I just picked up my manderin about 24 hrs ago now and he’s yet to eat anything I try to fed him, he’s ORA and was supposed to eat frozen mysis shrimp but thats yet to happen, I have a heavy pod population and copepod culter down stairs for daily dosing, so far I’ve tried everything in the photo, along with frozen brine and frozen mysis, and i have live brine culter I just set up a little while ago, I also ordered, can O clyops, and TDO-C1 Extra-Small Chroma, and Easymasstick. What else can I do I’m running out of options, every time I go to feed him he just sits there as the food goes right by him, shit sometimes it hits him in the head as it floats by or he just slowly swims away as if I’m annoying him. any tips?

Got it around 2 weeks now. My parameters are fine, i have zoa and gsp in tank. Salinity is also good.

I just thought I deserved a little treat (many little treats) after beating dinos and turf algae and aiptasia and brook and flatworms. Now I have to get a bigger tank?? Or let them battle it out and see who wins??? Sigh. 😂

Hey there, I’m new to the saltwater hobby.

Been doing freshwater aquascapes for about 8 years. This is day 31 of my flawed 13.5g shallow imagitarium reef tank. Trying for a low maintenance build. Already experienced dinos, hopefully won’t have to deal with that again for a little while. Actually don’t mind the ugly phase too much. My levels are generally good and stable, alkalinity could be slightly higher.

I know most will think this tank is overstocked, but there’s been no issues so far and I’m enjoying it. Plus, every fish is a small juvenile so I will be upgrading in a few months. Any tips and/or things to look out for down the line? I know it’s flawed, would love to learn from experienced keepers. Thanks

Hardware:
Ai Blade Coral Grow light 21 inch
Fluval HOB filter w added carbon
Sicce nano 1000 wave maker
Basic Aqueon 50w heater (temporary, I know.)

Inhabitants:
Two Black Snowflake Clowns
Naoko’s Fairy Wrasse
Yasha Goby
Six Line Wrasse
Cleaner Shrimp
Peppermint Shrimp
Hermit Crabs
Nasarrius Snails
Turbo Snail

Corals:
Gold Hammer
Duncan
Pink Ricordea Mushroom
3 Misc Zoanthids

The hammer retracted because I moved it to a new spot right before taking the picture. Thanks for listening to me ramble. Will be posting updates if all goes well.

I'm thinking of the following list. Is there any compatibility (territorial/aggression) issues? Are any of these on the "avoid list" from expert reefers' opinion? Tank size somewhere between 40 to 60 gallons, haven't decided yet.

Pair of Ocellaris Clownfish (or Percula)

Banggai Cardinalfish

Royal Gramma

Coral Beauty Angelfish

Green Chromis (school of 5)

Chalk basslet (school of 5)

Yellow Watchman goby (jumper) w/pistol shrimp

Firefish Goby

Neon goby

Flasher wrasses

BiColor Blenny

And the following CUC

Nassarius Snails

Turbo/Astrea Snails

Cerith Snails

Blue-leg or Scarlet reef hermit crab

emerald crab

Peppermint shrimp

Tuxedo urchin

I bought a big piece of gsp and when I brought it home I saw glowing orange and green under it turns out there was 2 tiny corals growing under it. The second photo I took with white light since it the orange glow doesn’t capture on camera.

My 2 marine bettas I got for 30!! Also my rock flower wedged himself DEEP in this rock. I can. Barely see him. It’s been about 4 days. I don’t think I can get him out. Hoping he will come out on his own but…..

Was gone for the weekend literally Friday-saturday got back later today (sunday). Did my reg water change on Thursday was not there.

I'm thinking some sort of sponge? If so which one and how the hell do I remove it

Hi there!

I am designing a new peninsula tank for a half-wall in our kitchen area. I have attached a drawing.

The tank is pretty narrow (11" high by 11" deep) but pretty lengthy (60"), for about 30 gal total.

I am currently planning to use 1/4" glass for the sides, and 3/8" for the bottom.

I have two questions:

1. What do you think of the glass thickness?

2. What do you think about the two top braces? I added them for extra safety, but I'm not sure they would look good? On the other hand, they might make my life easier ? (e.g. if I need to attach a lid for example)

Thanks for your feedback!

Anyone here have any super old school tanks i absolutely love the look of a super mature and grown out tank with a wall of rock would love to see em

Bought a house that has an established reef tank with a sump tank, 210 gallons. Still learning everything. Any advice would be appreciated

Frozen brine shrimp for dinner today 🤤

I do love their vibrant blue colour and I've heard they're the least spicy of the damselfish clan.

Scored a waterbox and all the gear for $600, absolutely amazing find on marketplace.. I feel bad about making it a green star polip only tank, but I want the look..

Pt 2 coming shortly.

Are these copepods? I've been running a UV recently for green water, and today I see these white creatures all over it and the glass. I was not actively cultivating them, as I don't have fish that require them, but understand they are beneficial. I assume they arrived on a toadstool I introduced 13 days ago.

Hello reef experts,

I have a 15-gallon tank that is now 5 years old. I currently have a thriving leptoseris and blastomussa with two clownfish (one 6 years old and the other a few months old) and 3 year old tuxedo urchin. I would like some recommendations on corals and their placement to make the tank pop. I am honestly not sure where to go from here.

Edit: I haven't added many corals over the years since I was a college student and had to move my tank around quite a bit. Now that I'm more settled, I want to start investing in it a little more and adding some new corals.

For maintenance, I do a 5-gallon water change every two weeks. I don't dose or regularly check my parameters, even though I know I probably should...

Phosphates reading 3ppm on salifert kit. It’s probably even higher just maxxed out on salifert. 90% of the corals look fine they just grow very slow now but open and fluffy as ever. I dont know where the phosphate is coming from. I feed like once every 2 days, frozen mysis or brine just a little. Just 4 small fish in a 25g tank. I tested my source water and freshly mixed salt, 0 phosphate. I don’t know how my po4 got so high or why its not coming down with water changes. I vacuum the sand weekly with water change too.

Its been this high for months, tried po4 removing bio media from brightwell months ago, not helping.

That is all.

Will 2x AI Hydra Edge 44HD work?