So my Marine science class experienced all of this. In one year we had 3 suicidal starfish,a disappearing anemone, a jumping eel,and a sea cucumber that had it out for everything else in that tank. Also had a pufferfish that hated literally everyone and everything
So I had this chocolate chip starfish. I got it when I first started my tank after it cycled and it was good. I didn't have any problems keeping it alive. But the starfish was evil. It literally killed anything I put in the tank that was able to fit under its mouth. I used to love stars... now they are my enemy.
Also I 100% agree against getting an anemone... I have had 2 one was cheap, it was a seabay but the other was 62 dollar (and that was a cheaper one) green bubble tip anemone. I will not ever get one again until I have my own home and can dedicate a fair amount of time to my aquarium.
I was warned day one to not buy a choc chip starfish if I was going to have a reef tank. They aren't reef friendly. I did try twice with the red starfish and they quite literally disintegrate. Luckily, they are cheap. I think I did water changes too often for them.
I was researching getting into the salt water tank hobby and was leaning towards moon jellyfish. I was hoping they would pop up when I came across your video and I literally cheered when you announced the bonus invert. I definitely liked your video and will subscribe.
Any type of jelly is really hard to keep even for most experienced hobbyists ... Plus you usually have to have a chiller on your tank which tend to be pretty expensive and have to have the right shaped tank and proper flow so the jellies don't get injured and die. They're very sensitive to water quality changes.
Guys, remember- this video is for BEGINNERS who are looking for their FIRST INVERTS. This video is NOT a list on the hardest inverts except for the harlequin shrimp which is the only one on this list II think is hard to take care of without the presence of starfish. Starfish just need stability, for sea cucumbers just get a yellow one or one that doesn't get big if you are stupid enough to let a big one get sucked into a overflow. Sea slugs- only buy it if you know it isn't a bad one. Flame scallop- just be ready to buy food every 1-2 months, and do daily dosing and turn off your skimmer.
Now I had a 3 gallon tank but I recently got a 13.5 gallon tank, I was in Florida for vacation and I happend to find a starfish on the beach. I decided it would be a good addition to the tank so I brought it home in a tiny little Tupperware container for the whole 18 hour drive. It was in the 3 gallon for about a year and then I just had moved it into the bigger tank, it is still doing very well and I’ve never had any problems with him yet.
The sandsifter star fish is a good beginner starfish in my opinion, it doesn't eat all of the coral, they are pretty hardy and they clean the sand for scraps of food. They also don't get to big.
Ok, so, regarding starfish, there's a couple species that tend to buck the trend and are decently hardy in an established tank. Chocolate Chip Stars are the main one of note, but also Blue Stars IF you have a lot of nuisance algae in your tank. Sea Slugs... leave those to the marine biologists specifically researching them, regardless of your skill level, for the same reasons as in the video. Honestly, I'd steer clear of ANY bivalve that isn't a Tridacna Clam for similar reasons, but especially scallops. Tridacna clams are photosynthetic, most other bivalves are not and require filter feeder foods. Anemones... it really depends on the species. The really nice looking ones from the Pacific definitely need a stable tank but ones from the Caribbean seem to be significantly hardier. Downside with Caribbean anemones is that they have stronger stings and very few species of clownfish can successfully take one as a host - I've only ever seen anyone have luck paring them with Clarkies. Now, one invert I'd like to add to the list of inverts beginners should avoid is any kind of non-photosynthetic coral, for reasons that should be self-explanatory. Long story short, non-photosynthetic corals need to be fed on top of their already tricky water quality requirements.
You are 1000% accurate, I have been doing my home work before bumping into this video and what I have found out is exactly what you have explained in this video. Most of these life forms look amazing but at the end of the day, they are just liabilities...
Akakaka I bought a candy anenome as one of the first purchases for my first salt water tank…. Surprisingly doing great and well fed and looks beautiful 👍🏻
Great video, two points to mention for anyone who sees this: most starfish eat slimes and biofilms. So even if your tank is huge, mature and paramaters are perfect, most starfish will eventually starve to death. These should be left in the ocean. Also on anemones, avoid the ritteri or magnifica anemone. Theyre nearly impossible to keep unless you devote a tank and LOTS of time to them
Most of these are spot on, I would respectfully disagree with the Anemone statement at least to some degree. I purchased a Bubble Tip Anemone (completely bleached) with my aquarium being established for about 3 months and was able to nurse it back to health completely. About 4 months later I purchased a Rose Bubble Tip Anemone and I've had nothing but issues with it; it won't eat, it moves constantly, it will go into hiding for weeks and pop back up randomly. Whether you get an anemone that's *easy to take care of* is determined by whether or not lady luck is on your side. Anyway, great video, keep up the good work.
Thanks George for all your videos. Your very helpful!! I’ve done saltwater in the past and just started up another one again and your videos have helped me get going once again. Thanks
sorry i just had to comment that the starfish you recommended isn't a starfish, its a brittle star (ophiuroid) , related to star fish (asteroidea) but really good video! keep up the good work!! :) (sorry its the biology in me)
Hey George, Good to see a constant stream of content coming from you. I assume these are prefilmed video, since basketball season is in full swing. How is the season at Lawrence going?
Hey George, TY for sharing ur knowledge and posting info on youtube. I just subscribed (My 1st for any RUclips) I was stunned at ur young age at 1st, when u started making youtube vids. Kudos to u!
Thank you, back in 2016 I used to have a slat water thank of 49 gallons, at that time I was a newbie and my thank last approximately around 3 months when everything went down my coral started dying my fishes started getting sick and I eventually gave up but now I want to start a new project again with a nano reef tank. This time I want to be more prepared, I want to have more patience and take the necessary time to make my nano reef tank a good looking one. Thank you for all your avise George.
George thanks for the great videos . I have found them very to be very useful. Two questions, can you show us how to correctly feed anemones and how to remove large bristle worms.
I asked my mom to get me a sea star once, she agreed. I was 9. That time, I didn’t even have a saltwater tank. I didn’t get one though; I literally just realized that as I came into petco
The nudibranch for killing aiptasia are reef safe and are amazing. The tiger tail cucumber is much easier to maintain than the others, it does not get crazy like you think it does.
I absolutely understand the anemone part. i have the lighting necessary to keep one happy but I am still doing research. I have a 20 gallon right now with an ocellaris clownfish and a bicolor blenny, with a brittlestar as part of the cleanup crew (neat creature to watch eat, tho i'm pretty sure it ate all my hermit crabs so I'm probably going to get rid of it once i move tanks. I'm about to upgrade a 30 gallon tank within the next couple of days and i was going to return everything in the tank except or existing snails. Once i have a cleanup crew established and I finally get my nitrates from 20 to 0 is when I'll look into getting a bubble tip anemone as they are the easiest to keep. Another reason being is I plan on stocking that tank with a gold stripe maroon clown and a fuzzy dwarf lionfish. Maroon clowns love bubble tips and it would be cool to see that relationship.
I just started my first SW tank and bought some live rock, it has a tiny translucent anemone on it. Now two days on it's about twice it's original size
I learned about the starfish the hard way. I had a bright red one and it melted, I have a sand sifting one and it's doing really well. I added an anemone after 4 months and now I have 2 and they're doing great.
I have a brittle starfish or some type a starfish like that and I have a royal gramma And I will also be adding a lawnmower blenny will the starfish go after them or should I be good
I have a massive adult tube anemone that I'm rehoming tomorrow due to size. But, I am a beginner in saltwater world terms (just over a year) and it has grown 3 to 4 inches since I got it. It requires a LOT of care so I make sure I provide that. It gets plenty of mysis shrimp on the regular, but I also feed it a few nickel sized pieces of white dethawed shrimp from a seafood market. The actual hardest part is limiting your fish because these guys will eat fish like damsels and the basics. Anyway, just wanted to say that. Looking forward to having the space for an anemone for my clowns now. Those tubes get so long and the substrate has to cover them well. They take up a LOT of space. So fair warning on that.
Great video and I definitely will never go out of my way to introduce any of these into my tank hahaha especially the nudibranch I go out my way to catch them and take them out of the tank 🤗
i disagree withy yours claims about anemone's they are quite easy to care for although you should have some general knowledge about reef keeping, also i've found a mature tank isn't needed whats so ever, also Condy's are predominately white aside from purple tips, i wouldn't tell people that a white Anemone means its sick/bleached because their is so many colour variations.
Everything Aquatix I agree with them the video is titled Things that new people to the hobby should avoid I am new to the hobby and for newbies anemones are evil they take so much care a newbie can’t keep up with the care levels
Scallops, non-photosynthetic clams , and oysters are easy to take care of I've never kept flame scallops specifically but I don't think they would be that different.
I think you should do a video on why keeping a Nemo themed tank is a bad (or good) idea, because I really don't know anything about fish. but you know, the dentist tank from Finding Nemo
Well Dory is a royal blue tang and they grow big enough to require a tank more than 100 gallons. So anything smaller than that already kills your Finding Nemo idea... And I practice what I preach. I'd love a royal blue, or any other tang, but I can't do it because I've only got a 45 gallon.
Hey gorge - where do you get tour statistics about inverts from? I would like to know, as this would be a good reference for me when buying for my tank :) TIA
So don't buy an anemonie if you're a newbie... do clownfish need one? We were thinking of getting a small tank with 2 clownfish for my kids. What do you recommend? I don't want a huge tank though. I seen that you have a lot of info on your channel.
#6 is berry true I recently lost my anemone I've have the tank up over 6 months but made a dumb mistake and never bought a sponge for my power head and that should tell the rest of the story but I am still new and learned my lesson
When I clicked on this video I totally knew stars, cucumber and slugs be on it. I think sea hares shouldn't be sold because even though they're good cleaners but are too good then they starve and die. Friend went through 3 hares because they kept dying, got to the point of taking the hare out of the water everyday and into a bucket to target feed. Thought you would of added clam to the list as I think they are less suitable for beginners than anemones. I got a bubble tip anemone and even though they can move around the tank and you have to cover the powerhead so it doesn't get sucked in my anemone has stayed put where I first placed it so been lucky.
when i was a kid my parents got a less than 5g tank with two starfish. one ate they other then they both died. really sad we didn’t have the research we do now! thanks for this video though
I just started my 10g salt water aquarium, I let it cycle for about a month and now I have a 2 inch starfish and 2 small clown fish inside (had them for 3 days. I don’t have any live coral cause I heard they’re hard to take car of for beginners but my fish and sea star seem healthy and active. Hopefully my sea star survives, pet store said they’re easy to take care of…
Most sea stars are going to outgrow a 10 gal (depending on what type) but I would say they are medium difficulty as long as you keep the aquarium stable
I have a 150 tank and most of my clean up crew has died within two days of a new sump install and water change. What happens ? All my levels are good but ph is a tad high this is upsetting me not knowing what happened. All my fish are fine just clean up crew. Pincushion sea urchin snails and shrimp all dead.
I have one and they are literally the best. They just require a hefty tank with good filter,a cleaning crew they won't be tempted to eat,and lots of the right types of food.
I should have watched this video 2 days ago. I’m that guy... “starfish are cool!” She said😩 I think he’s dead. Curled up into a ball within a few hours and hasn’t moved in a day🥺
I used to have a harlequin shrimp, I live on the coast in florida so star fish wash up all the time, so I was able to keep him for a few months on random wild starfish til I moved. lol.
Disagree about the tube anemone. As long as you feed them which is super fun they are easy. Put one in my tank as soon as it cycled. Word of caution though they will eat small fish but for me they are one of the coolest anemones to watch and feed. Also, most reefers put bubble tips in first so they can settle into a spot and stay before adding coral.
The sand sifting starfish is pretty easy. And I personally won't never buy another anemone, they just move too much so I always worry about it stung mu sps.
Normal Guy I don't think he chills it at all...he has LED lights and chillers aren't needed cause LEDs hardly bring heat or little at all. just tunes his heater to the desired heat ...I have a 22 gallon nano and don't need a chiller at all and ha e a heater set for 80degrees and is perfect my LEDs don't hear my water at all.
Harlequin shrimp are not hard to keep as long as you provide them w/ sea stars. I disagree with w/ that being an invert to avoid and tube anenomes are easy...had one for 7 years and going strong
So my Marine science class experienced all of this. In one year we had 3 suicidal starfish,a disappearing anemone, a jumping eel,and a sea cucumber that had it out for everything else in that tank. Also had a pufferfish that hated literally everyone and everything
😂😂😂
a yes mixing a puffer fish with inverts , anemones and what not, in a marine CLASS you would expect some kind of research but nope i guess
@@rev_6427
Pufferfish can be well-behaved with sessile inverts and echinoderms. They tend to go after crustaceans and gastropods more than anything.
@@VestedUTuber that's very unlikely, yes puffer fish can be trained but most will just go after all the things i stated before
So I had this chocolate chip starfish. I got it when I first started my tank after it cycled and it was good. I didn't have any problems keeping it alive. But the starfish was evil. It literally killed anything I put in the tank that was able to fit under its mouth. I used to love stars... now they are my enemy.
Also I 100% agree against getting an anemone... I have had 2 one was cheap, it was a seabay but the other was 62 dollar (and that was a cheaper one) green bubble tip anemone. I will not ever get one again until I have my own home and can dedicate a fair amount of time to my aquarium.
Kyley's Reefing starfish are vicious monster predators
Kyley's Reefing is mayonnaise an instrument
I was warned day one to not buy a choc chip starfish if I was going to have a reef tank. They aren't reef friendly.
I did try twice with the red starfish and they quite literally disintegrate. Luckily, they are cheap. I think I did water changes too often for them.
@@CrimsonTide72 same. I had a blue Linkia that fell apart limb by limb. I'm still traumatized by it and it was a few years ago.
The nude joke made me laugh so much
He edited it out I think
Amin that was the joke lol
I was researching getting into the salt water tank hobby and was leaning towards moon jellyfish. I was hoping they would pop up when I came across your video and I literally cheered when you announced the bonus invert. I definitely liked your video and will subscribe.
Any type of jelly is really hard to keep even for most experienced hobbyists ... Plus you usually have to have a chiller on your tank which tend to be pretty expensive and have to have the right shaped tank and proper flow so the jellies don't get injured and die. They're very sensitive to water quality changes.
Guys, remember- this video is for BEGINNERS who are looking for their FIRST INVERTS. This video is NOT a list on the hardest inverts except for the harlequin shrimp which is the only one on this list II think is hard to take care of without the presence of starfish. Starfish just need stability, for sea cucumbers just get a yellow one or one that doesn't get big if you are stupid enough to let a big one get sucked into a overflow. Sea slugs- only buy it if you know it isn't a bad one. Flame scallop- just be ready to buy food every 1-2 months, and do daily dosing and turn off your skimmer.
Hey gorge you should do 5 inverts that beginners should hove
I agree
Steenfott Aquatics I didn't know you watched saltwater videos😂 but I think I'm picking up what you're putting down😉 saltwater tank?
PrankThatGamer
It’s have
Hove? Do u mean have?
Now I had a 3 gallon tank but I recently got a 13.5 gallon tank, I was in Florida for vacation and I happend to find a starfish on the beach. I decided it would be a good addition to the tank so I brought it home in a tiny little Tupperware container for the whole 18 hour drive. It was in the 3 gallon for about a year and then I just had moved it into the bigger tank, it is still doing very well and I’ve never had any problems with him yet.
The sandsifter star fish is a good beginner starfish in my opinion, it doesn't eat all of the coral, they are pretty hardy and they clean the sand for scraps of food. They also don't get to big.
I thought this said introverts
😂 me too at first
Ok, so, regarding starfish, there's a couple species that tend to buck the trend and are decently hardy in an established tank. Chocolate Chip Stars are the main one of note, but also Blue Stars IF you have a lot of nuisance algae in your tank.
Sea Slugs... leave those to the marine biologists specifically researching them, regardless of your skill level, for the same reasons as in the video.
Honestly, I'd steer clear of ANY bivalve that isn't a Tridacna Clam for similar reasons, but especially scallops. Tridacna clams are photosynthetic, most other bivalves are not and require filter feeder foods.
Anemones... it really depends on the species. The really nice looking ones from the Pacific definitely need a stable tank but ones from the Caribbean seem to be significantly hardier. Downside with Caribbean anemones is that they have stronger stings and very few species of clownfish can successfully take one as a host - I've only ever seen anyone have luck paring them with Clarkies.
Now, one invert I'd like to add to the list of inverts beginners should avoid is any kind of non-photosynthetic coral, for reasons that should be self-explanatory. Long story short, non-photosynthetic corals need to be fed on top of their already tricky water quality requirements.
You are 1000% accurate, I have been doing my home work before bumping into this video and what I have found out is exactly what you have explained in this video. Most of these life forms look amazing but at the end of the day, they are just liabilities...
"dont buy starfish, they die"
"dont buy this shrimp, they eat starfish"
what if i buy both? *thinking face*
Akakaka I bought a candy anenome as one of the first purchases for my first salt water tank…. Surprisingly doing great and well fed and looks beautiful 👍🏻
I have a starfish and im a beginnner and he's established. He is also oddly cute and active.
Great video, two points to mention for anyone who sees this: most starfish eat slimes and biofilms. So even if your tank is huge, mature and paramaters are perfect, most starfish will eventually starve to death. These should be left in the ocean. Also on anemones, avoid the ritteri or magnifica anemone. Theyre nearly impossible to keep unless you devote a tank and LOTS of time to them
Most starfish are benthic predators actually
Most of these are spot on, I would respectfully disagree with the Anemone statement at least to some degree. I purchased a Bubble Tip Anemone (completely bleached) with my aquarium being established for about 3 months and was able to nurse it back to health completely. About 4 months later I purchased a Rose Bubble Tip Anemone and I've had nothing but issues with it; it won't eat, it moves constantly, it will go into hiding for weeks and pop back up randomly. Whether you get an anemone that's *easy to take care of* is determined by whether or not lady luck is on your side. Anyway, great video, keep up the good work.
Thanks George for all your videos. Your very helpful!! I’ve done saltwater in the past and just started up another one again and your videos have helped me get going once again. Thanks
Digging the intro
Really no-ice intro, dude. Keep on! Your attitude is cool.
Thanks for another very informative video to a old, new guy, George.
I agree 100% with everything you said. I have had all of these inverts at some point in the last 18 years or so and I had issues with all of them.
Id agree dont get a star fish when you're starting out but once I you undertand what ur doing get one there so much fun to keep !!
Well done.. i think i bought all of those when i first started. . lol learned the hard way
sorry i just had to comment that the starfish you recommended isn't a starfish, its a brittle star (ophiuroid) , related to star fish (asteroidea) but really good video! keep up the good work!! :) (sorry its the biology in me)
I have always had star fish from the start,you have to feed them kelp.they will live for a long time.i have one 5 years old now.
bks bks is it the kelp juice from sponge bob?
Hey George, Good to see a constant stream of content coming from you.
I assume these are prefilmed video, since basketball season is in full swing. How is the season at Lawrence going?
I have three of the five you named and they’re doing pretty good so far. But I did let my tank cycle three months before I put anything in there
Hey George, TY for sharing ur knowledge and posting info on youtube. I just subscribed (My 1st for any RUclips) I was stunned at ur young age at 1st, when u started making youtube vids.
Kudos to u!
Thank you, back in 2016 I used to have a slat water thank of 49 gallons, at that time I was a newbie and my thank last approximately around 3 months when everything went down my coral started dying my fishes started getting sick and I eventually gave up but now I want to start a new project again with a nano reef tank. This time I want to be more prepared, I want to have more patience and take the necessary time to make my nano reef tank a good looking one. Thank you for all your avise George.
George thanks for the great videos . I have found them very to be very useful. Two questions, can you show us how to correctly feed anemones and how to remove large bristle worms.
Hey I just started watching your videos. I will continue to do so :) very nice job man ! 👍👍
I asked my mom to get me a sea star once, she agreed.
I was 9.
That time, I didn’t even have a saltwater tank.
I didn’t get one though; I literally just realized that as I came into petco
Brain 100
The nudibranch for killing aiptasia are reef safe and are amazing.
The tiger tail cucumber is much easier to maintain than the others, it does not get crazy like you think it does.
Great video George always very informative keep the videos coming.
Star fish are one of the best cleaner in your tank.
😂🤣😂🤣 such a baby CoralFish12g!
Time sure does fly
Fantastic list; I wholeheartedly agree!
And here I thought Patrick was dumb because he lived under a rock!!!
candie1230 loool you are dumn b
daya you obviously didn't understand the joke. Looks like you're the one that's dumb!
dumb
daya dumber...
r/woooosh
Thanks you solved all my problems in my tanks
I absolutely understand the anemone part. i have the lighting necessary to keep one happy but I am still doing research. I have a 20 gallon right now with an ocellaris clownfish and a bicolor blenny, with a brittlestar as part of the cleanup crew (neat creature to watch eat, tho i'm pretty sure it ate all my hermit crabs so I'm probably going to get rid of it once i move tanks. I'm about to upgrade a 30 gallon tank within the next couple of days and i was going to return everything in the tank except or existing snails. Once i have a cleanup crew established and I finally get my nitrates from 20 to 0 is when I'll look into getting a bubble tip anemone as they are the easiest to keep. Another reason being is I plan on stocking that tank with a gold stripe maroon clown and a fuzzy dwarf lionfish. Maroon clowns love bubble tips and it would be cool to see that relationship.
Derek Durst 1
Am I the only one that comes back to his old videos for the nostalgia and old intros?
Sea slugs and sea cucumbers are the reason I want to start a reef tank. :D
Thanks for the very useful information 👍🙂
Thanks George it’s been helpful.
Great format for your vid bro. Very informative. I got a freshwater aquarium tho
I just started my first SW tank and bought some live rock, it has a tiny translucent anemone on it. Now two days on it's about twice it's original size
Good information as always... thanks George!
I learned about the starfish the hard way. I had a bright red one and it melted, I have a sand sifting one and it's doing really well. I added an anemone after 4 months and now I have 2 and they're doing great.
Melted??? 😭😭😭
Sand sifting star pretty easy to take care of and bubble tip and rock flower anemone are really hardy anything else are pretty much really sensitive.
I have a brittle starfish or some type a starfish like that and I have a royal gramma And I will also be adding a lawnmower blenny will the starfish go after them or should I be good
I have a massive adult tube anemone that I'm rehoming tomorrow due to size. But, I am a beginner in saltwater world terms (just over a year) and it has grown 3 to 4 inches since I got it. It requires a LOT of care so I make sure I provide that.
It gets plenty of mysis shrimp on the regular, but I also feed it a few nickel sized pieces of white dethawed shrimp from a seafood market. The actual hardest part is limiting your fish because these guys will eat fish like damsels and the basics. Anyway, just wanted to say that.
Looking forward to having the space for an anemone for my clowns now. Those tubes get so long and the substrate has to cover them well. They take up a LOT of space. So fair warning on that.
Chas, I'm puzzled. I have 3 tube anemones that have been with me for a few months and they've never tried to eat my clownfish or my wrasse...?
Gautam Bose I'm talking about "stupid" fish, such as damsels. Wrasse and clowns know better.
Hello George great vids. I'm thinking of a predator tank any advice or videos would be much appreciated thanks.
Great video and I definitely will never go out of my way to introduce any of these into my tank hahaha especially the nudibranch I go out my way to catch them and take them out of the tank 🤗
Please do a video of what should you do if you really like the look of a blue tang
Another great video my dude!
Awesome video and intro!
i disagree withy yours claims about anemone's they are quite easy to care for although you should have some general knowledge about reef keeping, also i've found a mature tank isn't needed whats so ever, also Condy's are predominately white aside from purple tips, i wouldn't tell people that a white Anemone means its sick/bleached because their is so many colour variations.
Richard Seguin I began with temperate anemones in nano when I moved to salt
Everything Aquatix agreed about condys but people need to know they move around and sting corals
Travis J. Reed I think corals are so much harder, but I think that where the experience needed most is where they are kept Together.
Everything Aquatix I agree with them the video is titled Things that new people to the hobby should avoid I am new to the hobby and for newbies anemones are evil they take so much care a newbie can’t keep up with the care levels
What about clams, would they make a good or bad beginner
Scallops, non-photosynthetic clams , and oysters are easy to take care of I've never kept flame scallops specifically but I don't think they would be that different.
The problem with Flame Scallops is that no-one really knows what they eat or how to feed them. They're dead in 3-4 months at most....
@@MrThegb they eat zooplankton, if it dies even if you fed it zooplankton try direct feeding
I think you should do a video on why keeping a Nemo themed tank is a bad (or good) idea, because I really don't know anything about fish.
but you know, the dentist tank from Finding Nemo
Well Dory is a royal blue tang and they grow big enough to require a tank more than 100 gallons. So anything smaller than that already kills your Finding Nemo idea... And I practice what I preach. I'd love a royal blue, or any other tang, but I can't do it because I've only got a 45 gallon.
Hey gorge - where do you get tour statistics about inverts from? I would like to know, as this would be a good reference for me when buying for my tank :) TIA
Can u do more Corel for beginners and how small do the fish have to for the starfish to eat them
George, great video! I have a year old tank and I'm struggling to keep my nitrates below 40. Can you do a video on nitrate control?
How many fish do you have and how big of a tank?
What's your opinion on the Lettuce Sea Slug, since that isn't a true sea slug, and is photosynthetic?
So don't buy an anemonie if you're a newbie... do clownfish need one? We were thinking of getting a small tank with 2 clownfish for my kids. What do you recommend? I don't want a huge tank though. I seen that you have a lot of info on your channel.
This was uploaded on my birthday in 2017!
You should check out blue sponges
Why are you so funny lol
He's not.
he never blinks
Whooooooooosh
@@annabellavetra true
#6 is berry true I recently lost my anemone I've have the tank up over 6 months but made a dumb mistake and never bought a sponge for my power head and that should tell the rest of the story but I am still new and learned my lesson
When I clicked on this video I totally knew stars, cucumber and slugs be on it. I think sea hares shouldn't be sold because even though they're good cleaners but are too good then they starve and die. Friend went through 3 hares because they kept dying, got to the point of taking the hare out of the water everyday and into a bucket to target feed. Thought you would of added clam to the list as I think they are less suitable for beginners than anemones. I got a bubble tip anemone and even though they can move around the tank and you have to cover the powerhead so it doesn't get sucked in my anemone has stayed put where I first placed it so been lucky.
Are those asterina pest starfish bad for your tank? I see them in other people’s tanks and stuff so I wanted to have one but are they bad to keep
when i was a kid my parents got a less than 5g tank with two starfish. one ate they other then they both died. really sad we didn’t have the research we do now! thanks for this video though
I've had my sandsifting starfish for a year and he's doing fine. Deep sand beds are 🗝️
I just started my 10g salt water aquarium, I let it cycle for about a month and now I have a 2 inch starfish and 2 small clown fish inside (had them for 3 days.
I don’t have any live coral cause I heard they’re hard to take car of for beginners but my fish and sea star seem healthy and active.
Hopefully my sea star survives, pet store said they’re easy to take care of…
Most sea stars are going to outgrow a 10 gal (depending on what type) but I would say they are medium difficulty as long as you keep the aquarium stable
I like the new look to the intro!
Awesome video as always 👍
I have a 150 tank and most of my clean up crew has died within two days of a new sump install and water change. What happens ? All my levels are good but ph is a tad high this is upsetting me not knowing what happened. All my fish are fine just clean up crew. Pincushion sea urchin snails and shrimp all dead.
i thought for number 6, you will say Cleaner shrimp. If they are indeed hard to keep and you mentioned it, it will truely break my heart.
You should do protein skimmers and the variety of different ones
Where do you buy your fish? You should make a video about where to get the best saltwater fish for beginners :)
Love the new intro!
Thank you for this! I’m wanting to start a coral tank, and I’d rather not kill a tank.
I got my clownfish an elegance coral and they are super happy and so is 'Legs' the coral
What about 5 inverts you recommend for beginners?
I've also wanted a flame scallop before but i heard that they are too hard to keep in captivity
I'm totally fine with having to wait to get my anemone, I have to wait to get my dogface puffer too anyway 😁
I have one and they are literally the best. They just require a hefty tank with good filter,a cleaning crew they won't be tempted to eat,and lots of the right types of food.
I should have watched this video 2 days ago. I’m that guy... “starfish are cool!” She said😩 I think he’s dead. Curled up into a ball within a few hours and hasn’t moved in a day🥺
quite a good list here
What about asterina starfish? Theres a shop where i live that has a ton of those with their corals
I used to have a harlequin shrimp, I live on the coast in florida so star fish wash up all the time, so I was able to keep him for a few months on random wild starfish til I moved. lol.
Disagree about the tube anemone. As long as you feed them which is super fun they are easy. Put one in my tank as soon as it cycled. Word of caution though they will eat small fish but for me they are one of the coolest anemones to watch and feed. Also, most reefers put bubble tips in first so they can settle into a spot and stay before adding coral.
great video. and great intro animation.
Make a video about How to culture pods!!
The sand sifting starfish is pretty easy. And I personally won't never buy another anemone, they just move too much so I always worry about it stung mu sps.
i get inverts not because they are great clean up crew but because they so cool so i always looking for a good shell for my hermit crab
Hi George, What's the name of the background song? Love your videos!
How do you chill your tank? I've looked through your vids and can't see what you use.
Normal Guy I don't think he chills it at all...he has LED lights and chillers aren't needed cause LEDs hardly bring heat or little at all. just tunes his heater to the desired heat ...I have a 22 gallon nano and don't need a chiller at all and ha e a heater set for 80degrees and is perfect my LEDs don't hear my water at all.
Alex Zafi what about on a hot day? Does the water not heat up?
I missed something. What are the only types of nudibranches I want?
Harlequin shrimp are not hard to keep as long as you provide them w/ sea stars. I disagree with w/ that being an invert to avoid and tube anenomes are easy...had one for 7 years and going strong
I had a sand sifting star fish that lived 20 years and i have a few lettuce nudibranch in my tank