identification

I'm new and I got these 4 zoas. But I didn't know their name. Please help! Thanks!

I just purchased this Balanophyllia solitary cup coral the other day and noticed it came along with this purple growth next to it. Just curious if anyone knows what it is? Definitely assuming it’s NPS Thanks

Hi, Today, I noticed my male mandarin died. I found him on the bottom of the tank when I woke up. It is a big loose for me, as he was a part of mated pair, which has been spawning several times. On 21.11.2023 I noticed ich breakdown in my tank. I have tried to manage it, and I haven't had any...

Hi! Like the flair says, a little bit of an emergency. Within the last 24 hrs, one of my clowns went from perfectly fine to this either growth or wound on her stomach. (Or best case scenario eggs? I know that’s prob not the case… However she is the female of the two). Other tank mates that I...

I just picked these stars up from the store earlier and noticed they have these weird polyp like growths coming off their arms in addition to the regular spikes. I asked the guy at the store and he said it may have something to do with breeding but wasn’t sure. Just curious if anyone else has...

Anyone able to identify what this is? I don’t really know how to describe it other than it looks like cotton balls on my coral. Guessing some sort of fungus? 14 gallon reef AIO, pretty new to all of this so any help is appreciated!

Crab came in on an order of Green Emerald Crabs Snail came in with an order of Astrea snails Any ids? Both are in my sump now

What kind of tang is this? It came in on a shipment with no name I was guessing maybe a bristletooth of some sort or maybe a juvenile yellowfin tang? Thanks!

Can anyone help with an ID on this? LFS lead wasn’t there, but they were sitting in the corner and looked pretty cool to me - reminds me of an old lightbulb filament. Color is an orange/red on a dark almost black background. Appreciate any help!

Hello everyone I bought a fish and forgot what kind it was. Hopefully someone can identify it. For the life of me I can't remember what is is called but it's really darn cute that's for sure.

I have recently ordered one from amazon, can anyone else give additional feedback about it in reef hoby especially? I recently had a dino outbreak - it forced me to consider a cheap microscope to make things easier with exact specie identification and same future things

Tank is a couple months old, nothing new added. Parameters are fine, and only new addition in the last couple weeks is adding a power head. We woke up this morning and noticed this on all sides of the tank and nothing we can think of comes up in a search. We’re still pretty knew to the weird...

Hey all, Purchased a Firefish from a LFS 3 weeks ago, has been healthy and showing no signs of disease. Last night however, I noticed that his tail fin is starting to tear? This must have occurred within the last 24hrs as I havent noticed it before. Is this an early sign of some sort of disease...

This white branching algae (almost helpfully displayed on the old frag plug) has popped up in my tank in a few places. I wasn't too concerned about it at first, but it seems to be irritating my zoas and ricordea. None of my CUC seem interested in eating it. Any idea what it is? TIA.

So this fellas is growing....fast. Like in a couple days double in size and showed up from nowhere. Any ideas? Growing on an Acan skeleton.

Lots of fun surprises tonight while cleaning the back glass, lol. I've been leaving it alone for a few weeks because I didn't want to bother the frag racks but it was time. Just got this adorable Frammer 2 weeks ago and it didn't have these. I don't think it's Spirorbid Worms but I'm not...

I'm a little confused about the names of corals. Please help me figure it out. The first question concerns the briareum and clavularia. How to distinguish them and who is who? The second question relates to the clavularia. Do I understand correctly that both of these corals belong to the genus...

Never seen or heard of this issue before. My Red Sea gravity ATO basin just spawned all these weird squiggly worms. See video The new action I did - which shouldn’t make a difference - was use a measuring cup laced with vodka to gather water for my carbon dosing recipe. Any ideas on what...

Got this macro from my LFS but never asked about the name, any ideas?

My the place I live does a "city wide clean up" where people throw whatever to the curb and then a truck comes and takes it. This provides numerous opportunities to find unique things that people just toss. TVs, cabinets, instruments, and in my case a fish tank. My problem is I have no idea...

Found this guy in a lfs. Looks like a ton of baby lps heads but apparently it was encrusting a rock. The person working told me it could be a goniopora but I would like to know what you all think.

Hey everyone, my aquarium is about 1 year old, this thing growing on the glass since the last month or so. it would be great help if you could help me ID it. in the video in the last 20 sec, it is a bit blurry sorry, It is shot with a magnifying glass since it is so tiny. thanks

Hi R2R Team, I've been battling a nuisance algae for a little bit now. I initially thought it was bryopsis but have tried fluconazole with no luck. I have tried manual removal which will remove the amount initially but always comes back. I have also implemented reduced feeding by reducing total...

I just got home from a trip and noticed some small black dots on a little frag I have. Does anyone recognize these? My first thought is a flatworm or something but I can hardly see them. I took it out and dipped it as soon as I saw it, but I'm considering if I should dip the rest of my frags. I...

Hi guys, Got this cleaner wrasse yesterday from lfs, and I'm not sure if it's a false or true cleaner wrasse. So far it cleans some of my tangs and blenny. My mimic tang however does not like him and does not let him clean him. I tried to get a few photos or cropped screenshots from video...