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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

Hi I’m relatively new to marine tanks. I’ve kept small all in ones before but now I want to move into a large scale. I don’t like the style of many marine tanks and have came across the Juwel Vision 260 Marine Aquarium, I’m also considering the size up (450). I really love the curvature of it...

I have just purchased a microscope after believing that my diatom outbreak looked slightly different than usual with bubbles in them. the photos are below and some microscopic photos what do we think ?

hello and thanks in advanced. I have set a new tank up and it’s around 10 days old at this point. Over the last two days a huge coating of brown algae I believe to be diatoms has covered my rocks, sand and glass. however it is also covered in air bubbles which makes me think it’s not diatoms...

Hello and how is my wonderful extended family today? This thread is for a suggestion that I think would benefit everybody here on reef to reef. Our build contribution badge is a linked badge. So when you hit somebody's build badge it'll automatically take you to their build. But what about the...

hello. I have just noticed a small what appears white spot on my fox face. it is very small and appears to be more of a dimple in some photos than a raised lump. for defence I have a yellow and purple tang in the tank as well. Not sure if the tangs tail spine could’ve done then dimple ? here...

I know there are so many ways to set up an aquarium. I feel a bit overwhelmed! Here are the things I know I want a 75gallon saltwater tank. I currently have a 20 gallon and have had it running for about a year and a half. I have 2 old 75 gallon aquariums but one of them is being used for my...

Hi everyone! First time reefer, forum-er, acrylic tank builder (65L, 17 US Gallons). The purpose of this thread is to give 'live' updates of what I'm doing/buying (with their reasons) so that: 1) I can keep track of my tank for posterity (if I can get anything to live in it!!) 2) Other brand...

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Hi all I’m new to saltwater fish keeping and after about 2 1/2 months on my first tank I thought it was time to add my favourite thing in the world being an Tri colour bubble tip anemone for my clowns to host in. I’m well aware of the issues people have with them moving and stinging corals...