New to the Hobby [Archive] - Reef Central Online Community

Never give up on a lost goby.... (0 replies)
Low tech LED for a 48” (0 replies)
Look dead? (3 replies)
120g build need advice (2 replies)
Help with micro bubbles please (3 replies)
tropic eden reef flakes (3 replies)
QT Tank or not? (1 replies)
UV Sterilizer recomendations? (1 replies)
Trying to research and feeling information paralysis (5 replies)
What is this? (2 replies)
Algae ID? (0 replies)
Back after 15 years. Will it leak? 190 gal tank from 2001 (4 replies)
New Reefer (3 replies)
Need help New sump e-300 (1 replies)
Returning - Any major changes in the last 10 years? (4 replies)
Waterbox 20 return pump choices? (2 replies)
New, or Returning. (4 replies)
How big return pump? (12 replies)
coming back to the hobby - quick question on tank weight (4 replies)
Algae ID? (1 replies)
Live Rock? (4 replies)
New-to-Hobby folk---you DO need an ATO (6 replies)
Planning my first tank (1 replies)
Puffers, tank mates and Corals? (1 replies)
UV sterilizer ok with Mandarin dragonet? (3 replies)
Found this in my tank (1 replies)
My First Marine Tank (11 replies)
Good microscope to ID Algae in reef tank? (4 replies)
Found this guy in my shrimp bag, anyone know what it is (1 replies)
What's wrong with this flowerpot coral? (1 replies)
Hammer fell in sand….seems sad… (3 replies)
Dejavu.... (1 replies)
new to me 175 gal setup/weight and load bearing question (2 replies)
First Post (1 replies)
Need help with an old tank (2 replies)
Ammonia!!!!!!!!!!! how stuff works. (0 replies)
Identification needed please!! (2 replies)
Low Alk in freshly mixed Reef Crystals Orange Box? (1 replies)
new tank help (7 replies)
Been out 10 years, did we figure out how to keep the bubbles in BTAs yet? (2 replies)
High Phosphate Levels (3 replies)
Starting over! Looking for tips and recommendations! (5 replies)
Testing (4 replies)
Beginner (2 replies)
New tank time- need some help (4 replies)
ATO/Siphoning Problem (6 replies)
New tank idea, is this good? (4 replies)
Radion VS Sky. (2 replies)
ID Please (2 replies)
A note on ich (0 replies)
salinity (9 replies)
New reefer (5 replies)
150g tank 60” long on 72” stand (6 replies)
Kalkwasser Dosing (5 replies)
Setting your water parameters to stay.... (0 replies)
Beginner Reef Tank Questions (12 replies)
Check your test expiration dates. (0 replies)
what are my options to keep sand surface clean? (19 replies)
back again, question (11 replies)
Stand slightly too big for tank? (4 replies)
need help identifying (3 replies)
New reef tank. (11 replies)
Is there any cheap sand anymore? (5 replies)
caribsea aragonite special grade good for sand sifting goby? (4 replies)
BRS Discount code (0 replies)
Bubble Tip Anenome- Help (6 replies)
mesh top or glass bow front tank (7 replies)
First Reef Tank- 65G Tank Ideas (5 replies)
temperature problems? (11 replies)
Wavemaker question (1 replies)
Why are tanks so expensive? Should I go with an L Shaped (5 replies)
Adding dry rock to established reef. (6 replies)
Pliers to crush keyhole limpets? Anything eat them? (2 replies)
Cleaning coralline algae off a plastic overflow? (9 replies)
UV needed? (6 replies)
Which overflow? (1 replies)
Sicce---pretty clever. (2 replies)
Lighting changes (3 replies)
Stocking 29g (4 replies)
Need help with ID two anemone (5 replies)
Why can't I keep emeralds?? (5 replies)
Starfish ID? (6 replies)
Dosing method (5 replies)
Getting back into the hobby (3 replies)
Announcement re ph, ph tests, etc. Don't (3 replies)
flatworm exit dosing idea (4 replies)
Macro algae and chemi pure blue (2 replies)
How many hermit crabs? (4 replies)
Stuck Cycle, not sure where to go (12 replies)
Keep CO2 setup? (4 replies)
Using a Freshwater tank for Saltwater (15 replies)
Is this a sponge or new acan head growing? (2 replies)
Ever had something new turn up in an 8 year old tank? (8 replies)
Algae scrubber question (1 replies)
Do I have a threesome?? (1 replies)
Tiny Snails or worms? (5 replies)
Starfish Troubles (6 replies)
Should I buy this tank? (4 replies)
Used Tank price Thoughts (12 replies)
Sad looking coral (10 replies)
Help please (5 replies)
You will have noticed some quirky site behavior.... (1 replies)
Best Salt salt for maintaining basic levels (7 replies)
Sump design (5 replies)
Zoa Id (2 replies)
Back to the hobby after 7 years (11 replies)
Natrual Sea Water Causing coral Recession? (4 replies)
Stocking 4x2x2 (5 replies)
Let's talk LIFESPAN (3 replies)
Anyone ever painted a tank a different color? (0 replies)
Does freshwater eradicate saltwater ich? (4 replies)
Feeding a 10 gallon "critter" tank (4 replies)
UV-Ozone etc vs a copepod population (1 replies)
Tank Reboot - Need suggestions (9 replies)
Need suggestion - nitrate 0ppm, phosphate 0.20 ppm, lots of green hair algae (5 replies)
setting up a new tank (1 replies)
Returning reefer (3 replies)
New tank mistake (5 replies)
Raising alkalinity (11 replies)
Glue check valves? (5 replies)
Little red tubes on rocks?? (2 replies)
Glue pipe to bulkhead return (5 replies)
New grow out tank set up question (1 replies)
Red Sea Reefer 350 (1 replies)
Has anyone else had problems with FedEx? (5 replies)
Uv setup flow direction advise (2 replies)
Red Sea Reefer build-return pump question (1 replies)
YouTube / Podcasts (2 replies)
Long Tentacle Anemone shrinking (4 replies)
BTA Identification (2 replies)
Anemone moving away from light? (4 replies)
Sump size (4 replies)
How do I silence my overflow? (12 replies)
Would you use an undersized uv sterilizer? (1 replies)
dumbest thing you ever said about this hobby to your wife? (7 replies)
Advice on lifting 180 3/4" glass tank (15 replies)
First log on since 7:09 pm 1/12/2008! (5 replies)
wow 3 days have past and zero posts!? (6 replies)
Sick fish? (5 replies)
Protein skimmer (2 replies)
Need advise on lifting 180 gallon low iron glass tank (7 replies)
Coral dipping question (3 replies)
New Reefer Tank/Sump Pluming questions (3 replies)
Water box cube 20 skimmer (0 replies)
Tank still good? (4 replies)
What are your 3 most important reef tank equipment pieces? (12 replies)
Starting 36 Gallon Bowfront Reef Tank (0 replies)
Preparing for a Zoanthid Garden, a million questions!!! (3 replies)
CO2 scrubber (2 replies)
new 90g seahorse/jawfish/softie/macro build (2 replies)
White fuzz on the bottom of a live rock (pictures) (3 replies)
new 90g seahorse/jawfish/softie/macro build, soliciting input (0 replies)
Dynos after 3 years running question (2 replies)
is phosphate level swings a problem in reef? (9 replies)
Cheato and refugium (4 replies)
Help identifying this coral frag? (7 replies)
Another dosing question..... (8 replies)
Enough space for sump? (2 replies)
Dosing pumps (3 replies)
After Cycled Tank (7 replies)
What is the name of this cardinal? (3 replies)
Cupramine and API (8 replies)
Feather Duster hitchhiker? (3 replies)
Have green bubble tip anenome (3 replies)
Phytoplankton (6 replies)
Red Sea Reef Energy Plus AB+ (1 replies)
Algae growing on fleshy coral? (4 replies)
Sponge filter seeding (3 replies)
Fishnreef.com?? (3 replies)
Cleaning Maintenance Question (2 replies)
Plywood moisture sealer? (7 replies)
Blooms of things....FYI (0 replies)
Stocking question for 2 tanks, different goal (8 replies)
Skimmer for Waterbox Peninsula Mini 25 (5 replies)
Anenome Help (4 replies)
How can I get rid of the green ugly anemone pests? (10 replies)
Techniques for solving problems. (3 replies)
I feel like I need more flow... but... (3 replies)
Vinegar dosing (8 replies)
Algae scrubber CW-200 (0 replies)
In praise of smaller species... (8 replies)
75 Gallon tank - How is my clean up crew? (1 replies)
Brute - make this a temporary tank? (2 replies)
Quarantine new fish or watch in store? (3 replies)
once you have a sump---create your own live rock (4 replies)
2 questions on ammonia and macro-algae (3 replies)
What are those on the rocks? (10 replies)
Stocking Help (3 replies)
Live sand and cold weather? (7 replies)
Compatible shrimp (1 replies)
Help with ID? (3 replies)
Filter roller help (0 replies)
Blasto frag question (3 replies)
Equipment for Waterbox Peninsula Mini 25 (0 replies)
refurbing my skimmer (2 replies)
Limpet ID? (3 replies)
Help with setting baffle heights (2 replies)
Feeding coral (7 replies)
Heating Suggestions (6 replies)
Baking soda for alkalinity (7 replies)
Collected live (now dry for years) rock (2 replies)
Big changes in the last 10 years? (5 replies)
We're an inventive lot---but if you have a bright idea---ask. (1 replies)
Getting back into the hobby (6 replies)
At this moment my skimmer is running in vinegar... (8 replies)
Chaeto (0 replies)
Hermits (8 replies)
Fuge light (1 replies)
Uploading pics? (2 replies)
Amphiscolops sp flatworm (I think) - will they kill all my Tisbe Pods? (5 replies)
Adding copepods (1 replies)
Instant ocean bio spira questions (0 replies)
Goatfish and TTM? (4 replies)
Reefjunkies 60g sps tank (6 replies)
Back in the hooby. (3 replies)
Is this Green hair algae too? Looks like a cotton ball (5 replies)
Walking Corals (1 replies)
Coming back! (3 replies)
Power through the ugly phase or turn off the lights? (4 replies)
Is Something wrong with my Clown or is he just Dumb? (1 replies)
Best Beginner soft corals (6 replies)
Coral Help (1 replies)
Question about adding fish (5 replies)
Adding fish - The proper way (5 replies)
my 2 cents on the lawnmower blenny (8 replies)
Question about water changing (3 replies)
Blue LTA Releasing chunks? Dying? (0 replies)
New to LEDs (3 replies)
Acan dying? (3 replies)
ants are eating the salt on my tank lid. (1 replies)
No detectable PO4 and lots of algae (9 replies)
Removing a possible aggressive Damsel (3 replies)
Buy new or used (1 replies)
Old but New member (3 replies)
~3 year old 75 gal tank with 60 lbs live rock - what happens if I add more dry rock? (6 replies)
First Ever marine aquascape (13 replies)
Bacteria outbreak? Help? (1 replies)
Noob coral questions (3 replies)
Question about a clean up crew amount.... (1 replies)
Compatibility - Flame Angel and Pearlscale Butterfly (1 replies)
What is this in my coral? (1 replies)
End of cycle question (5 replies)
Rockwork? (2 replies)
Bryopsis control with lots of Cheato? (19 replies)
What type of algae is this? (11 replies)
Returning to the hobby! (7 replies)
Bubble in silicone (2 replies)
Why you never ever, ever, ever use a fish to cycle... (3 replies)
Is this some type of coral or algae? (3 replies)
PH Fluctuations (5 replies)