3 Popular Reef Fish Sure To DISAPPOINT YOU!!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- We often purchase fish for our reefs, with great expectations of the role or look which we hope they will fulfil in our tanks. Unfortunately if you buy one of these fish, you may well be in for disappointment, as in my experience they do not live up to commonly held reefing expectations.
now you're just teasing us with that beautiful scape in the back , put those pints down and complete that beauty lad
much love
Now it’s been a rather busy time for me! Look closely and you’ll see some polyurethaned panelling across the bottom. I’ve also been busy polishing the metal bracing .
Cheers for the beer mate. Keep up the good work. 👍
Very welcome. I thought it might help to ease the disappointment
@australianaquarist my aquarium is 10 months old. Once I feel that it is mature enough, I'm going to add 15 blue green chromis I think. Already running autofeeders. Been looking for tank breakdowns lately to see if I can find a huge sps colony to put in my aquarium for chromis to swim in and out of too. Just a thought, do you think maybe because in our aquarium usually there isn't really anything to predate on the chromis that they then spend the time fighting each other, because in the wild you see them darting in and out of sps colonies.
@Vroomy1986 yes. That was the idea behind the BRS 52 weeks special edition tank which never came to fruition. In general, I don’t think it matters what it is that keeps them occupied. They just need to be occupied. Predators, feeding on plankton, keeping up in the swell and current, mating, being mixed up with other planktivores like anthias. Basic principles that we see all across the aquarium hobby - neon tetras, tiger barbs, Cyprichromis cichlids from Lake Tanganika, anthias, monos, and Chromis. Same same.
Unfortunately I think many peoples tanks can’t keep them together as a shoal, because the tank is too small for a large group, and the hobbyist is too scared of nutrients to feed enough
@australianaquarist yea fair enough I've got a 7 footer with 2 clowns a black bar damsel, sixline wrasse, 10 or more boxer/glass shrimp. Peppermint shrimp and an orange line bristletooth (only large fish in tank). I feed so much and still no nutrient levels. Reefmat takes all the waste. I know it's not really much bioload but that's my fish plan hence the chromis at the end once sps is there.
I have a 440 liter Nyos Opus ready to get wet. After looking at wild reefs in Australia and having experience with functional reef tanks. What would your dream stocking be for a SPS only high flow reef? It will be bare bottom but the rock is from the ocean. I run close to natural sun level daylight. Thought I would ask since I love your tanks!
Wow
I get to go fish shopping with your money! Ever since I was a kid, my favourite thing to do was go to LFS’s, and just imagine. Let’s play that game.
My opinion on todays tanks and which in the process makes them look unnatural, is the focus on fish which aren’t actually front and centre when you go diving.
Yes. You do see tangs and angels, but not constantly. They come and go, quickly moving on to graze or explore through the rocks. Yet what is constantly in front of you are the clouds of small shoaling fish.
Funny enough, if you ask a non fish person to describe a reef, it would be the clouds of pretty fish, and not the “ one of each” larger fish, that they describe.
So my ideal, is to replicate that. A little tricky with a 4ft tank, as it doesn’t give a stack of room for larger groups…..
Here goes…
- 7x Chromis iomelas/ bicolor
- 7 x orange lined Cardinalfish
- 5 x smaller anthias like dispar
- 3 x female Chrysiptera cyanea ( yes,,,, the blue devil)
- 1 x yellow Midas blenny
- 1 x Copperband Butterfly (which won’t be bothered by the planktivores, and get chased away from his clan on the shell)
- maybe a small wrasse species like possum, mystery or 6 lined.
- maybe a small curiosity fish like a hawkish.
No sand = no Halichoeres or Coris wrasse, no leopard wrasse, no sleeper gobies.
Rely on gold ring cowries and urchins for algae control.
Could use other planktivores like Vanderbilt Chromis or threadfin cardinalfish which stay small.
Could also add a lined blue and yellow fang blenny
Great video!! Did I miss when you described how to join the two glass panes together in one of your past videos? I've always seen just 1 single pane for the entire viewing panel
I described in a bit of a long video, quite some time back. Excuse the quality. I think from memory, it was toward the end of the video.
Plywood Aquarium Q & A with the Australian Aquarist!!
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@@australianaquarist That was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for linking that vid!
Bloody amazing!!
I see "my" beer going down, but I'm not tasting it.... What's going on here??? 🤔🤔
Now let me assure you that you very much, did enjoy that beer!
LOL as I stare at my one single murderous bluegreen chromas out of seven..
Yep been there before! It can be done though, as long as you only have a single male with a group of females, and follow my suggestions regarding feeding and flow
So when you are down to only one Chromis, does that mean he's home schooled?
We are going to have a cracking good time over a few drinks one day Gil! You’re a funny bastard.
I trust you now know a well versed on schooling vs shoaling
@@australianaquarist I always learn something from you mate.
Well you asked us to sit down and have a beer, I went to my bar fridge and found 3 VB's, don't mind if I do, just kidding 🤣
Funny bastard.
I've had success with keeping chromis. I find you need to have at least 11, also have high flow, feed very often (I feed hourly) and also keep fast large ish swimming fish around them
just finished the video and seen that you went over almost every one of these points, have a good one lol
I've noticed that almost every other chromis species doesn't need any of these things to shoal or whatever the word is, maybe blue chromis are just dickheads
I have found the same true with Chromis nitida and Chromis iomelas
Yea another upload
I love Chromis viridis ❤.
So do I. There’s always a place for them in my reef tanks. Luckily I like big tanks, sps and softies, and Carlson surge devices!!
hey mate your right with the strippy ..always look the same in the wild ,,maybe its something they eat in the wild that keeps there yellow ..chromis yeah they are bullies left with two and there shit heads lol eels do nothing for me but i do like the ribbon eels,,,,,enjoying 10mtrs + viz chasing bi colors up here ,,thanks for the beer :)
Lucky bugger
I’m working for the flower market delivery this weekend
Do you have the hobbyists contact details from Ballina? I didn’t get a proper chance to catch up with him at Fragarama, but I’m heading up to Ballina next weekend and thought a beer might be necessary
.Like clowns, damsel fish host, if the type of coral they host isn't in your tank, they kind of feel naked and they become very defensive, like homeless people living under an over-pass. Look at the films that are in this video of the Blue/green chromis and you will see that they are above or nestled in Acro microphthalama and if you put that specific coral in their tank with them the school will huddle right on the coral and dive into it when they feel threatened and chase other fish away from it like a clown hosting an anemone. You won't have the die off down to one that you spoke of and they won't be major bullies. try it and see.
I agree. The only trouble for people is patience. Having the patience to not add the Chromis until the Acropora have grown to a large enough size to accomodate the fish amongst its branches. Unfortunately many hobbyists won’t want to wait 3-5 years before they add their group of Chromis.
The other factor is that the hobbyists seem to prefer LPS dominated displays , and the Acropora tanks are less and less common. You could say that they therefore shouldn’t keep Chromis , but who will stop them.
BTW. I’ve always kept Chromis. The group of 8 I have in my tank , I’ve had together for the last 4 years and are spawning on the rear wall of the tank.
The purpose of the video is to make people think about their tanks and fish, before they buy fish.
Good 💩
You had me trying to figure out the emoji for a while there!! I know, …. getting on in age. But thank you!
@@australianaquarist some good shit (info/content) 👍👍