Just starting my salt water journey and your tank is amazing! I really love your honesty and you have been such a help! Thanks for being an inspiration to me! Have had freshwater my whole life and finally taking the reef leap!
The tanks keep you busy for sure. A tip for the gloves is to rinse them & turn them inside-out to dry after the inside gets wet. Thank you for the updates. Such beautiful tanks.
For some reason. GMK are those starfish favorites snacks. I know several people that tell me about starfish killing their GMK. I would definitely destroy majority of those star. Now I feed them to my Harlequin shrimp 😍🤗
Watch out for those asterina stars with zoa's! There is a lot of mixed information on the internet, most of which that says asterina stars are of no harm. However, I used to have about a 1 ft diameter rock for years that was covered with zoa's where the zoa's slowly melted away until there were none left. For years after that, any attempt to put zoa's in the tank would end the same way, slowly melting away within a month or two. I had hundreds of astorina stars in my tank, but was always under the impression that they were of no harm. I found a few articles saying that certain types were bad, and the astorina stars were just about the only unknown left in the tank. So I got a harlequin shrimp, and manually removed as many as I could. Now, I am as 100% asterina free as I will ever be, and the zoa's I bought since then have been growing very well. The type of astorina is that I had were white with a dark blue or gray pattern in the same shape as the starfish. Use your own judgment, but I am extremely anti-astorina starfish ever since that experience. Thank you for your video! Great tank layout, and really appreciate the shared information.
I love when u post it’s always something with ur reef tanks. And funny always messing with the tank. I think your tank never looked this good after removing the large anemone.. I would love a link to strip led bar on the back of the tank. Please link the led bar please. Thanks
Yes sir! Here is the light bar info: [Copy/Pasting from another comment] It's the AliExpress lightbar that @telegraham recommended. Before buying, I contact the seller to customize the LED to be 460 & 470 (it's originally all 470nm) with longer power cord. @telegraham has done a few videos on this I think last year, please visit his channel for more details on this light! He calls it the AliE lightbar. The AliExpress store link is: www.aliexpress.com/item/32843725804.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.2e8a7956fUYOfI&algo_pvid=c2bed3cd-d966-4053-85f1-754a6f51ddfd&algo_exp_id=c2bed3cd-d966-4053-85f1-754a6f51ddfd-0&pdp_ext_f=%7B%22sku_id%22%3A%2212000023689049356%22%7D&pdp_pi=-1%3B42.99%3B-1%3B-1%40salePrice%3BUSD%3Bsearch-mainSearch
Tanks are looking 🔥 man. I have a pair of clowns in my mix reef that I miss seeing them interact with their nem. So I know what you mean. When I rescape my mix reef, I will definitely put a nem back in there for them. Right now, they occasionally go across the tank and look at the nem tank. It’s funny and sad to see. 😢😅
I never knew there was chemical warfare between corals until we had a couple of torches try to nuke each other in a 75gal mixed tank. One of the losers was a 2 headed torch that looked great the day before and then bang one head melted into gel. I was able to shear the good head off and save it ,but made the mistake of keeping it in the same tank. Did a carbon change, but sadly it only lasted another week in the tank. Should have moved it into another tank.
I don't have much experience w/ them, though I would start with Reef Nutritions' Oyster Feast and possibly ROE; for dry I may try Benepets & Reef Roids combo.
It did cross my mind at one point when I still had my T5 hybrid fixture (I gave that away since), but I figure if full LED is good enough for all those coral farms out there, it's good enough for me without having to deal with bulb swapping 😬
Hi do you have any tips for Xenia? I struggle to get mine growing and also it stops pulsing after a few days of putting it in the tank. Thanks in advance
They like nutrient rich water, so the dirtier the water, typically the happier they are. 😂 In terms of pulsing, this one is trickier.. the pulsing motion is supposedly getting the water to pass through the tentacles so the coral could capture what it needs, so the less flow Xenia gets, the more obvious the pulsing. However, I have noticed in my tanks that sometimes the water may be lacking "something," and once I started dosing, Xenias in the tank would start pulsing in that system. I honestly cannot tell you rather it was a certain elements, or it was nutrients that helped got mine going in my case though. Sorry if I am not of more help, maybe someone else could jump in here.
Love your videos, just had to chip off 2 bubble tips today.. currently going through a terrible Xenia problem (coral herpes) and I really don’t know wth to do anymore.. they are growing everywhere. From 1 small frag last year I have thousands scattered in my tank
[Copy/Pasting from another comment] It's the AliExpress lightbar that @telegraham recommended. Before buying, I contact the seller to customize the LED to be 460 & 470 (it's originally all 470nm) with longer power cord. @telegraham has done a few videos on this I think last year, please visit his channel for more details on this light! He calls it the AliE lightbar. The AliExpress store link is: www.aliexpress.com/item/32843725804.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.2e8a7956fUYOfI&algo_pvid=c2bed3cd-d966-4053-85f1-754a6f51ddfd&algo_exp_id=c2bed3cd-d966-4053-85f1-754a6f51ddfd-0&pdp_ext_f=%7B%22sku_id%22%3A%2212000023689049356%22%7D&pdp_pi=-1%3B42.99%3B-1%3B-1%40salePrice%3BUSD%3Bsearch-mainSearch
Next time keep some calcium carbonate on hand. Mix it with tank water 1 part calcium carbonate 4 parts water. When cleaning tank or having coral slimming dose 1ml per 10 gallons of water. It's great for this it's a flocculant.
I have not heard of this and the term flocculant, so I just looked it up quickly.. very interesting tip, thank you for this, I'm going to read more and learn, thanks!
No problem in my system so far since my SPS are pretty high up and the powerheads are mounted high in my tank; for sand, I did opt to use Reef Flakes mixed with Mini Flake, which are supposed to be a little heavier than Fiji Pink sand which a lot of people love... so that may have helped a little too. (sorry I am not much help)
I regret adding a nem, up untill recently I had four that had all split from the original, which ain't my twin spot goby, purplefirefish and it grew so large in my 150l that it stung most coral. Only the sps that I flagged and move away survived, currently got one left that will be gone as soon as my friend is ready to take it
It's hard to resist that clownfish + nem relationship! With all the risk, I'd most likely still always have a clownfish + nem combo in one of my tanks... may just have to be smart about the nem placement and be prepared to swap it out as it outgrows the space!
It's the AliExpress lightbar that @telegraham recommended. Before buying, I contact the seller to customize the LED to be 460 & 470 (it's originally all 470nm) with longer power cord. @telegraham has done a few videos on this I think last year, please visit his channel for more details on this light! He calls it the AliE lightbar. The AliExpress store link is: www.aliexpress.com/item/32843725804.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.2e8a7956fUYOfI&algo_pvid=c2bed3cd-d966-4053-85f1-754a6f51ddfd&algo_exp_id=c2bed3cd-d966-4053-85f1-754a6f51ddfd-0&pdp_ext_f=%7B%22sku_id%22%3A%2212000023689049356%22%7D&pdp_pi=-1%3B42.99%3B-1%3B-1%40salePrice%3BUSD%3Bsearch-mainSearch
Sadly, tis done... 😬 I hope the clowns enjoy the CSB as much as they would the large RBTAs.. these BTAs grow fast, hopefully the CSB will quickly become a nice new home (with better placement)
Beautiful tank you have there but lmao to be honest I'm sitting here wondering why you would be in favor of removing such a gorgeous RBTA in favor of saving some cheap zoa's defiantly not a decision I would make nope I would take frags of the zoa's move them and leave that beautiful RBTA right where it is. Also using rubber gloves to work around in the tank ummmm baby hands lol if you wash your hands with dawn immediately after working in the tank your skin will not dry out just saying
I miss you video so much. Thanks for sharing all your knowledge about reefing.
Your honesty is what makes you o e of my favorite reef tubers. Another great video, the tank looks great, something cool everywhere you look.
It's been a while since I watched and I am amazed how the different tanks look. Excellent keep up the nice work and enjoy your tank.
Finally you uploaded a video cant wait for the next update.
Sorry for your loss the little pink softie was a stunning coral.
Your SPS are growing like crazy 🪴. Love seeing that great job 👍
Thanks Burt! It's slowly coming along.. let's hope I don't rock the boat too much
Just starting my salt water journey and your tank is amazing! I really love your honesty and you have been such a help! Thanks for being an inspiration to me! Have had freshwater my whole life and finally taking the reef leap!
Those gloves are great! I picked them up a few weeks ago after seeing them in your videos over and over.
I like the real perspective and insights. Subbed.
What a great tank!!
Awesome update man! I love how the 17g is looking! I feel like I could do a whole tank of Xenia 😅
The reefing King has posted!!!
LOL, I'm more like the reefing peasant! thanks tho and glad to see you here
Love the gorgoina frag mounting tip. I have drilled holes in rock in the past without much success.
Looking good bud. I need to get back in the game.
The tanks look good Mok-yi. Everything flows well together. Your your space invader pectinia makes a come back.
❤ Thank you 🙏🏻. Great advice
The tanks keep you busy for sure. A tip for the gloves is to rinse them & turn them inside-out to dry after the inside gets wet. Thank you for the updates. Such beautiful tanks.
Thanks, I will try flipping the gloves next time; in the past I just throw it away 😅
Im digging that mangrove tank!!!
For some reason. GMK are those starfish favorites snacks. I know several people that tell me about starfish killing their GMK. I would definitely destroy majority of those star. Now I feed them to my Harlequin shrimp 😍🤗
Gorgeous tanks!
Awesome I just got a pair of them gloves Awesome tanks and fish u have I've been a fan for so long about to set up a 75g salty
Watch out for those asterina stars with zoa's! There is a lot of mixed information on the internet, most of which that says asterina stars are of no harm. However, I used to have about a 1 ft diameter rock for years that was covered with zoa's where the zoa's slowly melted away until there were none left. For years after that, any attempt to put zoa's in the tank would end the same way, slowly melting away within a month or two. I had hundreds of astorina stars in my tank, but was always under the impression that they were of no harm. I found a few articles saying that certain types were bad, and the astorina stars were just about the only unknown left in the tank. So I got a harlequin shrimp, and manually removed as many as I could. Now, I am as 100% asterina free as I will ever be, and the zoa's I bought since then have been growing very well. The type of astorina is that I had were white with a dark blue or gray pattern in the same shape as the starfish. Use your own judgment, but I am extremely anti-astorina starfish ever since that experience.
Thank you for your video! Great tank layout, and really appreciate the shared information.
Make sure you don’t mix your Colorado sunburst in with other nems. Or it will get sick. Lots of people have tried an failed.
Like the idea your going to add more SPS.
Pink nepthea is the best. Great middle of the night coral.
Where did you get your light bar from! For only $50??? It looks like it does a great job
Do you have a link for the light bar. I've been trying to find a decent and affordable secondary light.
I love when u post it’s always something with ur reef tanks. And funny always messing with the tank. I think your tank never looked this good after removing the large anemone.. I would love a link to strip led bar on the back of the tank. Please link the led bar please. Thanks
Yes sir! Here is the light bar info: [Copy/Pasting from another comment] It's the AliExpress lightbar that @telegraham recommended. Before buying, I contact the seller to customize the LED to be 460 & 470 (it's originally all 470nm) with longer power cord. @telegraham has done a few videos on this I think last year, please visit his channel for more details on this light! He calls it the AliE lightbar.
The AliExpress store link is: www.aliexpress.com/item/32843725804.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.2e8a7956fUYOfI&algo_pvid=c2bed3cd-d966-4053-85f1-754a6f51ddfd&algo_exp_id=c2bed3cd-d966-4053-85f1-754a6f51ddfd-0&pdp_ext_f=%7B%22sku_id%22%3A%2212000023689049356%22%7D&pdp_pi=-1%3B42.99%3B-1%3B-1%40salePrice%3BUSD%3Bsearch-mainSearch
What is the name of the light bar you are using? And did you ever find a dimmer solution?
you always have the best gorgonians. is there a place you get them from?
Tanks are looking 🔥 man. I have a pair of clowns in my mix reef that I miss seeing them interact with their nem. So I know what you mean. When I rescape my mix reef, I will definitely put a nem back in there for them. Right now, they occasionally go across the tank and look at the nem tank. It’s funny and sad to see. 😢😅
sounds like you need to build a above tank tunnel for the clownfish to visit 🤓
Getting a ritteri anemone in the mail tomorrow, wish me luck!
Let’s go!!
Yesss baby
Where did you get that light bar very good price
Love the Mangrove tank you should stick a medium size Sump on it. With a load of Mechanical filtration.
Would throwing air bubble block in the refugium increase PH and also avoid bubbles going into the tank?🤔
I love the tank. I would love to give a small piece a good home.
I love those gloves! I had to replace the elastic, other than that they are great
Beautiful nems
I never knew there was chemical warfare between corals until we had a couple of torches try to nuke each other in a 75gal mixed tank. One of the losers was a 2 headed torch that looked great the day before and then bang one head melted into gel. I was able to shear the good head off and save it ,but made the mistake of keeping it in the same tank. Did a carbon change, but sadly it only lasted another week in the tank. Should have moved it into another tank.
I would love a video on the sump.
Happy to show it next time 👍
I am so jealous of this tank. I’m just starting to get into dosing. Hope to one day have a tank like this
What was the name of the light bar your using behind the radions on the main tank?
It's a generic lightbar from AliExpress recommended by @telegraham
@@InappropriateReefer gotcha what ever works for the corals
I found it much easier to use a hand saw before chipping at the rock to avoid splitting it where you don't want
Thanks, will try this next time! (I have a hand saw handy)
Nice video as always :) do you have any food suggestions for non photosynthetic gorgonians ? Thank you
I don't have much experience w/ them, though I would start with Reef Nutritions' Oyster Feast and possibly ROE; for dry I may try Benepets & Reef Roids combo.
@@InappropriateReefer thank you ;)
Where do you order the rock structures from. I need some for a new 60 g cube I am starting.
I got mine from aquarocksdesigns.com, love their work (I have no association with them, just a happy customer)
At what point will you just go back to t5/led hybrid the 40g cube was a beast when you had that running
It did cross my mind at one point when I still had my T5 hybrid fixture (I gave that away since), but I figure if full LED is good enough for all those coral farms out there, it's good enough for me without having to deal with bulb swapping 😬
Hi do you have any tips for Xenia? I struggle to get mine growing and also it stops pulsing after a few days of putting it in the tank.
Thanks in advance
They like nutrient rich water, so the dirtier the water, typically the happier they are. 😂 In terms of pulsing, this one is trickier.. the pulsing motion is supposedly getting the water to pass through the tentacles so the coral could capture what it needs, so the less flow Xenia gets, the more obvious the pulsing. However, I have noticed in my tanks that sometimes the water may be lacking "something," and once I started dosing, Xenias in the tank would start pulsing in that system. I honestly cannot tell you rather it was a certain elements, or it was nutrients that helped got mine going in my case though. Sorry if I am not of more help, maybe someone else could jump in here.
@@InappropriateReefer I didn't get a notification of your reply. Thank you for the tips, maybe an excuse to feed the fish more then haha
Where did you get the led bar from
how many fish do you have and what size tank ?
Hello, how many gallon is your tank?
想問吓寶石花最適合嘅kh and ph value ?🙏🏻😸
What is the best ph and kh value of Flower Pot Coral （Goniopora lobata）？thx a lot !
喂你好！我沒有特別為咗寶石花調整pH & kH （8.4 / 8.8)，但係我聽講Manganese 對寶石花係幾有影響嘅
@@InappropriateReefer 唔該晒你！👍🏻😸
man, i’m supposed to be working on my GRFP but i just had to click on this 😭
Sorry my friend 😅
$20?! Over in the UK frags of gorgonian that big go for like £60-£80
Love your videos, just had to chip off 2 bubble tips today.. currently going through a terrible Xenia problem (coral herpes) and I really don’t know wth to do anymore.. they are growing everywhere. From 1 small frag last year I have thousands scattered in my tank
Great looking tanks PLEASE led light bar brand where to buy? Bump lol
[Copy/Pasting from another comment] It's the AliExpress lightbar that @telegraham recommended. Before buying, I contact the seller to customize the LED to be 460 & 470 (it's originally all 470nm) with longer power cord. @telegraham has done a few videos on this I think last year, please visit his channel for more details on this light! He calls it the AliE lightbar.
The AliExpress store link is: www.aliexpress.com/item/32843725804.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.2e8a7956fUYOfI&algo_pvid=c2bed3cd-d966-4053-85f1-754a6f51ddfd&algo_exp_id=c2bed3cd-d966-4053-85f1-754a6f51ddfd-0&pdp_ext_f=%7B%22sku_id%22%3A%2212000023689049356%22%7D&pdp_pi=-1%3B42.99%3B-1%3B-1%40salePrice%3BUSD%3Bsearch-mainSearch
I can't believe that in a tank that size you didn't have room for one anenome somewhere.
Super ... Maybe wanna change SPS domined
What kind of automatic feeder is that?
It's the Avast Plank
I haven't added them since they move wherever they want which it's usually where you don't want them
They're worth the trouble though! 😝
Next time keep some calcium carbonate on hand. Mix it with tank water 1 part calcium carbonate 4 parts water. When cleaning tank or having coral slimming dose 1ml per 10 gallons of water. It's great for this it's a flocculant.
I have not heard of this and the term flocculant, so I just looked it up quickly.. very interesting tip, thank you for this, I'm going to read more and learn, thanks!
@@InappropriateReefer look up calcium carbonate reef tank in TH-cam and click on Mike Mike's channel he talks about it i learned it from him
@@InappropriateReefer 3rd video down
Do you find it difficult to keep high flow with sps and sand. I’m struggling with this
No problem in my system so far since my SPS are pretty high up and the powerheads are mounted high in my tank; for sand, I did opt to use Reef Flakes mixed with Mini Flake, which are supposed to be a little heavier than Fiji Pink sand which a lot of people love... so that may have helped a little too. (sorry I am not much help)
@@InappropriateReefer no problem I appreciate the response just wanted to kno how it works for you
Hi! I’m starting another salt tank. I’d love to take one of those off your hands! I live just south of DC in St Marys county
Freshwater person question so pardon me if its a stupid one! Why don't you just stick with one type of coral if they attack each other when mixed?
I regret adding a nem, up untill recently I had four that had all split from the original, which ain't my twin spot goby, purplefirefish and it grew so large in my 150l that it stung most coral. Only the sps that I flagged and move away survived, currently got one left that will be gone as soon as my friend is ready to take it
It's hard to resist that clownfish + nem relationship! With all the risk, I'd most likely still always have a clownfish + nem combo in one of my tanks... may just have to be smart about the nem placement and be prepared to swap it out as it outgrows the space!
I NEED to know what that dark colored goniopora is in the back left hand side of the tank is!! 🤤
It's a no-name Alveopora that I got from Lynn a year or so ago. It started out tan but developed a vibrant dark green over time!
What kind of light bar is that?
Is your flow turned down for the videos? I’m still trying to figure out if I have too much or or not, mine seems more chaotic than yours.
Is this in my future? I have a whole "NEM" island I might have to move 🙂
Your nem island is awesome!
@@min2oly Thanks for checking it out 🙂
Checking out your Nem Island... 😍
@@InappropriateReefer Thanks a heap🙂
anyone know what brand the light bar is? i gotta supplement my acros too
I'd like to know this too 😀
It's the AliExpress lightbar that @telegraham recommended. Before buying, I contact the seller to customize the LED to be 460 & 470 (it's originally all 470nm) with longer power cord. @telegraham has done a few videos on this I think last year, please visit his channel for more details on this light! He calls it the AliE lightbar.
The AliExpress store link is: www.aliexpress.com/item/32843725804.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.2e8a7956fUYOfI&algo_pvid=c2bed3cd-d966-4053-85f1-754a6f51ddfd&algo_exp_id=c2bed3cd-d966-4053-85f1-754a6f51ddfd-0&pdp_ext_f=%7B%22sku_id%22%3A%2212000023689049356%22%7D&pdp_pi=-1%3B42.99%3B-1%3B-1%40salePrice%3BUSD%3Bsearch-mainSearch
@@InappropriateReefer Thankyou very much 🙂
you should a a frog fish to the mangrove. i miss your last one 😢
it’s a black widow 😀
Just put a gbta in my tank and now my pair of yashas disappeared. I really hope they are just hiding!
Don't lose hope, I have had Yasha that hid for a week or two...!
If you have any frags or the gargonians I’d love to buy one off of you! I can do local pickup too 👍🏼
Yep still got frag! Please DM me @inappropriatereefer on IG, or email me inappropriatereefer@gmail.com
Interested in the gorgonian frag! If available, I will gladly pickup in person or pay for shipping! Let me know / thanks!
Still got some available for local pick up, want to DM me on IG @inappropriatereefer, or email me inappropriatereefer@gmail.com?
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13:55 I thought the symbiotic algae was called symbiodinium.
I wasn't sure so I googled this, according to Wiki, symbiodinium are colloquially called zooxanthellae 👍
It would be a torture to take both away from the clowns. They defend their come with all their force so that would be a bad thing to do
Sadly, tis done... 😬 I hope the clowns enjoy the CSB as much as they would the large RBTAs.. these BTAs grow fast, hopefully the CSB will quickly become a nice new home (with better placement)
How did you get the clowns to host !!!
Clowns might suffocate the calorado anemone.
Moki, I have pink Japanese Nepthia
do not put the csb in with the rbta it will kill the csb
Cardinal fish?
Yep, pair of Bangaiis in the 17g
@@InappropriateReefer oh good 👍. I didn't see them and got a little worried...
Beautiful tank you have there but lmao to be honest I'm sitting here wondering why you would be in favor of removing such a gorgeous RBTA in favor of saving some cheap zoa's defiantly not a decision I would make nope I would take frags of the zoa's move them and leave that beautiful RBTA right where it is. Also using rubber gloves to work around in the tank ummmm baby hands lol if you wash your hands with dawn immediately after working in the tank your skin will not dry out just saying
What do u plan to do now that the Lacey Act is almost passed and the entire salt water industry is in danger of collapsing?
😆💃💪
Bro it will eat the gmk the same star fish ate all three of my gmk
红奶嘴点可以养得甘好？你是经常喂乜距食？
New subscriber here keep it up. This channel needs to look into P r o m o S M!!
It's kind of sad he never replies any of the comments asked by the audience
He usually tries to reply to as many as possible on the first day 😬
@@InappropriateReefer hahah thanks mate 😝😝
Get rid of the Asterina's they are not good for zoa at all.
pffft mother in laws
耐唔中爆句广东话黎听下👍
You have forgotten us regular broke guys, Oh well, who cares anyway.
regular broke guys? I'm right next to you, lol.