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Hey everybody! I'm back after almost 2yrs, from when i shut down my 40 gallon reef. I have now finished with college life and moved back to my home town, and i am very eager to start a reef setup. I decided to start small since i don't have a whole lot of room at the moment, so i went with a...

Sorry if this is the wrong forum. So this is where my reefing hobby comes to a stop, well only temporarily. i have to tear down my tank, cuz at the end of my last year of school i will be moving out of town (for a year) to get my full architect license. i don't wanna be moving a tank that...

hey all, so a couple days ago i got a free 60 gallon setup from my cousin who moved out of town and couldnt take it with him, so he gave it to me. its a 36Lx21Hx18.5W 60 gallon freshwater oceanic systems aquarium and stand. its still in really good shape.:D i plan to turn this tank into...

hey everybody i have been wanting to get an anemone for my clowns to host in. i dont no a whole lot about about anemones but i am researching. a local reefer whose getting out of the hobby has one for sale for $25 but she didnt no what kind it was and was hoping someone here can help me ID it...

So this is my story, i used to have the stealth heater, but i got the recall notice and brought it back and picked up a Fluval M200 heater for free. It looked like a good, durable heater. today after i got home from school, went to do my daily check of the tank. i noticed on my RKL the temp...

hey all, today i went to empty my collection cup for my skimmer and the refug in my sump i noticed had grown ALOT of algae. in about a weeks time, it has cyno, hair algae and i think red slime, also has some of biffs amazing chaeto which is growing like a weed, but there is only a little tiny...

well my lfs store finally got some urchins, long spined black urchins, and pincushion urchin. i ve been waiting to get one and nows my chance, i just dont no which one to get. i have some left over hair algae i want cleaned up, which one would to this the best. its for a 40g reef thanks

Merry Christmas everybody, So i just arrived home from a week vacation to visit family that couldnt be coming home for xmas(im pretty big on family). while i was gone my dad took care of my tank, feeding, changing the cup in the skimmer and topping it off. I got a bit of a hair algae outbreak...

so im planning to upgrade to a 90 gal tank within the next couples months and just pricing out equipment and figure out what i need to replace. So one of the things i have to replace is the skimmer. i want to go with reef octopus cuz ive heard nothin but good thing, but will consider other...

Hey Ok so my story starts, im looking to upgrade my 40 gallon aquarium to a 90 gallon. this time i want to go new and i want it reef ready, in town we have only 1 LFS that sells saltwater fish, corals and equipment and a petsmart. we all no petsmart is good for nothing. so i went to my...

Hey today i received my order for my clean up crew. it was about a week and half delayed cuz they ran out of heat packs, so they decided to send me some free frags. i have a guess to what they are, but just wanna make sure im right to give them proper care. Also still trying to figure out my...

hey everyone i just got a shipment in today for a cuc i ordered, theres a couple things that i got free and will need helping identifying shortly when i add them to the tank. I order a emerald crab, i no when stuff is shipped they lose their colours but this crab is red and iunno if its...

So today i wanted to organize all the wires under my stand, so i turned everything off and started to organize everything. After about 15 mins of untangling, and sorting, i turned everything back on and looked in the tank. All over the glass i saw theses tiny white worms. They ranged from a...

Hey all So today i was in the middle of cleaning my tank and i notice under one of my rocks were white pod looking things. Then i notice a bunch under the same rock. I looked a some threads about it and it does look like it but just wanna confirm my thought. Is this Aiptasia?

hey everyone, my pump for my sump died and now im looking for a new one, i was looking at a quiet one 1200 pump. Aquarium Water Pumps & Water Movement: Lifegard Aquatics Quiet One Pumps but it says its not self priming. so if the power went out would i have to power it up myself everytime. if...

Hey, i have a simple question. i currently have my fish tank in bedroom. i wanna repaint my room and put new carpeting in. for the time being im gonna move the tank into the hallway which is only 5 ft away. is there a way to move it that 5ft without transporting the tank into rubbermaid bins...

hey, i have a question about my skimmer. after cleaning my skimmer today i went out for a bit and when i came back it was skimming red water. does anyone know what this is caused from. Its a coralife super skimmer 65g

hi everyone, i was looking for a new light while my tank was cycling and i think i found two lights that might work but would like your guys/gals opinions. i would like to try and keep some different types of corals. its a 32 gal so i would be getting the 30". or maybe even a 24" fixture? 1)...

hey everybody, i have just started my soon to be reef tank. it is currently cycling but i had a question about live rocks. my grandpa had a big reef tank about 10-15 years ago, he tore it down to down size cuz he was getting to old for a big one but neways i found some dry rocks in his basement...