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Introductions

If you're new to ReefBase, come and introduce yourself.

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ReefBase Lounge

General off-topic chat and discussions. Be yourself & join-in.

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Freshwater

A general board for the discussion of freshwater fish, tanks and freshwater specific equipment, such as CO2 kits, etc.

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Members Tanks

Browse our members' tank threads, view progress and pictures, or create your own thread to track the progress of your own reef aquarium.

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Tank of the month

Monthly competitions on member's tanks. Enter pictures of your tank and / or vote on others'.

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General Reef Keeping

General Reef Discussions

General non-specialised reefkeeping questions & discussions.

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Beginners Questions

If you're new to the hobby, please ask any questions you have, rather than making the mistakes we've all made.

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Chemistry

All reef chemistry related posts should go in here.

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Reefing News

Post links or information on any related reefing news.

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Stunning Reef Tanks

A collection of the most beautiful reef aquariums from anywhere on the net. Post links and a brief summary of what captivated you most by the tank. Inspiration for us all.

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Competitions

General competitions on member chosen subjects.

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Identification

Reefbase ID database

A database of common living things found in our reef tanks

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ID needed

Need help identifying something? Post a photo, video, and/or description and we'll do our best to help you out.

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Marine Fish

General Marine Fish

A general board for all Marine fish, for Marine Fish identification, and general discussion.

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Marine Fish Diseases

A board for threads related to marine fish diseases including; White Spot (Ich), Brooklynellosis (Anemonefish Disease), Marine velvet, black spot, HLLE, Fin Rot, etc. Their diagnosis and treatment.

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Clownfish & Damselfish

Clownfish and other Damselfish, including Clarkii Clownfish, Common Clownfish (Nemo), Skunk Clownfish, Electric Blue Damselfish, Domino Damselfish are in this category.

Last post by Graham1426
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Tangs / Surgeonfish

Discussions regarding Tangs aka Surgeonfish. Fish such as Yellow Tangs, Regal Tangs (Dory), Naso Tangs, Clown Tangs, etc fall into this category.

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Angelfish (Large & Dwarf)

For topics about Angelfish & Dwarf Angelfish. For Fish such as the Queen Angelfish, Emperor Angelfish, Coral Beauty & Flame Angel.

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Corals

General Corals

A general board for all Corals & Anemones, for Coral identification, and general discussion.

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Soft Corals

Soft corals. Corals without a skeleton. These include Leather Corals, Pulsing Xenia, Zoanthids, Mushrooms, etc.

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LPS Corals

Large polyp stony corals. Any corals with a calcium based skeleton, and large polyps which extend out to completely conceal the skeleton beneath.

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SPS Corals

Small polyp stony corals. More advanced corals which have calcium based skeletons and small polyps.

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Azooxanthellate / Non-Photosynthetic Corals

Azooxanthellate or non-photosynthetic corals do not require much if any light to survive. They include Gorgonians and Sun Corals.

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Invertebrates

Marine Invertebrates

A board for marine reef invertebrates.

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Marine Molluscs

Marine gastropod molluscs including; Seahares, Turbo snails, Nassarius snails, and predatory snails such as Sundial snails & some Nudibranchs.

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Marine Crustaceans

Marine Crustaceans as in Porcelain crabs, Mithrax crabs, cleaner shrimps, blood shrimps, boxer shrimps, etc.

Last post by A1
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Marine Hardware

Lighting

Discussions surrounding marine & reef lighting, Metal Halides, CFLs, T5s or LEDs.

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Pumps and powerheads

Pumps for returns/skimmers/reactors/etc. & powerheads/wavemakers/etc. You get the idea ;-)

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Specialist

A board for more specialised equipment such as dosing pumps, kalkwasser stirrers, calcium reactors, etc.

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D.I.Y

Marine Hardware Do-It-Yourself. A board containing topics about building & customising your own equipment.

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Filtration

Discussions about Filtration, protein skimmers, uv sterilisation, ozone usage, nitrate reactors, biopellets, etc.

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Reef Photography

Showcase

Show off your pictures of your reef.

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Photography Advice & Tips

If you need help getting good photos of your marine tank, fish or corals. Ask for advice here, please include camera model, as it helps to understand what features are available to you.

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Classifieds

Free to a good home

A board to advertise things you're giving away to fellow reefers.

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For sale

A board to advertise your reefing equipment and livestock for sale.

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Swap Shop

A swap shop. A place for ReefBase members to offer frags, Corals, Zoanthids, Fish or equipment in exchange for other items.

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Wanted

A request board for marine fish, corals or equipment.

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Reefing Tools & Articles

How-To

A board for how-to guides on any area of the reefkeeping hobby.

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polls

A board for polls to appear on homepage

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Tools

Dosing calculators, tank size calculators, etc.

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Articles

Useful articles on the reefkeeping hobby.

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Surface scum by ScapeEasy


cyano in freshwater by ScapeEasy


Regal tang by Animal


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Reef Keeping News

CT scan for sick angelfish Oct 2, 2023 3:15:46 pm by HK_Fuey


Wow!
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Robots are trained to help revive coral reefs Sep 12, 2023 12:06:26 pm by HK_Fuey

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Ms Foster has formed a start-up firm called Coralmaker and hopes that a partnership with San Francisco-based engineering so
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Re-Donations Mar 13, 2023 4:30:32 pm by Animal
How we doing on the Donation front ????
Dave
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warning - Tropic Marin Pro Reef - bad batch Feb 2, 2022 10:57:51 am by ajm83
Heads up for anybody using TM Pro-Reef salt...

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Statement on current supply of Tropic Marin® Pro-Reef sea salt from our Turkish production facility.

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Good news for once! Dec 8, 2021 9:55:41 am by ajm83
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Hawaiian university scale up tank bred yellow tang programme Feb 11, 2021 11:54:06 am by ajm83
Some good news for the sustainability of our hobby


And a vid of the babies  8D
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