advice wanted

Hey everyone, I am new to the hobby. I’ve been lurking on Reddit for about a few months now and slowly gathering materials and I would like to get some insight before I even start thinking about cycling my tank. I know there’s a lot to learn and I don’t want to waste money starting too early...

Its been a while since I've had a saltwater aquarium, but I'm finally ready to jump back in. My previous tank was successful for the most part but I now know that I should do a few things differently. Mainly, not placing it by a window!!! As well as taking things slower and not messing with the...

Hello, I have always been using api testers and then upgraded to salifert. But I want to get a phosphate Hannah checkers. But on BRS they have 3 kind which are phosphate ultra low range PPM then the. Phosphate low range colorimeter, and the last one phosphorus ultra low range. I want to know...

Hello fellow reefers! I’ve been in and out of the hobby for about a decade but I still have a lot to learn, fell in love with salt water keeping when I was 15 and a family friend had a 55 gallon tank. The hobby has come such a long way since then! I currently have a 40 gallon breeder I’ve had up...

What suggestions do you guys have for bringing up nitrate and phosphate? I have a Reefer 300XL and it seems no matter what I do the nitrate and phosphate are extremely low, and now I'm battling dinoflagellates. Even after doubling my feeding and ceasing water changes my nitrate stayed at 0. I...

Is this torch got enough flow? I have never had an indo. My Aussie does fine in low flow. I can’t get a small enough wave maker to get a random flow pattern going in my tank so it’s just flowing using the powerhead. Pics and videos are from when I got it to this morning. It’s opening up well...

So I’m about 3 months out from my stocking list. My plan is to scape to my stocking plan and I just ordered rock, then cycle the tank and then start stocking. Here is my 10+ Phase list so I can slowly absorb bio load and work through a SIX WEEK quarantine for each phase. 36 gallon bow w/20...

Some clove polyps hitchhiked into my tank somehow. They are isolated to a small are about the size of a half dollar on a movable top rock. I have contulinously removed them by removing the rock and brushing them off with a toothbrush destroying the polyps under running water. I don’t do this in...

Hello! I am new to the saltwater game and wanted some advice on powerhead placement. I have moved them probably 10 times and feel like I’m getting close. I have also read a ton of forums and articles, but would like some personalized feedback if possible. To start: this is a 55 gallon saltwater...

Hi Everyone! I have years of freshwater experience and I am super excited to start my first saltwater tank. Just finished cycling my 55 gallon and have 2 Clownfish in now. I have about 75 lbs of base rock seeded with 3 lbs of live. Aragonite sand, Fluval FX4, and Max Flow wavemaker. (Yes I am...

Hello I’ve just purchased a mangrove propague (I think that’s how it’s spelled) but I’m not sure if this placement is ok or if I should move it around and to where. Also what difficulties could I come across with it over time any advice is appreciated

Hello Everyone! I recently moved into a new house and my spouse insisted I upgrade to a bigger tank as this was the time to do it! I was initially going to go with a 75 gallon, but we have a wall in the living room that is 6' and she told me to just go with the 6' 125 gallon tank so we don't...

Need some advice, this tank is a 20 gal WB cube mixed reef(to include acros), high demand and heavily stocked. Livestock include mandarin, Molly, fire shrimp, rainbow nem, and small cleanup crew. Using RS pro my parameters are: Alk: 8.5 (raising it to low-mid 9s) Ca: 460 Mg:1500 No3: 8 Po4: .04...

Hi all, I was recently gifted a frag of what I was told was a very hard to get short-tentacle goniopora. I don't know much about this specific coral, and can't find any information about it. It seems to be OK resting on the substrate at the moment, but would love it if someone who knew...

So I posted this in SPS and butchered the title. But I am wondering if my new rainbow monti will grow ok on the back wall of my biocube 16 LED? I have it setting on my lower rocks right now so it can adjust to my lighting.

Tank is 6-7 month old, had both these when tank was around 2 month old….. Got rid of them both…. Now they are back again and both are on rocks and sand, where as before was just the sand…. They seem to have come when I added rottifers to tank…… Water they came in was green with phyto….. Asked...