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Pelagic Swimmer
Великобритания
Добавлен 14 сен 2017
This channel is to show the building of a fish room and the installation of a 3000 litre mixed reef tank. Tank dimensions are 4m (13.1ft) x 1m (3.3ft) x 700mm (2.3ft) low iron glass on a 90x90 and 90x45 ali T-Slot stand with modular marine external overflow, royal exclusiv dreambox 3 sump, 2 abyzz A200 return pumps, and 20 XR15 Radion G5/6 Blue lights.
It will also document my attempt to spawn SPS coral in a hobby based environment using everyday equipment available to reefers.
I am a retired research scientist with a background in zoology and a PhD in medical entomology. I worked as an epidemiologist
in East and West Africa and approach the running of my reef as a scientist/hobbyist.
It will also document my attempt to spawn SPS coral in a hobby based environment using everyday equipment available to reefers.
I am a retired research scientist with a background in zoology and a PhD in medical entomology. I worked as an epidemiologist
in East and West Africa and approach the running of my reef as a scientist/hobbyist.
Week 178 No Maintenance - Komodo Diving
Diving in Komodo Marine Park. Dive sites include Batu Bolong, Staba Besar, and Siaba Kecil.
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:10 Batu Bolong
00:00:38 Moorish Idols
00:01:19 Sponges
00:01:47 Plating corals
00:02:14 Acropora
00:02:47 Sun corals
00:03:11 Algae
00:03:51 Clam
00:03:57 Moray eel
00:04:10 Tang, maybe
00:04:15 Clown tang
00:04:33 Acro
00:04:40 Blue linkia starfish
00:04:45 Clarki clowns in bubbletip anemone
00:05:07 Blacktip reef shark
00:05:18 Tabling acro colony
00:06:17 Bali green slimer
00:07:01 Stingray
00:07:16 Whitetip reef shark
00:07:29 Manta
00:07:59 Bali green slimer
00:08:29 Monti cap
00:09:12 Huge acro colonies
00:10:18 Hawksbill turtle
00:10:46 Napoleon wrasse
00:11:07 More acropora
00:11:56 Some huge scro...
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:10 Batu Bolong
00:00:38 Moorish Idols
00:01:19 Sponges
00:01:47 Plating corals
00:02:14 Acropora
00:02:47 Sun corals
00:03:11 Algae
00:03:51 Clam
00:03:57 Moray eel
00:04:10 Tang, maybe
00:04:15 Clown tang
00:04:33 Acro
00:04:40 Blue linkia starfish
00:04:45 Clarki clowns in bubbletip anemone
00:05:07 Blacktip reef shark
00:05:18 Tabling acro colony
00:06:17 Bali green slimer
00:07:01 Stingray
00:07:16 Whitetip reef shark
00:07:29 Manta
00:07:59 Bali green slimer
00:08:29 Monti cap
00:09:12 Huge acro colonies
00:10:18 Hawksbill turtle
00:10:46 Napoleon wrasse
00:11:07 More acropora
00:11:56 Some huge scro...
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Achillies, Sohal, White Tail Kole, Naso, Gem, Powder Blue, Yellows, Lennardi, Copperband, and more
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Quick trip down the reef and back before leaving it for two weeks.
Week 177 Maintenance
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DOS wows! trace elements for A finally here, new fish in main DT, off for some diving. 00:00 - Intro 00:13 - No mic! Take 2 00:32 - Temporary fix for the electrics 01:52 - DOS dose wows 04:54 - New filter roll fitted 06:35 - DIY Trace A elements 08:54 - GoPro 12 Camera 09:23 - Added a new fish 11:08 - Goodbye
Interview with Professor Michael Sweet Derby University
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Professor Michael Sweet discusses his research on coral spawning, coral pathogens, antibiotics and probiotics at his research lab in Derby University 00:00 - Intro 01:12 - Professor Mike Sweet 01:48 - Aquatic Research Facility 02:25 - Sea Grass Research 04:47 - Coral Spawning 05:22 - Coral Pathogens 07:08 - Philaster lucinda 08:26 - Spawning tank in the lab 08:51 - Treating corals with microbes...
SPS Coral Spawning in the home aquarium Ep 2
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Tank cycling started building the cabinet and Apex data for the seasonal cycles 00:00 - Intro 00:20 - Tank cabinet update 01:36 - Ocean Direct Caribsea live sand 02:10 - Tank cycling has started 02:28 - Heated to 27C 02:41 - Tunze nano ATO 03:02 - 25L RO container 04:21 - Apex Seasonal Data Table 04:54 - Accessing Apex Local dashboard 06:09 - Seasonal Data Table in Apex 08:11 - Screen shots of ...
Week 176 Maintenance
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AQUAH trip, electical problems in fishroom 00:00 - Intro 00:12 - Feeding the fish 01:00 - AQUAH 02:23 - Purchases and frags from AQUAH 03:53 - Drama! electircal problems, battery backup to the rescue 11:39 - Still waiting on Lithium to complete trace element solution 12:28 - It's a tea cup 13:05 - Powder Blue still eating Goni 13:39 - Need more Calcium hydroxide 14:31 - Can I solve the electric...
Week 175 Maintenance
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New DOS doser, Powder Blue Tang eating my Goni, still working on PO4 control 00:00 - Intro 00:21 - Another apex DOS doser 02:02 - Lanthanum dosing 02:31 - Trace Element A diy solution 04:54 - Why make a DIY trace mix 06:32 - Prepping for a vacation 08:08 - Kalk dosing problem 11:29 - Powder Blue Tang is eating my Goni 12:34 - AQUAH 14:14 - SPS Spawning video released
SPS Coral Spawning in the home aquarium Ep 1
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How feasible is spawning SPS coral at home for the average reefer. This is my attempt to answer that question over the coming months (possibly years). Spawning sps millipora in the home aquarium 00:00 - Intro 00:19 - Coral spawning 02:09 - Tank setup and equipment 04:49 - Millis from Bali 05:25 - Cycling the tank 06:01 - Seasonal data in the Apex 07:29 - Geolocate the tank to Bali 07:51 - Findi...
Week 174 Maintenance
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New tubes for the doser, removed and added some new rock, made some DIY carbon dosing solutioon 00:00 - Start 00:43 - Intro 00:59 - Feeding Fish 01:15 - Tank relax and tea run 02:03 - I'm back 02:30 - DIY Carbon dosing 03:57 - Dosing switch from Mag to Cal 04:40 - New peristaltic lines in water change pump 06:35 - Reef meets and youtube 09:14 - Rock removed and fresh addded 10:46 - Skimming wet...
Week 173 Maintenance
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Overdosing Trace elements! 00:00 - Intro 00:18 - Feeding the fish 00:40 - D-D P1 pump failure 06:35 - Redsea Dosing line set 06:52 - Reef Zlements ICP 07:14 - Tropic Marin A Trace Elements 07:44 - Calcium Reactor feed line block 10:37 - Redsea 170 tank 13:53 - T-Slot ali for tank cover 14:32 - Chopping out stripping coral 15:39 - Eden corals is sending some frags 17:35 - Hiding the level of a d...
Deltec KM500S Kalk Stirrer Two years on
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Deltec KM500S Kalk Stirrer Two years on
Marcella butterfly fish, an overlooked, beautiful little fish.
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Marcella butterfly fish, an overlooked, beautiful little fish.
When the biggest fish in the tank rocks up, Mr Sohal
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When the biggest fish in the tank rocks up, Mr Sohal
Looks incredible!!
Wow Rob! this is amazing!
What an amazing video, I love your channel such a wide scope of reefing, one minute making own trace elements, next interviewing a leading coral scientist, then showing us an actual reef as it looks today, brilliant content.
@SohalTang-y9b Thanks, feel pretty lucky I get to do all these things I love 😃 Glad you enjoy the content.
Awesome, love a moorish idol
@@RamaR4m Do look stunning
@@pelagicswimmerHow much bigger are the fish in their natural habitat compared to what we see in the LFS/People's tanks?
Beyond words. This is why I love reefing. What an incredible amount of life. Thanks so much for taking us with you Rob!
@@ReefRondo Thought of you Ron when I saw that naso, one of your favourites
@@pelagicswimmer incredible fish. What a trip Rob!
Breathtaking Rob, especially for someone like me who has not been diving coral reefs before. The scale of those corals and fish behaviour is 👌🏻😮 The amount of particles in the water that feed the reef yet some try and have crystal clear tanks with no particles 🤷♂️
@fishpalace Some stunning reefs here for sure. Glad you noticed all the particulates, you can feel it when you dive, it's just everywhere. No gin clear water here.
I have a reefer 625 which is around 165 gallons, and I was wondering if I should try a clown tang or a sohal tang. Both of them are very aggresive but if I find one with a good personality then it could maybe work out. The tank is just over 5 feet long.
@ElectricStealer If you're asking my advice I'd say a 5ft tank is not going to work for either of those, if you get them small to move on as they grow it's very difficult to find people to take them. I did even put a clown tang in mine as I don't think longterm it's big enough. With all the tangs out there I would choose a smaller less aggressive species.
That reef looks great , thriving & full of life Rob, the species of fish too , wow! I was like Robs got one of them & then I think haha was that a massive tang around the 15minute mark ? Hope you all had/ having a great trip mate, catch up when your back 👍🏻.
@@dazsboxofwater Diving has been amazing, one of the best sites I've dived for many years
@@pelagicswimmer I would prob upgrade my tank if needed in like a few years and if I did then I would probably get a custom 400 gallon if I had the money
wow how cool is that!
@@theeastcoastreefer I'm going to say very, very cool indeed 😁
I’ll take a couple frags 😜😂
@@dazsboxofwater about 100k of coral there lol
Absolutely incredible 🔥🙌👏👌💯 Thanks for sharing.
@@queencityreefs Thanks for watching and commenting 👍
Very nice - enjoy your trip.
That clam is massive!
yes, it's large, makes a loud noise when it slams shut!
Hi rob can I ask how you found the order to mix the elements for the diy a&k thanks David
@davidturner3461 I researched the elements and any possible precipitation and adverse interactions then ranked them, most soluble first to least last, not any interactions to worry about really.
Have a great holiday mate. Would love to see some content of the diving reefs if possible. Have fun and I look forward to the next update 👍
Thanks Jay, will try to get some decent footage whilst diving, want to try and see some mandarin dragonet doing there courtship dance if possibl.
Thank you so much for putting this together!
Fantastic! I've been wanting to try this myself ever since Jamie Craggs' first talk! I just haven't had the opportunity to have more than a small softy tank yet. But next year, after I've graduated from college and (hopefully) have a well-paying job, I'm planning to do a mixed reef with a Bali Green Slimer and a TSA Blue Slimer, and LED lights set to simulate a real moon cycle, and the heater to imitate seasonal fluctuations, and I'm hopeful that in a couple years I'll manage to get a spawn out of them to try this myself. In the meantime, I'm really happy that someone else is doing it and documenting their journey. I'll definitely be following along! As far as why other normal hobbyists haven't tried this, I would think that it's probably concerns about being able to feed the larvae and maybe unknowns about how to inoculate the settled larvae with photosynthetic algae that are mostly holding people back. Lots of people have Apexs that they could easily program to create the conditions to produce a spawn, so that's not really the intimidating part, I think. It's the raising baby corals part. And possibly concerns about having the space to try and rear a bunch of larvae. By the way, on the off chance that you haven't already seen it: Frag Garage did a fantastic interview with Jamie Craggs that went into lots of detail about all of this, plus info about the more recent progress he's been making. (Including things like revising his initial assumption that acropora colonies had to be a certain (large) size to start spawning, if I remember correctly.) It's a great resource for anyone who interested in this stuff, so if you haven't listened to it, I highly recommend checking it out!
That's brilliant, I hope this series will help you achive that in the future, best of luck with your studies.
Have a great trip mate
Have a great trip Rob , look forward to hearing about it & hopefully you get some decent footage , catch up when you’re back 👍🏻.
No Mic! lol, I did a video the other day without pressing record 😀
oww that is annoying
Great video. I need to go back and see how you’re mixing up your trace A mix.
@@theloneaquarist Probably chat about it more when I'm back from diving.
@@pelagicswimmer have fun and be safe on the dive trip.
FFs no mic LOL
@@ReefRondo WHAT, I can't hear you 😃
@@pelagicswimmer 🤣
Enjoy the diving, I'm sure the tank will be fine, be wicked if you get some dive footage 🙂
Like a school lesson …always, everyday . We will never know it all. Great day Rob , really enjoyed it . A lot of it was way over my head 😅Loved the accompanying transcript . 👏
Fingers crossed we can get another visit
very interesting, new things learnt there
Every day certainly is a school day , so informative , thank you for sharing Rob 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thanks Darren, certainly a school day for me, loved it.
@@pelagicswimmer I could tell you was in your element .
Fascinating, many thanks Paul and Rob for arranging/posting this.
Been very excited for this one!
Thanks Ron, was such a great day, can't tell you how much I enjoyed it.
Thank you Rob 👍🏻noted & products ordered .
Incredible Rob the depths you are going to - I really hope this is a success story
Pioneering for a 170 hobbyists tank. So hope you can pull this off. It will bring a whole new level of sustainability to the hobby if we are able to reduce the number of corals taken from the sea. Great video 👍
This is going to be a great series of videos 👏
Wow sounds very interesting , loads of information & visual doings which is diy’ers love to see hence we watch RUclips video for it, keep up the great work, catch up when your back 👏🏼👍🏻
@@dazsboxofwater Thank Darren.
Ah this is going to be good
One of the best and most interesting RUclips reefing channels for me now. Well done Rob. I think what you are doing is amazing. Thanks for taking us along!
Ron Ron, that last goni Rob got how can I get one please, I can collect from Rob as local….?
@@dazsboxofwater I'd need to organise a box for you Daz. Give me a shout via the website.
Where in Essex are you? I'm right over in Harwich!
@@theeastcoastreefer Hi, I'm down in Brentwood round the corner from H2O Aquatics
Missed you completely at aquah
@@pelagicswimmer yeah I didn’t see you either! I was looking too. Saturday was rammed though.
@@pelagicswimmer ah that’s not far from here!
Rob how many heaters you got on the reef? Last time I had the tripping happen to me it was my D-D heater
@GazzasReef I have three but they aren't on the circuit that trips.
So glad your spawning tank wasn't impacted by the power cuts. Hope you manage to get it all sorted and settled before your holidays. Great to catch-up at AquaH. Would love to see some videos from your holiday mate. Have a good one 👍
Great to finally meet you Rob you are a legend ! Enjoyed our chat 👍
@GazzasReef Likewise, was great meeting you, say hi to your dad.
@@pelagicswimmer thanks pal and will do
Cheers for the shout-out mate, glad your off the WiFi and on the solid copper now 😁
I can send you a goniopora a month to keep him happy.
that's just encouraging bad behaviour Ron, wonderful offer though.
@@ReefRondo I’ll take one to look after too Ron 😂
@@GazzasReef no bother! LOL
Rob- I had the same thing on my old tank with large numbers of halides and get it with my new one with loads of radions. Change the breaker to a c Type breaker if you haven’t already. I sometimes get surges or power cuts at night, which cause surges from the Radion power supplies at trip the B type breakers. I’m guessing you have the b type breaker on the Radion circuit.
It always happens at night though when all the lights are off, during the day when all the lights are on it seems fine, I'll get an electrician when I get back to have a look. I might split the light/pump circuit in two as I have a spare place on the board.
Same here. I think the c type will hopefully fixit. They have a longer latency, so any instability in the in rush current with multiple power supplies can trip a b type breaker, but a c type can withstand it. Metalnhalides do the same. Not sure why led power supplies do it, but the c type worked for me….
@@mosreef1 cool thanks, not something I was aware of
Second! 😅
So close mosreef1
Morning Rob, I should be about Sunday if you need an hand for a couple hours ? Also when away if you creat an idiots guide to your tank manual then if the wife’s stuck let me no & I’ll try get over asap 👍🏻
Thanks Darren I will write out some instructions just in case anything go sideways. I have moved the fridge and aircon unit across to a separate circuit and it seems to have solved the tripping at night so fingers crossed will be ok and I can sort it properly when I get back.
@@pelagicswimmer fingers crossed all sorted , anytime 👍🏻
Nice update Rob. Are you choosing powder blue over coral?
@@fishpalace Yes Paul, fish come first for me 😁
Enjoyed the update 👍
👨🍳 in the kitchen again 🧪 I look forward to seeing the recipe when it’s done , wonder if I could do individual trace smaller batches & try dial individuals in, my icp usually says I’m lacking in only 3-4 elements…. Enjoy aqua sheller 😂 , we get back Tuesday & im sure youol be heading off sometime soon too so let me no when your back & I’ll pop around if your free? Have a great holiday sir. P.s. yes I saw the powder blue ripping the goni heads off (powder blues now calling me a grass 😂).
yep cooking up more diy solutions :P I would think it's pretty easy to make a custom made solution if it's always the same traces that are low
@@pelagicswimmer are you on Deliveroo 😂😂
cool stuff with mixing your own traces😁 Powder Blue, what a pita
Great vid buddy think I’ll be trying same as you with the trace if you don’t mind me copying lol
Once I've tested it Lee I'm happy to share how I made it, just want to be sure it's all good before anyone else tries it. I do love to tinker :)
@@pelagicswimmer me to Rob lol
Once you got the secret recipe let us all know 😊
@GazzasReef It won't be secret, once I'm happy with it I'll share what's in it, nothing that's not readily available 😉
@@pelagicswimmer I applaud you for even trying it….. same with the new project in the 170
Stunning mate would love the red tail to add to my black and my yellow tail
That flow looks pretty slow. Can you share any details what the pipe run looks like leading up to this? Perhaps I’m missing something.
@TrevorHiller That was me being sarcastic Trevor, the pipes runs are all 40mm, if you watch later videos you can see it pumps loads of water.
@@pelagicswimmer gotcha lol I was thinking man this guy must be pumping water up 2 stories or something.