newreefer

I’m about a year into the aquarium hobby and currently run a successful 75g freshwater tank in my office. After seeing a couple beautiful reef tanks my buddy and his dad have, I finally decided to make the jump into saltwater. I recently started cycling a Red Sea Max Nano G2 XL, and the tank is...

I've officially made the leap into saltwater! About a year ago I got into the aquarium hobby and built a 75g freshwater tank in my office. It's been a great learning experience and the tank is doing really well. Recently a buddy of mine (and his dad) showed me their saltwater setups and, well…...

Hey all! I've recently got into keeping a reef tank as of about 6 months ago. Currently I have a long wristed hermit crab and a duncan coral, and sadly two snails that have passed. Any tips for an amateur like me? I'm trying my hardest not to be paranoid about everything and micromanage my tank...

Hi everyone, My name is Moses, and I’m pretty quite new to both the saltwater reef hobby and reef2reef forums. Im having some issues with my Bubble Tip Anemone. He is shriveling up when lights are off and doesn’t look too comfortable. There is a translucent area in the center of the anemone. I...

Hi all, I had a really rough November with my 15 gallon tank (10 1/2 months old) trying to get rid of bryopsis for a third time which ended up upsetting my rose bubble tip anemone and slowly causing it to lose its bubbles and shrink its tentacles down to nothing. Now it's just a blob that's...

Hey guys I am currently 5 months into my first reef tank. I am going to post two pictures one from when we first added corals (yes there is a nem in there it was given to us and then we relocated it when we couldn’t keep it happy) and then a picture taken today. I feel good about the progress of...

Okay, so I’m not keeping seahorses lol But I haven’t seen much online about folks using the Aqua FX Seahorse 4-inline RO/DI and I wanted to see if anyone on here has had experience with one. It’s my first time using a RO/DI and chloramine filters and the instructions provided aren’t super clear...

First two corals added on 1/12/24! Excited for new chapter!

Hi everyone, Finally starting a build thread and record of my journey and progress.

so to start off I'm a new reefer running the Red Sea max nano peninsula. it seems that my tank has a case of ich which appeared on my Midas blenny so I put it and my watchmen in qt with copper power to treat and planned on doing the 80 degree 6 week fallow period and got a UV in my display. I...

I had a friend that is getting a new tank, so had to get rid of a lot of his corals. Some of his zoas have feather dusters, which I’ve heard are healthy for a mature tank. These pink cat eyes are the only corals that have these. They’ve been in my tank for about a week and have now popped up...

Hi, I have started my reef tank just about 2 and a half weeks ago. I’ve had 2 diatoms blooms so far which seem to cure themselves, but noticing the water now has a cloudy ness with a slight green tint. Any advice of whether I should wait this out or not. Nitrites and ammonias are at 0 and...

Hello everyone! I have a slight concern as my GSP now has these black mold like spots covering it and melting some of the polyps it has been getting worse and worse and starting to cover my poor gsp. Any help solving this? Thanks so much in advance!

Hey R2R community! My name is Devin and about a year ago I made my return to reef keeping. I've had aquariums all of my life, primarily freshwater having everything from cichlids to arowanas. I did a brief first attempt at reef keeping about 8-9 years ago when I received a used Red sea max for...

Hello Everyone, I have a RedSea 750XL tank with a skimmer and I put some extra rock in the sump as some said it would be a good additional filtration. My tank is just recently cycled, I had a film on the top of the tank which is no longer there. The only concern I have is my tank is never really...

I just picked up a 130 gallon tank today... 36w x 24d x 36h. I've never had a saltwater tank, so I'm diving in head first... no pun intended, as I'm sure I'll have to dive into this tank at some point with it being 3ft deep. I've watched the 52 weeks of reefing, the 5 minute guides, all of...

Hi reef community, My name is Jess. I recently started a saltwater tank with my partner and it's been a little over a month now. We have a Fluval 13.5 g and cycled fully about 2 weeks ago. We added 2 clowns and 2 corals and just over the past week I started seeing some brown algae spots around...

Hey y’all, I need some help. I’ve got a more detailed background of my tank on my build thread, I’m going to post a few pics and if anyone can help me ID I would be so thankful. I’m going to have to restart my tank & rip clean, especially with all these issues, but I would still like to know...

My pincushion urchin has been slow moving around the tank lately but he still moves a lot. Sometimes he will stay in one spot for a little while then move. Some of his spines were drooping and the ones that weren’t drooping were moving around like crazy. Then when I checked again after about 3...

Good afternoon everyone. I had saved up money and after successfully passing my finals last semester decided to gift myself a new tank. I had a 55 gallon freshwater tank which I replaced with a Red Sea 750XXL unaware of all the details and how much goes into a reef tank, I now feel stupid and...

So I just started my tank coming up on the 2nd week, FOWLR my test come back in normal parameters, temp and salinity have been kept stable. It’s a 37 gallon that holds 2 clownfish at the moment one of which appears to have signs of ich. LFS said best treatment would be to let it ride it out not...

Hey everyone, thought I’d introduce myself. My name is Jo and I’m relatively new to reefing and salt water fish. I grew up keeping several different fresh water systems, turtles and reptiles so I’ve always been into these types of hobbies. We had renovations at work and had a massive saltwater...

Hello! My name is Drexel and new to Reef2Reef! I have been in the aquarium hobby for around 13 years or so but recently (6 months ago) have started my First Reef Tank! Very excited and glad I found a forum to pick up some information. Stay Salty Guys!

Hi, so i have 2 issue Ive had a startfish for awhile and its stuck in the back filter. i dont know if it likes it there or not but the image below shows his situation you can see three of his legs. Advise what i should do. I have a biocube 16 Issue 2 is i got 2 frags today. They look dead. Are...

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