Ryan and Matthew together are so conversational! It makes these types of videos much more enjoyable to watch. I can't say how glad I am this partnership has happened!
LOVE seeing Ryan and Matthew on screen together. You guys have great chemistry. Keep them coming. Maybe Ryan can visit Palm Springs while the weather is crapoy up north 😂.
That sounds like my channel 😁 I think my All About series has really helped reefers around the world learning how to take care of these beautiful creatures!
enjoying the conversation format as well. I would love to see, or find, a set of PDF's for each fish/coral etc laying out, food preference, location preference /habitat ie, lower in the tank, more or less flow, higher in the tank etc basically a library where I can look up the fish, and see what is it's happy place when it comes to making a good environment, to make it easier to work out, order of introduction, and manage clash of desired location/food or even a book about marine keeping, it would certainly make life easier. I am hoping to start a tank in the next year or so, and really trying to find success via good choices, slow and steady, and have all the live stock happy as they can be
The #9 livestock direction is brilliant. I'd highly recommend checking out the frog/reptile folks on this. They are lacking in what you guys do, but they handle that space very well. Especially for beginners, they make it interesting and not deterring in a fun way. A video series of shorts like what "Clint's reptiles" does would be amazing for some common groups of fish, tank mates, etc. He even mentions exactly the goals you mentioned in his intro
I really enjoyed watching you both together in discussions, Matthew I've been watching you for a couple of yrs now..your awesome 👌 excited to see you've teamed up with Ryan 😃 I'm going to share with you my experience with hydrogen peroxide coral dips. I used Dr Tims first defense as a first dip follwed by coral rx dip then lastly hydrogen peroxide. Corals I used, 1x hammer, 1x large gorgonian, 1x jardini, 1x scrolling monti & 1x goni. They all survived 🙌 techniques differed for the monti & gorgonian they sat in a solution of 95% tank water 5% hydrogen peroxide also contact time was approximately 1-2 minutes. As for the other corals solution was approximately 80-20 contact time 10-15 minutes. The monti & gorgonian worried me took a week or 2 to recover but are doing fine 🙂
I am really happy to see Matthew in this. I really love Randy too, but it's sometimes nice to get that difference in change. Especially cause I've been watching these on a long playlist lol.
I’ve watched a lot of content from people with tanks that are showing incredible growth keeping their pH as high as 8.5 - 8.6. When kept stable absolutely explosive growth.
Solid list! Love BRS! Yeah it is the inverse, it should be; "Belief can only take us so far. Science will take us the rest of the way." I think this might work, we'll see if it does is the foundation of reefing. Now we are gaining access to way more testing and data to work off of. Science underpins reef tanks. Not belief.
Been craving these videos! Little did I know Matthew was lurking behind Randy! 🤣🤣 keep it up! You 2 and Thomas are my favorites - although…I think you’re the only 3 we see haha so I guess you’re all my favorite
Also love seeing all the similar comments! I remember Matthew’s video talking about being discouraged by negative comments - so glad you never gave up!
This is a fantastic episode! I have so many thoughts and I'm still not done with it at the time of this comment. But I loved the points on Diet. Just because we can eat a full bag of chips everyday doesn't mean we should. And then when you where discussing flow it made me think how a wavemaker/power head is like the Heart and the flow is the Circulatory System. If you have too low of flow (low blood pressure) it will cause issues and too high of flow (high blood pressure) both are dangrious and should be monitored with lots of care and checked frequently. Don't assume it won't change because like us as we age and different variables our blood pressure can change. Thanks BRS can't wait for season 2 of 52 weeks of reefing!
On the peroxide (1:30 min), I have tested it in: leather corals, zoas, acans, duncans, frogspawns, ricordeas and alveos. All of them survived and are doing great now.
Ozone has helped me in soo many ways. You'll love it. Please document it and make a video. I've found that it raises my ph and has helped me eradicate the cyano I was battling with.
I love these videos. Thank you so much for your time and sharing knowledge. Facebook groups full of smug know-it-alls that spent $3000 on a self contained 10 gallon cube and are now experts.
I feed 3 different foods everyday. Freeze dried calanus on auto feeder (4x/day) PE mysis pellets, seaweed extreme, and I will also put a sheet of seaweed in there each day. The only time I experience a fish death is due to aggression, and that hasn't happened in a long time.
1 - I run Ozone for the last 2 weeks and I dose peroxide and I use it as a fish dip into and out of QT 2 - I took my KH monitor off, dose Kalk only overnight - 3 months and my SPS are doing SO much better 3 - Trying to do that BUT how do you feed different food to different fish in the same tank? Getting them onto the food is huge 4 - Yeah my tank was stagnant and couldn't work it out but the pH focus has been huge 5 - I need a little more flow but my LPS suffers 6 - I'm totally against aquacultured fish when they are common and hardy - (mainly because sustainable collection should be a massive positive for reef and the humans there in developing countries). But I wanted a Muiltibar angel and I waited till it was available captive bred. The industry, including BRS, need to demand better practices (and I would pay more knowing where my fish / coral was collected and by whom and how it got to me) 7 - Yeah I probably need a few more critters as I'm sick of cleaning the sand 8 - Bars (what Matthew calls strips) are the future 9 - BRS should do it. You do it with Elliot on fish and Victor for coral. Still reefers don't need the latest and greatest - they just need to simple, basic best practice for the 80% (I think QT in Copper with Elliot is too much - better peroxide baths and observation in a QT tank maybe with prazi) 10 - I think the tanks with natural looking habitats have the best scapes - Sorry but besides some very few bonsai style reefs (Evan Luo & Yoshi) I think NSA scapes look terrible. So unless your tank is ALL about Acropora (for which the NSA provides the best aquascape) don't do it. 11 - Peroxide as a coral dip needs to have some videos on it because different corals do better or worse - and you NEED to do in tandem with KCl. 12 - Totally - KZ was way ahead of their time. A lot of SPS experts say the low zooxanthellae part is basically keeping corals on the edge. I'm not so sure about that and I think we are going to find there is something more behind it. I do use some of their products BUT it's too much so I'm really hoping to see how good their new 4 bottom system is. I wonder if, like Kalkwasser, the hobby has evolved to a higher level than that and KZ will be incorporated in new ways. I do see a KZ tank in my future - probably when I'm retired :D 13 - Probably but thank goodness it isn't key because I have no one here that is at that super high level 14 - Yep 15 - Nah it's method that is altered by science Can't wait for season 2! Gonna be EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!
Finally realizing that zeovit has already answered all the questions the hobby has been asking recently and I don’t understand why more people aren’t talking about it. Zeovit works and obviously the Germans are onto something and know a lot more than the rest of us.
Can’t wait for January Peroxide and nitrate testing results! Wonder how long each test will take and what the parameters for testing will be? We have a month to think about it.
I really find it interesting that BRS did the entire ranking of lights and they said the Kessil lights that really match T5 bulbs but Ryan knocked them because they did not have the sliders and controllers.
As far as No.9 goes, the problem is the people at the facilities and the LFS think of the fish as a commodity...their goal isn't to have the healthiest fish possible, that would probably be ineffective cost wise...their goal is to the keep them moderately healthy enough so that they can live long enough to sale them...the breeders are probably the best source for nutrition information...
Use SODA ASH 2 part via an auto doser.....it keeps your PH high like kalk and doesn't destroy your pumps....also dose whatever the hell you want with the exception of potassium and virtually never see crazy swings.....the more your coral uptake the soda ash (alk) it raises your PH ....so as your tank grows it basically is compounding in growth and PH....even on lowwww dose soda ash ...my new systems run no lower than 8.2....apex to verify....main system eating 90 ml per day....8.3 to 8.47.....no co2 reactor....no kalk....just the KISS method
Did Ryan say he used 100% strength hydrogen peroxide not mixed with salt water? We need to know more about this. I've used it before mixed with salt water. What i want to know is if it kills dinos?
I believed so much garbage over the years. Looking back it was always related to a shortcut or a way to avoid maintenance. But these are all points I agree with. It's the difference between "magic" and experience.
Please do hydrogen peroxide dip investigates. I have had no luck with survival. 3% 2 minute undiluted seems to be too strong in my experience with acans and cloves.
Ryan, maybe grab Katt from shipping for the next video? I’m sure this dude is swell but I don’t watch his vids. We just need somebody to sit next to you, she was perfect. Her T-shirt was The Best.
My prediction for the future is that Elon Musk will develop Borg nanites for some nefarious reason and BRS will get some and reprogram them to totally eliminated all the algae in our reef tanks. I hate algae.
I think PH has always been first-ish ...however I think what we will learn is that kalk is so bad for your equipment long term speaking....we will end up preferring a soda ash mixture 2 part....bc it's ph boosting benefits but also being easier to absolutely peg levels for relatively the same price ...if you DIY mix it like BRS offers...what I think we should be doing is perfecting trace elements in the BRS mix specifically the soda ash varient of 2 part...sodium bicarb should be discontinued for obvious reasons...calrx too IMHO
I think Kalk vs Soda Ash....Tank vs Tank...you'd find....same or nearly the same coral growth....but less coraline algae using soda ash...which can be good thing ....I don't want to constantly clean coraline off the glass and pumps....impellers etc all crusty....wires hardend and brittle from the kalk being dumped in....I think a good pros vs cons of these two would be a worth while investigating....anecdotally I've used em all and I always land back on pure soda ash
Ryan loves your videos. But lately it feels like I'm in college listening to my professors drag out a course. Informative but get to the Point 🥱🥱🥱🥱.Love the video but im falling asleep.
I am really happy to see Matthew in this. I really love Randy too, but it's sometimes nice to get that difference in change. Especially cause I've been watching these on a long playlist lol.
Ryan and Matthew together are so conversational! It makes these types of videos much more enjoyable to watch. I can't say how glad I am this partnership has happened!
I’m very happy to see Matthew with Ryan he brings a wealth of experience to this field. It so much better then watching him sale products ☺️🤣
Need more videos with Matthew and Ryan, so glad Matthew is working on the BRStv channel! Love his videos, they’ve helped me massively!
LOVE seeing Ryan and Matthew on screen together. You guys have great chemistry. Keep them coming.
Maybe Ryan can visit Palm Springs while the weather is crapoy up north 😂.
Matthew is a great accompaniment for this platform. Hoping you continue to bring him on for these videos.
Matthew you are awesome! So happy you joined the BRS team. 😊
Ryan and Matthew are such a good combo, two of my favourites!
My beginner’s guru and expert guru!
That sounds like my channel 😁 I think my All About series has really helped reefers around the world learning how to take care of these beautiful creatures!
Love your videos, have learned a lot thanks for making them!
Love Matthew, he was the first TH-camr I followed getting into the hobby
enjoying the conversation format as well.
I would love to see, or find,
a set of PDF's for each fish/coral etc
laying out,
food preference,
location preference /habitat
ie, lower in the tank, more or less flow, higher in the tank etc
basically a library where I can look up the fish, and see what is it's happy place when it comes to making a good environment,
to make it easier to work out, order of introduction, and manage clash of desired location/food
or even a book about marine keeping,
it would certainly make life easier.
I am hoping to start a tank in the next year or so, and really trying to find success via good choices, slow and steady, and have all the live stock happy as they can be
The #9 livestock direction is brilliant. I'd highly recommend checking out the frog/reptile folks on this. They are lacking in what you guys do, but they handle that space very well. Especially for beginners, they make it interesting and not deterring in a fun way.
A video series of shorts like what "Clint's reptiles" does would be amazing for some common groups of fish, tank mates, etc. He even mentions exactly the goals you mentioned in his intro
More videos with Matt please! 👏🏽
Good boys Ryan and Matty 🥰🐶 I like these kinds sit down and discuss topics! They my favrit thing listen to on walks 🥰🐶
I really enjoyed watching you both together in discussions, Matthew I've been watching you for a couple of yrs now..your awesome 👌 excited to see you've teamed up with Ryan 😃
I'm going to share with you my experience with hydrogen peroxide coral dips. I used Dr Tims first defense as a first dip follwed by coral rx dip then lastly hydrogen peroxide. Corals I used, 1x hammer, 1x large gorgonian, 1x jardini, 1x scrolling monti & 1x goni. They all survived 🙌 techniques differed for the monti & gorgonian they sat in a solution of 95% tank water 5% hydrogen peroxide also contact time was approximately 1-2 minutes. As for the other corals solution was approximately 80-20 contact time 10-15 minutes. The monti & gorgonian worried me took a week or 2 to recover but are doing fine 🙂
I am really happy to see Matthew in this. I really love Randy too, but it's sometimes nice to get that difference in change. Especially cause I've been watching these on a long playlist lol.
I’ve watched a lot of content from people with tanks that are showing incredible growth keeping their pH as high as 8.5 - 8.6. When kept stable absolutely explosive growth.
Yes, find likeminded people, but take care it doesn't become an echo chamber. Keep your mind and heart open.
Solid list! Love BRS!
Yeah it is the inverse, it should be; "Belief can only take us so far. Science will take us the rest of the way."
I think this might work, we'll see if it does is the foundation of reefing. Now we are gaining access to way more testing and data to work off of. Science underpins reef tanks. Not belief.
Been craving these videos! Little did I know Matthew was lurking behind Randy! 🤣🤣 keep it up! You 2 and Thomas are my favorites - although…I think you’re the only 3 we see haha so I guess you’re all my favorite
Also love seeing all the similar comments! I remember Matthew’s video talking about being discouraged by negative comments - so glad you never gave up!
This is a fantastic episode! I have so many thoughts and I'm still not done with it at the time of this comment. But I loved the points on Diet. Just because we can eat a full bag of chips everyday doesn't mean we should. And then when you where discussing flow it made me think how a wavemaker/power head is like the Heart and the flow is the Circulatory System. If you have too low of flow (low blood pressure) it will cause issues and too high of flow (high blood pressure) both are dangrious and should be monitored with lots of care and checked frequently. Don't assume it won't change because like us as we age and different variables our blood pressure can change. Thanks BRS can't wait for season 2 of 52 weeks of reefing!
Love the dynamic here and I can’t waitnfor season 2 of 52 weeks of reefing! My bible 2.0
On the peroxide (1:30 min), I have tested it in: leather corals, zoas, acans, duncans, frogspawns, ricordeas and alveos. All of them survived and are doing great now.
Ozone has helped me in soo many ways. You'll love it. Please document it and make a video. I've found that it raises my ph and has helped me eradicate the cyano I was battling with.
Brock Leonard is doing a good job with description of fish and corals.
Matthew wins. Bring him on full time as Ryan's counterpart on screen!
Great video, deserves much more views
I love these videos. Thank you so much for your time and sharing knowledge. Facebook groups full of smug know-it-alls that spent $3000 on a self contained 10 gallon cube and are now experts.
:-). Glad you enjoyed it!
I feed 3 different foods everyday. Freeze dried calanus on auto feeder (4x/day) PE mysis pellets, seaweed extreme, and I will also put a sheet of seaweed in there each day. The only time I experience a fish death is due to aggression, and that hasn't happened in a long time.
Love the videos keep them coming!!!
Happy to see videos like this agine thanks guys
I love those two guys, a lot
1 - I run Ozone for the last 2 weeks and I dose peroxide and I use it as a fish dip into and out of QT
2 - I took my KH monitor off, dose Kalk only overnight - 3 months and my SPS are doing SO much better
3 - Trying to do that BUT how do you feed different food to different fish in the same tank? Getting them onto the food is huge
4 - Yeah my tank was stagnant and couldn't work it out but the pH focus has been huge
5 - I need a little more flow but my LPS suffers
6 - I'm totally against aquacultured fish when they are common and hardy - (mainly because sustainable collection should be a massive positive for reef and the humans there in developing countries). But I wanted a Muiltibar angel and I waited till it was available captive bred. The industry, including BRS, need to demand better practices (and I would pay more knowing where my fish / coral was collected and by whom and how it got to me)
7 - Yeah I probably need a few more critters as I'm sick of cleaning the sand
8 - Bars (what Matthew calls strips) are the future
9 - BRS should do it. You do it with Elliot on fish and Victor for coral. Still reefers don't need the latest and greatest - they just need to simple, basic best practice for the 80% (I think QT in Copper with Elliot is too much - better peroxide baths and observation in a QT tank maybe with prazi)
10 - I think the tanks with natural looking habitats have the best scapes - Sorry but besides some very few bonsai style reefs (Evan Luo & Yoshi) I think NSA scapes look terrible. So unless your tank is ALL about Acropora (for which the NSA provides the best aquascape) don't do it.
11 - Peroxide as a coral dip needs to have some videos on it because different corals do better or worse - and you NEED to do in tandem with KCl.
12 - Totally - KZ was way ahead of their time. A lot of SPS experts say the low zooxanthellae part is basically keeping corals on the edge. I'm not so sure about that and I think we are going to find there is something more behind it. I do use some of their products BUT it's too much so I'm really hoping to see how good their new 4 bottom system is. I wonder if, like Kalkwasser, the hobby has evolved to a higher level than that and KZ will be incorporated in new ways. I do see a KZ tank in my future - probably when I'm retired :D
13 - Probably but thank goodness it isn't key because I have no one here that is at that super high level
14 - Yep
15 - Nah it's method that is altered by science
Can't wait for season 2! Gonna be EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!
Finally realizing that zeovit has already answered all the questions the hobby has been asking recently and I don’t understand why more people aren’t talking about it. Zeovit works and obviously the Germans are onto something and know a lot more than the rest of us.
Can’t wait for January Peroxide and nitrate testing results! Wonder how long each test will take and what the parameters for testing will be? We have a month to think about it.
This was excellent. Thanks for sharing.
Love these videos. Great job guys
I love this video. I got introduced to the peroxide dip year ago and everyone I have told sine has said I'm crazy.
I have 3 fighting conch snails in my 180 that are at least 4 years old.
Could you get ORA to add an AirTag to the parcel and watch your coral make it’s journey to you?
It's official...I'll go ahead and say it......Ryan & Matt > Ryan & Randy
Flow is a treadmill for coral
UV light makes ozone! its the reaction with oxygen!
I really find it interesting that BRS did the entire ranking of lights and they said the Kessil lights that really match T5 bulbs but Ryan knocked them because they did not have the sliders and controllers.
So how do you go about refilling the ozone? Do you go to a place that sells welding equipment and gasses?
I have had great luck with peroxide.
We’re still waiting on the BRS Investigates Hydrogen Peroxide Dips ;)
As far as No.9 goes, the problem is the people at the facilities and the LFS think of the fish as a commodity...their goal isn't to have the healthiest fish possible, that would probably be ineffective cost wise...their goal is to the keep them moderately healthy enough so that they can live long enough to sale them...the breeders are probably the best source for nutrition information...
I wish there was more out there on keeping ph up while carbon dosing. Dosing something that doesn't cause alk and or calc to skyrocket to keep ph up
Use SODA ASH 2 part via an auto doser.....it keeps your PH high like kalk and doesn't destroy your pumps....also dose whatever the hell you want with the exception of potassium and virtually never see crazy swings.....the more your coral uptake the soda ash (alk) it raises your PH ....so as your tank grows it basically is compounding in growth and PH....even on lowwww dose soda ash ...my new systems run no lower than 8.2....apex to verify....main system eating 90 ml per day....8.3 to 8.47.....no co2 reactor....no kalk....just the KISS method
Did Ryan say he used 100% strength hydrogen peroxide not mixed with salt water? We need to know more about this. I've used it before mixed with salt water. What i want to know is if it kills dinos?
I believed so much garbage over the years. Looking back it was always related to a shortcut or a way to avoid maintenance.
But these are all points I agree with. It's the difference between "magic" and experience.
You guys need to have an episode on h202 dosing to cure Ich, velvet, and uronema.
Ozone = no more WC for tint?
I only clean sand every couple of months
It must be hard to keep looking at the camera to do these
Maybe a podcast camera angle is better ?
❤
Please do hydrogen peroxide dip investigates. I have had no luck with survival. 3% 2 minute undiluted seems to be too strong in my experience with acans and cloves.
Go check out Brock’s channel “all about” he does exactly what you guys are sayings
What percentage of hydrogen peroxide do you use for dip ? And how much of it in a cup of saltwater ?
Matt riffs off Ryan really well for not being around him as much as other guys
BOOYA
The problem I see with zeovit is the carbon dosing. I have struggled and struggled keeping ph comfortably above the what I think is harmful ph levels
Please release the Hydrogen peroxide info!!
So who had tried this hydrogen peroxide dipping? I am am interested in if it kills dinos
Ryan, maybe grab Katt from shipping for the next video? I’m sure this dude is swell but I don’t watch his vids. We just need somebody to sit next to you, she was perfect. Her T-shirt was The Best.
My prediction for the future is that Elon Musk will develop Borg nanites for some nefarious reason and BRS will get some and reprogram them to totally eliminated all the algae in our reef tanks. I hate algae.
🤣
Peroxide nuked my montipora....
Bummer to hear that! Certain corals handle it better than others, that's for sure.
Matthew is too thirsty, Randy was his true love you hussey
STOP saying Journey.. seriously.. Please.
I think PH has always been first-ish ...however I think what we will learn is that kalk is so bad for your equipment long term speaking....we will end up preferring a soda ash mixture 2 part....bc it's ph boosting benefits but also being easier to absolutely peg levels for relatively the same price ...if you DIY mix it like BRS offers...what I think we should be doing is perfecting trace elements in the BRS mix specifically the soda ash varient of 2 part...sodium bicarb should be discontinued for obvious reasons...calrx too IMHO
I think Kalk vs Soda Ash....Tank vs Tank...you'd find....same or nearly the same coral growth....but less coraline algae using soda ash...which can be good thing ....I don't want to constantly clean coraline off the glass and pumps....impellers etc all crusty....wires hardend and brittle from the kalk being dumped in....I think a good pros vs cons of these two would be a worth while investigating....anecdotally I've used em all and I always land back on pure soda ash
This hydrogen peroxide method killed many of my Coral's
Ryan loves your videos. But lately it feels like I'm in college listening to my professors drag out a course. Informative but get to the Point 🥱🥱🥱🥱.Love the video but im falling asleep.
I am really happy to see Matthew in this. I really love Randy too, but it's sometimes nice to get that difference in change. Especially cause I've been watching these on a long playlist lol.