef aquarium