Top 5 Visual Signs your Reef Tank is Healthy and Maturing!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 มิ.ย. 2024
- In this video I show you the top 5 visual signs that your reef tank is maturing and completing the cycling stage, which we all know can last a while. Remember it is always important to check on your water parameters as well! Thanks for stopping by!
I removed a sea sponge thinking it was a parasite🤦🏻♂️poor little guy should’ve done more research before jumping to conclusions
It’s ok it happens! I’m sure if you had one you will get more don’t worry:)
Same I ain't know what it was
I have thorny oysters popping up everywhere in my tank. FREAKING OYSTERS.
That’s sweet!
When it no longer gets carded while buying beer.
😂
Hey man, how do you keep your nitrates up with just one fish? I’m struggling to get them above 0 in a 14 gallon with a pair of clowns . I was running a protein skimmer but have tried taking it out for awhile. My gsp has barely grown in months . Super clean tank u have there 🔥
Thank you man I appreciate it! I just keep my nitrates up by feeding regularly. Sometimes I put in more food than my fish eats so that breaks down into nitrates. Typically the more you feed, the more nitrates you will have:) hope that helps
Feed a lil more
yo dude that's a crazy infestation of spirorbids
Yeah it’s a good amount for sure. They come off the glass pretty easily so it’s not to hard to take care of
Yeah, I had these just as bad on my back wall and in the rear chambers of my AIO but they’ve started to disappear almost as quickly as they appeared, at least on the back wall.
I would add the firefish before the other clown cuz when they pair up pry gonna try and kill any other fish you add in a tank that small. Also gas bubbles aren’t good because they can build up then release a bunch at a time and can cause a tank crash. You want things like a conch some nassarius snails and or a sand sifting star to help stir the sand bed
Thanks for the comment Alex! You’re right, I think I will add the firefish before the 2nd clown. Also, I have heard that the gas bubbles releasing all at once could cause a crash. This is interesting, I have always left mine and thankfully nothing has happened, but I do have stuff that sifts my sand so maybe that is why
What is your light settings.?
I have them at 80% blue and 50% white for the full spectrum during the day
@@fishwateraquatics thank you soo much for your response. So you don’t have reds cyan and violet?
Do u dose or do water changes if so How many times do You do water changes? I am new to the hobby and my tank is old now but its still has a lot of ugly brown on the rock (not hair algea) idk What i am doing wrong, my corals also stay the same size, they are not dying or anything but they never grow.
Great questions, how long has your tank been setup for? I did water changes once a month for the first year and fed my aquarium very little. I never dose either. Does the brown look like hair algae or is it a light coating on the rocks? Also, coral growth can depend on what type of coral it is, the fastest growing being gsp and xenia
Also, a lot of reef tank stuff is very situational depending on lighting, how much you feed, how much your bio load is, how established your tank is, filtration etc. maybe I’ll make a video covering all of that soon!
@@fishwateraquaticsmy tank is a 17 gallon i only have 2 clownfish 2 hermit crabs and 2 torchus snails and its been 6 months, but i have done water changes really often like every week, beacuse i read somewhere that my corals will not grow if i dont replenish the elements from the salt that coral use to grow. It said there that its either every week water changes or dosing. Will my corals be fine if i do monthly water changes?
@@fishwateraquaticsmy lights run 12 hours a day it wasent always like this but i recently increased the light to see if my corals will grow better. 10 hours 100% white and 100% blue and 2 hours 100 % blue and 5% white. I think since i did this the brown stuff grows better. And i forgot to mention that the brown stuff is not hairy at all is kind of like a hard, and its hard to scrap of the rocks. The glass is easier.
@@florenti1119 6 months is still relatively “young” for a reef tank. It’s still cycling so any algae or anything growing is pretty normal. You’re right about water changes replenishing trace elements, more water changes definitely won’t hurt anything. I would say start with every other week and see how the tank reacts before jumping to once a month. Also, try and run your lights for only 8 hours if you can, that will help with the brown stuff for sure! But being patient is most important!
I probably have close to 1000 pineapple sponges in my tank currently
That’s sweet!
I oddly enough had hundreds of pineapple sponges when I first set up my reef. As it matured they disappeared and now have coralline, pods, beneficial bristleworms and Spirorbid worms. Before the pineapple sponges was hydroid jellyfish.
@@mattheb01 I've been told the sponges eventually go away
@@cowleysmobilewelding I take back what I said. I just found the tiniest pineapple sponge hidden in a crevice. Looks like after all this time there's still a few hiding.
Hi how old is this tank?
A little over 3 years old
Try using a tripod to steady your camera.
Thanks for the feedback. I agree, I need to invest in a tripod and I could use a better camera too:)
@@fishwateraquatics it will help you particularly with your close ups
it's difficult to get the clowns to pair up
Be prepared to have a back up plan lol
Sometimes they just won't get along 😢
watching the tank come alive at night is my favorite
There are so many little critters that move around
Tiny starfish worms etc
Luckily my clowns are getting along nicely, they are both hosting the anemones so I think I got lucky
But yeah everything loves to come out at night to play!!!!
How old is your tank
It’s been running for over 3 years now
How many clowns fit in your tank?
For a 20 gallon I would suggest only keeping 2
You need way more rock