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Ok so here it goes. I had a, rather my father, 175 gal tank when I was younger and I always wanted one. Now I have a mini me! It started it in May. Here are some pics I dont have the hermits any more. They are one of my fish. I got rid of them and replaced my fish. I also don’t have the...

Hi all! My wife and I decided after a couple of years of talking that we are taking a dive (no pun intended) into the reef tanks. We both have many years of freshwater tanks so this will be our first saltwater. We decided to start small and see how things go. We decided on the Red Sea Max Nano...

My fireplace insert saltwater fish tank is 20 gallons. And I’m pretty happy with having corals and only a Pinnatus batfish. What’s your opinions on this.

Hey everyone I’m Madangelo First time in a forum and owning a saltwater fish tank. My tank is located in my den of my condo and placed in a fire place mantle. Tank size 20 gallons and set up as of June 13th, 2020. Now I’ve just done the water cycling testing and I’m shy of zeros all around ...

I'm a college student in Texas returning to school to finish a my degree after some time off and I'm setting up my first saltwater tank! I'm excited to begin this journey, why don't you come along for the ride with me? I've been eyeballing this project for over a year, but I kept putting it off...

Hi All, I'm Mohammad Ikmail, this is my second month in the hobby, previously I used to have freshwater tank with only fish, i stopped when I moved to UAE (Dubai), here I had the opportunity to start my first reef tank. I started by buying 80G (around 315L) tank (Aqua Medic Armatus 400), I was...

Just got them a last weekend. They started out swimming as most fish horizontally than all the sudden all they do is swim vertically at the back of the tank. They did eat this morning. I’m just wondering if this is normal. first video is of this odd behavior second is from a few days ago. I...

Hey everyone! I'm a bit late on my greeting as I had formally joined R2R last year, but have been a long time lurker prior. I wanted to start becoming more of a presence in the forum and network with other hobbyists as well. I had been a freshwater hobbyist since I was about 11 years old...

Hello. Thanks for stopping in to check out my build. Forgive me, not everything is here yet but I have been planning for months now and I’m anxious. I was going to do a 20 gallon nano since I found my mom’s old freshwater tank from when I was a child, but my son moved and had two 55 gallon tanks...

Hey, folks! This is my first time posting, so I hope I'm in the appropriate space for help with ID'ing. This morning, as I was inspecting my tank I noticed a sort of "ant trap" in my fine sand. I tried to do relevant Google searches but couldn't find any info. I have noticed no feelers or...

So, I’m new to the hobby. I have a 60 gallon saltwater tank with two clowns, some snails and a cleaner shrimp. When I started I didn’t think I could have a sump where my tank isn’t drillable so I got a canister filter and HOB skimmer. When I was setting up I made sure to have a drip loop on all...

The title says it all really! I'm moving from my current 200L non-sump using a HOB filter to a Cleair 650L sumped system. Current fish are Yellow Tang, Koran Angel, Fire Angel, Coral Beauty, Clown, Sand Sifting Goby and Blue Damsel. Any tips on CUC and best practices for the larger tank...

Hello everyone, my name is Kevin. Im new to R2R, and new to the hobby period. With everything going on I've been home more. I started with a 20 gallon freshwater tank about a month and a half ago. My kids quickly took over that tank. So I decided to upgrade. I did some research and still...

Hello everyone, two months ago I decided to switch over from freshwater to saltwater tanks and I'm trying to get the hang of things. I'm currently working with a Waterbox 20 Cube, AI Prime 16HD Reef, Nero 5, live sand, and live rocks. After making sure the tank was fully cycled I decided to get...

Hello! Just a question for future (just have one small 10 gallon tank now, my first saltwater) wanted to get input on tanks with multiple pairs of clowns! Can you do different varieties of clowns? Or better to keep all the same? Territory? As well as is it one pair per anemone that will host...

Just noticed these little worms all along one side of my tank they are all living in my sand bed and making little tunnels along my glass not really harming anything just curious what they are. Any help IDing these little guys is much appreciated just wanna learn as much as I can!

Hey guys so... i've seen some ceramic bio cube thingys on ebay which i'd like to put in the first chamber of my Evo but dont know if they'd be able to leech anything into the water possibly? ill add a link at the bottom if anyone wants to check them out, i think they look okay and i definitely...

Hey guys, i hope ive posted to the correct place, im new to the forum so thanks for having me :) im looking forward to getting to talk to others who have the same interest as me! im about to be setting up a little fluval evo mixed reef after being out of the hobby for a couple years and some...

hellloooo everybody! im looking to buy some lighting for my 75 gallon tank! which brand would you recommend I should get?

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...

Morning All, Ziyaad (everyone calls me Dougy :D ) here from Cape Town, South Africa. We are currently under full lock down in South Africa, so decided to start my build thread for my 650mm (+-26inchs, sorry we use the metric system in S.A) reef cube. At the end of last year i was wafting...

we were told its an anemone it has arms that come out that are pinkish lilac

Hello! My names Caroline, I’m 19 years old and have been in the aquarium hobby for about 2 years (freshwater only). My boyfriend knows SO much about reef tanks! Me, on the other hand, I’ve recently became more interested in reef tanks & was wondering if anybody has some helpful advice?

My 50 gallon aquarium has cycled. My question is when I should add a CUC and what are recommendations for a CUC. I plan on having two clowns, Six line wrasse, Royal Gramma, and possibly one more (would like opinion for another) or concerns of list. I plan on just running soft corals to start and...

Hello, I have kept freshwater tanks for a while and decided to try my luck in salt. i have been cycling my 20g long nano tank for a few weeks now. I put a 20lb bag of Caribsea live sand with about 30 lbs of live rock. 2 480gph pumps. I have an RODI unit. My only stocking ideas right now are a...