#newbie

Hey everyone, I've been fish keeping for just over a year now. I started with a 75-gallon cichlid tank, learned a lot quickly, and that turned into a serious hobby. After spending time around my buddy’s 90-gallon reef and his dad’s 210-gallon system, I decided it was time to make the jump. I...

Hi, Please be kind as I’m new to the hobby. We started our tank with dry rock and live sand. Doses of religiously with NT labs Satus and Optimus and have been testing regularly. We have no amonia, no nitrates or nitrites. We do have a copepod bloom. We added some invertebrates but I’m worried...

Hello all! I've kept freshwater planted tanks before (all pretty low tech) so I'm not new to tank management, but I've never done a saltwater tank before! Looking to do a reef tank with a 70G display (total system volume 95G) using the Eshopps Mariner M70 tank and cabinet. I've been trying to...

Hi- I'm new here and I think I have a sick eel. I am trying to post a thread in the Sick Fish thread, but I'm having trouble figuring out how to upload an image. Can anyone help me figure out how to upload photos?

Hi everyone I'm Felix I started my marine journey about 8/9 years ago. Recently had an extension to the house done so tanks been neglected till now and just looking to get it back to good condition haven't lost anything during it but need to get my parameters back to sort of normal. Thanks

Hey there. Things escalated quickly as I went from looking at Betta fish to doing a complete saltwater aquarium. I want all the things but with limited capacity for gallon size as this has to go upstairs in an office, I’m looking at the innovation marine 40 gallon long And the 50 gallon by...

Two days of vacation and returning I find this misfortune. I made a 50% water change from RODI, changed filters and returned to the old blue light that comes with the tank since I just changed the lamp for one with more white LEDs and just this happened today when leaving work. I will do a test...

Hello! I'm very new to aquarium set up and maintenance but I'm looking to get a small SW tank going within the next couples weeks/months. Here is some general information about the space and anticipated tank needs, I would love any feedback you guys can provide! This is NOT a personal tank...

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/infosec-nerd-reef-intro.1096333/page-2 My intro was here. But, I figured I should take the ongoing growth of the tank elsewhere. Build: Water Filtration: AquaFX Barracuda Glacial 4 Stage - 1 Sediment, 2 NHCL Blasters, 1 DI Resin Containers. Tank: Aqueon...

Please great people of R2R, help me in under the differences in the various RODI stages? What makes one better than the other? Should I be looking for something in my tap water that would yell me what stage I would need.? I am new to the hobby, don't even have a tank yet. But I am trying to get...

This is my second ever saltwater tank, so I’m not exactly very confident in my experience. I’ve recently started up a 20gal FOWLR tank (not planning on coral, but i’m looking into some cool macroalgaes). Currently it only has a YWG/randall’s pistol shrimp pair and a bunch of snails. I’m...

Hey everyone! Need some guidance, I’m new to the hobby, when I started my fishless cycle I added dr Tim’s one and only and I added ammonia, I didn’t test the water until week 3 cause I thought I was meant to just wait weeks on end and be patience, and I didn’t get the memo that I was suppose to...

Just wanted to say hello and show a Pic or two. I was in the hobby in the mid to late 90's. Had to move a few times in rapid succession after I graduated college and I eventually list everything in the tank one night. Things have changed so much since then...it's not even the same thing anymore...

Preface: this has been my experience and findings...there may be unpopular opinions here but I want to leverage this to share my challenges and what I would do differntly and how I plan to move forward. Tank Setup to start: 150g Display Tank 55g Sump Theiling Compact Rollermat 2 inch carribsea...

Hello, I’m brand new here, and was hoping you all could help me. I inherited this 15+ year-old, 225+ gallon tank with a home I moved into last fall, and have been trying to bring it back to health. Luckily it has been thriving the last few months with help from a trusted advisor, but even he has...

I have these white worms that appear recently and have no clue that they could be. They appear right after I introduced tiger copopods and feed the zooplankton. I have a hammer coral, 2 clownfish and 2 hermits. I have a 13 galon tank and I'm worried they are a pest... I have clean and dip the...

My 1 year old 55 gallon tank. New to the hobby slowly learning more & more looking for any tips. Would like to add some corals have no clue where to start. Having problem with sand being dirty just got 6 turbo snails to see if it makes a difference. NICREW 48W Saltwater Aquarium Light Fluval 307...

Hello hello! (´◡`) 38 gallon -Watchmen goby: Harold + Pistol shrimp: Bob -Clown Pair: Marlin and Coral -Firefish: Doug Snails gang gang＼(ﾟｰﾟ＼) Kwangsoo - sand conch, Gary + Jihyo - Turbos, Jaesuk + sukjin - Astreas -Scarlet hermit: Leonardo depinche Corals so far (Won them on ebay from...

Built a fluval evo 13.5 AIO with the encouragement from our adult Son. My husband and I somewhat reluctantly obliged and fell in love with the hobby. We are now starting a new build with a Waterbox 50.3 AIO. If I can navigate the documentation of the build, I will do so and share here. So...

I am a new reefer and have had my tank for 6 days. I started cycling it with half live rock half dry rock, after two days I added a clown per my local fish store, he is doing great. About 4 days in I noticed this growing on my live rock but none of the pictures I see look like it. Over the last...

Hey guys, Ive had my Micro tank started for a couple of weeks now just cycling. Im new to the reefing stuff and have been dosing Microbacter as well as chaetogrow. So far the tank is empty except for a few species of macro algae. Ive had to deal with some Majano Nems but all is well. I was...

Here we go! I will say I am excited and nervous! Been a while since I’ve had a tank (20+ years ago) and it was freshwater at that. This is my dive into the deep end with a reef tank. I will update as I go, I was delivered to the curb this morning. Luckily there were a couple of guys in...

Hi everyone! I was talking to another customer at my LFS and he mentioned that he added Bristle worms to his tank a few months ago and is loving the work that they do for him. It was a pretty short conversation, and I'm on the fence after doing my own research at home. From what I've found, they...

Hello to all and thanks for those who read and respond. I can use all the help I can get! To start: I know nothing. Respond as if I am a complete moron! I shall not be offended, I promise. I just purchased a used 20 gallon IM Nuvo Pro aquarium and brought it home and spent the day cleaning it...

I have this new laffy taffy goniopora, and I just wanted to know what’s up with those longer tentacles that it has stretched out??