noob reefer

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Howdy! I picked up a couple Lobos today from my LFS. Apparently I did not inspect this one very well because after I brought it home I made a few unpleasant discoveries: 1. Receding tissue on about 1/8th of the coral 2. 2-3 mm, perfectly round hole in the meaty portion of the coral 3. Gall...

For those who don’t know, I recently got someone else’s established 20gal set up with two clowns and a blenny as a complete beginner. This forum has been a godsend and I appreciate you guys so much. Now for todays question: how do I clean these rocks? Will scrubbing with a toothbrush in clean...

Last two weeks my take has been taken over by this ugly stuff and I’m not positive what it is and I do not want to take action if it is the wrong ID and course of action. If anyone could help me figure it out I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks in advance!

I’ve been in the underwater hobby for nearly two years. My friendly fish and friends keep me happy while staring through the glass sometimes for hours. I’m preparing to enter corals and would like some advice. my first step I plan to invest in a RO/DI system and start exchanging old salt water...

Hey everyone, I've been lurking a little bit while I started to think about what I wanted to get out of this hobby. I'm excited to say I took the first plunge today and bought a used 40G Reef Savvy that needs some TLC. Looking forward to the journey and becoming an active member of this...

Hello! I've had my nano tank for a little more than a month now, and have a few questions. a few weeks back, I had a huge problem with red/brown thick algae growing on the rock and sand. it's mostly stopped growing there, but is now covering the glass. what's the normal timeline for a new tank...

I know I need a light, sand, and rock. Which light would work? Would this be a nano or aoi build for a build thread? What else do I need? I want to do a budget build. I plan on having Zoa’s and Ricordia One clown. would a yellow watchman gobie and pistol shrimp be too much? thanks

I know that most reefers would recommend ignoring ORP, and to an extent, I do ignore it, unless I see a sudden change. I just turned on my UV sterilizer, running at about 400gph on a dedicated pump, and my ORP dropped from 230mV (I know, it's a bit low already) to 170mV. I thought UV would have...

I just got my @noopsyche K7 Mini set up last Saturday and I set it up on the preset sps/lps setting. I didn't get my Kraken hood until yesterday, so I've had it set up all week with greenhouse polycarbonate over the top. I have hammers, frogspawn, GSP, and mushrooms but I also have an anemone...

Hi all! So I have my new brand new 32g tank stocked with about 25 lbs of rock donated by a friend with an established tank. It's full of critters, bristle worms, things slightly smaller than ants that crawl around all the openings, and even a few ball anemones, etc. The tank has been running...

I’m building my first tank and I have everything set up and ready to go. I plan on cycling the tank with live Carib Sea Agra Alive, Dry Rock, Fritz Turbo Start, and 2 Clown fish. Will it be okay to have the Agra Alive sand and Saltwater running in the tank for a couple days before I add the...

I just took backup tank, filter, water, liverock, heater, powerhead, rodi, a little salt and most livestock (rip leopard wrasse) could not dig her up. let me know whatever help you can think of and If there is anything I couldn’t think of, my mind isn’t 100%.

Hey everyone, So, i've been briefly introducing myself in another thread, and i've been kindly adviced to start this building thread. I've been thinking first : eh let's take this cubic redsea nano max. I saw one for cheap in my neighborhood for sale, and as a good urban citizen, i don't own a...

So I’m not good at aquascaping and I’ll own that. What I have works meaning it’s allowing flow and fish safe habitats. However I want to add more coral and just feel like the current scaping won’t allow me too much creativity for that. Like there is to much empty space. To add to that I have...

First dive in to saltwater, going slow since I'm still wrapping up summer projects. I just want it up before Christmas! Here goes nothing! What I have or ordered so far: Tank - Fluval Evo 13g, dang Petco sales make it too easy. Sand - Carib Sea Special Grade - waiting Rock - Carib Sea South...