Getting ready to plumb this bad boy into existence. Any recommendations on return line nozzles, plumbing, or overall sump ideas, is appreciated!
I plan to place an Icecap ReefSump 36XL. Currently I have a trigger ruby 36. Not a big fan of it due to little space for the skimmer I need.
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So a local guy is taking his tank down and I’m taking 10 chromis off him that look pretty big and he’s had for years he also has a yellow tang blue tang acheliesc tang ect. What I’m wondering is that is it worth it to QT the fish becuase my QT tank is only a 20gal
Hello all, I have a problem with my tank, 1 and a half year old 300L (80 gal), everything was going great for a few months when all of a sudden, my alk dipped under 5 dkh and corals didnt look good, obv. No3 also dipped to 0 from 10... In an attempt to save it from this situation i did a 50%...
This glitter bomb Goni was super happy for the first few months , then closed completely a few days ago and is slowly re-opening with bent , hook shape , polyps
It is not fully opened (about 60-70%) I am just wondering if any of you guys have encountered this before and know what causes it ...
Ok so I currently have it where at night my ph is a constant 8 but during the day it rides to 8.16 is this bad for sps growth? I’m trying to dial in my oh and am curious if other have similar situations like me where they let it ambiently during the day rise and at night keep it at a constant...
Recently I’ve had some bad bleaching events and I’ve filled off a lot of the reasons why corals could of bleached but I need help with one more! Dose this schedule for kalk dosing look like it’s working becuase I’m not 100% sure that’s I’ve been actually dosing kalk from my reactor into the tank!
Got a new aquatic life hybrid light, 48” with 4 t5 bulbs and 2 radions xr15. What’s the best bulb combo/radion setting / timings on radions being on and t5s being on to maximize sps growth?
Hello, I just got this new blue hippo tang 3 days ago and tonight I noticed these white spots on him. What are they are they just stress spots or ick? And what should I do? Pls help the water parameters are perfect btw. I just separated him from a clown tang that would attack him
We got a blue hippo yesterday along with some other tank mates. Everyone went off and hid right away. Hippo didn’t survive the night. I think the bump is sand from when I scooped it out but the marks above his fin are those signs of it having been attacked?
Hey everyone so i saw a “decorator snail” at my lfs and went home to do research on it just to find out it’s actaully a carrier snail.anyways after research for about a week I went back and got the snail during my research I’ve realized there little to no documentation of these guys in the reef...
Hello, I am new here and hope I can get some help.
I recently got a new Valentini puffer on Friday August 4 and she hasn’t eaten. It is now Tuesday August 8 so she hasn’t eaten in 4 days.
I have tried giving her mysis shrimp, clams, squid. She doesn’t even nibble at the food, I’ll drop bits of...
I recently got a new anemone and starfish. Starfish did not survive. Anemone is not attached but will open during the day. At night it deflates super small and regurgitated a piece of krill.
Sal: 1.025
Nitrates/nitrites: ok
Ph: great
Alk: great
Anomia: 0
I just got this little guy 4 days ago...
Ok I'll try and keep short and to the point but I'll tend to babble so readers beware lol.
About 12 days ago my nitrates were around 14 and phosphates hovering around .021 area.. just about dipping below the .020 range.
Started getting small tuffs of GHA growing on the sand bed and was...
So I have my 90 gal mixed reef with a wrasse two clowns a yellow tang and a bristle tooth tang, I do have lids but I really enjoy the look without them. I wouldn’t mind to much either way but do you guys feel that I need to keep the lids on the tank?
Hey, I have this 15 gallon aquarium I started a month ago. It’s all cycled and has a clownfish in there. One issue I’m having is constant dustyness, like my aquarium is very dusty. As you can see on the top, the surface of tank it’s very grey and has lots of particles besides the spot where the...
Just noticed my Sailfin tang has some small white spots on its back fin, is it ich? Anyone know what it is? He also seems to be hiding more than usual.
I’m planning to get a new 13 gallon tank and eventually make it into a reef tank. I was hoping to start out by cycling then adding corals and a cleanup crew, and maybe a month or so later, adding an ocellaris clownfish/pair and maybe a bangaii cardinal… I wanted to know if anyone could walk me...
So my sps corals are dying off but it’s very strange…
So I have 2 digitalas in the tank and both have been bleaching from the base up. My monitors on the other hand has been doing fine and is encrusting over the rock it’s on. I run 2 gen 4 raisins both on the WWC mixed reef pre set at 75%. I...