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Hey all, I recently purchased a Weipro ORP-3010 controller for my ozone system but think there may be an issue with it. Hoping someone else who has one can let me know if I'm doing it right or not I wanted to get a reading in my tank at about 400, I put the controller probe in the water, got...

Hey all, I've got a powder blue tang that I've had for several years, today I was feeding fish and while watching my powder blue, he/she did even eat as much as usual which was huge surprise. After watching him/her for a while, I realized there's a bit of cotton sticking out of it's bum. It...

Hey all, I wanted to start using ozone in my tank, I've read sooo much information on ozone and how to use and just trying to take every precaution I can so I decided to buy an Ozone Reactor as part of my setup for the ozone. I purchased the Reef Octopus OR-150 Ozone Reactor - Detailed...

Hi all, 3 days ago I purchased a flame angel and a blenny. Currently sitting in QT both eating fine... but for the last 2 days the flame angel is pretty much consistently twitching its head and once in a while trying to scratch its right side grill. It's also breathing heavily. There...

HI all, Just in the middle of getting a new quarantine tank setup. Purchased a 30g tank and all ready to do What I wanted to know is for people who don't have this permanently working 24/7. How do you remove all the water from the tank once finished? At the moment I put a powerhead in...

Hi all, For some time I've been battling it out with ich.. firstly i did copper and silly me I did a WC with the DP water which once again infected the fish... then I tried hypo and failed with my blue tang with no improvement at 1.008 with a calibrated refractrometer. I've now changed back...

Hey all, A while ago I got white ick... all fish are in quarantine. At the moment I have a powder blue, vlamingi and a hippo tang. Hippo is the only one with signs of ick. Over the last week I've brought down the salinity to 1.007... it's now stable and been sitting at 1.007 for the the...

Hi there, I'm in need of a bit of assistance of what to do From the title, i had an ick outbreak. I've got all my fish in a quarantine tank currently being treated with copper. The issue is that they've been in there for the past 2.5 months now... The reason why... previously they were in...

Hi all, I'm looking for a new skimmer. I have a 1000litre reef tank with approx. 300 litre sump with 12000 return pump. I'm from Australia and was originally going to purchase the SRO XP 5000 internal which was able to handle approx. 500g (1800l) although I'm having a bit of trouble trying...

White Ich or not- Mr X? Carey? any mods help? hey all, I have a dilemma. I kinda know what white ich looks like but a just recently purchased a flame angel. Hes eating fine swims fine and not scratching, ive had him for about a week or so but ive noticed these white spots on him, been...

Hey all, I've got a 10ft long tank with about 6-8 tangs or so and an angel and a few gobies and about 4 hermit crabs I think.... I want to invest in a banded shrimp..... but afraid it'll get destroyed in a matter of seconds. Would this shrimp be compatible or am I expecting a feed frenzy...

I'm in Australia, considering buying marine fish online. I've never done it before, always been afraid something is going to go wrong Found this website: Marine Fish Direct It look quite good and legit, but was hoping that someone who gone through experience in fish delivered to their...

Hey all, about to start working into corals, current have just a FOWLR. Currently have litemaster t5 with night mode from reef octopus so theyre coral ready.... apparently. Heres the link of my current lighting: Octopus Product Ranges - Lighting But just a thought if i should invest into...

hey all, ive got a problem with my laboutei fairy wrasse. I have him for a few months and from the moment I put him in the tank he's always been mr confident and not afraid of anything and eating really well. The last couple of days ive noticed hes been sleeping in a bit and going to bed...

Hey all. Just thought I show off my tank and see what everyone thought iof it so far, the whole build from frame to sump to glass tank all was DIY. I am about to start with corals and wanted to do a bit of a before and after thread. At the moment, it's semi-stocked with fish. Still hunting...

Hello all, I'm thinking about getting a bunch of turbo snails.... . just before i do, would you guys believe they would survive against a yellow tang and a labouti fairy wrasse? I think out of all the fish I think these 2 might be the troublemakers. but just wanted to see if they would...

Hey all, Successfully setup my fish only tank and now looking at the next step... moving into corals. Just wanting to know if every coral I purchase should be quarantined first or can I put them straight in the tank? And if it's recommended to quarantine, what's worst case scenario if I...

Hi all, New to this website. I'm having an Ammonia issue, I have a fully stocked aquarium that's been working for about 2 years. Stock I have is: Yellow Tang Blue Tang Lopezi Tang Labouti Wrasse Foxface Archiles Tang and 2 small other tangs (can't remember the names) Currently...