We definitely need more of this major brand representatives full of reefing knowledge, having honest conversations, asking them tough questions that we expect the truth from.
This hobby is a better place because of people like Lou Ekus. He's a genuine person who gives freely of his time, to help people in their reef tank journey. Need more like him. And Ryans pursuit of a better understanding of how to run our reef tanks and sharing that info is greatly appreciated. Good stuff.
amazing video series! so much info, but more importantly the reasoning behind it. I am a nurse so it really hits home to me, and builds trust, when thought leaders provide education first so we can build an understanding so that we can make our own decisions on how to address problems or form our own opinions and practices.
Yeah I agree with the waterchange thing the only reason I stopped doing them was I couldn’t get my nutrients up and the only reason I do a waterchange every 6 months or so just to freshen things up 10:00
Absolutely love these sessions with Lou Ekus. 1st. I appreciate the interaction with minimal push on brand marketing. 2nd. At the same time, it was great that Ryan allowed Lou to differentiate the Tropic Marin carbon dosing solution from others because it addressed the problem. 3rd. The information shared was great to help us figure out what we should do for our own environment. Please have Lou on again to share what Tropic Marin has coming in the future.
I love this combo! Lou was really helpful when I started using Elimi NP to reduce my phosphate without reducing my Nitrate too much. I saw a lot of growth from my LPS corals while dosing this product which Lou mentions as the phosphate becomes food for them
Topic carbon dosing: I read a book from a German reef rock manufacturer explaining a simple and efficient way to get a reef aquarium running. In this book he kinda leaked the composition of Zeovit. It’s essentially a solid form of Vinegar, yes vinegar! The holy secret ingredient which cost nothing can be found in any grocery store. Thank you Ryan for your great channel, I watch you for many years now and your advices are gold!
@@tomg5405 unfortunately it is only in German. But if you understand German, here is the link: sc1afb61f62761708.jimcontent.com/download/version/1466073435/module/12930455133/name/einfahranleitung%207.pdf
I was having trouble with hair algae a couple of years ago and started vodka dosing. I think to be successful with carbon dosing you really have to be vigilant and patient. I kept a log with daily test results and how much I dosed. I dosed daily and increased by 1ml per week. As I got closer to zero I reduced the dosage. Now I dose 1ml a day just to keep some in the system. Also I feed less now and I do a 10% monthly water change. It's an 80 gallon mixed
It will be available within the next few months. We are just getting stock over to the US from Germany. Then we have to get it out to distributors and then out to stores. So the process takes some time. But we are on it!
Overfeeding will raise both Nitrate and Phosphate but what if you only want NO3 to increase, not the PO4? PO4 is what I battle with. It keeps rising to .17- .18 when I really want it at .05-.08. NO3 will bottom out if I dont add Sodium Nitrate. Its quite frustrating and I am using NP Bacto Balance.
Lou is talking about Hanna salinity checkers when he is talking about "electronic" means having issues..... The light has to be extremely bright to have the slightest effect on the Milwaukie salinity meter, so no need to cover the sensor during a test unless you are outside or put the meter directly under your aquarium LED's..... You can't leave a UV plumbed in an not working, either on with water or off with no water. The film that grows on the glass when the UV is off blocks the light and hardens onto the glass once the UV is turned on, permanently ruining the glass sleeve in the UV.
say to an older all glass aquarium with what single double over Flo say 48 × 24c× 30 tall. we go from there. think we could keep it under 10 grand to do it half way successful?
I think the simile that fits the coral conversation best, is that humans can't survive very long on 100% carbohydrate diets. Zooxanthellae do a great job of providing energy to the coral animals, but they cannot live on that alone. As you said, nutritional requirements greatly exceed a simple energy source.
I will say I think the statement that you are caring for the water not a reef tank is antiquated. Testing and maintaining the water is what we do because its all we really can do, but truthfully its only part of the equation and is half of the time only an INDIRECT method of testing. Even in this video you talked multiple times about organic vs inorganic nitrogen and phos, and microorganisms that populate the surfaces vs the water column. I think a more modern, encompassing statement is, "we are not caring for a reef tank, we are caring for a microbiome", which is much more than a water column.
I really wanted to believe that turkey salt was good so I used it and besides being very dirty all my corals seem negativevly affected. I really don't do anything but water changes to blame it on anything else.
Re. the bit about cyano. 4 year old tank with six adult blue tangs. Cyano disaster for months and months, choked every coral I had. Couldnt keep up. Stopped giving nori, cyano disappeared. Oh well
I have one scopas, one foxface and one tomini in my 85g and none of them eat hair algae (not bryopsis, killed that with fluc), so just adding herbivorous fish sometimes is not enough
We definitely need more of this major brand representatives full of reefing knowledge, having honest conversations, asking them tough questions that we expect the truth from.
Promoting 5 products in 3 seconds all of em rewuiring you to buy products rather than run a good tank.
This hobby is a better place because of people like Lou Ekus. He's a genuine person who gives freely of his time, to help people in their reef tank journey. Need more like him. And Ryans pursuit of a better understanding of how to run our reef tanks and sharing that info is greatly appreciated. Good stuff.
I really love these long form videos! Learn something new every one of these
Great episode! Very informative and appreciated. Thanks BRS Team!
amazing video series! so much info, but more importantly the reasoning behind it. I am a nurse so it really hits home to me, and builds trust, when thought leaders provide education first so we can build an understanding so that we can make our own decisions on how to address problems or form our own opinions and practices.
Awesome Video Thank you
Yeah I agree with the waterchange thing the only reason I stopped doing them was I couldn’t get my nutrients up and the only reason I do a waterchange every 6 months or so just to freshen things up 10:00
Thanks for this informative series. The MACNA series and discussions with industry experts like Mr.Ekus are why I subscribe to BRStv.
Absolutely love these sessions with Lou Ekus. 1st. I appreciate the interaction with minimal push on brand marketing. 2nd. At the same time, it was great that Ryan allowed Lou to differentiate the Tropic Marin carbon dosing solution from others because it addressed the problem. 3rd. The information shared was great to help us figure out what we should do for our own environment.
Please have Lou on again to share what Tropic Marin has coming in the future.
I love this combo! Lou was really helpful when I started using Elimi NP to reduce my phosphate without reducing my Nitrate too much. I saw a lot of growth from my LPS corals while dosing this product which Lou mentions as the phosphate becomes food for them
Great great great video! This is thick with knowledge
whats the best frozen mysis food to buy then, to minimize phos/nitrate?
Nice information, loving the videos. I’m experimenting on a separate tank with oZone at the moment. Looking forward to your experiment on ozone
Pirates reef has the 🔥🔥🔥🔥. Awesome looking coral.
Topic carbon dosing: I read a book from a German reef rock manufacturer explaining a simple and efficient way to get a reef aquarium running. In this book he kinda leaked the composition of Zeovit. It’s essentially a solid form of Vinegar, yes vinegar! The holy secret ingredient which cost nothing can be found in any grocery store.
Thank you Ryan for your great channel, I watch you for many years now and your advices are gold!
Wich book?
@@tomg5405 unfortunately it is only in German. But if you understand German, here is the link: sc1afb61f62761708.jimcontent.com/download/version/1466073435/module/12930455133/name/einfahranleitung%207.pdf
I was having trouble with hair algae a couple of years ago and started vodka dosing. I think to be successful with carbon dosing you really have to be vigilant and patient. I kept a log with daily test results and how much I dosed. I dosed daily and increased by 1ml per week. As I got closer to zero I reduced the dosage. Now I dose 1ml a day just to keep some in the system. Also I feed less now and I do a 10% monthly water change. It's an 80 gallon mixed
I agree about the GFO conversation.
Lou!!!!!!👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
When will the tropic marin phos feed be available?
It will be available within the next few months. We are just getting stock over to the US from Germany. Then we have to get it out to distributors and then out to stores. So the process takes some time. But we are on it!
You have done well getting over the ugly stage plane sailing from here 👍
Overfeeding will raise both Nitrate and Phosphate but what if you only want NO3 to increase, not the PO4? PO4 is what I battle with. It keeps rising to .17- .18 when I really want it at .05-.08. NO3 will bottom out if I dont add Sodium Nitrate. Its quite frustrating and I am using NP Bacto Balance.
Lou is talking about Hanna salinity checkers when he is talking about "electronic" means having issues.....
The light has to be extremely bright to have the slightest effect on the Milwaukie salinity meter, so no need to cover the sensor during a test unless you are outside or put the meter directly under your aquarium LED's.....
You can't leave a UV plumbed in an not working, either on with water or off with no water. The film that grows on the glass when the UV is off blocks the light and hardens onto the glass once the UV is turned on, permanently ruining the glass sleeve in the UV.
say to an older all glass aquarium with what single double over Flo say 48 × 24c× 30 tall. we go from there. think we could keep it under 10 grand to do it half way successful?
I think the simile that fits the coral conversation best, is that humans can't survive very long on 100% carbohydrate diets. Zooxanthellae do a great job of providing energy to the coral animals, but they cannot live on that alone. As you said, nutritional requirements greatly exceed a simple energy source.
I will say I think the statement that you are caring for the water not a reef tank is antiquated. Testing and maintaining the water is what we do because its all we really can do, but truthfully its only part of the equation and is half of the time only an INDIRECT method of testing. Even in this video you talked multiple times about organic vs inorganic nitrogen and phos, and microorganisms that populate the surfaces vs the water column. I think a more modern, encompassing statement is, "we are not caring for a reef tank, we are caring for a microbiome", which is much more than a water column.
I like this. Thanks for the challenge
Will gfo reduce kh?
I really wanted to believe that turkey salt was good so I used it and besides being very dirty all my corals seem negativevly affected. I really don't do anything but water changes to blame it on anything else.
I do water changes on my 200 every month regardless. Im scared not to because it looks so good now.
I like your theory, but those floating molecules youre talking about were dusts
Re. the bit about cyano.
4 year old tank with six adult blue tangs. Cyano disaster for months and months, choked every coral I had. Couldnt keep up. Stopped giving nori, cyano disappeared.
Oh well
ps make sure you have. deep sink near to rinse disposes etc.r/ o waste water etc.changes on and on scrubing rock. along with work bench.table
I have one scopas, one foxface and one tomini in my 85g and none of them eat hair algae (not bryopsis, killed that with fluc), so just adding herbivorous fish sometimes is not enough
Not a great start with his explanation for water changes and his mad scientist hipothesis...
corals live fish poop more than one thinks
I want to hear from Lou not brs guy
Little rude, his name is Ryan BTW.