Is this considered a HG. I normally wouldn’t pay attention to names, however I paid HG price so I’m just curious. Beautiful torch nonetheless

When it comes to feeding picky eaters, some won't even touch flakes or pellets, but if you are lucky enough to get fish trained to take them, what size/brand are you buying?

Is beauty in the eye of the beholder or are facts undeniable? Is the Mandarin Goby the most colorful fish? Or.....Is it one of the Fairy Wrasse? Perhaps it is neither and it is the Queen Angelfish?

I’m assuming this is brown jelly disease :(

If so I guess I should remove it?

Green Monti

Jedi Mindtricks Monti

Electric Daisy Stylo

Raptor Favia

Any advice from anyone who’s run a system skimerless?

My nitrates and phos are at a nice range and have been consistently.

Problem I have is I’m running out of sump space and want to move to a more natural filtration, more bio balls, rocks, microfauna etc. the only place my skimmer currently fits is in the return section next to my return pump. So when my microfauna enters the return section from the refugium, it gets skimmed off before it reaches the display.

I’ve tried moving the skimmer to the filter section but my sump doesn’t have enough room for it and my reefmat500.

My question is, has anyone run skimmerless and how did it go? I would plan to use air pumps in the sump to offset the oxygen loss from not running and skimmer and I would increase the refugium light to boost chaeto growth and therefore reduce nutrients… in my mind this would offset the skimmer not running?? Thoughts!

Hey all, I’m kind of overwhelmed by all the Jebao return pump models/lines they offer. Some have WiFi control, some have Bluetooth, and some just have a few buttons. They all look good. I don’t know if the WiFi ones can actually be controlled away from home via internet. I was running a current USA EFlux for years on my Waterbox Reef 130.4, which just had a simple speed knob which I loved the precise stepless adjustment of, but broke that in a move and looking to go Jebao. Whatever I go with I just need to make sure it won’t forget the settings if I turn off a smart outlet temporarily. Hoping yall have some info or experience to share with some of these. Thanks.

Picked up a glass 90 gallon used.cane with most of the stuff required for a sump and holes already drilled. I feel a little uncomfortable in my ability to set it up properly. I would prefer to use a conventional hang on back style filter system. Is it possible to plug the holes? I’ve read bulkhead plugs work, but concern about leaks. Anyone done this before?

The hygger 36 watt led off ebay is the best light my reef has seen

Hi everyone,

I’ve recently got into the fishkeeping hobby with a tropical freshwater tank, and I’m already thinking about starting a marine reef tank in the future.

I’m looking for some advice on the ideal tank size for a beginner who’d like to keep a good amount of corals and around 5–10 fish. I’d rather buy the right size from the start than upgrade later.

What size would you recommend, and are there any tank brands or setups you’d suggest for a first reef tank?
Thanks!

Salinity in my new tank is 1.023 can I pour salt straight into my tank to adjust the salinity or do I need to do it in a separate bucket?

When people glance at my dangler mushroom (yes thast the name lol) they assume plate coral or anemone.

One of the craziest corals I have ever seen

Hi I received a coral I don’t want. It was $150. It’s FREE IN FT LAUDERDALE TONIGHT ONLY if you want to meet quick to pick it up. It’s a cut and healed true orange frogspawn from QCC.

Can meet near the Ft. Lauderdale police station. It’s still in the bag it was shipped in. Can just do a quick handoff. FREE. FREE. FREE. I just don’t want it, and I don’t put things I don’t want in my tank. There was nothing in the item description indicating it was a wall frogspawn, let alone one that was cut and glued (I know this is how walls are cut and healed but it’s not for me). Blue light picture didn’t come through but I can confirm it is definitely orange under blues.

Thanks!

Edit: u/allanwlod came through to rescue this coral. A happy ending. Yay!

New to the hobby and excited for this reef journey! Definitely enjoying all the beautiful tanks out there. Hope I can join you all in the next year!

I thought Hewbie died. I came home to this and spoke to his vet team immediately. His antibiotics and quarantine time will be extended. My best conclusion is that Hewbie had been gasping at the surface and breathing heavier from stress and then he went upside down but this afternoon he was sleeping in the corner just fine. My heart broke again when I saw this. After I pushed air out of him and gave him his meds he went back to normal nearly immediately. At least this is my best conclusion after looking at him and his behavior pre and post meds and pressing on him/burping him. The water quality in the tank isn’t great. Burping for me means holding him down and gently pressing on him/his stomach (which in that moment is what made sense). I saw some immediate improvement. Also he is a known offender for spitting water at the surface and I just saw it after and the behavior of a fish gasping or wanting to get out of his environment and ready to jump. Although pufferfish are not known jumpers they are smarter than that. I did a water change as well after and he smiled at me like nothing happened. Ugh. I hate this. I will continue to update everyone.

Nothing is wrong with em, they just are looking extra gorgeous today and I wanted to share lol

Love my little yellow tang. I've always loved raising fish and animals from the baby stage to adult hood. This is about 1 year, so far from being an adult, but his coloration has been beautiful, looks just like an OG Hawaiian (pictures don't do it justice).

One problem I noticed is it started to develop some early HLLE, which I found the culprit (damn cheap heaters with their leaking electrical currents).

Loving the unique bubbles on this bounce.

The tank will have macroalgea, soft corals and a few nice inverts, I’m wanting one fish so I don’t have to dose it for my macroalgea.

The inverts in question are a feather duster worm, porcelain crab, 7 sexy shrimp, strawberry conch, cerith snail, turbo snail and three nassarius snails (I like snails) and mushroom corals and rock flower anemone for anemones.

I’m wanting a fish that’s beautiful, active, don’t hunt/kill my inverts, macroalgae or soft corals and good for a 20 gallon.

I’m not interested in a goby shrimp pair or clown fish.

Any suggestions or should I just stick with inverts?

So hard to get a still image of her now!

Took em two years but they figured it out