Hello everyone! My name is Kalyn. I’ve had my planted freshwater tank for a year but recently got my first reef tank. I’m excited to learn about reefing and connecting with others that enjoy this hobby.

Hi everyone! Let's give a warm welcome to our newest members! @Kalyn Murphy @Whitney Casella @Alissa S @Jack Gauman @Justine Valadez @Timothy Russell @Jonathan Wood @Miguel Romero @Parker Ferguson @Carson McWilliams @Tania Ramirez @Danny McManus @Andre Luiz Tyszka If you just joined and haven't introduced yourself yet, go ahead and drop a quick post on the introductions page! Tell us about your tank! What are you enjoying? Are you struggling with anything? We're happy to help! As far as updates go, in the classroom I added a few videos to our collection. Most notably the Sohal Tang, Purple Tang, Chalice Corals, Bubble Corals, and Leather Corals. Make sure to go check those out!

Hi, It’s Gavin from Aquarium Arts. Here’s this week’s quick tank upgrade. Saltwater Tip of the Week: How to get new tank syndrome algae under control. A lot of new hobbyists in the saltwater hobby get gnarly algae growth in the first couple weeks. Sometimes this goes away on its own but other times it lingers. Here’s a quick checklist to manage it: 1. Make sure your lighting is on a timer. 8-10 hours a day is enough for most setups. 2. Be sure you are not overfeeding. 3. Establish a cleanup crew. Some of our favorites are astrea snails, trochus snails, blue leg hermit crabs, nassarius snails, cerith snails, and conchs. Different snails can reach different parts of the aquarium. Pro Tip: Tropic Marin reef actif is a great additive to establish your bacterial population so you don’t see as many serious outbreaks of things like dinoflagellates or other more serious nuisance algaes. It acts as a light form of carbon dosing (different from carbon filter) that is easy to use. Along with keeping nuisances at bay, it also helps feed the corals. It works well in any saltwater aquarium, not just reef tanks. We simply dose the recommended amount after water changes in our systems, and it helps keep them stable! A recent success we saw: 2 months ago a customer came in with extreme cyanobacteria. We had them cut back feeding 20% to help dial in phosphate and we recommended Tropic Marin reef actif. Since then, their corals are popping and the cyanobacteria is nearly all gone! When it comes to aquariums, sometimes all it takes is a small tweak and some time and consistency. Freshwater Tip of the week: Managing Arizona water. At this point I probably sound like a broken record but we keep having people come in week after week struggling to keep fish on the freshwater side and it is almost always due to their water source. Tap water or hose water out here in Arizona simply cannot be trusted even with a “50/50” mix and even with a dechlorinator. TDS is still through the roof and PH is out of control.

I am going live tonight from 7:30-8pm MST!! Come ask me all of your fish questions! Also please give a warm welcome to our newest members! @Coty Bell @Emily Meier

Quick update for everyone: We’ve decided to make the Aquarium Arts Insider Club free going forward. The goal is simple: get more aquarium nerds in here so we can share more knowledge, show you what’s coming into the shop, and hook you up with better deals and events. For those of you who joined as paying members in the first 90 days, thank you. You helped us test this and figure out what the community should be. As a thank you, we’ve: - Stopped all future billing, and - Automatically added $50 store credit to your Aquarium Arts customer account. It’ll be there next time you shop. You’re our Founding Insiders. You’ll get first dibs on limited things as we roll them out. Next up, we’ll be: - Sharing more behind-the-scenes from the shop - Posting new livestock / coral drops here first - Running Insider-only promos and events Thanks for being here and helping us build a tighter community around Aquarium Arts. This is just the beginning. The only feature that has been removed is the buy/sell/trade forum. With this now being a free group we don't have the time or resources to moderate random people just turning this into a marketplace to pedal their stuff to our community. We hope you understand! What you can do to help us grow the community is share it with as many people as possible.