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Hello! I am fairly experienced in the fish keeping hobby (2 freshwater tanks, 3 saltwater), but am just now biting the bullet on a larger tank. A 245 gallon custom built aquarium. I am getting it used with all filtration, lighting, protein skimmer, and everything else. Great stand and canopy. I...

Hi Guys, i started cycling my new aquarium 40 days ago. I first used dr tims one and only but it seems that bottle was dead as i saw no reduction in ammonia 17 days. Went to my LFS and they suggested adding the Red Sea reef Mature kit as they believe the bottle of dr times could have been dead...

Hi all, I suffered a prorocentrum bout a few months back and it has come and gone in a few patches since, but now I noticed this red stringy stuff that eerily looks like an increase in Dino. I put it under a microscope but I couldn’t really identify anything. I attached a video! #reefsquad

We are finally getting to the point of aquascaping this 65 gallon tank! However, we are completely stumped on how we want to set it up so we are open to any and all ideas, tips and tricks. Lets be real, this your chance to brag about how great your tank is! Let's see some of those reef setup!

So i purchased a few corals the other day. Im very new to reefing and i have a 13.5g nano set up for my room. The shop i got them from was very informative although I seem to have forgotten what he said the name of this coral was can you guys help me please? So i remember him telling me about...

Hello i am new to the reefing hobby. And i have recently added 3 of my first corals to my tank. I was told what they were and i remember two but this 3rd one i can not remember what the guy told me it was and well i kinda didnt want to have ti go back to the shop today just to ask. Perhaps i...

As you can see aquascaping isn't my strong point hopefully my next build will be better.

I have a like new light for sale for $450 if anyone local in Nashville is interested! Let me know!

So I just wanted to tell you a little about my addiction to the hobby! I guess this story starts a year before my first aquarium came home. My uncle has a 180 Gallon Reef Aquarium, one of the coolest aquariums I have ever seen. One day I was visiting them (They live 12 hours from me) and they...

looking for some colorful fish/clean up crew to add to my 75 gallon set up, drop your suggestions. Current stock: 2x small Ocellaris clownfish 3 small green chromis 1 small Lamarck angelfish 1 small diamond spot goby 1 small algae blenny thinking of adding a Scopas or a yellow tang but I’m...

Starting up a new build thread for my newest system redsea reefer xl200 build radion xr15 blue g5 Bubble magus 3ex skimmer Jebao dosing pump 13 watt uv Phosphate / carbon reactor Swapped out filter sock for filter cup (redsea) (X2) innovative marine wave link pumps ( med ) set on pulse...

i have an 80 gallon (90cm x 60cm x 60cm) with a flasher wrasse, royal gramma, algae blenny and kliens butterfly. i will be returning the butterfly as it has been nipping at my sps. is there a magical fish that will eat aptasia, flatworms and nudibrachs? i don’t really want a halichoeres (sp?)...

Can't find my blenny in my 20g, i remember seeing him a little under a week ago and i haven't seen him since. I have a Possum Wrasse, Pearly Jawfish, and an Ocellaris Clown pair. Anything I can do to coax him out or any idea when i'd see them?

Woke up this morning to find my tank covered in these bright orange specks . I have mostly lps and mushrooms . Are these possibly jawbreaker spawns?

So I've been fighting with some burnt tips/STN on my SPS with the following parameters: Alk - 8.1 Calcium - 450 Phosphate - .1 Nitrate - 10 Mag - 1400 I understand that low nutrients of near 0 can cause burnt tips/STN in SPS, but I would have never thought that the levels posted above were...

So I guess I’ll start a thread for this tank because I’m pretty happy with it so far. Took a job about 6 months ago working for an aquarium maintenance company and it reignited my passion for the hobby. I’ve had this 30 gallon running for a Year and a half with just a pair of clowns and some...

I have had a few different pieces of coral after I started keeping reef tanks in July 2020 I started off keeping my reef in a 20 gallon tank with a hang on the back filter and a insanely low powered light. I have improved my tank immensely since then. Some of my coral are growing slowly but none...

So about a week ago i began dosing kalkwasser into my tank through my ATO to try to raise my alkalinity and calcium given they were both reading lower than usual. My alkalinity has increased by .2 already which is good except the kalkwasser mix seems to be making my water cloudy. I am running a...

I downsized don’t have space to keep this beautiful Stichodactyla Mertensii ! Wish I could keep this carpet . Had it for 2years now $500 very rare carpet nem to come by ! Ever since downsizing to smaller tank hasn’t stretched out as much as when I had it in a 150gal.

So, I've been in reefing just over a year now. My first build thread shows my 60G that I got up and running in November of 2020. Right before Christmas 2021, I bit the bullet and decided to upgrade to a 90G SCA. I wanted the additional space... so, here it is. I am running the Trigger Systems...

Hey everyone. So I tore down my old tank and moved from an apartment into a house. I had a large closet space facing the front door that I dreamed of building a display tank into. I then took the plunge!! Everything is custom built from scratch except for the display tank, sump, and equipment...

Hi everyone, I'm newish to the reef side of the hobby and I'm having a frustrating time with corals. Some are carnivorous, some photosynthesize, some are aggressive, others keep to themselves, some are invasive... you get my drift. I'm mostly curious about peaceful, photosynthetic coral that...

Hi my name’s Ellis, I’ve recently gotten into the saltwater tank hobby and would like some people opinions on my setup I’ve had for around 2 months now. I’m probably doing some things wrong and I always like to hear what other people have to say. I’ll post a pic or two for reference. It’s a 6...

Hello I am looking to purchase a used Apex controller. I have an apex on my bigger system and love it but am now looking for a system to run on my nano tank. Thanks so much. I live in Cincinnati Ohio.

Which of these 4 different brands of branch rock do you guys feel looks maybe the most natural or interesting/cool if going for a natural looking mixed reef tank? Trying to decide which I like best and am having an incredibly hard time deciding. My tank will be scaped with a mixture of dried out...