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I recently bought the Red Sea Nano max Perninsula along with Premixed Saltwater from my local store, live rock, live sand, and a heater. Should I be adding anything extra to the water?? Should I be letting it cycle??? Or am I good to go?? I am soooo new to this and have done a good amount of...

Hi All, I know things like this get asked a lot but I haven't found an answer to help me yet. I'm essentially in the beginning stages of setting up my first saltwater tank (I have a blog thread on my profile if you want to see everything. It has a lot of detailed parameters/hiccups I've been...

Hello community, I am new to this hobby I have setup my tank 6 weeks before. After week 4 I introduced clowns and purple dottyback. Purple dottyback disappeared 4 days ago in my tank and from that day onwards diatoms start to appear and its growing quickly. I have waterbox marine...

Hey all! Finally after years of saving and planning I was able to put my first reef tank together just the way I wanted. Water went in last week, and I just finished up my first 10% water change this morning. So far in the first week I've had trouble with an undersized heater due to how cold my...

Hi all! New to this hobby, but have guidance from a family member who’s been doing it for a while. Starting with a 45 gallon nano tank, then the plan is to get a 5-6 footer once the wive approves :) cycle is going fast since i got water from my family. Starting off with baby fish; a few tangs (i...

Hi all, about 11 weeks ago I had my tank wiped out by what we think was a bad case of ich . I am coming to the end of my fallow period and I am going to buy some fish again. I have come up with a stock list and would like opinions on compatibility , tank size being okay , etc . And any...

Hi, I am new here. I am trying to get started with a fresh water tank but only looking to do real plants. I will be getting a 20 or 25 gallon tank. Any help would be appreciated. I am going to have a beta & shrimp I do know that. Need help with also tank mate ideas. Any help anyone could give...

Hi all, Back when I was in grad school I had a 55 gallon reef tank that I cobbled together with extremely limited funds. After many years out of the hobby I’m back! My girlfriend gifted me a 32 gallon Biocube which I’m hoping to start up soon. For now I’m planning on keeping the included hood...

- Hello Reef2Reef my name is Bogdan | Inseq and I’m from Romania/Bucharest - I wanted to present you all my Waterbox Cube 20 project as a first time attempt to a saltwater tank, hope u like the start. - This are same photos with the tank right before filling it up for the first time. - I’ll post...

Hi my name is Aiden and I have a problem… just kidding, sort of. Hello everyone! To preface I have tried and tried to get out of the hobby a couple times now but I guess I just can’t fight it. I’m meant to glue live animals to rocks and burn money on salt. I’m here to learn from and share my...

I have a 50g long tank. 46'18'18' I was wondering if I could fit a spotted foxface and a tomini tang in the tank, just one, or what would be some different better options.

I heard various things about when should you wait before putting corals in. Some people said that you have to wait and make sure all parameters are good for 1-2 months but I also heard other people that says 2-3 weeks is fine. What are your thoughts on this?

I have a brand new in box (never been used Enaly Ozone Generator (Ozac Plus100) that I bought 2 years ago that I had planned on using but never got around to it. The unit has never been used and I only opened the box today to make sure the unit works (turned it on and verified it produces ozone...

Hi everyone, New here. Can you help me ID some hitchhikers on my live rock? Thanks everyone!

Here is a zoa breeder you put your zoa in the middle and put frags around it and the zoa will grow on those frags as easy as that cost 10$ any color available 4$ for shipping (yes I’m sorry shipping has got more expensive) Also selling a mushroom holder at

Recently got a new 15 gallon tank and just tested after adding zoas and a gsp frag. Noticed they weren’t doing well compared to my 13.5 tank. These are the results. Need help in trying to figure out a solution. Doing a water change now hoping it’ll help. Tank has a filter sock and filter floss...

To all of you reefers who have mandarin dragonettes I have a few questions for you. I want to start off with my tank and it is an 8 month old 90 gallon tank with a good amount of livestock now. 2 clownfish 1 foxface Neon goby Yellow watchman goby Pistol shrimp Sand sifting star 2 conch 1 tux...

I have a RedSea Reefer 350 v3, I have literally nothing other than the tank, stand, sump and a RODI system that needs new filters, which all need to be cleaned. I'm not trying to get fish or coral in ASAP but definitely want to get it cycling, like with just live rock or something that will...

Hello, I am new to saltwater but not new to aquariums and in the process of starting up a reef tank. I came across the jbj black 65 gallon rimless aio at Petco. I have the vital care 20% plus a couple coupons and my total would be 1162.99 shipped. This includes the stand as well. i feel like...

Neptune Apex A2 Controller - bought at BRS but never set up. Average price for open box and used on eBay was $800 I can take more pica of the box if wanted. Just to be clear - this is the A2, not the A3. Shipping to US only. PM me.

I am putting together my first reef aquarium. (Not how I wanted to tell you guys) Planned to make my first post with my build. Sadly I'm having a plumbing issue. I have a Maxspect jump 8k. I am using 1inch return pvc pipe. This return came with barbed fittings and I am unsure of what tubing/...

I am about to set up a 75 gallon. I don’t have a rodi unit. How would you fill it? Get rodi from my LFS? It’s about 25 minutes away. What would be the fastest way. TIA

I purchased a 2nd clownfish two days ago and he has had me worried since being in the tank. He alternates between swimming around the tank to laying down in the sand bed for up to hours at a time I'm sure. I have my female in a breeding box because I'm scared shes going to nip at him. He seemed...

Hello! I’m new to the hobby. I’m in the process of cycling a 29 gallon tank. Have live rock, dry rock, live sand. And by recommendation used Fritz Turbostart 900. But I’m confused. added ammonia to get things going. I’ve been testing the last five days. As of today ammonia is present and between...

Sorry for the bad pictures. It’s i. My fluval 13.5 and I didn’t scrape off the back side of it. You can kind of see it but they look like white webs all over the chamber in the back. Looks as if they’re keeping the chamber clean of detritus in the first one but the second chamber is a little...