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Hi guys! So I picked up this setosa frag from a local frag swap about a week ago. It has this little brown spot on it and so I asked the vendor if it would heal and they said it would. I've been keeping an eye on it and now it has turned white. I don't know what it is or if it's getting better...

I was doing some maintenance in my tank by blowing off the rock and when I got around my Hobgoblin Leptoseris, the water blew on it and it turned purple. It has never done this before. I don't know what to think. Can any of you please help. Parameters; Temp - 77.5 Sg - 1.025 refractometer...

Hey #reefsquad! Just curious as to what everyones tanks are stocked with! Thought it would be kind of fun to see what everybody has on their stock lists! 32 Gallon Biocube: -2x Storm Clownfish (patiently waiting for them to pair up) -1x Orchid Dottyback -1x Golden Sailfin Blenny -1x Blue...

I posted on here a couple weeks ago about a bad algae outbreak that I have. I’m pretty sure now that it is dinoflagellates. It is brownish red, stringy, and has many bubbles. It has now taken over my entire tank! So many things have changed over the past few months it’s hard to narrow down what...

I know the mechanics on how TTM works in regard to disrupting the life cycle of ich but I am just wondering if too much or too little flow can effect its results in anyway? If you have too much flow in the qt, then it might be harder for the Tomont to attach themselves to a bare bottom tank...

I just got a hooded fairy wrasse today and put him in QT with a lineatus wrasse, and a yellow eye kloe tang that I received Wednesday. I noticed that he had some white stringy poop. It appeared to have a thicker area. Should I just observe since this is only day one or treat? He is swimming...

at the moment I have a orchid dottyback and ywg in a 10 gallon QT to be added to the DT May 3rd (after a 76 day fallow period. I just got a lineatus wrasse, hooded fairy wrasse, and yellow eye kloe tang today. They are currently in a 55 gallon QT. May 19th will be 6 weeks QT and I would like...

Hey guys! I currently have 2 clownfish and a golden sailfin blenny in my 32 Gallon cube. I am looking for my last fish to stock it with. I really love the mandarins. I think they're one of the most stunning fish in the reefing hobby. Do you guys think it'll be fine in my 32-gallon cube? And...

Hey all, I have a question for any electricians and or people who can help me with this. Just bought my first house with my wife (SUPER HAPPY) however it is a 1950’s single family home. I set up up my tank and noticed the outlet I plan to use isn’t grounded. Now I can’t unfortunately add a...

I currently have a ywg and Orchid dottyback in qt due to a velvet outbreak in the DT. They have been in qt for approximately 6 weeks. I’ve treated for 4 weeks with copper. Now I’m currently on my 2nd round of PraziPro (dosed Saturday) for good measure. I noticed that the dottyback appears to...

I am now trying to figure out my stocking list for a 72 gallon tank with a 20 gallon sump. I am in love with a couple of the fairy wrasses. If introduced at the same time would a lineatus and a labouts fairy wrasse get along? I would love to get both. So far my ideal stocking list would be...

Anyone have any idea what kind of eggs these are? Appear to be in various stages of growth. They are rigid, conical, and clear with spiky leaflets.

I recently had a velvet outbreak as some of you know. I started treating with CP that I had gotten from eBay because I was waiting on copper to arrive. This Sunday I did a big water change and added Cuprion per reccomended dose. Yesterday I noticed my yellow tang was hiding in the pvc pipe all...

Any Idea what is this coral name or ID?

I just wanted to thank everyone for the help, kindness, and quick responses to my velvet outbreak. The three remaining fish have been moved to a 55 gallon hospital tank for treatment following a 5 minute fw dip and 1 hour paraguard bath. The DT fallow period begins today. I plan to QT (and...

Like the title suggests -- R2R is so full of information and resources -- I know there is tons of incredible information that I haven't stumbled across. Help bring some of your favorites to the top for the forgetful and new among us?

The story of Flippers reef started long ago.......... In a time before a thing called "The Internet"existed. Land locked Missouri, mid western U.S.A. back in 1993. I had just got out of the army in 1992 and got busy starting a family. See, I had fresh water tanks off and on since I was very...

The deal is that I have a piece of live rock with coral encrusted on it but it's also plagued with algae and aiptasia.So what I think ill do is take it out try to frag the encrusters. And replace it with a piece of dry rock.How should I go about doing this?Should I cycle the rock in a separate...

Help! #reefsquad My fish have been in QT since Feb 14th. All have been doing well until today. They have completed 2 rounds of Cupramine and were on the 2nd round of Prazipro. I've been following Humblefish's QT guide. Just an hour or so ago, I noticed that my Coral Beauty was laying on...

I just checked my tank after lights out and found Montipora eating nudibranchs all over a 4" monti cap in my tank. I also saw one on the glass (tiny White Sea slug, maybe 2.5mm long). I'm confident in this identification. My favorite SPS was a neon green Montipora Confusa and it began bleaching...

My oldest running tank has been experiencing issues with certain corals over the last 2 years, getting worse. It's not a parameters issue, lighting, detritus/husbantry, or flow. Live rock is probably at least 10 years matured. I've been around saltwater for about 15 years, freshwater before...

Recently and after almost as long as I have owned this aquarium, around 1.5 years of siphoning out this green mat (I assume cyano) off from rock and corals, I finally decided to take out all the old rock from my tank and replaced it with live rock I had curing for the last 6 months in a brute...

two nights ago my scarlet cleaner shrimp molted and yesterday I noticed some was very wrong. It's long white tentacles are very short actually only one is there, it looks like he only has one claw as well. I hurried up and cleaned up my hob fuge I had just taken down, and added some sand and a...

Over the last couple weeks I've been noticing some of my coral have had tissue loss in various places and color fading again after I had brought the color back from a low nutrient phase. The 2 things that have changed over the last month or two is I have brought nitrates up from undetectable to...

Ok so I've read several posts here and I know this is redundant and there doesn't seem to be a clear answer. I have the brown algae bacteria. Originally I was under the impression it only goes after Zoas and palys. It took out my prized brains and torches- rapidly. Right now, all my DT fish are...