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I have a 30 gal AIO nano reef up 4 months. My nano skimmer produces a dark tea colored skim mate that's watery. It smells like my phyto feast liquid food I feed my corals. I only have 2 clowns and a shrimp so a light bioload. I only feed once every other day and I manually rinse out the pads...

Came with the rock, about 1/4 inch

Time for my cuc but I'm seeing a lot of hermit hate! They're murderers or the best thing ever, what do you think? How many for a 30 gal reef if any and how many snails? Thanks!

Is this hitchhiker bad? Little more than 1/2 inch

Day 7 of my cycle, 30 gal tank with 20 lbs live sand and 30 lbs live rock from a fellow reefer straight into my tank. 2 cc of raw shrimp in day 1, An ammonia 'spike' of .5 yesterday and 0 today. 0 nitrates all week but 5 ppm today. Never any nitrites. Everything in the tank seems happy including...

Thanks, if you think it's a zoanthid do you know its name?

Ok, here goes, after all the planning I'm starting my tank! 1 and 1/2 in live sand, cured live rock from a local reefer and filtered ocean water from the Monterey bay. I will be adding an ammonia source tomorrow and an inoculation of nitrifying bacteria. I'll keep testing my levels, not going to...

Ok, gonna buy rock and sand, where is the best? DSB or not to DSB, that is the question! 30 gal nano species only seahorses and softie corals, so far innovative marine 30 gal tank and innovative marine skimmer, intank filter upgrade, Ai nano sol light. Skimmer or no on a nano? Fuge or not on a...

Hey everyone, Easyflip here from california. I had a SW fish only tank in the early eighties but the itch never left me! Starting a 30 gal nano reef soon. I'm still in the research phase, pretty much everything has changed except frequent water changes! Any advice to a newbie once again greatly...