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Hello. Still a newbie, still ballsing things up here and there despite tons of research... The latest thing I seem to have done wrong was disguard what I think was our little red legged hermits molted bits. I'm now told that it would have snacked on them now it's back in his shell - to gain...

Hello, need help id the small critter I found in the tank. It looks like some kind slug, with reddish color. Reef safe or not?

I have 2 radios xr15 blues, I woke up and one of them was on extremely high brightness, I then tried to connect on the app, and the light keeps saying “request timed out”. I’ve unplugged, restarted, recalibrated, and deleted the app… any other suggestions??

Hi all, I was wondering if people could help identifying the below algae. It is a rusty brown colour,… My war parameters are all normal and everything is doing well but this algae has started to appear on my sand bed and it contains air bubbles.

Very new to saltwater, just started up a 15 Spec. I bought live sand, live rock from LFS and pre-mixed SW from LFS. I literally just filled the tank yesterday (ik the cycling process can take a month or more) but just for giggles i tested the water. pH 8.2 Nitrite 5 Nitrate 160 Ammonia 1 Is...

Really curious about the mushrooms and both the zoas on the second frag plug. The palys on the plug with the shrooms are pandoras I believe.

Hi I have a question about why my big fish keep dying> I had 5 fish that were on the bigger side and I added snails and they seemed to die off but since that incident it has been about a month or more and I bought a Maroon Pair and a type of tang it had the shape of a yellow tang but it wasn't a...

Hey all. The back chamber of my nuvo lagoon is all of the sudden too high. It’s not the ATO. We have removed two cups of water - and the chamber keeps rising too high. Like it’s keeping the same water level as the display. Even after removing water - it still stays too high in the back...

Hello, any ideas why this angelfish is not eating? I’ve had him for a few weeks, he ate at first, very slow eater but ate little bits of the floor. Now he hasn’t eaten for a several days, maybe a week. Any ideas, I’ve tried frozen mysis, plankton, angel marine mix, angel frozen mix, new life...

Suspected area near spot. Should I take out coral and inverts and dose whole tank to avoid outbreak? Or are there any other medications that work and are safe with coral and inverts?

Sooo I believe my lights are coming on backwards . Ramps up blue and at the end of the day ramps down yellow/whites ? Just purchased the “Cetus 2ss Twins” by “HM electronics” About a month ago, they have an easy mode where you can set it to Hawaii, Great Barrier Reef, etc.. but the days are...

Hi guys, i am new to r2r sorry if i am posting this into wrong thread. MY Red Digita acropora is getting white day by day. Today it is whiter than always but it has a few green and red spots on it. What should i do to save it or should i remove from the tank?

I’m about 2 weeks in to my cycle that started by dosing 1ppm ammonium chloride and used Dr tim’s one and only bacteria. when ammonia dropped to 0.25 each time i redosed ammonia waiting until it got broken down fully in 24 hours. My nitrite started to rise on day 2 and continued to (my salifert...

Hey! Tried to find a post on this but couldn’t find anything — more LPS questions from me. These wellso/Trachy are right next to several that are super happy. Per earlier post about meat corals I have not been feeding these corals adequately, so I am starting to do that now. What would you...

Hello guys, New Reefer here. Please help me identify these. Worth keeping? Will they spread like crazy? Thank you all?

Hello everyone My Duncan has been closed up for about two weeks now, and I’m starting to get worried. One of the two polyps is so far into the skeleton that I don’t know if it is even still there! I started this tank around 5 months ago and got the have had the coral for 3. No problems until...

Hi All, Posting this here I have a RSM130 and everything on it is all doing well touch wood. All happy inhabitants good parameters and I am in control of my parameters. I am right around the 2-3 week mark from initial startup. Have one thing that’s more of a nuisance it’s this chalky white...

Hi, I have this curly strange looking thing that just grew over night Any idea? Please help! Should I remove it?

So i Got this trachy about a month ago, and today it showed bleaching signs on the upper parts of the coral. All other corals Seem happy (trachys, scolys, favias, montis, torches, hammers, acros) . Any advice What to do?

Hello all, I just setup a small 12 gallon AIO that I am going to use to keep and grow out frags and small corals. I am planning to keep some live sand as well as a little rumble of live rock on the sand and then 4 frag racks on the stand covering above the sand. My question is would it be ok and...

Hello everyone! I’ve been having issues with my protein skimmer that I cant find anywhere online. First off, I'm not collecting any skim. The foam only moves up about 2 inches from the water line (pictured below) I clean it out regularly but that doesn't seem to be the issue.. I’ve had the tank...

Hello all! Been reefing for a super long time and always had nice tanks but no real way to take quality photos of them other than using my iPhone 13 Pro with an orange lens finally I decided to upgrade to a DSLR camera. I got a rebel T6 from Canon and realized it wasn’t just quite doing the job...

Hi, I’m very new to reefs I got a 5 gallon nano tank for my room with a nice light. * I am sorry to say what I’m about to say*. Setting up the tank I used filtered water from my sink and mixed it with instant ocean and added it to the tank. I saw it said that on the back of the instant ocean...

Can anyone help identify what is taking over my tank? I don’t have access to a microscope to check it accurately. Parameters: Salinity 1.026 Temp 78f Po4 0 (Hanna ulr) No3 0.25ppm (red sea pro) Alk 8.7 Cal 440 Mag 1340 I cannot get detectable nutrients (apart from some nitrates when I feed...

Hello everyone, I just set up a 75 gallon tank and currently have three pajama fish in there that seem to be doing good and eating fine. I also have a anthias in my quarantine tank that I will be adding within a week or two my local fish store has a really nice small yellow wrasse. That is very...