Dream Reef Tank - 2023 Wrap Up
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Final video of the year and it seemed fitting to do it in front of the Dream Reef Tank. 2023 has been a HUGE year for both this tank and this channel, so I thought I'd take the opportunity to have an update on the tank including some juicy top-down DSLR footage.
I love those Australian Stripey's, but you are right... as they get bigger they eat more and more corals, I recommend you get him out before he destroys all of your LPS
Think I might have to :(
What’s lights do you use?
bit of a mix. Philips coral care gen 2 are the main lights, then I have some Kessil a360x and a500x plus some light bars from Orphek that I am contemplating replacing with somethink like AI blades
Have the same problem with my stripey, he smashed all the aiptasia really quickly but has done a pink tip elegance and now onto hammer, he has to go,,,,
Yep, caught him out in ten seconds with some food and a net. 😂
WOW 😮 it looks great you have done a great job and came a long way from where you started with your dream tank be safe and enjoy the New Year you and your family
Thanks so much! 😊
Poor gem tang :’(
Such a beautiful tank though :)
He will hopefully pull through :)
Hi sir i want make aluminium stand for aquarium my tank water capacity is 65 gallon can you guide which profile size is best 45×45 or 45×60 can guide me please i need stand size is
Length 42 inches
breath 18 inches
Hight 30 inches
Yeah I replied to your previous comment, impersonating ally would look at framing techs website to get some ideas for designs and profiles
Afternoon Sam, couple of questions, didn’t know where to reach out to. I have a case 1200 peninsula and was wondering if I should wait for the new reef factory dosing unit or buy one of the current one?
Second- what skimmer would you recommend?
Three - what brand are those fans your using on top of your tank?
Afternoon!
You’d be fine with the current one. The new one will cost more and is really only beneficial if you want it to dose live foods and empty the line back into the container. Skimmer, lots and lots of options! I really like seatorch, but go with what your local fish shop carries and recommends. Dalua, Red Sea, mantis, octopus, so many great options.
The fans are just breville desk fans that I mounted upside down
Tank looking great and really growing in well.
What is your peak ph ?
Keep up with the voogle I dose 100ml every weekend and 100ml easy life filter medium.
I’m a voogle believer now!! Peak ph is about 8.2
Amazing mate , your tank became absolute amazing ( sry for your Gem tang ) btw what mm is your sand ? 4-6 ? Cheers
Thank you! Pleased to say my gem has made a full recovery.
From memory the sand was 2-4mm?
Where did you get the new RF gear from? I haven't seen anyone in Australia selling their new gear yet. Been waiting. Cheers
I managed to get an early release :)
Hi Sam, why do you have wave makers that go from back to front on your tank. Is it just for corals?
Yes water flow for coral. I have them on the back wall for aesthetic purposes:)
Looking great! Sorry to hear of your losses, could have been worse of course. Any updates on the CADE frag tank?
It’s running! But I think I might move it to Dave’s new shop soonish
@ParkersReef Ah gotcha mate. Just got mine running, plumbing the clarisea fleece roller to a CADE was pretty tricky!
easy if you use some of the sanking flex pipe!
the walt disney definitely died from lack of flow and the fox flame i believed died cause that one spot seems too be a bad hot spot and your cooking them
Thanks for the input 👍🏻
how havent your anthias killed each other yet? im guessing because there is so much distraction?
They still slowly do, but the more you have the better they do. I did find my male lyretail biting the digi the other day though 😂
Could you please share the model of those amazing fans that have movement. I need them for my MH tank
they're breville desk fans, I just mounted them upside down to my light frame
You should aim for a natural habitat , let that fish 🐟 nip on stuff and enjoy himself lmao
The angel can nip away, favourite fish. The stripey on the other hand…
I’ve found red dragon loves to melt for no reason after 2 years of doing great etc.
Haha right on track then! 😅
My stripey demolished a really big elegance I had.
Yeah time he goes
Tank looks amazing Sam, following your system in 2023 was a pleasure to follow. Cant wait for 2024💪
Awesome! Thank you!
99% sure that's a fungal infection in your gem tang. Pull him into a QT tank, and treat him with anti-fungal medications.
happy to say that the 5 day Voogle treatment sorted him out nicely :)
So glad to hear that sorted it out Sam!
you and me both!
Looks amazing. Keep up the nori with the Gem Tang? Heard someone mentioning diet has a huge impact. Good luck.
Gem tang is fully healed! Was Ana amazingly quick recovery
@@ParkersReef Great news man! What do you think did the trick, or was it a number of things?
I'm fairly confident it was the Voogle!
This looks like it will take over your life😮😮
Haha not sure about that, the tank is fairly well on auto pilot these days :)
The tankblooks great. The corals are so vibrant. It's almost like you know what you are doing lol. The gem tang issue is very worrisome. It looks like he was attacked. I really hope he heals up. The good thing is he is eating aggressively. If you do get AI blades which will you get the glows or grows?
Grow was my plan :)
Yes fingers crossed for the poor Gem
Tank is looking amazing, regarding your gem I would be tempted to try some melafix baths to help speed the healing, I like H2O2 baths but I wouldn't recommend that for an open wound like that. Your Atlantic blue looks a bit under weight to me, I like my tangs proper fat I find it works well to keep aggression down. Wishing you and the family a great 2024 :)
Gem is almost fully healed 🙌🏻
Yeah Atlantic has got skinny, will fatten him up some more
The easy life voogle treatment do u have to turn skimmer of pls
Nope, but should remove carbon
Ok ty
Man I'm absolutely jealous!!! You got a work of art in there!!! congrats on your tank!!!! and in your camera habilities, many hobbysts have nice tanks, but don't know how to show them very well.👏👏👏🙌🙌🙌🐙🐠🐟🐚
Thanks a bunch!
Did you see the small crab inside the pc rainbow ? 34:04 what is it ? Good or bad ? 😅
Yeah little acro crab. He’s good 👍🏻
Thx, i learn every day more, your videos are great and educational👌
Much appreciated :)
The tank is sure looking mighty fine! Great job man.
Much appreciated
Happy New Year my friend 🎉
Not sure if you noticed the crab in between the branches of the PC Rainbow.
Yes I did, he’s not doing any harm :)
Happy new years to you 👍🏻
Your tank is looking absolutely stunning. Fantastic growth. Top down view is out of this world.
Would love to see a comparison of the lights. Hopefully soon.
Looking forward to keep watching your channel during 2024. Happy new year.
Thanks! Will do!
Wheres the blonde naso?
Lost some time ago sadly. Was mentioned in a previous update
Just personal thought. I think in the future you should change the wave maker to some other brands like Tunze, so you could point the direction to the surface. This may create more room for the coral to grow. Currently the vortechs only flow direct straight, i dont think they can grow direct to the flows.
Actually have a large tunze in the top back corner on both sides angled towards the surface for this reason :)
thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Beautiful tank, how many gallons is the tank?
Thank you! It’s around 380 gallons
@@ParkersReef Thanks.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks again for all the fantastic content in 2023. Your videos have definitely inspired me to jump back into the hobby..
Are you still running the nano tank?
Glad to hear it! I don't still have the waterbox cube 20, but I do still have my red sea 130d and my Cade frag tank although I am looking to shut both of those down this year to focus on my main display
I have the same issue with corals underneath stn ing. I suspect the coral doesnt have enough energie to feed te remaining tissue or the tissue underneath gets easily effected. I think its because of the uv steriliser because it kills good bacteria. I myself had toxic dinos that were killing these corals. Most sps Doing fine and Some just Dying out of no where but mos of the times only the tissue that was not getting enough light. I did not see any dino’s no Brown or anything but when i raised temp to 27 C and doses microbe lift special blend i notced it stopped. I wouldn’t recommend raising temp because your gem tang is infected but maybe dose bacteria. Some corals also bleached that were in the light for instance my hammer was white but recovered. I suspect the toxic prevents corals from taking nutrients and then it kills them…
I’ll keep it in mind, thank you!
Looks amazing
Thanks mate!
Incredible system, that pink tables growth looks really natural, awesome. How much are you having to feed to keep nutrients up ?
I feed around 12 cubes of frozen food a day
Happy New Year Sam 🤙🏽 it’s looking AMAZING 🤩
Thank you!!
Reefs looking amazing Sam 👌 I've got a bit of a Debbie downer on the reef factory stuff. When they launched the new update it threw everything out and now it won't let me reconfigure anything. Just comes up with error. Bit of a nightmare. Your colours are rocking
Ah that’s a bummer mate!! Hopefully support can help you get it all back online
Feliz Año👍
Happy new year!
Love watching videos on your tank Sam. I am very interested in a comparison between supplemental lighting bars such as AI Blades and Reef flare 2s, maybe even Vitamini.
Will see what I can do mate, thanks for the support!
The tank looks fantastic. Keep us updated with your Gem Tang. hope the treatment works. I'm up for the video about the lights. All the best for new year. Thanks Sam!
Thanks mate!!! I’m super proud to say that he’s 95% healed today which is say four of the five day treatment, so I think he’ll make it just fine!!
Had the same problem with the Orphek lights.. and I heard from my LFS owner the customer service is non responsive.. what a shame
Yeah…
That's one beautiful gorgeous amazing. Aquarium. Peace peace
Thank you!!
Looking forward to seeing the reviews on the new products from reef factory like the reef bars 2 and the new dosing pumps & maybe compare them with a redsea doser as well. and the other goodies from reef factory would be great.
Will see what I can do, thanks for watching!
What a tank sir, looks outstanding. Atlantic Blue looks a tad bony, maybe more nori would calm it down some. That tank front view is amazing, all those colors.
Yeah he is a bit, trying to pump the food into him :)
Hi, always great videos! I m waiting for the long term review of the reef factory smart tester. Until then, happy new year!
Happy new year! Yeah will see if I can do one in the medium term future. I’ve been super impressed with the phosphate side of things though!
What about trying the illumagic vitamini lights? Id love to see how they compare to a set of blades.
Will consider them too!!
Great Aquarium.The carduus growing really fast in your tank.
Appreciate it mate, thank you for watching :)
How's the tang doing?
So far so good, but not out of the woods yet
that looks amazing. So crazy!!
Thank you!
Tank is looking awesome as always, well done. Glad to see the hybrid angel doing so well love the variation in colour of corals and fish. Love seeing your videos, missing mine when I see your tank 😢
Fingers crossed for the Gem tang and speedy recovery.
Thanks Ruwani, appreciate your kind words. Must be time to reboot your tank soon????
That looks like a wound from a large Tang. On the East coast of the USA, 37 years experience with reef aquariums and 18 in the industry. Atlantic tangs are a NONO! Super Aggressive and literally the out bull of tangs. The Aussie Stripy… Angels… I’m so surprised you have had great success with those fish. Cool to see.
I’m about 40 min from Jason Fox. Haven’t been in the hobby for more than a decade. Jason’s collection back then was insane. Ciggs ashes and all!
Atlantic has been in for a bit over two years now and whilst being the boss, hasn’t caused too much drama. But I’ll keep an eye on him.
Happy to report the voogle appears to be working and gem wound is reducing!
@@ParkersReef so happy for you. The Gem tang is amazing back in 2008 I had a Guy out of Baltimore MD who knew one of the Divers who went to Mauritius to collect Gems. $10k for some of the larger. I’ve been out for a long time and honestly your videos has helped me get into looking at it again. I owned a reef store and maintenance company for 12 years, started before the LED craze. I’m amazed at what is going on now. I live about 30 min from Jason fox. I have some stories about the industry back then and some tragic tales of loosing a once in a decade coral shipment and a mated pair of Japanese Pygmy Angels… I can tell you things that you wouldn’t believe!
I can only imagine mate! Thanks for watching, I really appreciate it!
Sam, your corals look amazing. The growth rate among has been great. You should try giving your Gem tang a melafix or H202 bath. I have a Watanabe angel with the same issue and it cleared up within one week. I can give you the formula I used if interested. Keep up the good work. Thanks for the tour. Happy New years to you & the family.
Thanks mate! The Gem is on day 3 of the Voogle treatment and is looking much better, so I am going to keep going with that for the time being. If it takes a turn for the worse, I will jump onto melafix I think :)
@@ParkersReef Hope he pulls through. The fact that he’s eating like a champ is good. The Nori will help his immune system.
He’s looking great today :)
@@ParkersReef That’s great.. 👏
Out of curiosity, how do you get such good pictures? When I take pictures of my tank it's all blue.
Filters are key with blue led
$20 clip-on yellow/amber lens for my phone
Can only dream of getting my tank look half as good as yours
Too kind, thanks mate
I love how you keep the back of your tank clean that’s such a pet peeve of mine very hard for me to watch the video where the back is full of coralline algae.
Yeah I love a clean back wall, really makes the whole tank pop in my opinion :)
Completely agree, I love a clean back wall - really makes the corals pop!
Hey mate. Tank looks amazing like always ❤
Appreciate it mate!
Impressive indeed. Great work mate.❤
Thank you! Cheers!
Your tank looks Amazing 🔥
Thank you! Appreciate it :)
Just told Siri to set a 92 min timer :)
Not long now!!
Masterpiece aquarium ❤
Thank you, too kind!
Happy new year 🥂
Happy new year!!
Hey Bud,
Im after some red dragon frag,
How can we contact each other
Where are you located mate?
@@ParkersReef Sydney Campbelltown 2560
@@ParkersReef hey bud let me know if you can post.
@@aana992 post is tough to be honest.. Perhaps try a place like ARC in Sydney, I reckon they'll have some available
When did all the stn and rtn start happening curious if it was around the time you used the antibiotics for onyx.
Well before that, voogle has only been last two days and the couple of rtn pieces were from a month ago. Good thinking though!!