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Hello Everyone and really excited from what I've seen and read thus far. Getting back into this now that I've got an empty nest and will be starting my first SW system, after many FW systems, a Red Sea Max 300. Referred here from BRS and look forward to sharing my slow, patient, journey into...

On day 8 of Dr Tim’s fishless cycle with one and only and ammonium chloride in an IM Nuvo 15. Set up is mostly 15lbs dry rock and dry aragonite with maybe 5lbs of live rock from my 20gal so not starting with a large established bacterial population. followed the chart but only dosed the...

I am new to the hobby and just set up my 7 stage BRS RODI w/ booster pump. I wanted to ensure my RODI is clean enough to be used. Thanks

I purchased a few soft corals, and the seller tossed in a free frag of Galaxea, which, I have come to find out, has sweeping tentacles. Will I be stung if I put my hand in the tank and come into contact with a tentacle? Perhaps most importantly, does Galaxea contain palytoxin? I'm not sure...

Hello Reefers! This will be my second attempt, onlty this time I wont be wet behind the ears on this one for a bit of time. I am reading and researching first and then I will be building my tank from the ground up. It will start as a 40b with sump and eventually refugium. Cycling, testing and...

Like everyone knows reefing is addicting… this is my third attemp with saltwater. Currently have a lps 6 gal pico that’s 2 months old. I’m attempting an sps dominant tank. I will be doing a fishless cycle and will be adding ammonia. Current build: Filtration: Fluval 207 canister with seachem...

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...

This was taken 1/22/22 and I've since moved the mushrooms to the rocks in my tank as I read that they prefer to be on rocks and not in sand ;Cat My tank has been up since Sept. 2021, and I got the coral on Friday 1/21/22

Hey all, I and just wanted to point out how cool this form is for NEWB's like myself! I have been stalking/reading/absorbing information for close to a year now, and I just finally made an account to introduce myself and ask if I'm crazy....?! Goal: Create a lasting healthy ecosystem - life...

Picked up my second hand tank @8pm on 9/28/21 Cleaned it up and did a leak test the next day...... October 1st, my mother in law gave me an old cabinet which she braced for me. I sanded and painted the cabinet (the drawers were still drying) and my husband put in a center Brace on the tank...

Hello all!! I'm Lindsay, and a newb to the saltwater community. We have 3 freshwater systems, but I've learned Saltwater is a TOTALLY different ballgame! I started out in July with 2 marine hermits that my daughters found while we were vacationing in Pensacola. Being the animal lover we all are...

Hey folks! Fee free to skip down a ways if you want to get to my questions! so I started my reefing journey back in October 2020 with a 55 gallon peninsula tank. Fast forward a month and my husband gifted me a 130 gallon acrylic tank! Fast forward a few more months and I decided to tear down my...

I've been out of the hobby for about 15 years. I used to have a small nano, and my brother was the one with all the tanks. I started scouring Craigslist and other mediums to find a used tank. I found this 40 breeder not too far from my home for $20. So far I've removed the blue paint on the...

Hi everybody, I want to start off by saying thank you to all you members for the knowledge I’ve gained from utilizing this forum the past few months while getting my tank up and running. Now, on to my tank! I have a Biocube (32 gallon) that’s been set up since the end of October. I have around...

Introduction: Hey R2R. While I've had some freshwater tanks over a decade ago and I worked for roughly two whole months at a non-bigbox LFS, I have otherwise no experience with saltwater tanks. I will say I did learn a bit at my LFS period as they serviced tanks and did a lot of saltwater...

Sitting here wide awake crunching numbers, flowrates, and head loss! 29dt 20sump What flowrate do I want going through sump? My flow rate in the dt is over 10x. I’m talking about the flowrate going through the sump to facilitate the best filtration? I’m thinking 29g times 5= 145gph? Or 29dt...