saltwater

I have encountered a asterina starfish as a hitchhiker, should I put it in the tank or get ride of it? I’ve seen some keep and some get ride but not 100% what to do.

I started a 36 gallon saltwater aquarium on a sunsun 304b canister not using the uv light, with seachem matrix as biomedia, with dry rock, 2 anemone, 4 clowns, 10 crabs, and 1 lawnmower blenny. One anemone found a way to get sucked into the filter. I cleaned the filters with my well water...

Need advise on what my stocking options are for a 22 gallon long. Plan to do soft coral down the road. Thank you for any input! The tank dimensions are 36 inches long 11.9 wide and 11.9 tall.

Hello I was re arranging my coral and I found a little black bug in my saltwater tank. I have absolutely no idea what it is and there appeared to be only one.

Hello everyone, I am new to the saltwater hobby, I’ve had a 20Gallon Long saltwater aquarium for around 11 weeks now. In the aquarium, I have 3 clownfish, a blue hippo tang, a damsel, two shrimp, a few corrals and several snails. I had a starfish and two gobys (did not have the gobys at the...

I am a starter to saltwater aquariums and I have a 6 gallon tank and I want to get a decorator crab because I feel like I am not ready for a reef aquarium (mainly because of budget an size of tank) and I want to know if I can keep a decorator crab in a 6 gallon fish tank?

I am new to saltwater aquariums and I have a 6 gallon tank I have done my research but I don't now one thing. In my 6 gallon tank can I have a pair of spotted porcelain anemone crab and 2 pom pom crabs? If not what will I have to turn down Out the the creatures I have just mentioned.

Hello everyone! I’m currently going on my 3rd week of cycling my tank I just wanted to reach out and see if these are normal parameters for going on the 3rd week of cycling! Thanks for the help! Ammonia 4.0 ppm Nitrites 0.25 ppm

My 65g rodi container just in the past month has started to smell a little funky whenever I go to fill up a bucket of rodi water. Kind of a fishy smell is how I’d describe it. Figure it’s time to empty it out and give it a cleaning. How do you guys clean yours? Take a pressure washer to it...

What type of quiet 220V pump can I use to pump clean saltwater ~24/7 directly from the ocean into an Intex Easy Set 1942L (513gal) pool being used as a saltwater aquarium, located at a height of ~4m (~13ft) & a distance of ~15m (49ft) from the ocean?

Used Apex COR 20 w/ new power supply, new pvc fittings, and seals. Asking $280.00 Will ship if buyer pays for shipping.

Hello fellow fish keepers , hope all of you are doing great and staying safe. So after a loooong pause i want to get back to fish keeping but due to some health issues (back issues and not able to lift heavy) i want to start with freshwater and if i feel i can do it again health wise and time...

I noticed these a day or two ago, I an curious is anyone has any Idea what this might be?

What color am I looking at? Nitrates came down last couple days and so did nitrites just need ammonia to hit 0.

In my never ending quest to gather as much information as I can BEFORE I start my tank, I have a question about premixing saltwater for water changes. I know that regular water changing is very important for keeping a health reef aquarium. Having premixed, ready to go, saltwater will make that...

I am looking to start back up in saltwater. I'm going to be building a 120 gallon mix tank. I have the tank set up using a fluval fx6 and using under gravel filtration with it. The discharge is into three one half inch pylons that I have loofah sponges around to disperse the flow. The goal being...

Long story short, I used to have a 265G reef that had a catastrophic ending when a seal failed on the front. I left the hobby heart broken. As my son aged (6yrs old) I began to tell my wife that I might be interested in getting back into the hobby if the right situation presented itself. She...

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Hey guys.. so I have an IceCap 48xl sump for my 310 gallon display tank that I’m considering to modify to enlarge the return pump section of it. The sump comes with a 15 gallon ATO reservoir but I’m using my 130g total volume saltwater mixing station also for auto-top offs since it’s in the same...

Hi everyone, I am very new to this aqua field and all of sudden, my wife and I decided to have fishes. At that time, we had no idea between freshwater vs salt water. The aquarium we went was freshwater main and convinced by easier maintnance and cheaper price than saltwater . So, we bought a 65...

I used my city water to clean my 80 pounds of sand (Caribsea grade sand) I know this is frowned apon. My water has chloramine in it and I used the city water to clean it, I drained the water out as much as I could and put the wet sand in my 90 gallon aquarium. There was very little water in the...

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...

Added salt 12hrs ago and its starting to clear up when will it be a good time for me to add the sand ?

Good Morning! I recently got this little guy assuming that this puffer is a Diodon Holocanthus. However, upon receiving him, I noticed some features such as the shorter spines on him that are making me also think that he could be a Diodon Hystrix. The vendor I received him from told me that...