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  1. daveloro

    Your experience with Flame Angel

    My wife and I are curious what is the ratio of flame angels that damage corals to flame angels that don’t and never do.
  2. N

    Tomato clown

    Hi everyone, So I have a tomato clown in a 45 gallon tank. I really think I want to have other fish now and I know I basically cant put anything else in the tank with him. I thought about getting a lawnmower blenny again cause those dudes sure are cute. But im sure it wont be good. Any...
  3. PNWreefer97

    Best Wrasse for Nano mixed reef

    Hi, I’m new to the forum and almost cycled in my first system. It’s a 38 gallon Fiji cube AIO peninsula with dry rock and ocean direct sand. I was hoping y’all could help me decide on a wrasse species for the tank. I want to have the utility that comes with pest eating wrasse but I don’t want to...
  4. Wbennetheun

    UNIQUE reef fish for 42gal.

    Hey guys! Been in the hobby for about a decade now and have done all kinds of cool oddball from breeding dwarf seahorses(h. Zosterae), to mantis shrimp (gonodactilis chiragra), to wartskin frog fish etc.. Im setting up a new 42 gallon reef and want some ideas for some smaller but UNIQUE...
  5. W

    What type of snail is this? Friend or foe?

    Hey all, I picked up this snail tonight on a night dive (Caribbean) but not sure how I feel about him. Is he reef safe or predatory? Might have to release him if I can’t figure out
  6. Printed Reef

    Catch Printed Reef at Booth 414 – Reef-A-Palooza Orlando 2025!

    🌊 Orlando, are you ready?! 👀 We’re stoked to announce that Printed Reef will be at Reef-A-Palooza Orlando 2025 🗓️ April 26-27 📍 Booth 414 We’re bringing all-new reef-safe gear, show-only exclusive deals, and a few surprises you’ll need to see in person. Whether you’re deep into coral...
  7. Printed Reef

    Catch Printed Reef at Booth 414 – Reef-A-Palooza Orlando 2025!

    🌊 Orlando, are you ready?! 👀 We’re stoked to announce that Printed Reef will be at Reef-A-Palooza Orlando 2025 🗓️ April 26-27 📍 Booth 414 We’re bringing all-new reef-safe gear, show-only exclusive deals, and a few surprises you’ll need to see in person. Whether you’re deep into coral...
  8. bsap

    I need some assistance in my stocking list

    Hi all, I just had a Cyanobacteria outbreak that really killed most of my corals. Now that the tank is looking beautiful once again, it’s about time to add more fish and corals back into my tank which is a Waterbox 50.3 AIO. Currently in the tank, I have a 2 Ocellaris Clowns and a Purple...
  9. GothFishKeeper

    Peppermint shrimp reef safe?

    Everywhere i look has a different answer on this. I’ve had mine for a couple months now and all has been well, but last week i noticed a couple polyps from my frogspawn floating around the water column which i found odd as my frogspawn was thriving, and one of them landed behind a rock and is...
  10. flagg37

    Large Build 50/50 Reef Safe/Non Reef Safe Split Tank

    I just got this system up and running and I don’t know if this has been done before but I’ve never seen it. The idea came about when I helped a guy close down his local fish store and he had several 75 gallon tanks that he was giving away. I grabbed two and was trying to think what I could do...
  11. Underwater Passion

    Ro/DI container salvage

    So I cannot find answers anywhere to my issue. I bought two 250 gallon vertical tanks that were previously used for wine fermentation. They had a very strong smell of wine ferment in them. I have rinsed them out with a high pressure washer, used a bleach solution well above the disinfectant...
  12. nycfreshreef

    Zoa eating “asterina” starfish experiment

    Interesting perspective After noticing an “asterina” starfish (I actually believe the are a different species) population starting to grow in a 1.5 year old mixed reef - I kept a close eye on my 2 colonies of illuminati zoas (as I started to see the asterinas sitting on zoas) I was able to...
  13. L

    Shrimp in 75gallon reef tank

    Hey everyone Just looking for advice and recommendations on shrimp for a 75 gallon mixed reef tank. I’m looking to add of my first shrimp and just wondering what would be the best I really like the skunk cleaner shrimp, and the blood shrimp or fire shrimp. However, I do plan or it is in my list...
  14. L

    Yellow wrasse questions and quarantining

    Hello everyone, I just set up a 75 gallon tank and currently have three pajama fish in there that seem to be doing good and eating fine. I also have a anthias in my quarantine tank that I will be adding within a week or two my local fish store has a really nice small yellow wrasse. That is very...
  15. H

    Gasoila Thread sealant quetion

    First off not a reef question but i love the website Great people on here! So I had a old pre Drilled 110 tub hanging around and decided to fill it for some baby koi Im getting on Tuesday and the treads on the gasket were a bit chewed up and it was leaking. I didn't have tape on me the other...
  16. D

    Good macro algae for mixed reef tank

    What is a good macro algae to use inside a display tank? I’m constantly fighting nitrates and phosphates, and I have an aquatop 40 cube AIO, so a refugium is not very easily done. I’m looking for a macro algae I can put in my display tank that will be 1.) Safe for corals : I know a lot of...
  17. hexcolor reef

    Unknown Marine life found in tank?

    Looks like a shrimp of some sort. It’s it coral safe is the question. Don’t know how it got in the tank but it’s there. Found in the refugium Photos of video doesn’t play. Main question/issue why happens if it populate the tank
  18. Starfishandseahorse

    Zoanthids and clove polyps clearly being eaten. I don’t trust my cowfish.

    Today I noticed that a few of my smaller zoanthid colonies were gone and a rainbow clove polyp frag I just purchased that previously had two heads now has two chewed up stumps. I suspect I know who may be responsible… I have heard mixed things about whether cow fish will nibble on...
  19. Zokki

    Can I add rock from the beach to my tank?

    Hello, my mother find lovely Rick when she was visiting. I would love to add it to the tank but I’m scared that something can go wrong. I clean the rock with sponge and I left it under the sun for a week. After that I put vinegar in bucket and left it there for another week then rinse it with...
  20. CincyReefer07

    What’s the likelihood this Glue is reef safe??

    I feel absolutely terrible and a little annoyed. Got my dad involved in a diy acclimation box build for my tank. We got all the pieces cut, drilled a bunch of holes in the acrylic. And he was off work that week and asked me if I wanted him to go ahead and glue it together for me while he was...
  21. aquatic engineer

    Illinois Live Goods Reef safe, mature fish for sale

    Moving out of state to a house with no room for my 150G tank. Selling entire set up, but need to sell fish and inverts first to break down the tank. If interested in the full setup, I will have another listing of all that equipment under the Drygoods Selling section. All fish have been with...
  22. shawnriv

    Reef Safe Angelfish: Lamarck Angelfish or Swallowtail Angelfish?

    Which Angelfish would be better for my tank? I have a 120G SPS dominated tank. I am considering adding an angel and was originally interested in the Lamarck since they seem to be relatively inexpensive. Recently, I discovered they are considered "large" angelfish. After doing some research on...
  23. Adam1985

    Trigger ID - Please Helo

    Hi all, Can anyone help me ID this trigger and also comment if it’s reef safe (with caution) like a niger trigger would be, or not reef safe? Thanks! Adam
  24. S

    Reef safe acrylic dye

    Hello everyone, I recently designed a waterproof camera housing that you can 3D print. I’ll be uploading the files once I am able to fine tune the lens filter. I am also working on a more compact V2 that can hold a higher quality camera module but not sure when that will be done. Currently, I...
  25. J

    Worm Id hitchhiker

    I found this worm in my tank a week or so ago. I decided to pull it out tonight to get a better look at it. I don’t think it’s a bristle worm. I’m worried it may be a bobbit worm of some sort. Can someone ID? And tell if it’s dangerous or not. Thanks.
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