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Questions tagged [reef-tank]

Refers to an aquarium primarily used for the housing of live corals and related material.

Used for any discussion involving issues specific to the or of a reef tank, which is a marine aquarium used to house live corals, distinct from (fish only with live rock) marine aquariums.

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Would a new 500 L marine aquarium need to be cycled again if upgraded from 80 L nearly finished cycling?

I have a 500 L aquarium I would like to fill with saltwater and eventually fish. I have an 80 L tank starting to cycle now on the 3rd week, containing about 2 kg of live rock. I plan to partially fill the 500 L tank with the contents, filter and…
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Should I be concerned about my pH being slightly high?

My tank is extremely stable and has been running solidly with no problems for about 2 years now but I noticed that my pH has always seemed to be consistently high: All other readings are as the community would expect, virtually no ammonia,…
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How High Can I Raise My Lights?

I have a 110 gallon reef tank being lit by metal-hallides (2x250w) and blue 4 actinic T5s. My light schedule is T5's starting at sunrise for two hours, then MHs for 8 hours, then T5s for two. Obviously the lights get very hot and I'm trying to…
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All my fish in reef tank died

My husband and I had 4 fish and a shrimp, we had to travel for a week and came back to 3 white decomposed bodies of fish and one, I guess, leftovers of a body... Yet, the shrimp was still alive! Now we came back and found the central AC broken and I…
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What plant is this?

I was dealing with a lengthy illness and wasn't caring for my tank besides the minimums, and this plant has overgrown everywhere in my salt water tank. It's a very green plant (not sure why the picture looks so yellow). What species of plant is…
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Nitrogen cycle for new fish tank

I recently bought a fish tank. I googled about basics for setting up a fish tank. Almost every webpages help me to understand how important the nitrogen cycle is for a healthy fish tank. So I decided to learn about how to do nitrogen cycle and…
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Best residential aquarium test kits for accuracy versus affordability

What are the the best testing strips out there for measuring pH, ammonia, nitrates, etc.? I would like to find something more accurate (currently I'm using API test kits with droppers in 5 mL). It seems odd to me that the assumed accuracy and tight…
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Should aquarium overflow maintain a certain level of water

I have a 55G aquarium that I am setting up for saltwater fish, probably clownfish. It includes a custom built-in overflow to the sump. The water level in the overflow is low. Is this to be expected or should there be a certain level of water in the…
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How to transfer established saltwater into a bigger tank?

I set up a 5.5 gallon (21 liters) tank and just purchased an 8 gallon (30 liters) tank. What's the easiest way to move the saltwater from the old tank into the new tank without screwing up the salinity levels? I wasn't sure if I should add…
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Add Fish or Corals first in a mixed reef setup

I'm hoping there is more science to this than just opinion, because of reasons livestock can cause certain things like phosphates or alkalinity to rise and fall but... I would actually prefer some first-hand information on people's own…
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Overflows on an established saltwater aquarium

So I have a 120 gallon saltwater aquarium with 4 1" bulkheads in back. There is a pair on either side of 4' long aquarium each pair have hold 10" apart. Right now I just have screens over the bulkheads and that is how I'm running my drains down to…
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How to remove the red algae in reef tank

We have had our reef tank for about a month and a couple of weeks. For the last two weeks we get red algae on our live sand; after we remove them, they reappear after less than two hours. Attached photographs show how does it look like. How do we…
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What remaining equipment do I need for a marine aquarium?

I want to convert my soft water aquarium into marin aquarium, but before I do that I want to make sure I have all the required equipments and few critical equipments in spare as well. I already have the following equipment: The aquarium I've is a…
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What minimum size tank is suitable for coral?

I was told that you can keep them in just about any tank but am somewhat skeptical. Can I really keep coral in a small tank? Or do I need a big fishtank? TL;DR What size aquarium (gallon/liters) is the minimum suitable for coral? Can I put coral…
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