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For a 4 gallon reef with simple contents, like zoas, pods, and perhaps a frogspawn, what would be an ideal pump? I'm looking for minimum sizes here. Do I have to look out for a potential overheating problem? Is an airpump preferable at this size, or does it not produce enough flow for corals?

Hi!! For the past weeks, I watched tiny snails growing in my tank, I completely ignoredd it, but now I noticed there are tons of snails and some of them are growing, still tiny but growing, just in 1 glass today I counted 17. So I was wondering if any of you guys can identify this type of...

Hello everybody tuning in on my build thread! I am new to the reef2reef forums, and I am going to be building a 2 Gallon pico reef in a Jar. Follow along as I slowly but surely bring this ordinary Jar to life! Why? There are a few reasons on why I am looking to build a reef in a 2 Gallon Jar...

last parameters reading at 9-28-23. Salt water master kit: Nitrate- 0 Nitrite- 0.25 Ammonia- 0 PH- 8.0 Reef master kit: Nitrate- 0 Calcium- 22dkh / 440ppm Phosphate- 2.0 KH- 8dkh / 143.2ppm Am i due for my 3-5days water/reef testing?

Getting out the hobby, I have a trident that work perfect with no issues . Have done the shutdown process to empty fluids out . Comes with a lot of reagent as you can see in picture. Can also ship out empty containers that go in tray at your request . Just got it routine service done by Neptune...

Hey guys, I just recently upsized to this Red Sea Max 250! I love the curved edges because it’s one less seam to worry about, plus it have a hood for evaporation and jumpers!

Hello everyone! I am kinda new to corals and reefing and am having some trouble with my corals. I don't know what is wrong because my parameters are perfect with nitrate being the only thing that is a little high (by high I mean that it's like 5). I have also been testing my phosphates and those...

Hey Guys, My calcium has been sitting at 470 for the past 5 weeks and doesnt seem to be lowering at all. Previous to that my Ca was needing to be topped regularly to maintain. Im thinking this is due to the Ca being too high? Usually i shoot for 450-470. Current Perimeters Temp: 25 Degrees C...

Need feedback for stocking a 75. 4’ long, 100+ gallons total including sump. Already in the picture is a pair of clowns, pearly jaw, hectors goby, two cleaner shrimp and remaining CUC. Definitely want a tomini tang or another Ctenochaetus tang. Definitely want a couple wrasses (maybe melanarus...

Hi everyone, I’m new to posting here but I’ve popped in several times while doing some research for my setup over the past few months. I found a deal today for a Smatfarm 95w LED light for $20. It appears that the small board at the with the buttons and lcd appear to be non functional and there...

Hey everyone, I noticed something weird on my rocks and was wondering if someone can ID it for me? I’ve looked around online with no luck. I’ve had the tank for about a year and this is the first time I’ve noticed this. Thanks In advance!!

Hey everyone. My wife and I welcomed our first child in November and for a variety of reasons (shortage of time + money mostly lol) we now have to sell our beloved aquarium. We purchased this tank in 2019 from LAX Aquariums in Los Angeles. It was hardscaped by Chris at LAX and has been running...

Hi i am worried for my frogspawn. I have four of them and almost daily they are releasing this brown string. After some doing some research I was told it’s either releasing waste or expelling zooxanthellae. I’m sure it’s normal to happen ever so often but it happens very often. I had a bad...

Hi everyone, we are a relatively new reefer family. We have a 75 gallon aquarium, this is our setup: main filtration: FX4 main filtration, REACTOR(w/ cotton only) a skimmer for the surface, that pumps directly into a (diy) refugium(full of pads from phos, to nitrates, to cotton, bio balls...

Does anyone have suggestions for treating ich in my mixed reef tank? My tomini tang appears to have a good bit of white spots on his body. My clown has been acting really weird, breathing heavy, frayed fins. (I did a paragard dip today) My yellow wrasse is flashing against the Rocks. The...

So, I went to visit some family for a month and had someone working at my LFS help me with my reef tank. Unfortunately, when I came back to my apartment, my reef tank was a complete mess (probably need to restart potentially). Tank: 32 Biocube Livestock: 2 Clownfish 1 Snowflake Eel (small)...

Live Phytoplankton We grow Nannochloropsis and Tetraselmis and bottle them multiple times a week with our rotating cultures. We sell bottles as single species as when you combine phytoplankton species to create blends, they can compete with one another and you end up receiving fewer species...

I have not been able to identify this tank at all! I’ve had it for a while but there are no markings, letters on the tank itself or does it match any tanks I can find online and I don’t know what the stand is either! It’s roughly a 60g tank, any info would be greatly appreciated so I can rough...

I'm moving on from the reefing hobby and have decided to let go of my reef art collection. I have some pieces I commissioned a couple of years back from artist Elain @lazycoffeedesigns. She has been at some of the big Aquarium hobby shows and been featured by many of the big sites and channels...

Hey Y’all, My name is Chris - recently moved to Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Getting back into the hobby after being crammed into a tiny studio apartment. Looking to join a reef club in the greenpoint/NYC area. While I don’t have my tank setup YET! I want to get to know the local community and get...

In theory when looking at a tank of any size, there’s a limit to the amount and size of fish you can put in it. However, I feel as though a lot of tanks can be “overstocked” and as long as parameters remain stable and the fish are happy, this is negligible. I’d like to get some more opinions on...

Current orbit ic pro 48” I have used those light 6 month they come with both mount and the controller. Work perfectly

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Hi guys! I've struggling with high levels of magnesium in my tank, I check parameters every week, and for the past 3 weeks, magnesium has been going up. Also my nitrates are kind of high, but those are going gradually down, so I'm not too worried about it. So I would really really appreciate...

Hi all, just starting out on R2R been a viewer for many years but finally decided to get dive into the idea of sharing my hobby with any/everyone. Been keeping reefs for the last 22 years practically alone. I live in a small town with little to no resources and like the title says no networking...