this was probably by one of the worst audio of our video series. sometimes we just can't control our environment. Pumps, fans, chillers, warehouse ambient noises and heavy rain (this is summer in Florida) etc, it was extremely difficult. We will however look into investing more into better audio options. thank you for taking your time to let me know how to improve. :)
Great video! Just bought some for my Red Sea 250 Reefer! I kept a reef tank for years, got out of it, now I’m back in it. Getting back in was due to folks like yourself that make all the awesome and educational videos. Keep them coming!
Great video! I'd love to see more like this! I agree with this guy 10 fold! Dip and quarantine! I plan on doing both, just hope I can keep my promise to myself!
Their are spiders on some zoanthids! My mom said “fuck no!” To me after she watched this video and i wanted a zoanthid lol I broke down into a laughing fit after she said that lol but really nice corals!
Here in Hawaii the ancient Hawaiians actually used the zoas on darts to kill their enemies, not animals for food. Iodine isn't absolutely necessary to keep zoanthids thriving for long periods of time. It can be used to fight some of the pests though. Lugo's is a good choice to do that. I'm glad you are using Blue Plus bulbs. They are the best!
Thanks for this info I just had an incident with my tank I stayed patient and won this battle slowly. During this time I noticed when I changed my salt brands that my zoas have taken a nasty turn and started shrinking getting skinny my tank has been holding solid parameters as I manually dose to keep it stable but they are the only ones having an issue. I went back to my old salt and still my perameters are good and stable I feed them reef roids and other goodies I forgot about dosing iodine didn’t even think once about it thanks I bet this will help. Thanks.
reef guy 92 thanks . Yea, at open facilities like this, audios are very difficult due to the fans, pumps and other things running in the background. I'm working on different equipments to get better audios for places such as these.
Thank you for watching! think I'm going to pull this video 😆. This was video that's few years old and sound system has been changed since then to a better one, explained why it was so noisy like this on every comment here. After having to repeat repeat repeat .... did i say repeat? 😆 i think im going to pull it and maybe reshoot it at a later date.
Hi what do you feed again to this zoas, mic sound is not clear with the video but I want to follow your advice. Please let me know what you feed your zoas, thank you.
What are Zoas supposed to look like first thing in the mornings when the lights are off. It’s my first time with a coral and they look ok in the day with lights on, they just don’t look too healthy first thing in the morning just before I turn the lights on.
@@Reefscom ok. I just feel like I don’t want to leave the light off all night incase they die. They seem really droopy and kinda lifeless once left for about 12 hours with the lights off. They do perk up after but I feel they shouldn’t be that limp in the morning.
@@Reefscom yes I have flow and switch the lights off at night. But they just look and seem very limp in the mornings when I go to put the lights back on. I switch the light on at 8am and off at 8pm
I recently started dosing Iodine, after watching this, once a week and I have not seen my zoas so happy, healthy and open in the 8 months i have kept them... great video.
just fine mate... i keep getting it over and over... lol.. On a serious note, I have a Flame Hawkfish going through TTM and 3 chromis and 2 clowns in a bigger tank in cupramine at full strength @ day 7 and looking really healthy and eating like pigs. I nearly lost the Flame Hawk as i dont think he liked/can handle the copper so i pulled him out and am using 2 small tanks with separate equipment to tank transfer him. He hadn't eaten for 2 days until today but then took Maastick out of my hand and ate some Brineshrimp with Aloe Vera soaked in garlic guard (they all get that, ill or not lol)
hi, what do you mean? evaporated water is filled with rodi water and whatever saltwater is taken out is replenished with saltwater. Moss? what do you mean? If you mean algae, he has snails as well as other inverts and tangs to clean those up.
@@Reefscom thank you for the information, do you have a video about the working mechanism in each of your aquariums? I want to know what tools you use.
I really learned a lot from this video. Could you possible identify the coral by name in time frame 8:09. I have one similar to it and was never given a name for it. Thanks you and thanks for a very informative video.
Reefs! I need your help with my corals 😩 when I first got them they were flourishing and big and beautiful. Now we have changed the lighting which is what we thought would help (Kessil) and they do not want to open up if they do it is very little 😓 we have been patient and and have had them since August and like I said the first 3 weeks were great now not so much. We aren’t sure how to help our zoanthids and some have “melted” away and we don’t have many left. We also have green star polyps & Kenya tree corals that are still doing well. But our hammer corals have shriveled up and won’t open up, o our pulsating Xenia died/dissolve , and the zoanthids only open a tad:( what can we do to fix them?
Oh no! Im so sorry to hear that. Based on the information you have given, (kessil) which kessil model did you get for what size tank and how many of them did you get? Also how strong is your intensity?
@@Reefscom the Kessil model is A360WE, we only have 1 of these for our 29 gallon tank. our intensity at 12pm is 100% and color setting is 80% and it slowly goes down until 10pm and goes dark, then at 5am it slowly lights up to full intensity at 12pm
@@amandathomas4951 it may be that the intensity is too strong. Do you know of anyone near you that has a PAR meter? Also how is your quality? Can you post some numbers please?
@reefs I do not know anyone with a PAR meter but we just put our old lights back on that are lower in intensity. our green star polyp is opened up nice and our tree looking coral (I cannot remember the name right now) is opened as well as our 2 anemones. I can tell the anemones are reaching further and look sort of tree like. I will get the numbers to you asap. My boyfriend tested it last night but I’m not sure of the numbers myself. We did our first water change with reef crystals last night hoping it may help. And our zoanthids haven’t opened up in 3-4 days ☹️
@@Reefscom Thanks a lot for your fast answer ! I will make a dedicated zoas tank ! I think water changes will be suficient to maintain my parameters :) Thanks again for your answer ! (sorry for my english i'm french ^^)
@@mentosse it should be more then sufficient. If you make it that specie specific tank. Do look into small increments of iodine dosing for z/p tank. No worries on the language bud. English is my second (is it third ? Hmm) language as well lol.
When I originally purchased my zoas they went from being short and tightly grouped to larger and stretching. Most of the tanks I see online have them short, small polyps and grouped together. Why would they start to reach. Some say light other's say flow it could be both, can you offer any advice? Last week I upgraded my return pump and with my MP10 at almost full the tank appears to have much more flow and I'm waiting to see the results.
You mentioned pharma grade iodene , bell something can you provide a link to the product and what you use for testing . Also what iodene level do you maintain . Tia
Raj V he said Lugol's iodine solution. There are many different test kits available, salifert is what I would recommend. Levels would be included on the bottle. Hope it helps.
@@Reefscom Thanks, My concern was might be to strong on the lights if anything, as under blue lights they were fine but when i added white lights only some went skinny,, still checking thou, Thanks
Guys i have a problem with my zoa. Dark brown/black stems and some polyps are losing colour and turning brown. I've tried revive and coral RX dips and a bit worried about peroxide dips. What could be wrong with my zoa? Someone mentioned to me it could be bacterial infection and to try Furan 2 as a dip or tri sulfa in my tank. Not much available in Australia. Please help.
Dale Whitmore looks like your zoas are dying. Bacterial infection may be the cause and furan 2 treatment can help if that's the case. I would use soft tooth brush and gently scrub the brown and black dying tissue away, dip in iodine diluted saltwater and then find out what caused it. I wish you the best of luck!
I fresh water dipped after watching this video and killed a colony of beautiful palys that I had just paid $200.00 for. I will never fresh water dip again. Do not freshwater dip over using a good dip and I wish this video could have made that more clear. I’ve since started using revive.
haha I can see your dilema. Chris as an owner of aquaculture facility has no tie in any food brands but in the business to grow corals. He has no alterior motives to sell food so I think you can trust him. ;) In the end, do whatever works for you.
ruclips.net/video/ISMvcVnSAFY/видео.html revised version is out.
Please do invest in a better mic. The sound quality is really terrible.
this was probably by one of the worst audio of our video series. sometimes we just can't control our environment. Pumps, fans, chillers, warehouse ambient noises and heavy rain (this is summer in Florida) etc, it was extremely difficult. We will however look into investing more into better audio options. thank you for taking your time to let me know how to improve. :)
Agreed the content is great but someone send these guys a new microphone.
The sound quality had problems but your presentation and information were very good. Thanks.
Great video! Just bought some for my Red Sea 250 Reefer! I kept a reef tank for years, got out of it, now I’m back in it. Getting back in was due to folks like yourself that make all the awesome and educational videos. Keep them coming!
Pilot, Gardener, & Reefer! Thank you very much for the kind words and happy to hear that you are back.
Great info, poor sound quality though.
Almost every video has poor sound :( such good topics though
Awesome video filled with loads of knowledge thank you very much!
Great video! I'd love to see more like this! I agree with this guy 10 fold! Dip and quarantine! I plan on doing both, just hope I can keep my promise to myself!
thank you for the kind words and keeping my fingers crossed for you. :)
Great video! A lot of helpful information! Thank you very much for sharing this!!!
You are very welcome!
Great info and easy to understand, Thank you Chris
Happy to hear that you enjoyed it! :)
These are the best explanation videos,
keep it up!
A SAL thank you for the kind words! more will come for sure.
Love your honesty goes along way 👍
Their are spiders on some zoanthids! My mom said “fuck no!” To me after she watched this video and i wanted a zoanthid lol I broke down into a laughing fit after she said that lol but really nice corals!
Dude...seeing this compared to your recent “Covid hair”...I gotta say you looked on-point here. Let 2021 be the year for return of the long locks!
🤘😜🤘
🤣
😂
your the real deal... love you channel.. very informative.
thank you very much for the kind words.
-Richard
Here in Hawaii the ancient Hawaiians actually used the zoas on darts to kill their enemies, not animals for food.
Iodine isn't absolutely necessary to keep zoanthids thriving for long periods of time. It can be used to fight some of the pests though. Lugo's is a good choice to do that.
I'm glad you are using Blue Plus bulbs. They are the best!
Very knowledgeable.
Thanks for this info I just had an incident with my tank I stayed patient and won this battle slowly. During this time I noticed when I changed my salt brands that my zoas have taken a nasty turn and started shrinking getting skinny my tank has been holding solid parameters as I manually dose to keep it stable but they are the only ones having an issue. I went back to my old salt and still my perameters are good and stable I feed them reef roids and other goodies I forgot about dosing iodine didn’t even think once about it thanks I bet this will help. Thanks.
Very informative. Thanks for sharing your great infos...
You are very welcome! Im glad that you enjoyed it!
Great video but the sound was terrible
reef guy 92 thanks . Yea, at open facilities like this, audios are very difficult due to the fans, pumps and other things running in the background. I'm working on different equipments to get better audios for places such as these.
very nice video , congrats
Chris - You have excellent knowledge and spot on advice!!! keep it up
I agree with the Mic comments, your videos are amazing!!!!!
Jared Torbert hi, it's been address already. Check out the latest one from us and Chris on acropora! :)
I got to say fallowing advice from you guys I had more success then going with other people advice even my own thank you and keep up the good work
Im really happy to hear that! Keep up the good work as well! :)
Very informative! Thank you
I actually learned something. I’ll definitely buy iodine Friday when I get paid
Love this video
Thank you!
@@Reefscom i love zoas and i want working with corals in the future. Like you and your team.
👍
Now this was informational!!!
Good content thats relevant and actually helps! Bad audio didn't even bother me much cause of all the good info you had to say lol
Thank you very much for the kond words! Education is our primary objective here in Reefs.com . Audio has risen up to second after this video 😂😂😂
Great Stuff! Very helpful. Especially iodine part, what kind of iodine/product we can use for Zoas! Thank you!!
any iodine is ok. I personally use Julian Sprung's iodine solution.
Thanks man, good info.
Great video. I learned a few things.
Great information. Thanks a lot
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Thanks for the video !
my pleasure Joel!
Excellent content.
Thank you!
Very informative thank you. Stay healthy and safe
Thank you and I'm happy to hear that you enjoyed the video! Stay healthy and safe as well friend.
when you freshwater dip them do you match the temp. and PH? great video by the way!
Emanna81 hi, thank you for the kind words! you can match the pH by buffer and temp by heater or fan. :)
This was so helpful
Thank you!!!
Great info...
My favorite coral" zoas"
thank you!
Great video, just getting into reefing and loving it! What is the name of the red outside/whitish inside zoa at 7:27?
Im not 100 percent but i think that one is spider man.
Nice vid , thanks
Thanks for watching! :)
great video!! thanks for sharing
Ghia Power you are very welcome. I'm happy to hear that you enjoyed it.
My zoas spread apart , they don’t seem to grow very well but all my other LPS are great
This is why sound checks are important, great info tho
Thank you for watching! think I'm going to pull this video 😆. This was video that's few years old and sound system has been changed since then to a better one, explained why it was so noisy like this on every comment here. After having to repeat repeat repeat .... did i say repeat? 😆 i think im going to pull it and maybe reshoot it at a later date.
Hi what do you feed again to this zoas, mic sound is not clear with the video but I want to follow your advice. Please let me know what you feed your zoas, thank you.
He feeds them diffirent sizes of TDO pellets.
How do you prepare those food? Sorry, new to this hobby.
alvin versola if you get the small granular size then you don’t have to do anything but drop it on top of them.
Thank you 😉
@@angelcaspian you are very welcome. Happy reefing.
Great info.
What are Zoas supposed to look like first thing in the mornings when the lights are off. It’s my first time with a coral and they look ok in the day with lights on, they just don’t look too healthy first thing in the morning just before I turn the lights on.
Sometimes they close up. Long as they are open, responsive, maintain their size and color, I wouldn't worry too much of it.
@@Reefscom ok. I just feel like I don’t want to leave the light off all night incase they die. They seem really droopy and kinda lifeless once left for about 12 hours with the lights off. They do perk up after but I feel they shouldn’t be that limp in the morning.
@@ttucker2073 no, you shouldn't leave lights on during the night times. Make sure you have proper amount of flow as well.
@@Reefscom yes I have flow and switch the lights off at night. But they just look and seem very limp in the mornings when I go to put the lights back on. I switch the light on at 8am and off at 8pm
what brand of iodine do you recommend? thanks a mill for the informative video.
I recently started dosing Iodine, after watching this, once a week and I have not seen my zoas so happy, healthy and open in the 8 months i have kept them... great video.
DrOfWelshMagic happy to hear that my friend!
My next upload will show just how happy they are, been battling Ich so not much time for youtube videos atm lol.
Sorry to hear that. How are you doing with ich?
just fine mate... i keep getting it over and over... lol.. On a serious note, I have a Flame Hawkfish going through TTM and 3 chromis and 2 clowns in a bigger tank in cupramine at full strength @ day 7 and looking really healthy and eating like pigs. I nearly lost the Flame Hawk as i dont think he liked/can handle the copper so i pulled him out and am using 2 small tanks with separate equipment to tank transfer him. He hadn't eaten for 2 days until today but then took Maastick out of my hand and ate some Brineshrimp with Aloe Vera soaked in garlic guard (they all get that, ill or not lol)
DrOfWelshMagic good to hear. How long are you leaving the main tank fallow?
Is the aquarium water replaced or just the addition of water? How do you clean the moss?
hi, what do you mean? evaporated water is filled with rodi water and whatever saltwater is taken out is replenished with saltwater. Moss? what do you mean? If you mean algae, he has snails as well as other inverts and tangs to clean those up.
@@Reefscom thank you for the information, do you have a video about the working mechanism in each of your aquariums? I want to know what tools you use.
I really learned a lot from this video. Could you possible identify the coral by name in time frame 8:09. I have one similar to it and was never given a name for it. Thanks you and thanks for a very informative video.
you are very welcome. I am happy to hear that it has helped you. :) I think it's called gatorade.
thank you for your reply.
@@ronperry7516 no worries!
Reefs! I need your help with my corals 😩 when I first got them they were flourishing and big and beautiful. Now we have changed the lighting which is what we thought would help (Kessil) and they do not want to open up if they do it is very little 😓 we have been patient and and have had them since August and like I said the first 3 weeks were great now not so much. We aren’t sure how to help our zoanthids and some have “melted” away and we don’t have many left. We also have green star polyps & Kenya tree corals that are still doing well. But our hammer corals have shriveled up and won’t open up, o our pulsating Xenia died/dissolve , and the zoanthids only open a tad:( what can we do to fix them?
Oh no! Im so sorry to hear that. Based on the information you have given, (kessil) which kessil model did you get for what size tank and how many of them did you get? Also how strong is your intensity?
@@Reefscom the Kessil model is A360WE, we only have 1 of these for our 29 gallon tank. our intensity at 12pm is 100% and color setting is 80% and it slowly goes down until 10pm and goes dark, then at 5am it slowly lights up to full intensity at 12pm
@@amandathomas4951 it may be that the intensity is too strong. Do you know of anyone near you that has a PAR meter? Also how is your quality? Can you post some numbers please?
@reefs I do not know anyone with a PAR meter but we just put our old lights back on that are lower in intensity. our green star polyp is opened up nice and our tree looking coral (I cannot remember the name right now) is opened as well as our 2 anemones. I can tell the anemones are reaching further and look sort of tree like. I will get the numbers to you asap. My boyfriend tested it last night but I’m not sure of the numbers myself. We did our first water change with reef crystals last night hoping it may help. And our zoanthids haven’t opened up in 3-4 days ☹️
@@amandathomas4951 hopefully things bounce back for you soon !
I would like to know if zoanthus consum lots of calcium, kh and magnesium?
I ask this to begin thinking about the maintenance.
No, not at all. Soft corals do not consume much of those elements.
@@Reefscom Thanks a lot for your fast answer ! I will make a dedicated zoas tank ! I think water changes will be suficient to maintain my parameters :) Thanks again for your answer ! (sorry for my english i'm french ^^)
@@mentosse it should be more then sufficient. If you make it that specie specific tank. Do look into small increments of iodine dosing for z/p tank.
No worries on the language bud. English is my second (is it third ? Hmm) language as well lol.
Great video. Very informative. Something up with your mic though! Subscribed for more
Yes, it has been addressed since then. Thank you for watching!
When I originally purchased my zoas they went from being short and tightly grouped to larger and stretching. Most of the tanks I see online have them short, small polyps and grouped together. Why would they start to reach. Some say light other's say flow it could be both, can you offer any advice? Last week I upgraded my return pump and with my MP10 at almost full the tank appears to have much more flow and I'm waiting to see the results.
I'm no expert but it sounds like it's trying to reach for more lights. I don't think the flow is your problem.
What type of filtration would you need just for a zoa setup
Not that advanced to be honest. Zoas are very tolerant to dirtier environment.
@@Reefscom Thanks, gonna give it a go
@@bonsakoi7435 go for it and keep me updated! :)
@@Reefscom Thanks
Very informative thank you
Great Video
Brian thank you for the kind words!
Thank u for ur tips for the zoanthis it really helpfull
no problem at all! I'm happy that you found it helpful!
Sence i started using iodine for my zoanthis i seen d difference in growth and keeping water change once a week,it do really work
I could understand maybe half of what you said !!! That sucks.. Wanted to hear this
MAGNIFIQUE, BRAVO !!! 👏👏👏 mais attention au son ...
You mentioned pharma grade iodene , bell something can you provide a link to the product and what you use for testing . Also what iodene level do you maintain . Tia
Raj V he said Lugol's iodine solution. There are many different test kits available, salifert is what I would recommend. Levels would be included on the bottle. Hope it helps.
reefs thanks
That's awesome, keep feeding them.
thank you and thank you for watching the video!
Also good info on paly toxin, you hear some crazy stories about that. Good thing to be aware of.
Coralust Reef Solutions thank you. I wanted to be very thorough on covering every aspect of the coral.
chemotherapy is a failure as is radiation. hoxey cures cancer in tijuana, look up bio medical center.
what pellets are you feeding them?
He was feeding tdo and pe mysis pellets.
SUPER SOUND
I add peroxyde to my water best dip ever
What would be wrong if some zoanthids start to shrink but the heads are open?
Can be many things but it's not a good sign. Try to figure out if the water is ok and see if you have sufficient enough lights and flow.
@@Reefscom Thanks, My concern was might be to strong on the lights if anything, as under blue lights they were fine but when i added white lights only some went skinny,, still checking thou, Thanks
Thanks for the info 🖒🖒🖒
you are very welcome and thank you for watching the video!
Guys i have a problem with my zoa.
Dark brown/black stems and some polyps are losing colour and turning brown.
I've tried revive and coral RX dips and a bit worried about peroxide dips.
What could be wrong with my zoa?
Someone mentioned to me it could be bacterial infection and to try Furan 2 as a dip or tri sulfa in my tank. Not much available in Australia.
Please help.
Dale Whitmore looks like your zoas are dying. Bacterial infection may be the cause and furan 2 treatment can help if that's the case. I would use soft tooth brush and gently scrub the brown and black dying tissue away, dip in iodine diluted saltwater and then find out what caused it. I wish you the best of luck!
Do you sell to the public? I live in Tampa.
Sorry, they do not unfortunately.
I just got those and when I feed them, I feel there's so much pollution with all the food floating everywhere. Any suggestions?
target feed using turkey basters. :)
You make him wear sounds ...... As a real boss, I inform my friends .
For me I have SPS, LPS with no issues but if I get zoanthids they just die in a few days
Mines always melt away even though i grow gsp and xenias like crazy.
What is the pellet u feeding again ?
Hi! Reef nutrition's TDO pellets.
My God
We're do you get you frag plugs
I have Zoanthid eating Spiders who tf do I get rid of them
What kind of food is that?
Eliezel Pacheco reef nutruons tdo pellet.
I guess am doing something wrong cause I can get zoas to grow on any of my two tanks
CUBAN REEFER I had problems keeping them also, until i started paying more attention to the temp being stable and all parameters in general
I fresh water dipped after watching this video and killed a colony of beautiful palys that I had just paid $200.00 for. I will never fresh water dip again. Do not freshwater dip over using a good dip and I wish this video could have made that more clear. I’ve since started using revive.
feed, don't feed, wtf lol. I like how you and every zoa food say more growth so why listen to people who say not feed?
haha I can see your dilema. Chris as an owner of aquaculture facility has no tie in any food brands but in the business to grow corals. He has no alterior motives to sell food so I think you can trust him. ;) In the end, do whatever works for you.
Seems like a good video. Too bad I cannot understand him half the time.
tOO BAD YOU CAN'T SEE THEM FROM ANY DISTANCE
Fish Whistler DO YOU NOT HAVE A TANK? WHY SO FAR AWAY? Why all caps? 😂 happy reefing.
New mics are cheaper than coral frags.....
Yea, this was 3 years ago. We have gotten several new mics since then 😆
iodine... really?
Really. :)
Sound quality is shite.
What?
Jhon knoll huh? What do you mean?
The audio is terrible....get a better mic.
Yes, i have gotten better mic set since 2 years ago. ;) check out some of the newer videos.