Thank you sir! Sorry that I missed your comments. The yellow box fish was such a cutie, but it couldn't handle flow so well especially during feeding hours. Consequently I gave it to my friend to put in his sea horse tank and they got along.
I picked up a Halloween Orange Urchin, Lawnmower Blenny, a Cleaner Shrimp, and some sand snails to add to my tank. I am worried though that I might not have enough algae for them
Amazingly beautiful reef tank. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I’m happy to see that you have had a good experience with your sea cucumber. Based on what I read online, I was afraid to introduce one in my aquarium because of their potential toxicity.
Thank you for your words and your introduction that is the way I truly feel too with everything I do. Without the support of so many we would never be able to share and grow what we love in this hobby! Beautifully said!! What an absolutely beautiful aquarium and thank you for the information as I'm starting my journey to hopefully set up a saltwater tank in the near future! Right now I only have planted dirted fresh water tanks which I truly love and aquascaping! But there's just something so captivating about a beautiful saltwater tank with all the corals and the different fish! A work of art! Thank you for sharing 🙏♥️🌿🐟🌿🐠🐡
Thank you for your thoughtfulness and your words of encouragement. I would never be able to start up reef keeping without the support of so many in the online community. I once had a freshwater tank which I loved pretty much as well. I was simply running out of time as the plant grew so fast that I had to trim every other day. I saved a lot of time in reef keeping as corals grew relatively slowly. Thank you for sharing your stories and wish all your dreams come true!
Your tank is absolutely stunning, watching your videos gives me so much inspiration, would love to see a video on your sump and what filtration you used
@@ralphjustineestil4124 As a rule of thumb, the larger the tank, the less maintenance effort is needed. I once had a quarantining tank which was 10 gallon large. I had to wash filter floss everyday to maintain the water level or the water top-up would not function. Meanwhile in addition to chemicals, I had to replenish salt everyday to keep salinity stable. Let alone trace elements, which were indeed very difficult to control for a 10 gallon. My observation is, budget tank comes with costly maintenance. There's no free lunch.
This chanel will grow in no time. Grate material imoresive way of explaining and grate avises for success. Have a grate 2021. This chanel will be atleast 10k su s by 2022.
One of the best tanks out there.. love your reef! Thanks for the update once again! Personally, I went with astrea snails (bad spelling) thus far - they are doing a great job on the rock and glass. You are correct in your observation that they rarely go to the sand. I think that they are good algae eaters that other beginners can try, and a very easy to keep clean up crew :)
How do you keep your bubble tip anemone still or not move around and look so good? Mine keep moving around after a few weeks and I have to move the other coral around. Thks Greg
Try to put their feet in rock crevices without flow directly hitting them and surround the caves with branching live rocks that they can lean on when opening up. They will not move around in places they feel comfy. Give it a try and let us know how it goes. Wish you good luck!
Will do in the next post. But FYI, the lights are Red Sea LED 90, and are on at 8am and off at 7pm, with blue peaking at 80% and white at 55%. Moonlight is set at 10%. Yes, I'm filming with a physical filter. Hope that helps.
hello I love your videos are very inspiring. I have a question. The hermit crabs that you name in the video are those of the species Clibanarius Tricolor that are very small or the Calcinus elegans these are larger.
Thank you very much! I bought the smaller ones from LFS, and found bigger ones in tide pools at night. Both are reef safe as long as they are all blue legged.
@@sh4doi I cleaned everything in the reactor at the very early stages of the tank. I kept doing so until green algae appear. I just took a portion out then, leaving the rest in there to maintain a healthy pod population.
@@zzyz gotcha. I heard the dino part but couldn't make out the yellow tang detail. I never had that experience but will note to keep an eye out for that. Thanks and love the channel!
@@rrrreefer9721 Thank you for sharing your experience with the yellow tang exposed to nopox. Maybe it was just my tang failing to get accustomed to the chemical. But I did have multiple confirmations that the red streaks disappeared as soon as I stopped dosing nopox.
As there are four fish at the frame specified, I'm uncertain which one you are talking about, but they are green chromis, six line wrasse, damsel and anthias. I bought the garden eel from a local fish store. Yellow ones are less commonly seen than the spotted ones.
Thank you Ari. I do use activated carbon to absorb chemicals that corals emit. But I won't attribute the water clarity to activated carbon. I think clean-up crew decomposing detritus into smaller particles that are brought into the overflow and captured by filter floss is the major reason. I haven't changed water in the past 6 months as I see no difference of coral response in water changing. Having said that, I do dose regularly to replenish sea salt and a variety of chemicals to the water column that are essential to coral growth.
Happy new Roger, change of strategy for me Po4 down to 0.00 -0.02 , and will feed corals daily 3 x avitro fuel & alternative 2x Phytoplankton , to my 75 gallon (fully stocked )mixed reef . Loosing 1 Sps ☹️ 🤷🏻♂️ and a blue clam after saying that it was only 2 inches long 😭and they do say there hard to keep🙄 Looking forward to the next videos 🤞😀🏴
Sorry to hear that you lost 1 SPS, but there's no guarantee. Sometimes it's not your fault. They just can't adapt to the captive environment, especially those in light colors. My observation is that SPS with relatively big polyps tend to survive and thrive better. Thank you and wish you good luck!
Thank you! My main pump is set to nearly 10 times the volume of the tank, at roughly 2500L/h, if this is what you've asked for. And sure, I'll keep it on!
What a nice tank, I have a question I hope you can help me. I have an algae reactor similar like yours, but my chaeto gets covered for other kind of algaes and it dies, what do I do, let that other algae grow? Thank you!
Thank you! Chaeto may not be able to outcompete the other micro algae. Just let the other algae grow. The types of algae in the reactor will change from time to time due to shifts in nutrient balance. They will eventually stabilize in about 6 months time when you'll see greenish algae proliferate. If you have other algae you prefer to culture, you can put them in the breeder box instead of in the reactor. I have cultured in three boxes bunches of sea lettuce which I harvested for soup or salad.
Great Video! I am definitely subscribing! If you read me, can you please tell the algae reactor you are using? Beautiful tank... hope someday mine looks like yours.
Thank you Joeh. Really appreciate that. I'm using an algae reactor of a small Chinese brand, which I bought simply because its cheap price. Function wise, it's similar to other big names, such as Kraken, which I recommend. I believe patience is the key in reef keeping. Keep up and wish you good luck!
How about nassarius snails? I know they are good at stirring up the sand bed. I cant seem to get any snails that are worth having. They basically just stay in one spot for days and none are active on sand bed beside nassirus. Cerith seem to do a good job on rock and glass. Astrea dont move and even my turbos dont do much except the glass and I figure whats the point because its not like they will keep the whole glass clean! Hermits are great for detritus. I just wonder how you feel about nassarius for sand beds?
Thank you for mentioning nassarius snails. I don't personally have experience with these snails. Despite moving on sand, these are carnivores. They will probably not help with algae issues such as cyanos on sand.
@@meakin2424 I control nutrients simply by using the algae reactor. No NOPOX dosing. I maintain PH by keeping KH stable any time at 9.3. Of course you can adjust KH anywhere between 8-12 as most reefers agree, but I find KH below 10 achieves the best polyp extension, and above 9 for fast growing. You won't have any issue with PH should you keep KH stable in range.
Thank you so much for doing this video!!!! Just right in music and info with great video!! Very helpful I’m getting a sea cucumber very soon with some blue leg hermit crabs. I have a GHA scrubber that needs help with GFO and NoPox to keep levels low. Thinking of a Cheato reactor might help to be able to back off of the GFO & NoPox. What are your thoughts??. Running UV as well and having Dinos. Your help is greatly appreciate.
Thank you Michael! GHA is nightmare. Tuxedo urchin will eat some, but if you have a lot, it takes tremendous time to eliminate them. Cheato reactor is a must and a great deal of patience is also needed. If you stop NOPOX dosing, dinos will be gone automatically. UV is not needed.
@@zzyz thank you. I have a Clear Water algae scrubber now and very little Algae in main display. Using GFO for PO4 and want to add a cheato reactor to help and get rid of GFO and NoPox. Would this work you think?
@@michaelbalsley6041 Great to hear that! This should definitely work. You can get rid of GFO and NoPox once the algae in the reactor start to proliferate.
Your tank is beautiful 🥰 what size is your tank? Also what filtration system do you have? Over hang, sump or refugium? Can you place the link to the algae reaction you recommend?
Thank you! Mine is a Red Sea 250 70g tank. I use the default filtration that comes with the tank. There is a sump underneath, where I have filter floss, protein skimmer and biopellets. I'm going to talk about filtration specifically in my future episodes. The algae reactor I've been using is from a small Chinese manufacturer, which is only selling domestically. I would recommend bigger brands such as Kraken if you're interested to add one.
Thank you. Although BTAs are sensitive to nitrates (especially above 20), they are otherwise pretty robust creatures that are easy to take care of. If you don't want them to grow too fast, just stop target feeding them. To place them where you want, simply remove them at night when they contract into a bud, put them in an intended rock crevice, they will fix in there and blossom the next day. To help them extend from the rock crevice, you can place some branch rocks around the crevice and I bet they'll make good use of them.
Your tank is outstanding. I have a question, I'm setting up a 50gal lagoon FOWLR with maybe some hearty branch corals but would like to add a couple anemones for two clownfish. Are clowns caught in the ocean more likely to 'friend' an anemone than breeder clowns? I want to give them and me the best chance at a trusting relationship. I just saw my answer in another of your videos.😂🐠 Thanks for all the info.
@@iheartmedia1712 I’m using an algae reactor from a small Chinese supplier simply because of its cheap price. I would recommend big brands such as Kraken if you want to add one.
It’s a common specimen but looked entirely different when I bought it from LFS. I would say a healthy green nem should have looked the way it was in the video.
Hi Roger, Very beautiful tank. What do you feed sexy shrimps?? Also hermits are okay with snaiks?? Mine are killing snails for shells. Also what type if care needed for goniopora? Mine closed after two months Thank you.
Thank you Sachin. I don't feed sexy shrimps specifically, but I do broadcast feed coral food twice a day, frozen food twice, brine shrimp nauplii and shrimp powder daily. Unlike crabs or red leg hermits, blue leg hermits are okay with snails. I have an episode on goniopora care. Feel free to check it out: ruclips.net/video/wldlCzuUzSA/видео.html
Absolutely stunning reef tank, I wish I could re do my entire tank and make it exactly like yours. Its excellent. What light do you use? Also....new subscriber and shoutout on Instagram🤙
Thank you Carmine! Really appreciate that! I use Red Sea LED 90, which is good enough in my opinion. I wish you the best of luck with all your endeavors and happy reefing!
Thank you! Yes, I run 24/7 and let the algae of different species compete and balance by themselves. But if you prefer to culture certain macro algae of your preference, such as grape algae, then you have to stay alert and prevent them from going sexual.
@@edpeters9425 I started with no algae at all. Different algae will flourish at different stages of the tank. But generally you will expect to start with brownish algae towards greenish in the end.
I'm using Jiebao OW-25 at lowest speed and lowest knob frequency. But their newer model SOW-8 is an awesome upgrade if you need complete silence. I'm going to talk about flow in my next episode.
Yes of course. But an algae reactor has a nice feature that the light is contained within so that other chambers of the refugium would not be contaminated by algae.
Hey roger I wn ask questions Can you build a new tank from scratch and make videos like a guide for beginners? Ex : how long should there be a cycle? How can we choose corals? How long after we can add coral and fish? Which one add to aquarium first (fish?, coral? cleaning crew?)
Hi Aydiner, it's a pity I cannot build a new tank due to space limitation at home, but I'll talk about system build and maintenance in my future updates. To answer your questions, a cycle is typically 6 months when microorganisms start to reach a relative balance. You can introduce clean up crew to the tank in the first week and start to add fish in about 3 months as some live rocks carry ich / velvet that infect fish if you put in too early. And it's better to add in LPS corals and nems after the cycle is done as they are more sensitive to water quality. Finally in with SPS coral if chemicals are kept extremely stable at very narrow ranges. I have another episode on species selection. Feel free to check it out: ruclips.net/video/cv68QVlELNY/видео.html
@@zzyz roger i will make new setup 40 gallon reef tank , can you tell me how many clean up crew inverts i need to add Blue leg , what kind snail , cucumber , shrimps ? Please if you have time can you write me ? Think like you setup new 40gallon tank
@@aydinerusul1362 Aydiner, that sounds exciting! 10 blue leg hermits, 5 turbo snails (other snails are subject to crab predation), 1 black cucumber, 1 peppermint shrimp (to kill aiptasia), 2 marble shrimps, will probably do the job for you.
Thank you! Really appreciate that! I’ll talk about lighting in the next few episodes but in a nutshell, 50% white and 70% blue to peak at noon for roughly 10 hours a day.
It’s weird that you say don’t go with a sand sifting Golby.. I had one and after having it for a bit I went to clean underneath the sand like I would do every so often. To my surprise there wasn’t hardly anything there since the golby was put in the tank.
I bought two algae reactors from small manufacturers in China simply because of their cheap price. But I would recommend big names such as Kraken if you want to add one.
I have two algae reactors bought from small manufacturers in China simply because of their cheap price. But I would recommend big names such as Kraken if you want to add one.
@@marcelohormeyll Sure, please find the link below. Let me know if you find any difficulty translating the Chinese description to English. detail.tmall.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.3-b-s.w4011-21679981056.17.2e4c3a45HfmQyH&id=619935158282&rn=0771115ac370398ad0f4aa3ebc00f4dd&abbucket=6
That yellow spotted round fish is adorable. Very quiet tank. Gorgeous
Thank you! Glad you liked it! Btw, that’s a yellow boxfish.
Thank you for sharing! That little puffer is epic such a neat little fish!
Thank you sir! Sorry that I missed your comments. The yellow box fish was such a cutie, but it couldn't handle flow so well especially during feeding hours. Consequently I gave it to my friend to put in his sea horse tank and they got along.
I'm so glad that I youtube recommended this channel, I started a salt water tank in November and I want to make a mixed reef tank
Thank you and I wish you the best of luck with your endeavors! Happy reefing!
Started a 70 gal. REEF this past Dec. I too want a good blend of Janitors
I picked up a Halloween Orange Urchin, Lawnmower Blenny, a Cleaner Shrimp, and some sand snails to add to my tank. I am worried though that I might not have enough algae for them
@@carolannekleinschmidt4172 Wish you a great kick-start! It usually takes a bit of time for cycling.
@@KikiMazet Algae are constantly growing and some of them you cannot even see with the naked eye. So no worry, they will be fine.
Thank you for sharing your experience. This is extremely helpful! Appreciate you taking the time to make the videos.
Thank you so much! Glad it was helpful.
Hi Roger. I’m a beginner and learned a lot from your videos. Thank you very much. All are exceptional and provides great details.
Thank you Ugur, my pleasure. I wish you all good luck and happy reefing.
I love your aquarium looks so natural 😍.
Thank you. I shall keep up!
Those colors are amazing! Totally agree on how great algea reactors are!
Thank you 🙏
Saying thank you for 1k, you're now on 1.6k! Great content dude
Thank you 🙏 I’ll keep up the effort!
Amazingly beautiful reef tank. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I’m happy to see that you have had a good experience with your sea cucumber. Based on what I read online, I was afraid to introduce one in my aquarium because of their potential toxicity.
Thanks for watching! Black sea cucumbers and tiger tails are reef safe in my experience. Avoid toxic species, especially sea apples.
Some of the best reef footage I've seen.
Thank you 🙏
Roger all your videos are amazing I am leaning so much, thanks a lot !!
Thank you for your words and your introduction that is the way I truly feel too with everything I do. Without the support of so many we would never be able to share and grow what we love in this hobby! Beautifully said!!
What an absolutely beautiful aquarium and thank you for the information as I'm starting my journey to hopefully set up a saltwater tank in the near future! Right now I only have planted dirted fresh water tanks which I truly love and aquascaping! But there's just something so captivating about a beautiful saltwater tank with all the corals and the different fish! A work of art! Thank you for sharing 🙏♥️🌿🐟🌿🐠🐡
Thank you for your thoughtfulness and your words of encouragement. I would never be able to start up reef keeping without the support of so many in the online community. I once had a freshwater tank which I loved pretty much as well. I was simply running out of time as the plant grew so fast that I had to trim every other day. I saved a lot of time in reef keeping as corals grew relatively slowly. Thank you for sharing your stories and wish all your dreams come true!
🙏💚
Your tank is absolutely stunning, watching your videos gives me so much inspiration, would love to see a video on your sump and what filtration you used
Wow you have an amazing tank this is my dream tank well done p.s new subscriber
Thank you Nav. I really appreciate that. Wish your dream come true in the new year!
Thank you so much for all that information.
Thank you! My pleasure.
Great video!
I love how you pronounced 24/7 as 7/24 hehehe.
Please keep us updated.
Oh, thank you for pointing this out :)
Very good video lesson to a junior reef tank keeper like me. Thanks for the knowledge sharing. Just subscribed.
Thank you so much! Really appreciate that!
New subscriber here! Sending love from the Philippines!
Thank you Ralph! Really appreciate that!
Can u do a budget reef tank in the future hehe
@@ralphjustineestil4124 As a rule of thumb, the larger the tank, the less maintenance effort is needed. I once had a quarantining tank which was 10 gallon large. I had to wash filter floss everyday to maintain the water level or the water top-up would not function. Meanwhile in addition to chemicals, I had to replenish salt everyday to keep salinity stable. Let alone trace elements, which were indeed very difficult to control for a 10 gallon. My observation is, budget tank comes with costly maintenance. There's no free lunch.
beautiful tank dude! makes me want to break mine down and start again! ;-)
Thank you! I think you shall keep up and it will eventually pay off. It just takes time.
This chanel will grow in no time. Grate material imoresive way of explaining and grate avises for success. Have a grate 2021. This chanel will be atleast 10k su s by 2022.
Thank you Jorge, much obliged. I'll keep up the effort! And have a great year of 2021 too!
youre so humble i love it
Thank you 🙏
One of the best tanks out there.. love your reef! Thanks for the update once again!
Personally, I went with astrea snails (bad spelling) thus far - they are doing a great job on the rock and glass. You are correct in your observation that they rarely go to the sand. I think that they are good algae eaters that other beginners can try, and a very easy to keep clean up crew :)
Thank you so much and I'm grateful for your sharing!
Beautiful work Roger. What brand of algae reactor do you use?
How do you keep your bubble tip anemone still or not move around and look so good?
Mine keep moving around after a few weeks and I have to move the other coral around.
Thks Greg
Try to put their feet in rock crevices without flow directly hitting them and surround the caves with branching live rocks that they can lean on when opening up. They will not move around in places they feel comfy. Give it a try and let us know how it goes. Wish you good luck!
can you post a link where you discuss your lights and schedule? Are you filming with a filter??
Will do in the next post. But FYI, the lights are Red Sea LED 90, and are on at 8am and off at 7pm, with blue peaking at 80% and white at 55%. Moonlight is set at 10%. Yes, I'm filming with a physical filter. Hope that helps.
Great video beautiful tank 🐟🐠
Thank you so much!
I see you have the easiest fish stock. I started with 2 Yellow-belly Damsels 7 1 clown. Thanx for the heads-up on the Diamond Blemmies
Thank you! Damsels are great fish, although sometimes turn a bit aggressive. They eventually get along with the rest of tank mates.
hello I love your videos are very inspiring. I have a question. The hermit crabs that you name in the video are those of the species Clibanarius Tricolor that are very small or the Calcinus elegans these are larger.
Thank you very much! I bought the smaller ones from LFS, and found bigger ones in tide pools at night. Both are reef safe as long as they are all blue legged.
thanks. another question when you clean the reactor, how do you do it? remove the algae or let it grow until green algae appear
@@sh4doi I cleaned everything in the reactor at the very early stages of the tank. I kept doing so until green algae appear. I just took a portion out then, leaving the rest in there to maintain a healthy pod population.
I couldn't understand what you said with dosing nopox. Could you clarify what you meant with the risk or downsides to dosing.
NoPox if overdosed will cause dino bloom and occasionally also cause yellow tang to develop red streaks over the body.
@@zzyz gotcha. I heard the dino part but couldn't make out the yellow tang detail. I never had that experience but will note to keep an eye out for that. Thanks and love the channel!
@@rrrreefer9721 Thank you for sharing your experience with the yellow tang exposed to nopox. Maybe it was just my tang failing to get accustomed to the chemical. But I did have multiple confirmations that the red streaks disappeared as soon as I stopped dosing nopox.
What is this fish at 9:38 min? And where do you get a garden eel like that?
As there are four fish at the frame specified, I'm uncertain which one you are talking about, but they are green chromis, six line wrasse, damsel and anthias. I bought the garden eel from a local fish store. Yellow ones are less commonly seen than the spotted ones.
@@zzyz I'm sorry. At :32 seconds.
@@joematties7557 Oh, that's the yellow boxfish, fed with frozen brine shrimp. Very cute and smart personality.
I’d love to know what you feel is the ideal depth for the sand bed. Your tank is gorgeous!
Beautiful Tank😎
Thank you! 👍
Could you please post your light schedule ?many thanks
Hi Roger,
Your tank water is crystal clear. Do you use a lot of activated carbon and change water often?
Thanks.
Thank you Ari. I do use activated carbon to absorb chemicals that corals emit. But I won't attribute the water clarity to activated carbon. I think clean-up crew decomposing detritus into smaller particles that are brought into the overflow and captured by filter floss is the major reason. I haven't changed water in the past 6 months as I see no difference of coral response in water changing. Having said that, I do dose regularly to replenish sea salt and a variety of chemicals to the water column that are essential to coral growth.
Happy new Roger, change of strategy for me Po4 down to 0.00 -0.02 , and will feed corals daily 3 x avitro fuel & alternative 2x Phytoplankton , to my 75 gallon (fully stocked )mixed reef . Loosing 1 Sps ☹️ 🤷🏻♂️ and a blue clam after saying that it was only 2 inches long 😭and they do say there hard to keep🙄
Looking forward to the next videos 🤞😀🏴
Sorry to hear that you lost 1 SPS, but there's no guarantee. Sometimes it's not your fault. They just can't adapt to the captive environment, especially those in light colors. My observation is that SPS with relatively big polyps tend to survive and thrive better. Thank you and wish you good luck!
Hi Roger could you tell me what salt you use out of interest?
Love your vids dude keep up the work!
Thank you 🙏 I shall keep up!
Beautiful tank
So beautiful
Just want to ask how many hrs of water flow ? You keep it on!!
Thank you! My main pump is set to nearly 10 times the volume of the tank, at roughly 2500L/h, if this is what you've asked for. And sure, I'll keep it on!
Just make sure that you post regularly now! Just subbed you!
Thank you, really appreciate that! Sure, I'll try my best!
What a nice tank, I have a question I hope you can help me. I have an algae reactor similar like yours, but my chaeto gets covered for other kind of algaes and it dies, what do I do, let that other algae grow? Thank you!
Thank you! Chaeto may not be able to outcompete the other micro algae. Just let the other algae grow. The types of algae in the reactor will change from time to time due to shifts in nutrient balance. They will eventually stabilize in about 6 months time when you'll see greenish algae proliferate. If you have other algae you prefer to culture, you can put them in the breeder box instead of in the reactor. I have cultured in three boxes bunches of sea lettuce which I harvested for soup or salad.
@@zzyz thank you so much!
@@mauriciogaleana4469 My pleasure.
Great Video! I am definitely subscribing! If you read me, can you please tell the algae reactor you are using? Beautiful tank... hope someday mine looks like yours.
Thank you Joeh. Really appreciate that. I'm using an algae reactor of a small Chinese brand, which I bought simply because its cheap price. Function wise, it's similar to other big names, such as Kraken, which I recommend. I believe patience is the key in reef keeping. Keep up and wish you good luck!
请问你用的是哪一种ALGAE REACTOR ，我也想买同样的来用，或者关于ALGAE REACTOR ，你有什么建议？我有两个缸：90 gallon 和 60gallin 要用多大的ALGAE REACTOR 呢？
我用的是国产的牌子，因为比较便宜，可以参见以下链接，不过Kraken比较出名，你可以比较一下：detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=619935158282&spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2dc92e8d7mEBIn&_u=9h8okuo8777
Really good videos.
Thank you so much!
How about nassarius snails? I know they are good at stirring up the sand bed. I cant seem to get any snails that are worth having. They basically just stay in one spot for days and none are active on sand bed beside nassirus. Cerith seem to do a good job on rock and glass. Astrea dont move and even my turbos dont do much except the glass and I figure whats the point because its not like they will keep the whole glass clean! Hermits are great for detritus. I just wonder how you feel about nassarius for sand beds?
Thank you for mentioning nassarius snails. I don't personally have experience with these snails. Despite moving on sand, these are carnivores. They will probably not help with algae issues such as cyanos on sand.
What lights are you using ? And what are the settings?
I use two Red Sea LED 90s, with blue peaking at 70% and white at 50%.
do you think cerith snails are any value for the sand bed?
Great looking tank! Sand looks really amazing. What do you keep your main parameters at? KH, Calcium, Magnesium, Nitrates, phosphates, PH level?
Thank you! I'll talk about chemicals in my future episodes. But simply put, I've maintained parameters at a very stable level as below:
- KH: 9.3
- Ca: 440
- Mg: 1320
- NO3: 5
- PO4: ~0
- Salinity: 1.024
- PH: 8.3
@@zzyz Would like to see a video about your nutrient control & how you maintain 8.3 PH if possible?
@@meakin2424 I control nutrients simply by using the algae reactor. No NOPOX dosing. I maintain PH by keeping KH stable any time at 9.3. Of course you can adjust KH anywhere between 8-12 as most reefers agree, but I find KH below 10 achieves the best polyp extension, and above 9 for fast growing. You won't have any issue with PH should you keep KH stable in range.
Thank you so much for doing this video!!!! Just right in music and info with great video!! Very helpful I’m getting a sea cucumber very soon with some blue leg hermit crabs. I have a GHA scrubber that needs help with GFO and NoPox to keep levels low. Thinking of a Cheato reactor might help to be able to back off of the GFO & NoPox. What are your thoughts??. Running UV as well and having Dinos. Your help is greatly appreciate.
Thank you Michael! GHA is nightmare. Tuxedo urchin will eat some, but if you have a lot, it takes tremendous time to eliminate them. Cheato reactor is a must and a great deal of patience is also needed. If you stop NOPOX dosing, dinos will be gone automatically. UV is not needed.
@@zzyz thank you. I have a Clear Water algae scrubber now and very little Algae in main display. Using GFO for PO4 and want to add a cheato reactor to help and get rid of GFO and NoPox. Would this work you think?
@@michaelbalsley6041 Great to hear that! This should definitely work. You can get rid of GFO and NoPox once the algae in the reactor start to proliferate.
What kind of Algae Reactor are you using? Love your channel!
Thank you! I'm using a small brand from a Chinese manufacturer due to its cheap price. I'll recommend big names such as Kraken for better qualities.
New Subscriber love the channel
Thank you so much! Really appreciate that!
Thanks for sharing, very informative 👍
Thank you. Glad you like it!
Sir how much time you give to setup this tank
It took roughly 2 hours per day for the first 6 months as I was learning and experimenting. But now I just spend10-15 minutes per day for maintenance.
Your tank is beautiful 🥰 what size is your tank? Also what filtration system do you have? Over hang, sump or refugium? Can you place the link to the algae reaction you recommend?
Thank you! Mine is a Red Sea 250 70g tank. I use the default filtration that comes with the tank. There is a sump underneath, where I have filter floss, protein skimmer and biopellets. I'm going to talk about filtration specifically in my future episodes. The algae reactor I've been using is from a small Chinese manufacturer, which is only selling domestically. I would recommend bigger brands such as Kraken if you're interested to add one.
Tank looks great, whats your secret to keeping bta bubbled tips...
Thank you. Although BTAs are sensitive to nitrates (especially above 20), they are otherwise pretty robust creatures that are easy to take care of. If you don't want them to grow too fast, just stop target feeding them. To place them where you want, simply remove them at night when they contract into a bud, put them in an intended rock crevice, they will fix in there and blossom the next day. To help them extend from the rock crevice, you can place some branch rocks around the crevice and I bet they'll make good use of them.
Your tank is outstanding. I have a question, I'm setting up a 50gal lagoon FOWLR with maybe some hearty branch corals but would like to add a couple anemones for two clownfish. Are clowns caught in the ocean more likely to 'friend' an anemone than breeder clowns? I want to give them and me the best chance at a trusting relationship. I just saw my answer in another of your videos.😂🐠 Thanks for all the info.
You have a beautiful tank.
Thank you so much!
Very helpful! Thank you!
Thank you Ryan! My pleasure.
How long has this tank had coral? I’m subscribing.
Thank you Joshua! Really appreciate that! The tank is about two-year old. I started to add corals 18 months ago.
Can you do a detailed video of your filtration system? I’m very curious as your tank looks super healthy and great!
Thank you! Sure, I will talk about filtration in my future episodes.
@@zzyz Thanks! What Algae Reactor are you using?
@@iheartmedia1712 I’m using an algae reactor from a small Chinese supplier simply because of its cheap price. I would recommend big brands such as Kraken if you want to add one.
Nice tank!!!! my tank is 13 years old still
Have my original clownfish a small Pygmy angel and a gold banded shrimp I have all LPS coral
Wow, that’s gorgeous! Time is everything in reef keeping.
@@zzyz thanks here’s a video
ruclips.net/user/shortsDE8WoF1nWk4
Congratulations for 1k subs Your Tank is so Beautiful. Remember me? Btw I catch Banded Snake eel using my hands 😁 Happy New Year
Thank you! Yes, of course, you caught eels in tide pool with bare hands, impressive! Welcome back and happy new year too!
Are green Nems usually that colorful or is the one you have more of a unique specimen? I can’t get over how bright it is
It’s a common specimen but looked entirely different when I bought it from LFS. I would say a healthy green nem should have looked the way it was in the video.
Is this video color enhanced at all? Looks amazing
Thank you Jake. The colour of the video is enhanced to look more real. The raw colour is more blueish, which is actually distorted.
Hi Roger,
Very beautiful tank. What do you feed sexy shrimps??
Also hermits are okay with snaiks?? Mine are killing snails for shells.
Also what type if care needed for goniopora?
Mine closed after two months
Thank you.
Thank you Sachin. I don't feed sexy shrimps specifically, but I do broadcast feed coral food twice a day, frozen food twice, brine shrimp nauplii and shrimp powder daily. Unlike crabs or red leg hermits, blue leg hermits are okay with snails. I have an episode on goniopora care. Feel free to check it out: ruclips.net/video/wldlCzuUzSA/видео.html
What Algae reactor do you use
Perfect balance
Thank you 🙏
What camera u use? Video colour looks very good
Thank you! This video was taken by iPhone 12 pro with an optical filter.
May i know what type? Brand? Model? Of optical filter
@@arvindprabu I'm using Deep-sea filter. That's a pretty small and economic brand but comes handy. There's only one model if I remember correctly.
Hey may i know what is your setting for this redsea light?
The lights are on at 8am and off at 7pm, with blue peaking at 80% and white at 55%. I'll talk about lighting and flow in the next episode.
@@zzyz thanks
What kind was that cute little puffer (yellow with spots)?
That's the yellow boxfish. It is smart and has a fun personality.
Absolutely stunning reef tank, I wish I could re do my entire tank and make it exactly like yours. Its excellent. What light do you use? Also....new subscriber and shoutout on Instagram🤙
Thank you Carmine! Really appreciate that! I use Red Sea LED 90, which is good enough in my opinion. I wish you the best of luck with all your endeavors and happy reefing!
great tips! interested that you run your algae reactor 24/7 ?
Thank you! Yes, I run 24/7 and let the algae of different species compete and balance by themselves. But if you prefer to culture certain macro algae of your preference, such as grape algae, then you have to stay alert and prevent them from going sexual.
@@zzyz what types of algae did you start your reactor with?
@@edpeters9425 I started with no algae at all. Different algae will flourish at different stages of the tank. But generally you will expect to start with brownish algae towards greenish in the end.
your videos are great!! why did you stop posting more videos!?
Thank you for asking. I put off posting new clips as I had some family issues lately. I'll try to continue uploading soon. Thank you!
What do you use for your photography / video capture? The quality is great!
Thank you Jahr. I used iPhone 12 pro + an optical filter to shoot this episode.
@@zzyz what kind of filter? I'd love to be able to get shots of my tank half as decent as yours
@@JahrTurchan I use Deep-Sea, a small brand of optical filter. I believe you can do better. Keep up your effort and wish you good luck!
Can I just say ypur tank is gorgeous thanks very much for your video and knowledge
Thank you so much! My pleasure!
Hi which WAWAMAKER you r using and what settings and nob frequency settings
I'm using Jiebao OW-25 at lowest speed and lowest knob frequency. But their newer model SOW-8 is an awesome upgrade if you need complete silence. I'm going to talk about flow in my next episode.
@@zzyz I have same ow 25 but which waw settings you r using w1,w2,else, h,c and spend 1 to 8.
@@vinaychauhan2293 I'm using w1 and speed 1. w2 is a sine wave that keeps blowing without a letup.
What's that fish at 0:41
That's the yellow boxfish.
@@zzyz thank you
@@bigmountain9077 My pleasure.
I wish my bubble tip would stay bulbed up like that any tips?
Keep your nitrate low and they will stay bubbled up. If you want them to grow fast, feed them with shrimps. Wish you good luck!
Could you use a refugium instead of an algae reactor?
Yes of course. But an algae reactor has a nice feature that the light is contained within so that other chambers of the refugium would not be contaminated by algae.
Do all species of sea cucumbers clean the sand?
Black cucumbers and tiger tails do. I haven't personally owned other species but guess they will.
What type of sand do you use
I use Red Sea live sand.
Hey roger I wn ask questions
Can you build a new tank from scratch and make videos like a guide for beginners?
Ex :
how long should there be a cycle?
How can we choose corals?
How long after we can add coral and fish?
Which one add to aquarium first (fish?, coral? cleaning crew?)
Hi Aydiner, it's a pity I cannot build a new tank due to space limitation at home, but I'll talk about system build and maintenance in my future updates. To answer your questions, a cycle is typically 6 months when microorganisms start to reach a relative balance. You can introduce clean up crew to the tank in the first week and start to add fish in about 3 months as some live rocks carry ich / velvet that infect fish if you put in too early. And it's better to add in LPS corals and nems after the cycle is done as they are more sensitive to water quality. Finally in with SPS coral if chemicals are kept extremely stable at very narrow ranges. I have another episode on species selection. Feel free to check it out: ruclips.net/video/cv68QVlELNY/видео.html
@@zzyz roger i will make new setup 40 gallon reef tank , can you tell me how many clean up crew inverts i need to add
Blue leg , what kind snail , cucumber , shrimps ?
Please if you have time can you write me ?
Think like you setup new 40gallon tank
@@aydinerusul1362 Aydiner, that sounds exciting! 10 blue leg hermits, 5 turbo snails (other snails are subject to crab predation), 1 black cucumber, 1 peppermint shrimp (to kill aiptasia), 2 marble shrimps, will probably do the job for you.
I just sub to your channel, loving your tank!! can you share your light color parameters and sch. thanks!
Thank you! Really appreciate that! I’ll talk about lighting in the next few episodes but in a nutshell, 50% white and 70% blue to peak at noon for roughly 10 hours a day.
Beautiful ❤
Thank you! 😊
我有一个问题 我的红色盖藻 开始有点变白。 白化了 （小面积的）是什么情况？
有些生物会啃食钙藻，比如海胆，鳚鱼等，如果不是因为生物啃食，那应该是水质问题，确保参数都在正常范围，还有温度24度左右。营养盐如果完全检测不到也有可能白化，适当留有些营养盐。
請問我2尺缸 水量大概95~100L 適合養幾隻藍腳寄居蟹來清理底砂? 藍腳好養嗎? 他會把我的翻砂螺吃了嗎?
10只左右應該足夠，很好養，吃底沙和活石上的藻和殘渣，如果是帽螺就不會，其他螺不是很清楚，可以試試。
@@zzyz 那您有遇過海篸到處爬嗎 我的是背濾缸 之前海篸直接爬到入水口 水流不進去
@@曾智瑄-b3v 海參基本都在沙上，偶爾有可能爬到缸壁，我這裏溢流的孔隙非常多，因此沒有問題，如果背濾孔隙被完全堵住還是比較危險的，那可能就不適合養海參了。
@@zzyz 藍腳會傷害珊瑚嗎 之前有聽過朋友珊瑚黏很緊還是背推倒
@@曾智瑄-b3v 可以試試小的藍脚品種，力量沒那麽大。其次，珊瑚粘住初期是有可能被推倒的，但珊瑚組織之後生長自己抓住活石那就肯定不會被推倒了。藍脚不會吃珊瑚，很安全。
what size your aquarium in cm ?
It's a 90cm tank.
It’s weird that you say don’t go with a sand sifting Golby.. I had one and after having it for a bit I went to clean underneath the sand like I would do every so often. To my surprise there wasn’t hardly anything there since the golby was put in the tank.
Subscribed great tank
Thank you 🙏
What is that yellow fish called?
That's a yellow boxfish.
What algae reactor do you have ?
I bought two algae reactors from small manufacturers in China simply because of their cheap price. But I would recommend big names such as Kraken if you want to add one.
What algae reactor are you using ?
I have two algae reactors bought from small manufacturers in China simply because of their cheap price. But I would recommend big names such as Kraken if you want to add one.
Please, tell us also the brand of the cheap ones you use, thank you!
@@marcelohormeyll Sure, please find the link below. Let me know if you find any difficulty translating the Chinese description to English. detail.tmall.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.3-b-s.w4011-21679981056.17.2e4c3a45HfmQyH&id=619935158282&rn=0771115ac370398ad0f4aa3ebc00f4dd&abbucket=6
@@zzyz thank you Roger!
@@marcelohormeyll My pleasure.
What lights do u use. I
I use Red Sea LED 90.
@@zzyz a little too expensive...how much. Wite. And blue. I use blues. Because corals. Deep water. Loose white. After a few feet...
@@abh3960 I'll talk about lighting in my future updates. But in a nutshell, I use 70% blue and 50% white to peak at noon.
what type of reactor and chato
看来下次翻缸。我也要铺沙了
:)
大佬 你用的什么盐？
我用Red Sea Coral Pro Salt，因为希望KH偏高些
algae reactor 就是藻桶对吧？我是用ATS/UAS来养藻吸收营养盐（n&p）
是的，我也用UAS，差不多的
你好，我刚收到你的一条评论，但是点进去就消失了，不知是不是RUclips的bug，NO3一直稳定在5，PO4测不到读数，应该接近0。
@@zzyz 您好，我想咨询一下，目前我的宝石花已经状态不太好了。开灯时几乎不伸展触手，关灯后触手伸出1cm，有什么办法能让宝石花恢复状态呢？
@@BeautyLifeStudio 您好，一般不伸展是3个原因，第一就是水质，请确保各个参数都正常，第二是有生物打扰，可以试试换个位置，第三是饿了，可以放在隔离盒定点喂食Phyto。做好这三点应该一周内一定会开的。祝好运！
@Chou Kichi 您好，刚看到消息弹窗，但是点进去消息又不见了，可能youtube会自动删除某些评论，我就在这里回复。我过去9个月没有换过水，因为我看换不换水对珊瑚生长没有区别。不过还是要不间断滴定宏量微量元素和盐。轮虫要不断喂食phytoplankton比较麻烦我就没养，扁跳虾我也有在缸内的一个繁殖盒中繁殖，喂食丰年虾bb。
I had a cucumber but dided 3 days after I got it. Your tank is amazing
I’m sorry to hear that. It’s sensitive to copper-based medications and it will not tolerate high nitrate levels.
why not use a skimmer?
I use a skimmer as always.
Good
Thank you!