You’d be surprised how many Pros still run T5’s or supplemental T5’s! They look great and work great! It’s not like we’re taking about Compact floro. Love T5’s!
Aside from lowering your flow to help stop the sand from blowing around, replacing the sand with a larger grain size is going to be your next best option. If you go with the latter option, just be sure do do this slowly over time as to avoid upsetting the tank's biological balance. The sand bed is a lot of surface area for beneficial bacteria that you'll end up removing in this process.
Cool idea. But putting rocks on top of sand is a nube mistake and a recipe for collapse in most situations. Flats on the bottom, sand around those then scape on top of the flats. Solid structure. Wrasses and CUC will move your sand.
@@yiccers if they are glued then it might not collapse, but I wouldn’t risk are fish getting caught under the structure when it inevitably moves due to critters and water flow. Put rocks in them sand around them, this is stable and doesn’t allow dead spots to form that cannot be cleaned.
@@jolernyou don’t need to cycle a tank to add corals…why are you spamming the same thing over and over here in the comments. So confidently wrong it hurts! 😂🤡
So you’re not going to cycle the tank and instead rely entirely on a bag of rock rubble to do that for you over time…. Then you’re going to sustain LPS coral without nitrates or phosphates in the tank…. But you’re going to just add red sea elements and expect everything to just work out ok… 🫤 It’s really a chicken or the egg thing because your build is completely dependent on knowing someone else who has an already established system. This info is utterly worthless to new reefers, which is probably going to be the main demographic watching this short.
Will you provide an update to prove all these know it alls wrong? Jake Adam’s did exactly this, and so have I. I’ve experienced no issues. Too many clowns are under the assumption you need to wait 6 months to cycle a tank before adding corals. Which of course is wrong.
@@brickedupproductions1038 corals require nutrients. Nutrients (nitrate and phosphate) will cause a cycling event. You don't add corals to a tank until after it's been cycled and has adauqete anaerobic bacteria to continue the cycle. Try running lps/sps in a tank without nutrients and see how it goes.
@@brickedupproductions1038 I can tell you with a high degree of certainty and after nearly two decades of keeping all types of coral, including euphyllia that you are 100% incorrect. Corals are not plants. They’re animals are are still dependent on having an ammonia and nitrite-free environment, which is something you’re not going to have without cycling.
Using pre-seeded rock and biological media definitely helps. If you get the lights dialed in and pay attention to dosing calcium and alkalinity in the early going, it might be easier than you'd think 😀
Everybody saying this set up cost a lot but it actually would cost roughly around $1200 for everything tbh. There’s plenty of AIO nano tanks for under $250 that have great quality. Every coral that was put in there was probably $40-$80 .
Not for corals you don’t…ammonia doesn’t affect corals. I personally added corals day number one on my new set up and every thing is great. There are plenty of videos out there that explain in more depth. Showing the process and explaining the misconception that you need to cycle a tank before adding corals. But hey, keep thinking that 🤡
Please watch Jake Adam’s do the same exact thing with no problem in his 1day nano reef 5 part series. Y’know…the one that updates you over the course of 2 years with absolutely 0 issue.
After you just spent $5 grand.
Hahah exactly what I was going to say when clicking on the comments!
@@AKREEFGUY hey man I live in Wasilla. I watch your channel.
@@brianhorn6462 Very cool! Thanks for the support. Do you have a reef tank?
@@AKREEFGUY ayo. I also live in wasilla. And watch your channel.
@@joshuaspath6923 Very cool! Thanks for the support.
That’ll be $7k sir. Cash or card?
Fantastic. Enjoy!!!
How to spend 3 months salary in 30 seconds
T5 fixture wow old school but smart
You’d be surprised how many Pros still run T5’s or supplemental T5’s!
They look great and work great!
It’s not like we’re taking about Compact floro.
Love T5’s!
Those corals are all gonna overgrown trust me chyle
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And then everything dies because of nitrite
There’s more than enough bacteria on those corals to deal with that.. just don’t add 10 fish.
corals dont care, nitrite is supposedly non toxic in sw anyways even for fish but corals dont care for the cycle much but just stability in general
@@tomthebomb3189 I think he meant nitrate but no one runs 0 nitrate anymore either.
Nitrite is non-toxic in marine aquaria.
@@insanity4224 compared to how many bacteria u regulary need to use, that tank basically is sterile xD
Dope. 😮💨 time and money we'll spent 👏
If only it was that easy!
Rocks before sand. More stable.
Daily feeding?
Coral with no fish is like flowers with no bees
What light?
It looks amazing I made a mistake and got Fiji pink and my sand blows everywhere what can I do guru?
Aside from lowering your flow to help stop the sand from blowing around, replacing the sand with a larger grain size is going to be your next best option. If you go with the latter option, just be sure do do this slowly over time as to avoid upsetting the tank's biological balance. The sand bed is a lot of surface area for beneficial bacteria that you'll end up removing in this process.
Awesome idea thank you
Damn I can't wait to flex this 😂
What brand are these t5 bulbs?
Cool idea. But putting rocks on top of sand is a nube mistake and a recipe for collapse in most situations. Flats on the bottom, sand around those then scape on top of the flats. Solid structure. Wrasses and CUC will move your sand.
Will collapse after the super glue he said to add?
@@yiccers if they are glued then it might not collapse, but I wouldn’t risk are fish getting caught under the structure when it inevitably moves due to critters and water flow. Put rocks in them sand around them, this is stable and doesn’t allow dead spots to form that cannot be cleaned.
I want to get in the hobby really bad, but it is not cheap at all 😂
and not efficient whatsoever when you make a video killing an entire tank of coral in an uncycled tank
Freshwater tanks are better anyway
@@jolernyou don’t need to cycle a tank to add corals…why are you spamming the same thing over and over here in the comments. So confidently wrong it hurts! 😂🤡
So you’re not going to cycle the tank and instead rely entirely on a bag of rock rubble to do that for you over time…. Then you’re going to sustain LPS coral without nitrates or phosphates in the tank…. But you’re going to just add red sea elements and expect everything to just work out ok… 🫤 It’s really a chicken or the egg thing because your build is completely dependent on knowing someone else who has an already established system. This info is utterly worthless to new reefers, which is probably going to be the main demographic watching this short.
If it only was that easy
Will you provide an update to prove all these know it alls wrong? Jake Adam’s did exactly this, and so have I. I’ve experienced no issues. Too many clowns are under the assumption you need to wait 6 months to cycle a tank before adding corals. Which of course is wrong.
Don’t used super blue try glue special for corals that will not harmed your bacteria.
So no cycle? Just assemble and add $1000+ of lps, relax and enjoy? Cool story bro.
Corals don’t need a cycled tank lol
@@brickedupproductions1038 corals require nutrients. Nutrients (nitrate and phosphate) will cause a cycling event. You don't add corals to a tank until after it's been cycled and has adauqete anaerobic bacteria to continue the cycle. Try running lps/sps in a tank without nutrients and see how it goes.
Hopefully that bag of seeded media will save it
@@brickedupproductions1038 sure bud keep dreaming
@@brickedupproductions1038 I can tell you with a high degree of certainty and after nearly two decades of keeping all types of coral, including euphyllia that you are 100% incorrect. Corals are not plants. They’re animals are are still dependent on having an ammonia and nitrite-free environment, which is something you’re not going to have without cycling.
You need a super stable aquarium and a lot of maintenance, testing and experience to keep corals like that or they will quickly die.
Using pre-seeded rock and biological media definitely helps. If you get the lights dialed in and pay attention to dosing calcium and alkalinity in the early going, it might be easier than you'd think 😀
Everybody saying this set up cost a lot but it actually would cost roughly around $1200 for everything tbh. There’s plenty of AIO nano tanks for under $250 that have great quality. Every coral that was put in there was probably $40-$80 .
Still no one wants to spend that much
@@fistfirst7355 I feel that, it is a very expensive hobby and if you don’t know what you’re doing ; you’re just going to waste money.
@@ShiaLeboof facts
Bro your trippin torches especially of that nice color are like 140 a pop
@@mikeyaquatics idk where you’re paying that but torches that small and single head around me go for $60-$80 . Im in Texas btw.
what about the ugly phase?? You can't turn down the lights to combat an algae outburst if your corals need full light
How can live rocks has blue and violet color? I think live rocks only red.
Everyone saying 5k yeah maybe 3 years ago
Almost 100 per coral
No speedup, real time
Everything is going to die...gotta let the tank cycle.
Not for corals you don’t…ammonia doesn’t affect corals. I personally added corals day number one on my new set up and every thing is great. There are plenty of videos out there that explain in more depth. Showing the process and explaining the misconception that you need to cycle a tank before adding corals.
But hey, keep thinking that 🤡
awesome just spent 5k to kill an entire tank of corals good job thank u
T5's... yuck!
Right? I was using t5s on my softies back in 2010 not so much nowadays
The trick is to just have money
Lol don't add red sea ab+ everyday to a nano tank with zero mechanical filtration, you will regret it.
In a nutshell.
whats next in life for this guy 😂
I never knew people glued coral onto rock . 😂😂
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So much wrong with this. Please watch 52 weeks by brs
Please watch Jake Adam’s do the same exact thing with no problem in his 1day nano reef 5 part series. Y’know…the one that updates you over the course of 2 years with absolutely 0 issue.
Horrible advice