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Hi. I thought I would register and introduce myself. I have been reading threads at a frenzied pace for a while now. I was into saltwater tanks many years ago and am approaching retirement and thought I needed a hobby!! So I am expecting a Cade 1500 s2 on tuesday! I am sure there will be...

Incredibly new to the hobby (my first saltwater tank has been ordered and is on its way to me currently!) and have been soaking up all the YouTube, Reddit and everything else I can find ready for setting up my tank! Any and all advice to a complete newbie is welcome, I have been keeping...

Hi, I’m Sara! I recently got into the aquarium hobby and currently have a freshwater tank with a Betta, loaches, tetras, and cherry barbs. I’m really interested in setting up a marine tank, but I’ve been getting mixed advice lately, and it feels a bit overwhelming! This is my first time here...

Hello everyone, I am purchasing a used up and running 20g Long off of marketplace on Saturday. For one heck of a deal, I’ve been keeping fish my entire life along with other animals and been too afraid to tackle saltwater like many of you at some point in time. I have the description of the...

Hello I'm new here and I just started my 135 gallon fish tank and I have a few questions. I just got two clownfish fish today and I don't know if they are ok or not. They are just babies. They are exploring the whole tank top to bottom. But they keep surfacing They always swim together...

At first I thought this was cyano but think it could be dinos because it recedes to an extent at night? Looks like a slimy film that is covering sand and sometimes the rocks. I believe that some of the brown/green is hair algae and my lawnmower blenny and pincushion urchin seem to have dented it...

I am currently setting up my Yasha 90 for a few sexy Shrimp but i am concerned that the in take will suck em up. Has anyone a simple idea can help me out ? I was thinking of a guardmesh or aquarium devider where i cut a bit to put zipties through but then i thought for cleaning later will be a...

Hello ! I am fairly new to the saltwater Aquarium hobby. I was thinking of buying soon ish a centre piece fish for my Tank. Atm i was thinking of keeping some fish like a Mandarin but i dont have a stable pod Population so thats a no for me currently then i saw a coral beauty which i think...

I’m brand new to this forum and recently obtained some softy/leather corals. I have no idea what to do with them, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

First tank and fish. The one clown is doing great but my other guy seems to be struggling. Added 4 days ago. Still gets up and moves around to eat. Added the air stone last night to help his breathing and been adding garlic guard to food to help boost immune system. What do you think is going...

Hello everyone! I'm pretty new to the hobby and started building my first tank about a year ago. I've been taking very slow steps forward in the hopes that I wont mess anything up :grimacing-face:, but nevertheless here is my current tank set up. It's a far cry from most of the other systems...

Hello reef2reef community! I'm a long time reader, first time poster hahaha I got into the hobby around 1 year ago when I more or less inherited it from my partner. I'm currently in the process of establishing my first tank, which has been a fun and challenging process. I definitely still have...

Hey guys new to the forums and setting up my first mixed reef tank. Currently have a 40 gallon mantis shrimp tank that I’ve had a lot of fun with but I’m new to the lighting situation when it comes to corals. I’m going to have a 75 gallon rim tank. Right now I’m considering pairs reefled 90 or...

Hello, I have a reef tank which is 132 gallon display (210 gallon whole system). My fishes inside the tank are: -2 clowns -cirrhilabrus cyanopleura -leopard wrasse -yellow wrasse -flame angel -cardinal -midas blenny -one spot foxface -royal gramma -flame hawkfish -yellow watchman goby(which I...

So here we are. After owning a Red Sea Reefer 350 for 24 hours - which I broke taking him, see my other thread), and after reading all the comments about the failing Red Sea tanks, I decided to get a tank from a reputable builder and go from there. He had something in stock that fits perfectly...

Looking for some suggestions on my tank. 100g Innovative Marine Internal Overflow. Going for a mixed reef with various types of fish and inverts. So far here is the equipment I have: 2x AI Hydra 32s Eheim Jager Heater Mighty Jet return pump that came with tank. Fluval CP3 Circulation Pump Stock...

Hello everyone, I will be documenting the whole process from initial set up over the next year or so. I have not had a reef tank in over 20 years and boy has a lot changed. Any advice or help is greatly appreciated. For now I have purchased the below items Reefer MAX 200 G2+ System 200W...

Have a few clove polyps with this weird slime growing on them, had some back and fourth with a local seller saying its algae but i kight think its brown slime, need some help to identify it amd what i can do to remove it (if the photo isent clear its a lil green btw)

I've just got a quick question for some people. I have a new tank. No animals in it yet (that I know of), just bacteria. My cycle should be finished by the end of the week (If it doesn't stall again.) What are people's advice for the first livestock I should add? My LFS recommended I start...

Finally took the leap and purchased an aquarium that I believed was worthy of a reef tank that I’d be proud of. I purchased the Innovative Marine 100 gallon Internal Overflow Complete Reef System (link below). It took exactly one week from purchase to arrive into my garage as it was recently...

Hello world, I have just started my foray into the world of saltwater keeping with the blessing of my wonderful wife. I have kept fresh water aquarium over the last decade. My current fresh water tank is a 10 gallon planted tanks with 2 rosy tetras, now 5 because of babies. I have done some...

I haven’t kept fish for over 15 years, something in me decided I needed to change that. After getting two freshwater tanks going about 10 months ago, I decided I wanted to really challenge myself and get a reef tank going. I also am a hobbyist carpenter and so I wanted to build by stand instead...

Hi there! My name is Ashley F. I found R2R when doing research for my first reef tank I recently started! I quickly found this forum to be very helpful and I LOVE the new build forum for ideas and inspiration. I’ve kept fresh water tanks for some time but have been interested in salt water for a...

When there's not enough water left in the brute can to do a water change what do you do? I don't want to waste the the salt water at the bottom of the can, but I need to start making more so that I have enough to complete a water change. Do you just add more RO/DI water and salt mix to the water...

I have a frag tank that only has snails and emerald crabs. There’s also tons of microfauna life, there’s huge diversity which makes me happy to see. I do have algae that grows but think the cuc probably is the reason I barely see any algae. I just have to scrape the glass because the snails...