r/ReefTank

Is it reef safe or not do we think? Thanks!

All live rock, all live water, coral from another one of my tanks, this is largely an experiment, but i expect it to do well no problem

Picked up this bad boy from Golden State Corals

After years of freshwater I’ve made a financially terrible decision and got a reef tank.

This my first time really working with live rock is this a good set up for my 20g? I want corals eventually and 4/5 fish total.
My question is there anything I should do before I get them other than cycle the tank?

I improvised a small.jar with saltwater, rocks, macro algae, and gravel from my 10 gallon reef tank, to house a snail that we brought back from the beach (we thought it was just a shell, but the little guy was hiding inside).

A week later I noticed a bunch much of this small 'slugs'(?). They move on surfaces like worms but then they get stirred they 'swim' like that.

I haven't seen anything like this in my main tank, so I'm wondering what they are and where they came from...

I have some stomatella snails in my tank, maybe these are small babies? No idea...

First fill of the tank to leak check the plumbing system so far so good only a leak at the bulkhead but have tightened it and it’s good so far will let the system run for a week before draining and starting the rockscape and sand

It was time to do something about my high nitrates...

It's 126 liters ≈ 30 gallons with 3 fish and clean up crew.

I've had this tank for a year now and have been mostly doing this hobby on a budget. It's been nice having a routine to follow and watching marine life has been really rewarding.

Don’t get me wrong, I love them. They are my favorite clowns and I have 5 at home.

But damn they are frustrating when it comes to anemones. Today I added a bubble tip to my work tank and within only 5 minutes of being added, this Tomato has already claimed it.

Ocellaris be slackin.

I did a tank transfer/upgrade from my 45AIO 2017 JBJ last month and I lost 85% of my corals when my ammonia spiked….. for context- I kept all my live rock, 80% water, added new sand and one bottle of dr Tim’s one and only. It still crashed… anyway. After a 30 gallon water change and another bottle of Tim’s… here we are!
This has been running for 4 weeks an I’ve been able to get enough corals back to stock up. Now it’s time to add some more fish and let things grow out.
I am looking for more Octo spawns and gonis. If you all know of some good coral farmers, please let me know!

I have a handful of large fake coral decorations that I had in original 90g set up about ten years ago before I got into reefs. I was doing some cleaning out of my equipment closet and figured they be good use to someone else as I only have reefs now. I bought them from a premier saltwater store in Pittsburgh directly out of their fish only display tanks. They are pretty large and completely solid and heavy. They told me they were hand built by one of the best builders in the country, but I have no idea who. The largest one was an elk horn style but ended up getting broken many years ago. I paid somewhere around $3k for the whole lot. Not sure if I got totally taken when I was a noob. I was thinking somewhere around $100-150 for the small ones and I’d like to get $300 for the big ones.

I’ve been meaning to sell my 10g innovative marine in the greater Seattle area because I’m moving out of country next month but I’m having a hard time. It doesn’t seem to reach that many eyes and the ones that do only want parts or certain corals… where do you advertise?

Just wanted to share how beautiful this Harlequin shrimp is. She was enjoying her starfish meal at night.