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Hello, Im new to this website but I kept tanks in the past. Ive seen lots of videos and some vague posts by reef builders on a coral cycle. I couldn’t find anyone with experience so I figured Id do a “cheap” basic set up. The tank is currently 2 days old and has some of what I think are basics...

Hello! I just upgraded from a 10 Gallon to a 18 Gallon Red Sea Nano desktop and would like to set up a controller and dosing system for the new tank. The Nano is an All in one so it has a built in filter sock, skimmer, charcoal but thats it. Any recommendations on how to augment the existing...

Has anyone tried or know how to cultivate bacteria to be dosed back into the reef tank? I saw a video by WWC with the owner of Coral Morphologic, he did a tour of his facility and he mentioned that he was going to discuss how he cultivates Dr Tim’s bottled bacteria, but never got to it!

So I have had a small bubble coral colony in my 32 gallon biocube since december. It was doing well in the tank until the past month or so I started to notice a drastic regression in health. In the past few days I think it has officially died and I am at a complete loss. I made no major changes...

Hi All, I managed to find 2 pygmy rooster waspfish that were added to my tank about 3 weeks ago. I believe I have a male and a female, and they've set up shop next to each other in a corner of my tank. They sit around sticking out of their little lairs, and once lights are down they are out...

I’m planning to get a new 13 gallon tank and eventually make it into a reef tank. I was hoping to start out by cycling then adding corals and a cleanup crew, and maybe a month or so later, adding an ocellaris clownfish/pair and maybe a bangaii cardinal… I wanted to know if anyone could walk me...

So I just got home today to find that my fairy wrasse had died but this isn't what my question is about. Should I now do a water change to avoid an ammonia spike? I removed what was left of the carcass but it looked like my snails and crabs had been eating it for a few hours maybe. I did a water...

So I have had a bubble coral in my biocube 32 since I around January when I first started the tank. It was a small colony that was doing great for a while up until fairly recently. I have noticed it is closed up most of the time and has a brownish algae it seems on part of its skeleton which can...

Hello everyone, I'm new to R2R but have been keeping fish for about 2.5 years now. I just started my first saltwater tank and can't wait to share my journey with everyone along the way!

I’m a year into reefing and really want to know if it’s better to shut my whole canister filter completely off when feeding my corals. I just got this canister filter (CF500 UV MKII) for my 55 gallon reef tank, I’ve previously had two tidal 110’s on my tank and then recently transferred all the...

Hi everyone .So i’ve been lurking around for ages and its my time to traumatize you all .I set up a 20 gallon with 2 clown (orange ones) and a couple of soft corals (i’ll attach a photo) .Its been about 1 month ,and its going badddd .today i lost a clown ,so i’ve been doing research all day and...

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I have some mixed rocks that I don't need any more, fiji, tonga branches, shelf, and some others- real reef rocks, around 100 plus pounds, some really nice pieces. Located in Orange County, CA.

Hey, I found recent AF product - Anti Phosphate - https://aquaforest.eu/freshwater/products/af-anti-phosphate/ It's relatively light color, so it does not seem to be a ferric hydroxide related as most of reef dedicated products are. I wonder - what could be the ingredient and why isn't it...

Introduced a frag with aiptasia and resulted in this…. A year after recovery - Never give up if you love the hobby

Thought I would start a thread on my 20 g nano reef! Current fish is an all-time favorite, Nemateleotris helfrichi. - Jason Begalke

Aqueon Megaflow 125 Gallon Tank W/ 2 Overflows 72x18X22 Trigger Systems Sapphire Sump CR44 Reef Octopus Classic 202-S Protein Skimmer 2x Kessil A360x w/ wifi Dongle Kessil AP700 Jebao MDP Smart Pump (Return) (MDP-6000) 1000w hygger Aquarium Heater 2x Uniclife Aquarium Wave Maker for...

So I have been using the hanna digital salinity checker for my salinity readings for the past year or so and have consistently gotten a reading of 1.023 with an occasional jump to 1.024. I just bought a refractometer and tried it today and got a reading of 1.026. This is a day after getting a...

I have a bunch of frags available and ready to go. I am willing to ship at buyers expense. Here's my list with some pics Torches # of heads 2x NY knicks 2 $300 each 1x Joker 3 $250.00 Chalices 5x JF Raja...

I used to be pretty active on here, years ago. Excited to see if some of the OG's are still around. Firstly, thank you for your help in figuring this out! My Tank is a 29 Gal JBJ Cube with Eshopps Nano Cube Refugium Sump Roughly 33-35 gallons overall. Parameters are pretty stable (I will...

Whatsup guys, I have an aqueon 29gal standard reef, been up for 6-8weeks. I have mixed reef and also two clown fish with a couple of snails and hermits. My question lies with flow. I have a fluval 370 canister with the flow fully open and also 2 hygger mini DC wave makers(1600gph max for...

Unsure what to call this or how to describe it other than it looks like the skin is shedding. Literally no other weird behavior and is eating well. It’s had it for a few months now and nothing has happened. It doesn’t change at all, stays looking like the photos. thoughts?

Hey y’all so my tanks about 2 years old now I’ve been having phosphate issues which have caused major algae Dino cyano who knows what was at .92 phosphates now at .16 looks like it’s going away hopefully while i was fighting it I’ve been siphoning it off the sand bed and picked up too much...

Hey guys ! I really would love your ideas, input, Suggestions on coral businesses. I plan on starting a veteran owned and operated coral business in the next year or so. I want it to be like no other business out there. All coral will be aquacultured and priced to compete with wild caught...

So I have had a bubble coral in my 32 gallon biocube for a few months now and I need some opinions. I have noticed that almost all of the time the coral does not look fully “inflated” and extended as it should be. It always has its feeding tentacles extended and the “bubbles” are not very large...