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Hey! I am a student in the Marine Science program at Central Campus in Des Moines, IA. In one of our aquariums, we have a Longhorn Cowfish (Lactoria cornuta). Over the past few days, a classmate and I have observed a rapid growth underneath the cowfish's mouth. The growth looks to be some type...

Got bored and bought 2 Kissel A360WE Series Blue Tuna with an already existing Red Sea 50W I went with the Kissel instead of the BlueReef 11” light bars. I personally look at this nano tank and wonder how far can I go… to infinity and beyond? I absolutely want to see and experience the limits...

I recently got this favia and put it on the rock as a place holder, but it looks pretty unnatural. Will it grow around the rock over time or still look out of place? I don't want to put it on the sandbed because I'm scared my conch will destroy it. Thanks

I have a 120 Gal Cade Reef S2 1200 SPS system. Running 5 years. Currently heavily stocked with SPS but could be considered a dense mixed reef since I pretty much have a little of everything in there. I will be fragging out a lot of my current grow outs and replacing. I want to utilize as much...

Ok so before i even get to the salinity part, i had a major tank crash while i was in isolation for bad covid. I had no idea the chillers pipe came loose and wasnt pumping water into the chiller so the tank boiled at 33c for probably 4 days and crashed and i only found out a few days later. I...

Hi all, A short intro: I'm new here, but have had a salt water tank for approximately 2 years. I've only ever had corals, clowns, emerald crabs, coral-banded shrimp, gobys & snails. That being said, my current tank consists of a clown, an emerald crab, 4 turbo snails & a conch snail, along...

Happy Friday , Happy Weekend Everyone Just wanted to post an interesting photo in one of my tanks Got this hammer several months ago as a smaller 2 head frag , it has since split once and then started growing little mini heads all over its stall , so far I can count 9 all around looks to be...

Fellow Reefers, I have a problem that I could not find listed anywhere. In the attached pic you will notice a growth on the “forehead” of my Pyramid Butterfly. I got him at reef-a-palooza NY last month and he has and continues to be active and eating well. He has been like this for about...

Does anyone know what these clear things growing are? Came back from vacation and there is probably 50 spread out on the right side of the tank next to my frogspawn. Could it be baby frogspawn? Thanks!

I have noticed a small tube growing on my candy cane, since I've noticed it I can also see that the candy cane isn't quite as "happy" as it was before. Any ideas on what it could be? Pics below: I did recently spot feed some reef roids which is what is being dragged towards the tube.

Need help! I don’t know what this is growing on the side of a blue lighting Aussie lord coral frag. Had this for 2 months now. It’s recently been not looking good and this purple growth which I thought was just some coralline algae is now developing a cone with a hole in it. Any ideas? New...

Hello! Hammer has been making buds off the base for a bit and one is quite large now. Leave it or is this a good first time frag opportunity? any how to tips appreciated. Thanks!

I'll get the tank stats out of the way first. 20 Gallon Cube AIO with AI Prime 16HD running on David Saxby preset. It's about 6 months old (not including the cycle), and for the first few months everything was going well, corals were completely open and growing, and now pretty much all of my...

Quite a while back a random frogspawn polyp came loose and landed directly on a purple stylo branch. It killed the stylo polyps closest to it and what was eventually left was a stark white spot. When a coworker asked me what would happen I said the stylo would grow flesh back over it and, more...

Hello, I have a problem it seems and my skills at research are failing me. I found one other thread on this forum with a similar title but no real resolution so I figured I should ask. My Mandarin Dragonettehas an odd growth coming from her left side gill hole, or I would assume it is a gill...

Saw large growth on clownfish two days ago. Doing 90 minute RRR dips on both clowns for seven days. Does it look like an infection or Uronema?

Will 6500k fluorescent T5 combo with ATi Blue Plus increase growth and coloration ? i have x2 K7v3 for my 70 gallon tank, but the color doesn't look great and coral growth slow, i'm considering to use the combo above to make a hybrid. Cause i heard that the OG use it,if you guys have any...

Very new to saltwater tanks. I have a few things growing on my live rock and was hoping someone could identify it for me. New tank 1 month old, 10g nano tank. Test results have all been good and within the recommended levels. See images of growth attached. Also noticed a bunch of clear looking...

Anyone able to identify this weird looking thing?

Anyone able to identify this weird thing growing on macro algae? (It’s not letting me add a picture so I’ll add it in a comment)

This stuff showed up almost instantly, 7 week old tank and last few days I've been adding PurpleUp to help the corraline grow. I cant get a good pic but its a layer ontop of my rock and its VERY WHITE. I read it may be bleaching but this is new growth. I have very little flow in the areas...

Do my snails leave this kind of slimey looking stuff behind? It's hard to spot at first but just below center of image where rock dips in. I've seen a couple singular long skinny white threads coming from the rocks too, is that from my snails or is it a a bacteria or algae or beginning of...

Please help. Does anyone know what this could be on my little clown? It started off as a red bump under his mouth, but has turned white and he now seems to be bothered by it and keeps his mouth open all the time. Tank is relatively new (2 months) and this guy seems to be having issues. He is...

I’ve had this candy cane Coral since March I think. It’s always been two heads. But for a while now one has always been bigger than the other and the other one won’t open up because there is no space. Also not sure how candy canes grow but I’ve had two heads since March which kinda sucks. Not...

Hey fam, This growth showed up on Mai. She’s a 3 year old Picasso percula clown. It’s raised a few millimeters off her body, and dark black with a possible tinge of red, under the skin and above the muscle. I noticed it yesterday. No new fish or coral have been introduced since April (Today...