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Hello fellow knowledgeable reefers! I seen this getting friendly underneath some of my coral and took it out and now resigns in kitchenware. 1: what is this? 2: is it bad? 3: should I put it back in tank, does it meet a purpose?

Just purchased this coral. Is it placed correctly. Should it be white side facing up like I have it or purple side up? Should be Green Star Polyps. I hope! Thanks for answering another not smart question!

I believe I'm running my lights too long. Eight hours... I have a thin hair type algae growing all over my the back of aquarium and all over the rocks. Two questions. One: Is algae harmful for the tank, is it something that I should get rid of if I actually like the look of it is it okay to...

I'm starting a 14 gallon Biocube. I was wondering what power head I should add. Any opinions? The tank has been set up for over a year. Just recently converted to reef. With coral it's been up for two weeks.

Hello all who are experienced. I'm posting this thread to get feedback on my current situation. I have a Branded Coral Shrimp, was alive and well, quite happily entertaining in my 14 gallon Biocube. It got a little close and had some fun with a frogspawn. As of now the shrimp is not dead...

Hello fellow reefers, I'm new to the hobby. I am starting a reef. With one fish in a 14 gallon Biocube. Livestock: Clownfish Coral: Frogspawn Red mushroom Brain looking coral (red) And pulsating Xenia I don't know the amount of rock but if you refer to the picture it's not heavily...

To all you people, I'm brand new to Reef. I have a 14 Gallon Biocube established tank. Its been running for over a year as a Fish only aquarium. I've acquired it two weeks ago. I wanted to start with some corals. I purchased a frogspawn. Its doing great under my LED lights. However their is a...

All five of my Discus eat the Plecos Algae Wafers. Is this safe for them? Anyone encounter this? My Pleco needs food too. How can I put an end to this. I know they are not hungry, they always go after them after bloodworms. To bad they don't clean sides of tank. :/ Any feedback/comments is...

I have an unnamed plant. Or should I say an unknown named plant that appears to be growing roots at the top of the stem. Should I cut off and replant roots in sand? Should I leave this alone? Is it safe to replant? Any advice or information on why the plant is growing roots from to of stem...

I have a planted community tank with Tetras and Discus. I use RO water and minerals. I was wondering what should be a healthy TDS reading. With RO water it's zero. Tap water is 200 ppm. What is a healthy reading for community tank? Thanks for your help.

I have a planted Discus tank. I have five Discus in a 100 gallon tank with bunch of tetras. I've seen usual behavior when they are swimming around and soon there pecking order. But now most hide when there isn't food on tank. And any motion they get really skittish like when one goes after...

Occasionally a Discus will get startled and dash across the tank. It doesn't happen all the time. I was wondering if this is normal behavior? I also have a discus or two that hang alone, I think this is because of the establishment of the pecking order and brush it off as natural behavior...

I have a 90 gallon planted tank. Currently have two schools of Tetras. Cardinals, and Rummy Nose, They are doing well. I just recently purchased five Discus. They are skittish. Very shy because of the new environment and introduction for first time to other fish. Would anyone offer...

Used to have a pleco suck on plants to clean them, currently not dying but brown film over plants make them look dirty. any recommendations to keep plant healthy and clean?

Should I have one. 90 gallon tank. Planted Discus tank. Overflow back right, pumped back into tank from top left back from sump below. Should I use a Powerhead for any reason? Thanks everyone!

My way to make play. I want him to show himself. I see him twice a week. I have lots of plants and wood for him to hide in. But anything I can so to make him feel comfortable to just swim around tank?

I have 90 g tank with sump. The sump has small garbage in location of pump, to pump water back into tank. It also gets a little white soap looking. Is this natural? Do I need to take system apart and clean? It's not affecting tank or tank water. But it would be nice of there was a way to keep...

Has anyone seen RNT extremely active. I have over 20, and different groups are schooling. But it actually looks a little like chasing. But smaller tetras are chasing bigger ones. Seems a little odd. Has anyone seen, or heard of this? Is it normal? It all happened this morning and I did a...

I have a typical aquarium setup with Discus and Plants. I'm using Discus Essential to add minerals to RO water. I have also been using Kent Pro-Plant for fertilizer for plants. This automatically raises my nitrates with water change to near 20ppm. Is it truly raising my nitrates, or artificially...

Hi, I'm Casey, started a planted 100g tank. Planted, discus, tetras, pleco. I was wondering everyone's opinion. I use RO water and add Discus Essentials to add appropriate minerals for fish. I started using plant fertilizer, Kent Pro-Plant. It raises my nitrate level. So in trying to keep my...

Hi, I'm Casey, started a planted 100g tank. Planted, discus, tetras, pleco. I was wondering everyone's opinion. I use RO water and add Discus Essentials to add appropriate minerals for fish. I started using plant fertilizer, Kent Pro-Plant. It raises my nitrate level. So in trying to keep my...

I have a 90 gallon setup. I currently have over 60 fish combined half of them are cardinal tetras, the other half rummy nose tetras. I also have a common pleco going to get replaced with gold nugget or a non veggie eater. ( Any recommendations here?) I am originally thinking planted Discus...

Have a 90 gallon tank and gold nugget pleco has caught my eye. Any fellow GNP owners? Recommendations before I purchase one? And recommendations on where to purchase on, it seems like everywhere is sold out. Are they seasonal?

Any and all opinions are welcomed. I use 100% RO water and am starting a 90 gallon tank with wet dry sump below for filtration. It's focus is a discus community planted aquarium. I've been doing this for two months now. All opinions are welcomes. Any fellow discus owners have any advice, any...

Hi each and every member. I'm new! Water: PH- 6.6 Nitrates- 5 Nitrites & ammonia- 0 TDS- 50 I use RO water and Kent RO right and Discus Essentials. I'm building stages of a Discus community tank. I have 90 gallon tank with 12 gallon sump below. I was looking at the details of my cardinal...