tank size

I purchased a Black Indian Trigger about 2 months ago. He was at my LFS for a few months, I finally broke down and got him. Currently he’s in a 75 with a Maroon clown. Live rock tank with lots of Macro Algae and a couple coral. I know a 75 is too small. The trigger is about 4” and from what...

Hello Reef2Reef Community! As I was cleaning my tank yesterday, I realized that in two months it will be 1 year in this hobby! I was thinking about how much I have learned throughout this experience and how many errors I have made along the way because I was not properly educated. Some of my...

I’m looking to upgrade my system. I currently have a clown trigger and a snowflake. I’ve been looking at Waterboxes and wanted opinions on the appropriate size tank. I was looking at the Waterbox 230.6. Do y’all think that’s big enough for the trigger?

Hello everyone, I am planning to have a Zebrasomas scopas and need some advice from people that have experience. My current tank is only 100 litres (80x35x40 cm) and I want to upgrade to atleast 150 cm maybe 180 x 60 x 50 cm tank. I want to build d the hardscape dedicated to the scopas, so it...

Hello All, wondering what the best size tank for a condy is; I’ve seen min size listed as 30-50G online, but don’t want to get a 40 & end up with this beautiful beast outgrowing that too lol Background: I was given a small, established tank, 5mos ago, with a gorgeous condy who hosts my 2...

Help!! I am undecided between a 12g or 18g. I am planning to fill them with softys and some fish. The 12g dimension are : Width 16” x Length 15” x Height 11” The 18g dimensions are : Width 19” x Length 18” x Height 12”

Hello everyone! I am excited to join this forums after lurking and reading for months. I apologize if this is a repetitive question, but I didn't really the exact answer I want. Also I want to pick the brains of seasoned reefers to steer me in the right direction. Here's my dilemma. Read a lot...

I recently got a red stop light cardinal from my lfs for my 15 gallon cube tank. I was wondering if this was actually enough space for one because I couldn’t find much information online for them at all. I was also wondering if anyone else has had any experience with these guys

So! I'm one of those people that tried to keep a snowflake with fish, and while it's worked out so far. I'm slowly starting to see her get nippy towards fish on feeding day so when I move my fish and coral to my new tank, she is going to stay in the 4pg cube until I find a suitable new tank...

What’s up guys, after having fun with my fluval 13.5 I decided to finally get an actual sizable reef tank a NUVO 40L, so now I’ve got the tank setup and cycling and I’m planning out the stocking choice for it all. I want to make a mixed reef with this tank but I also want some more interesting...

Even since getting into fishkeeping, I've wondered where the minimum tank size numbers actually come from. Early on, I heard of the inch per gallon rule, which although it had many exceptions, was pretty easy to follow. But now I'm just curious where these new numbers come from, especially since...

I live in a small apartment, and I'm wondering how small can a coral quarantine be, provided I only want to test for Alkalinity once a week? I realise that Alkalinity consumption is not gonna be huge in a quarantine tank, but still.

Hello fellow saltines, Today is the first full run through of my AI Prime, using Saxby, on my 5g (in acclimation mode). My question is: If I like everything about the Saxby preset then is there a calculator or general scaling formula related to tank depth? Ex: I read that David Saxby's tank is...

Hello All, I am looking to begin inquiring around to have a custom made tank made. The only problem is, how will I know what the tank size will look like? Is there anything online that I can type in size dimensions and it will create a rectangle image? I have been thinking about a 48x27x24 inch...

I know you can go DYI, but if you go Red Sea or Waterbox, there's no way around it. You need to buy a larger tank to have more cabinet/sump space. I've DYI'd my first tank, a 50G, the result wasn't bad at all. My dad is a mechanical engineer with his own workshop, and he helped a lot. But after...

I recently purchased a 65 gallon Red Sea tank on Offerup. The owner was including all of his livestock along with the tank. One of the fish included was a fairly large blue tang (about 6-7 inches). I understand that he is likely too large for this tank but I had no choice but to take him. What...

Hello everyone! I was at petco the other day (I know dont buy fish there...) they had a leopard puffer for sale for $5 and was in freshwater tank. ( i did buy him) These fish can live in fresh or brackish when young (he is 1 1/2 inch) but as they get older they need full marine. I have a 20...

Hi guys I currently have a 4ft 165 gallon(DT Volume) tank (4'X2.5'X2.5') and would like to purchase a convict tang. I'm not sure if I'll be overstocking my tank or if the tank is too small for an adult sized convict tang. I'd like to hear other's experiences with convict tangs and their usual...

Hey folks! I’ve got a 55 gallon set up as a peninsula. The tank is about 4 months old, and my question today is: can you have too much rock? I am worried that my tank won’t allow enough swimming room for additional fish, as I’ve already seen some minor aggression (territorial, clowns chase goby...

Hey everyone, I’m looking to get A bigger set up in my new house. I’ve had saltwater in the past but they’ve always been Nannos. I really really like the look of the more slender and shallow tanks. Does anyone know any good all in ones or something from water box or Red Sea that would be a good...

I currently have a fully grown scribbled rabbitfish who is about 6 inches long and bought a foxface lo a few months ago that is about 4 inches long and is growing fast. My tank is a custom made 165 gallon that is 4 feet by 2.5 by 2.5 feet and I am worried that the tank will be too small for the...

I would like to get into the hobby with a 55+ gallon tank this summer. I’ve been looking at the Waterbox Marine X 90.3/110.4, or Red Sea Reefer 300XL/350/425XL. I will be living in an apartment for the next 6 years at least. Here are the fish that I’d like to have at the very least: Clownfish...

I am looking to see if a golden dwarf morray eel would work in the setup I have now. It is a 32 gallon biocube, I have 2 clowns and a small melanurus wrasse (he’s small now and I am rehoming him when he gets too big). Would the tank be too small to sustain him? Liveaquaria says 30 is min but...

I thought it was pretty rare to receive a male leopard wrasse but I just got two potters wrasses delivered and they’re both male... plus there is a smaller male leopard of a different species already in the tank. What do I do about this? Will it be a problem? How big does the tank need to be to...