BIGGEST Reefing Mistakes from Youtubers and IGers!!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- Mistakes, we have all made them in this reef aquarium hobby. Here is a collection of biggest reefing mistake from some of your favorite content creators! A huge thank you to the following content creators for baring their soul to the world!
Bahama Llama Coral (@bahamallamacoral): / theremyradioshow
Frank - WWC (@frank_wwc): / worldwidecorals
Coral Euphoria: / aptirona
Donna - ORA (@theaquanut_fl)
Ryan - BRS (@ryanbrs): / bulkreefsupplycom
EAT SLEEP Reef (@eat_sleep_reef_): / @eatsleepreef9565
Shalom (@aquaman_shalom)
Telegraham (@telegraham): / telegraham
Aqua Splendor (@aqua_splendor): / @aquasplendor
Randy - BRS (@randoreefer): / bulkreefsupplycom
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Music by: DJ Quads
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Instagram: @inappropriatereefer
Email: inappropriatereefer@gmail.com
A very warm Thanks to all of the fellow content creators for putting up with this video’s short turn around time during the holiday season! PLEASE check them out on YT & IG and say Hi!
In order of appearance:
Bahama Llama Coral (@bahamallamacoral): th-cam.com/users/TheRemyRadioShow
Frank - WWC (@frank_wwc): th-cam.com/users/WorldWideCorals
Coral Euphoria: th-cam.com/users/aptirona
Donna - ORA (@theaquanut_fl)
Ryan - BRS (@ryanbrs): th-cam.com/users/BulkReefSupplyCom
EAT SLEEP Reef (@eat_sleep_reef_): th-cam.com/channels/KXOqo8VppkTiHlDbhOj_ww.html
Shalom (@aquaman_shalom)
Telegraham (@telegraham): th-cam.com/users/telegraham
Aqua Splendor (@aqua_splendor): th-cam.com/channels/CJOE8-ZghHBe7G7BsSFK_Q.html
Randy - BRS (@randoreefer): th-cam.com/users/BulkReefSupplyCom
AND, a reminder to myself to pick a t-shirt winner for the last video.
Inappropriate Reefer my biggest mistake for is chasing numbers on my parameters
sorry to be so off topic but does someone know of a trick to get back into an instagram account?
I was stupid forgot the login password. I appreciate any assistance you can offer me!
@Kane Karter instablaster :)
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Seems to take a while so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
@Sergio Archie it did the trick and I actually got access to my account again. I'm so happy:D
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My biggest mistake was not converting part of my house into a fish room
This was the first time I’ve ever heard of vinegar expanding the magnets inside power heads. Thank you so much, this explains so many pumps and power heads going bad on me. 🤩👍🏽
Seems like RODI flooding is super popular among us Reefers 🌊😅
My biggest reef-keeping mistake was not buying a big enough tank at first...
aaron_shapiro true I hear that
I learned alot of great lessons moving up the gallon ladder. Lol, started with a 36 bow front, went to a 100g cube and now have a 120, (pretty sure that's max I'm on a second floor) but without the mistakes I made on the 36 I wouldn't be as successful with the 120
My biggest mistake: I had a large Sea Apple get sucked into a power head. Not only did the toxin kill every fish in my tank, it also made me very sick because I cleaned up the mess without wearing any gloves.
My biggest mistake was moving and not setting my tank back up. It was because of a bad breakup and I was in a dark place. 3 years later i got back into the hobby (about a year ago) and forgot how much joy it brings to my life.
I want to thank all of you guys and gals who take the time to make these videos and teach people how to have success in this hobby. Without you guys I wouldn't have ever experienced the joy of reefing. So thank you!
I was confused when I saw a bulk reef supply intro on your video 😂 I tried restarting the video like 3 times because I thought it was glitching
Chewy's Bro Aquatics lol 😂
He got me too lol
Me to 🐥
Yup...admitted that in public...lol!!! 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Bahama Llama Coral hahaha
Hey I’ve done the same thing
@@laurakriens3363 I was just in my head. I remember being so nervous about everything!
Loved this! I was given my very first tank by a friend who had badly neglected it. My biggest mistake was believing them when they said the floating combination thermometer/hydrometer was “accurate.” It floated at the 1.025 line when the salinity was actually 1.038. No wonder the single tiny clownfish was so vicious, poor little guy was burning up. So people: USE A REFRACTOMETER when you’re just starting....😁
What I like best on this video? The coming together of reefers that will be humbled and tell us what our mistakes might be
I had a friend who had an octopus in his tank and every night it would crawl out and eat the dog food. Each morning there was a wet streak on the floor form the tank to the dog dish so one night he stayed up and watched it
I have definitely done the no float valve RODI flood the garage thing multiple times. Hubby was NOT happy😬
Heidi's Fish Tank oh yea that sucks for sure
If you made the decision to buy a brand new tank (when you asked the viewers what to do after your 45G leakfest...), you absolutely made the right call. Peace of mind and an awesome tank! Look forward to watching it come online!
Great to see some of our favourite modern day pioneers in one place... ; )
A very helpful video especially for beginners. A lot of times we see other people's successful reef tanks and think to ourselves, "How hard can it be?" and go about setting up one, only to end up in heartache and frustration because of newbie mistakes. It's good practice that newbies have a checklist and stick to it. That way you're less likely to miss out on anything that can potentially cause a disaster in your tanks. Maybe you can do a video on having a comprehensive checklist?
Watching this video reinforce in me the reasons why i'm sticking to freshwater aquariums even after almost 4 decades of fish keeping and a few years of watching your videos. Saltwater is just too much of a hassle!
My biggest mistake was not having a quarantine system for our new fish. Over a week everything in our tank was dead.
I agree.
Great collab of some very good reefers 😁 thanks Mok-yi 👍
Brs guy: rodi water flooded on the floor.
Me an intellectual: what if you put the brute can in a bathtub/shower
Suv Porridge Awesome solution until the fill tubing jumps out of the bucket. I might know a guy. 😊
I always fill my rodi right next to the sump because I installed the RODI system next to the sump... in fact my waste water directly feeds into the basement sump and is pumped out of the house. If I forget... the RODI water goes down the sump too, but I don't have a flooded house. ;-) . In short do the RODI stuff next to the basement sump if you have one.
In lieu of float switch, I am using garden water timer to stop the water flow to the system.
when worlds collide! love to see the community come together like this
My biggest mistake was: not quarantining every fish/coral/invertebrate before adding them to DT.
I learned the hard way.
Amr I’m new what’s the issues that can happen?
Hello Jake_of_the_Jungle 98 , well, there’re a lot of diseases that can kill your fishes. If you introduce any of this disease to your system you will need to go fallow (fishless) for a period of 6 weeks (for Brooklynella) or 76 days for Marine Ich. So just imagine it :)
Great video for someone like me who has just bought their first tank (think i'll need a lot of help/advice and tips like these as I start my journey) . Also introducing me to some reefers who I hadn't come across on TH-cam yet. Love & Peace to all.
Welcome to this money burning hobby! 😂👍
My bigges mistake was getting Yellow-tail blue damselfish .They are very territorial and they bullied other fish .very hard to get them out of tank .had to pull the tank down to get them out to sell them back to fish pet shop .need to do research on fish before buying other fish
My worst mistake was turning the pumps/power off to feed and falling asleep. Woke up in the morning to 70% of my livestock gone.
So now, I use feed mode AND set timer AND set a reminder with Alexa.
It's nice hearing tips from other hobbyist and meeting some I didn't know about until today. BRS asked people to leave tips on products they were showcasing that day , durning their 10 day black friday sale. Made sure to write some down, as well as afew I've heard from other TH-camrs. Its definitely nice to have a list of things not to do, but I'll also admit at times it's also scared me away from trying new products after hearing so many horror stories.
Great video! My mistakes.. chasing numbers, forgot the RODI for 4 days!!! Happy i have IT outside... . About the vinegar... why 50 / 50? I do 1liter to 10 liter water.. never having problems and works great. No problems with pumps.
Thanks you very much for all the videos you do man. You are a great smart person. Your english is really perfect to understand for a little frenchy. I will start my aquarium in one month. I wish you an happy new year, plenty of love and happyness with your wife and your beautiful little baby :)
I have two. One was when I had a little 20g reef...not much to it, I was a total beginner. I got a huge tank and filled it up. Well, we didn't trust it because the middle brace was broken. So I started using the water from it to change my 20g. There was the used sand in the big one, but it didn't even occur to me that it might be a problem. My phosphate and nitrate shot through the roof and i had a massive, really thick pelagic algae bloom that lasted weeks despite several water changes. Most of my corals died. The next major one was...that was my 50g. I had just moved a few days before and i was exhausted, so I wasn't really thinking. I accidentally used two denitrifying bacteria products the same night. By morning, every fish was dead, including my beloved Spike, a mandarin dragonet I had trained. EDIT: Actually, I have three, though thankfully this one didn't end in the disaster it could have. Never leave your power strips on the floor, especially if it doesn't have GFCI (mine didn't.) I tripped coming to fill up the tank and almost dumped five gallons of saltwater right on the power strip. That one could have killed me. Mount the damn things.
My biggest reef mistake 14 years ago started my first reef tank with tap water 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️. Algae Algae Algae
Carlos23 oh oh not good
That was a long time ago I’m definitely better know learned a lot in 14 years
JonsReef that was 14 years ago all good know had RO DI FOR 13 years going on my 5 tank and ready to go bigger 😉
LEOPAZZO TV ya learned my lesson that first year sucked going on 14 years know and everything is run great 👍
When I lived close to the city. I had a 55gal reef just using tap water and it was algae free with lots of purple coraline. Now I live further from town and I had to get an rodi filter because my tank was a green hair jungle.
I don't have money for a quarintine tank. I barely have money to keep my current reef. I wish I could keep a reef. It's been 4 years and I just now got a tank. Only a biocube.
A video i watched the other day showed just using a plastic box as the quarantine tank. It doesnt need to be a full fancy extra aquarium
Great collaboration!!! This was an amazing video.
We took sand out out of my buddys tank and we put it in a plastic box and put it in the sump.... every month he took out a hand full and now he has no sand whats so ever in his system its completely possible just takes a long long time. If you rush it you are asking for trouble
I relate most to the second BRS guy. I’ve flooded my laundry room too many times.
Collin Ediger oh oh
Yup. Here’s mine. Just starting adding corals and believed my nutrients needed lowered (while testing using api). Added purigen to a filter, chaeto to fuge, a few new cuc, and corals. After a week or so noticed no algae on glass. The next week chaeto died. Day after noticed algae on sand that disappeared when the lights were out. I flipped my nutrients so fast, dinos arose.
Love your videos ,I'm just getting into reefing.when I had my 125 gallon reef tank I forgot to add salt and lost everything 40 gallons of rodi water and lost 3k worth of corals and 2 fish was able to save some fish and only a few coral
This is a great video and I have made a couple of the mistakes that were talked about. I think my biggest mistake though was when I bought a reef safe epoxy to attach frag plugs to rock in my little 5 gallon nano. I will never use that brand of reef epoxy again as it literally killed all of the coral in my little tank.
yup to lights frying my chalice and large favia colony, yes to flooding house with RODI water 3-4 times in a year lol, yes to adding a unquarentened monti which in turn wiped out all 4 colonies... I ask myself why I do this hobby everyday, I just love the coral and fish. now I'm very picky with what goes in.
Oh man, great vid! I flooded water into my neighbors room downstairs multiple times 😐 my worst mistake was not petting silicone dry long enough where it was applied thick. My corals died........
The editing on this vid had me giggling all the way through - thanks for that!
Merci pour toutes tes videos et MEILLEURES VOEUX À TOI ET TES PROCHES !!! 👍👍👍🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊
Make sure your clean up crew is compatible with other animals in your tank. I was getting back into the hobby after a hiatus and I added 5 sally light foot crabs, 3 emerald crabs, an arrow crab, a peppermint shrimp, and a pistol shrimp. The crabs all killed each other, the pistol shrimp killed the arrow crab and one of my fish killed the peppermint shrimp. Ammonia slowly started to build up and I had a massive nitrate spike.
Aqua Splendor was so funny...haha
My biggest mistake...Not vacuuming or turkey basting my sand bed. I wanted to increase circulation and removed some rock that was stacked towards the back. The sand bed had solidified to a 2" thick solid mass.
Great video! I have made all these mistakes 😂👌 and some!!!
My biggest mistake/regret is not knowing about all the different hitchhikers that come on coral, I didn't know what a vermetid snail was until they completely overran my 125 gallon tank. Black needle like tubes growing everywhere with their feeder webs that irritate and starve your coral. Had to start my tank all over again to completely get rid of them. Dipping doesn't get rid of them so quarantining coral is essential to protect you against this pest.
I love randy from brs, he just seems so chill
Great video! After heairng what aqua man said about his torches made me wonder if thats why I lost 3/4 of my corals! I got over over zealous and ordered to many corals on ebay auctions and a lot of them were delivered in a bad way! i had 5 torches as well but trying to save the dying ones is maybe what caused the tank to basically crash! I wish now I would have just thrown out the dying ones because I even lost old established corals! I had just spent over 3k down the drain to save the sick ones and from what I heard now is that dying corals release toxins! Never again! My other stupid thing was cleaning tank and water level got below some frags on a rack and the light fried them all and those were some that had made it until I fried them! LOL I got lucky when my used heater went out and saw my fish frantically swimming and caught it but from then on I use several low watt heaters in case that ever happens again!! Good thing I didn't have corals yet with the heater incident!
#Reefsquad
Turning off the ATO to do a water change and and some sump maintenance, forgetting to plug it back up after 2 days of not having plugged in salinity was off the hook.
That’s hilarious, I clicked on this twice thinking I had clicked on the wrong thumbnail.... bulk reef supply?
Awesome video. I just purchased a SCA 66 gallon STARFIRE PNP with 2 Red Sea 50W LED Wifi lights. They should come in about 8 days. What should I pick up in the mean time. Thanks
For me it would be trusting my LFS salt water. The alkalinity was off and the salt mix they use is supposedly at 11dkh, but the water I got was at 7dkh.
Loved this video
Awesome vid again! Nicely done collab!
Love this series!
that was an AWESOME video buddy!!!
and you forgot to add Nic marion to the list
my biggest mistake is trusting cheap (api) test kits and ended up really over dosing my talk with alk. lost a bunch of stuff and now i have better test kits
Great vid. Love these collabs!
is 1 cup of citric acid for 1 gallon or 1/2 cup for 1 gallon ?
1 cup/gallon
I'll sub 2 u if u sub 2 me, just sub and watch my newest video and comment "subscribed"
It’s not my biggest mistake but I’d love to share it. If you are going to make diy top lid for your tank. Make full cover one. Just don’t cover half of your tank and leave the other half open. Fish can see the gap and they definitely jump out.
Best new reefing series
this is one of those omniverse crossover episodes
Great video!!!!! SO many good pointers!!!!
Didn’t read all the comments to see if this is already there but how many have turned on a doser to bleed off the air and forgot to turn it off. Added a gallon of alk mix to 100 gal tank over night. And then had to start over after 90% of my tank died.
Mine was over using GFO for 2 years nothing would grow but the soft corals ONLY it seems that my tank was a grave for everything else, but ones I learn that keeping my tank with 0 phosphates was no good for corals I remove GFO add a algae scrubber and walla now is the opposite any coral I Put in seems to thrive and mine you I have two 360 kessils in a 350 reefer and even the sps grown colorful and happy with not so much light. Conclusion I had calsium, alkalinity mag temp nitrates everything in perfect levels but phosphates and for two years my tank stay empty of corals bc I wanted to have 0 phosphates.
Left the canopy off the tank after maintenance one night, the cat decided that he wanted to go fishing....
My biggest mistake is probably not QT my fish before going into the DT. Now i got ich on the tank and im having a super hard time catching my fish without emptying the tank ( which i REALLY dont want to do) i never knew it was so hard to catch a damn goby lol
Awesome idea and video! I’ve made ALL these mistakes 😂
Jeff Thomas exactly same here
I just started a nuvo fusion 10, what powerhead/circulation pump should I use?
Koralia nano is probably your best bet, like 30$ on amazon
I have that tank and use a vortech mp10 on the purple mode/lagoon random mode at 50% max power.
Viniger is used to disolve certain rock's so of course it would destroy a power head lol
My Peep's thnx
Hi Moki! my mistake is I am still using tap water with Prime in but I can't afford an RODI unit at moment! 😀👍
Buy distilled water from the grocery store. It's usually just under a dollar a gallon.
My biggest reefing mistake wasn’t buying a tank before corona
this is great. No doubt we have all made some bad mistakes. Over 15yrs, i know i have LOL... Great stuff as always!
My biggest mistakes were not using ro/di and thinking my tank would be ok if I used an auto feeder while I was gone for a 2 week vacation. Came back to see algae everywhere and some corals dead
Great video tons of useful information.
My biggest mistake was putting my school first before my aquarium
Nice vid man- lots of info
Lol I still forget and leave the rodi on and wake up in a panic running to shut it off and the float switch saves me everytime
Cloud9Reefing seems like many people did that
Ayyyy you got brs I'm expecting BIG things in your tanks future 😲
My first Nano tank I took a large rock out to remove an aptasia.... went to the next room... forgot to turn the ATO off!!!!!! Big salinity swing 🙈🙈🙈
My biggest mistake.. invest in a good lighting mount. 4 years ago I had an exspensive led light hanging over my 40breeder, being held up by 1/2 pvc.. let's just say its panic when one of those drops in your tank...
Great Video now I don't feel so bad for my mistakes
Awesome video man!
My worst thing that ever happen to me wasn't my fault it was a act of mother nature I had a 6ft reef tank 4ft reef tank and a bio cube nano tank all up had 36 fish in all the tanks in total and lost I the fish in a blink of a eye with had a huge lightning bolt hit like 10ft from the house and the sonic blast blow through the house blowing out windows in the house and the pressure wave killed All the fish at the same time it sucked big time it only killed the fish corals and clams were untouched it's the first time in 35 years of fishkeep of seeing it I was one of the big bangs I had ever seen and felt so that's my worst one I have ever had
Holy smokes, that sounds insane! Sorry to hear this but glad you are OK
@@InappropriateReefer thanks mate love your videos
2019 number one reefing mistake... splashed citric acid on my baby!!
Semisuccessful Reefer nooooo way
@@LeoPazzo lol....I didn't!! I was referring to him mixing and shaking up acid next to his baby!!
Hi
Putting BTA in my mixed reef FOR MY CLOWN... GREW BEAUTIFUL FOR THE FIRST YEAR... THEN SPLIT..GROW..SPLIT..GROW..WIPING OUT ALL OTHER CORALS ON THE ROCKS.
I’d love an anemone but I have a 20 cube and i’m not getting one for that exact reason
Loved the collaboration!
My biggest mistake was definitely RODI water flooding the laundry room a couple of times 🤦🏻♂️ and I said to myself that’s it, I’m getting a float switch HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL
Awesome video learned new things, super happy to see some faces out there, it was fun :)
@bahamallamacoral - Check out his YT, super dynamic guy! Freshwater tank are cool too Eh :P
@frank_wwc - I just talk about light to someone yesterday, through different questions turn out his light was at 100%!
@Coral Euphoria - So glad so see him doing a collaboration, to anyone, check his YT page, super cool Acropora video, learned couple things from him!
@theaquanut_fl - New to me, following :) Love ORA keep on breeding (i mean the fish and corals...)
@Ryan BRS - I wanted to do that in my tank because I have a "pest" (tube white worm) that reproduces a lot and keeps poking my fish but hearing how hard it was to recover I might restraint to remove my sand! Thx
@eat_sleep_reef_ - Great tips, never done this with an aluminum cone!
@aquaman_shalom - Uh, I will keep this in mind, it's an easy mistake to do, thank you for sharing your experience!
@telegraham - What about condensation on the tubing? I have this issue where water from condensation drop on the floor because the difference in temperature, not sure what to do with that. I also have another question for you, will Pm you on Instagram :P
@Randy BRS - Man... I hear you... I've wet my floor 2 times... and I still didn't install that floater... Why hahaha, I'm so lazy... goddamnit lol
@Inappropriate Reefer - I bought 10L of vinegar month ago at Costco... goddamnit, couldn't find Acid Citric near me
My mistake was feeding way too much frozen food EVERY day. Result: Hair algae all over the place.
Make sure and get a TDS meter and keep up on changing your rodi filters.
LOVE THIS
Using old freshwater media in saltwater tank and it was leeching terrible awful things. ALWAYS make sure media is for saltwater use.
So did brs hook you up with the tank
Yes-a-thank-a-yoo!
Citric Acid and granite sink is a newest mistake?
Mine was not purchasing a screen for the top of my tank and lost a couple of fish.
@aquaman. From a fellow torch guy man that hurts. I wonder what the biology of brown jelly is and if it is affected by uv sterilizer
I leave my ro on all the trime flooded the house more than once so became a scuba diver ready for the next time i leave it on
Do I really need a sump on my 30gallon tank? I’m using a tidal 55 OTB
I started off without one, but the water change requirements drove me crazy so I ended up adding one just to get some more time between water changes. From what I've seen from TH-cam reefing channels, you can run nano sized tanks without sumps and skimmers, but water changes have to be your new religion.