Community marine and freshwater talk

Having issues with green hair algae

No matter what I do and what settings I change on my tanks he green hair algae will not go away. anyone know why?

Sharing my tank currently! I was wondering if the livestock mix looks alright.

What do you guys think?

Glad to be here! @ranslowreef

Hey everyone! A quick introduction, I am @ranslowreef on instagram. I have been reefing on and off for the past 10years. I have had anywhere from 10gallon nanos…

Reeflyers say hi!

Just come and say hi, show your tank unless you have multiple tank syndrome; then show all your tanks! 😂

Ich management meta — hypo vs therapeutic copper vs test kit addiction #1

Not diagnosing — asking what your house rule is AFTER positive ID from someone qualified. Mine: pull new fish QT always, DT gets fallow. Cross-post vibes from a…

F*ck Apex

I had to resort to do this silliness:

Quantum Aquatics

1.5 ft

405 gallon build

This thread is for my custom 405 gallon cell cast acrylic peninsula display currently being put together. I will add information and updates along with photos a…

This makes life so so much easier…

Can you call this lighting mid-century modern?

Quantum Aquatics

Quantum Aquatics

1.5 ft

Here are some recent close up shots

Hey all - tank got wet 11/2024. I’d say 75% started out as normal frags. I had a RedSea Max 500 that was mostly a LPS tank that had some of it come into here. T…

Dropped the XR30s for ReeFi’s

Quantum Aquatics

1.5 ft

Hey!

Great to be here!

DT length — 76 days display fallow sanity thread #1

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Splitting alk/ca into micro doses weekdays. Miss one Tuesday — alk dips, mood dips. Automated dosers scare me because power loss stories. Semi-manual hive mind:…

Soft coral + LPS low nutrient shame thread #1

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Return pump chatter after service — bearings or imaginary #1

Italian pump serviced with official kit — still hears faint hum ONLY when house is silent at 2am. Marriage hazard. Guess vs replace again? Cross-post vibes from…

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Magnesium test disagreements — trusting which brand thread #1

Salifert vs Hanna vs mailed ICP divergence. Hobby says pick one trajectory not one number. Cross-post vibes from archived hobby boards — Nano-Reef cadence minus…

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Moved mount 3 inches — torch opens wider. Partner says that thing looks evil now. Success? Cross-post vibes from archived hobby boards — PlantedTank cadence min…

Just a little more blue relapse support group #1

Every slider session ends same. Screenshots comparing week look identical. Cross-post vibes from archived hobby boards — R2R cadence minus the neon signatures.

DT length — 76 days display fallow sanity thread #2

Apartment peninsula, one display. Velvet paranoia kicked in — chose display fall over hospital tank because I genuinely do not have floorspace. Bubble tips look…

Two-part dosing schedule — Tuesdays feel cursed now #2

Splitting alk/ca into micro doses weekdays. Miss one Tuesday — alk dips, mood dips. Automated dosers scare me because power loss stories. Semi-manual hive mind:…

Soft coral + LPS low nutrient shame thread #2

Ultra low NO3/PO4 crowd says my mushroom looks happy but too clean. Nutrient soup crowd says algae incoming. Reality: mushrooms fat, few film algae wipes. Searc…

Return pump chatter after service — bearings or imaginary #2

Italian pump serviced with official kit — still hears faint hum ONLY when house is silent at 2am. Marriage hazard. Guess vs replace again? Cross-post vibes from…

Refugium turned copepod nightclub — skim drier yay #2

Lights reverse schedule, chaeto ball twice original size in 14d. Pods visible on glass. Skimmer pulls darker. Sharing because this was the laziest meaningful wi…

Ich management meta — hypo vs therapeutic copper vs test kit addiction #2

Not diagnosing — asking what your house rule is AFTER positive ID from someone qualified. Mine: pull new fish QT always, DT gets fallow. Cross-post vibes from a…