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Yeah you’re right, they are mainly aggressive with each other. I’ve seen some aggression but not much. I truly believe if I put a tiny Oscar in my tank and it grew up with all the peaceful fish, he would leave them alone. Thanks for the comment :)

@ Ya, Oscar’s aren’t really aggressive either. I think they’d do fine with geos and sevs assuming it’s the right size tank. I had a 75 with a group of G. Sveni and a shoal of hujeta, I kinda miss it now lol

Oh wow that sounds like a nice setup! Oscar can be aggressive depending on the individual. I’ve had Green Terrors with the Denison barbs and some bigger tetras and the green terror left them alone. It can be done just depends on the fish for sure

@@fishwateraquatics Oh ok, yes as far as those type of fish they can be a little too aggressive. Sorry, I guess I was comparing them to other stuff I’ve kept lol

@@fishwateraquatics I dig those roseline BTW, one of the few I’ve never had a chance to keep

Thank you! Good luck to you as well, it’s definitely a marathon when it comes to Dinos and cyano lol. It’s doing better, looking at getting some new coral from my LFS soon once they get a new shipment:)

@@AustinOfAmes absolutely man I’m glad to hear it! You’ll enjoy it for sure!

There are many filters you can go with, personally I like the Aqua clear filters. I’ve been running mine for many years without issues, theyre not loud, easy to take apart and clean, and have lots of space on the inside to customize whatever you want to put in it as far as filter media, bio balls, carbon ect. I hope this helps! Welcome to the hobby :)

That’s a great question, honestly I have no idea. I’ve never bread them so I am not the best person to ask on this. I’m sure on some forum someone has the answer!

That’s awesome! Indoor pond sounds so cool

@ I would prefer a large tank, but for the size the pond was $200 vs around $1500 for a tank lol

Thank you I appreciate it!

This isn't an excellent video. He has too high of nutrients if spiroid worms are populating like that. Stop believing everything on the internet. This tank is junk.

Aw man it’s always tough losing a tank especially to a natural disaster:( I’m glad you were finally able to beat Dino’s that is always hard!

Just 1 would be good for sure! I have the flow on the lowest setting in my 20 gallon and it’s plenty strong:)

@@JoseMartinez-rs3ns 1 w/return flow for anything under 30 I have in my 32g 2. A larger and a smaller one. Both set to 40%. Together with the return flow flow with create the turbulence or gyre needed

Thank you!

Yes you’re right! Also I had the power head turned all the way down so it had plenty of power:)

That’s great I’m glad you love yours too! The auto feed button is super convenient for sure:)

@@fishwateraquatics these were referred to me by someone to use and have been the best wavemakers

Yes they definitely are awesome and you will love them! I got the tree from petco years ago online. Not sure if they still have it or if it is discontinued

Yeah it would be nice if you could use it in a salt water tank. Thank you for sharing the info! I’ll have to keep that in mind if I ever setup a planted tank :)

They do! They’re pretty sweet

Awesome I love to hear it! Thanks for the support I appreciate it :)

Broke first try

Hey Jake I’m glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for the comment :)

Moving definitely makes things difficult! Best of luck to you in the future, it is manageable for sure, just takes time

@@fishwateraquatics thank you! one problem I have is a very territorial yellow belly blue hippo tang

@@fishwateraquatics he shredded his twin and so far two angelfish

Unfortunately I am not well experienced in breeding severums so I won’t be able to help you out, I’m sorry :(

Hey Greg thanks for stopping by man! Glad you enjoyed the video and I hope you enjoy my future vids as well! Welcome to the great hobby of reef keeping!

@@fishwateraquatics Thanks for the welcome. I look forward to learning more form your videos. They are nicely presented.

Thank you I greatly appreciate it! I don’t get too much evaporation with my glass lid, I’d say I top it off once every 2 weeks. I could do a little once a week but I just tend to wait that extra week until I can see that water line drop.

Yeah there are Lemon Severums, they are like a bright yellow color. They’re pretty sweet especially when they grow up!

@@fishwateraquatics thank you

I tried UV but I’ll look into Ozone. As of now I raised my nutrients and the Dino’s are gone for the most part. The hard part is keeping them away. I’m trying to keep my nitrates to 5-10ppm if I can from now on. Thanks for the comment:)

20 gallon

That’s a great tip, thanks for the suggestion!

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Thank you!

I’ve heard about Dr. Tim’s before maybe I’ll have to try it out, thanks for letting me know!

@fishwateraquatics Yeah, I used to use carbon like chemi pure blue, but it always zeroed out my phosphates, and that's when I would always get red slime

Hey thanks for the comment bro! I tried UV and no luck unfortunately:( the only thing that has seemed to work is raising my nitrates up and keeping the light on a lower setting. I’m glad the UV was able to clear your tank up! I’ll be on top of keeping my nitrates higher and we should be good to go👍

Also 50 drops of phyto a day is wayy too much for that tank size. i have a 200 gallon tank loaded with corals and i still only put 5 drops twice a week( but i feed my corals directly once a week). And i put it to feed my copepods more than my corals. the goal should be as less food as possible if youre only running a small filter device and no skimmer. the green algae lets you know the cyano cant take over. that cyano in the center of the tank could possibly mean too much light and not enough flow and too much waste and no skimmer to really clean clean the water itself. way too many factors in play. but do the main things i said first to see if it helps. well it should because i had that size tank before and running the same equipments. you gotta be extra cleaning that hoe the more you put in it.

kalk is key to your corals health. it keeps the alk and calcium in check for the skeletal structure of the corals to grow and feed it. if those two things arent at the right levels they will also sllowly die away.

Hey thanks for your comment I greatly appreciate it. I do a water change every 2 weeks. Honestly for 3 years my tank has been fine, last year I started adding a bunch of coral and then I got Dino’s for the first time. It turns out the tank that I got coral from also had Dino’s so it must’ve came from that tank. You gave me some great info and I’ll try some of the things you suggested!

@fishwateraquatics i dont think it matters where the dynos come from. It appears in the tank naturally. Once your tank has aged, it will produce the algae that will consume it before it can grow back. But at the same time. Your water quality is key. The phosphate should be under 0.03 and dose kalk to stay above 8.3 on the alk. If those three things aren't in check, you will always run into problems. And use RO water to make your salt. If you use tap water it will add bad things to your tank and the corals don't like it either.

It’s ok, it happens. we’ll be back and better than ever!

That’s a good suggestion thanks! Since I have a yellow watchman goby maybe they could pair up too, I’ll look more into that:)

Gobies pair with pistol shrimp. If you want a wrasse a six line would be better for a smaller tank and will eat bristle worms or a neon dottyback

Love to hear it! You will enjoy it for sure:)

Thank you! At the beginning a did 1 water change every week / every other week and tested my water to make sure parameters were in line

I see what you’re saying for sure, it’s pretty easy to clean out. So far it’s been good for me!

I’m glad you were able to see it too!

Yeah it’s cool! I can see it being useful if you needed to clean your sand in a reef tank but didn’t want to perform a water change. I used it for that and it was pretty nice!

Thank you!

Hey thanks for the comment, I think this video gives you a good general idea of what to look for. What part are you thinking is misinformation? Just curious if I can try and clear anything up for you or maybe I didn’t explain something correctly.

@@fishwateraquatics pretty much all of what you noted as indicating a mature tank does not. I suggest you do more research or get a bit more experience. Sorry to be blunt.

Just to let you know sea sponges hitchhike on live rock corals with rock anything like that so they probably came from live rock you got or a coral was rock. They just don’t by themselves. Your tank is just beautiful.

@@jril3982he’s right though. Sponges and coraline are indicative of a maturing and stable tank

They grow up fast! Even without an eye I’m sure your green severum is amazing:) thanks for watching

Thank you! It’s a 75 gallon, I plan to move the fish to a 150 or 180 gallon down the line once everything grows!

that sounds great, I'm setting up a 125 gal as well which should arrive on Friday, I'm going with severums, Electric Blue Acara and Geophagus Tapajos.

@@vigilante9259 that’s awesome!!! They will definitely enjoy that 125, that’s perfect:)

As soon as i enter the room they swim to their hiding spot I never see them 😢

To keep them from hiding you could try adding more fish “dither fish” to make them feel more comfortable. I like Denison barbs personally. As far as keeping babies alive I’ve never had any luck. Maybe once the eggs hatch you could try to remove the severums so they won’t mess with the babies. Best of luck!

@@fishwateraquatics I tried it before with some rainbow fish and the female went pale and every time I looked at the tank the male was pecking the side of the female 😭

That sounds like it would be great! I’ll have to try that out thanks!

Hey!!! Thank you I appreciate it! Means a lot coming from you I appreciate it man:)

That’s pretty good, I usually do more blue than white too! It’s up to personal preference. I think I run mine 70% blue and 40% white

Cool ye had to change to 10% w and 80% b white was too bright for my liking