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Hey, guys! Thanks for the add and the invite to introduce myself. I'm in Atlanta, though I'm from Mexico City, and I'm rediscovering the hobby. I had made one attempt to have a salt water tank in the 90s, before LEDs were even heard of; when keeping coral in your tank meant finding the coolest...

Greetings! Just (mostly) cycled and diving in to building this under water world. 36 gallon bow front. 50 lbs dry rock, couple bags of live and argon sand. Just added two clowns, 6 snails, 3 hermits, and a cleaner shrimp yesterday. Will be building this out with softies and LPS. Here to learn...

I have a 13 gallon mixed reef in my office at work. Everything is flourishing and I test the water every 2 days to stay on top of it. But I was wanting to add a monitor system so that I could monitor it on weekends, holidays and vacation days and cut out some of my routine testing. I’m new to...

Hello! I’m a reefing novice out of Vancouver, WA. I started back in January with a 29 Gallon Oceanic Biocube, and now I’m up to three tanks! Those are the BioCube, an AquaOne Mini Reef 150, and an IM Nuvo Fusion 10. Planning on offloading the Cube (the fiancé is not pleased with the number of...

This is my first tank. I have done a lot of research and listened to my friends (which maybe I shouldn't have). Anyways, tank has been running for 2 months now. Bought live sand and a couple of live rocks and mixed in some dry rock. Waited, got inpatient and added Turbo Start to speed up...

My new default reply to emergency threads :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

This past weekend we officially became owners of a Red Sea Max C250 AIO system! When we picked it up we thought the tank looked like it was relatively clean. BOY WERE WE WRONG! Here is what we started out with: I'll admit, it's probably not the worst tank you guys have...

Hello Everyones, I wanna start by saying Im new to the hobby. I have a fluval 13.5 about 6 months old. I recently purchased a crocea clam from AlgaeBarn (1.5-2in). I did temperature acclimation and drip acclimation. The clam is on a clam holder on the bottom of the tank for light acclimation...

Hello! I am just about ready to start up my first reef tank. I know this first time through will have plenty of ups/downs/unknowns, but am super excited, and look forward to learning in part through the more experience reefers out there. My First Build Short Version- There is none, sorry...

Hi guys I am finishing up stocking my 210 gallon reef tank qnd I am ready to add my tang gang I had planned on adding 3 of them but can't decide on the mix so I am looking for personal opinions on what has worked for you to avoid aggression. Trying to decide on a tomini, yellow, purple...

Just wanted to show my first ever reef tank and get some opinions on it as I’m still new to the hobby! Any and all advice is much appreciated!

Recently I managed to get a brilliant Fluvial Flex 135lt with filter and more off eBay for a steal - £40 . I've been keeping freshwater tropical tanks for some time with great results - so decided to make this one into my first reef tank. Based on what I read online I've got a sub-par set...

Hello! So I’m very new to saltwater not so much to fresh, and I’ve had great experiences with Fluval lighting so I purchased a Fluval Sea to use for lighting. And it turns out that after some use. I can not find what values to use in order to make my coral really glow in color. Everything I do...

Hi All, I am relatively new to Saltwater and would love some assistance with my current situation. I was a little excited with the cycle and did have lights on including white for some time ( I have learned since then). Can someone please assist in identifying the algae growth and let me know...

Build journey part 1: setup and cycling Hi all. I just joined R2R having been lurking for a while (some really great info and advice here), and decided to post my build thread. I got the tank in early December 2021 as a family Christmas present (read: me doing all the work, my wife and...

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

Hello! Hope everyone is doing well during year 3 in this pandemic... Since I have been cooked up in my house (here in Los Angeles), I wanted pull the trigger on getting in to this hobby. Growing up in my family, my father had a saltwater mixed reef tank ~100 gal tank and so I wanted to have my...

Hey everyone - it's a super exciting day for me. I just clicked the "buy now" button on a brand new Fusion Pro 2 | 50 AIO Lagoon Aquarium w∕ APS Stand - Black from Innovative Marine! I have been dreaming of a saltwater tank for many years and have just been to scared to pull the trigger ...

Hey guys. I’m at loss here and quite heart broken and need some help. I have a 400 litre tank that has been running for 6 month or so. Everything seems to be running smoothly. Tank is a fish only. anyway, I fed my tank this morning with some brine. All occupants ate fine. I come back...

Can anyone ID this crab for me? I found it in my tank this morning. It’s about an inch long. I’m not sure if it’s just the shell, as it’s quite soft and not moving. Thanks

Hi again. So my tank is around 4 months old now and been going through all the uglies. I am happy taking things slow and really not bothered about the uglies all that much. It recently went through a massive GHA bloom which I mostly left to its thing while manually removing some and it’s now...

In my upgraded tank (6 months old) I’m trying not to obsess over my inability to lower my phosphate, measured with a Hana LR. After reading a bunch of threads here I have two questions… 1. what is it really going to hurt / affect? (10 small fish and softie frags. Can insta-kill new margarita...

I got this tank on a spur of the moment decision after weeks of scouring Facebook marketplace during my lunch break at work. As with buying anything used second hand from Facebook marketplace, it was exactly perfect but I am perfectly content with it (for now lol) The first couple days waiting...

Hi! I am an operating room nurse just starting my marine tank! I have several freshwater betta community tanks that I love dearly. I become absolutely fascinated with designer clownfish and decided to dive in. I have a bio cube 29 that I retrofitted with some LED lights and a protein skimmer. I...

Hi All! My name's Marina and I've only had a reef tank for a few months. I had freshwater fish in the past, but having a saltwater tank has always been my dream and I finally went for it! I've been doing as much research as I can, but I still have so much to learn. Any advice would be greatly...