A lot of the newer reefers don't realize this but this is very much an old school Frankenstein style tank you used to see on Reef Central. You really can only do this with decades of experience. Every single thing he does has a reason and contingencies to get a small benefit over something available off the shelf. NOT recommended for an inexperienced reefer! The night time air sparging in the sump with old skimmer pumps and bubble traps is *chef's kiss*
10:53, daily trace element dosing bottles + monthly corrections for sure (undercover moonshiner) they should have spoke about this ….. Awesome growth and beautiful reef!
Not the Moonshiners method. But when I do ICP tests, I’ll use their elements to make corrections. I do use Rubidium, iron, Maneese, Chromium and molybdenum on a daily basis
Another great video and an amazing tank! I’ve hesitated getting into Acros as I thought my nutrients are too high, but his nitrates are 30-35 and phosphate 0.8 - 1.2 and his Acros are stunning! I might have to start dipping my toes into the world of sticks!
My waterbox cube nitrates were 20-40 with acro's and they were fine. Start with a digi or mili and you should be fine. My newer tank I'm still working the kinks out my nitrates are super high 30-60 and they are still good and my Walt Disney frag is in there and looks happy
@helenchambers169 That's actually not true. Your nitrates and Phosphate is ok for Acropora. You'll need to have good flow and good lighting and they'll do fine with what your levels are. They NEED nitrates and Phosphates.
I'd say go for it. We run our nutrients high with acros as well(a little lower than Ronald though). Just start off with some bulletproof acros such as green slimer and paletta pink tip.
It does when you control it. You have to feed it with air drawn from outside. Either put it on a timer to only come on at night, or on a ph control of some kind. I use the hydros controller combined with a Hydros power strip. Then tie it in with PH probe dependencies and set the PH parameters to turn on those power outlets when PH drops below 8.25. You have to control it somehow, cuz if it runs all day, PH WILL climb more and more with each day until it reaches dangerous levels. This of corse depends on size of tank, other factors that lower PH, and also how large of an aerator pump you use. You should also devise some way to capture the bubbles not allowing them to get back to the display, or at least minimize as much as possible.
Special Note: if you have a mosquito truck passing your house on a regular basis, program the hydros NOT to operate or engage that particular outlet during their spray schedule. So if they usually pass between 7pm and 8pm. Tell hydros to schedule it NOt to come in between 6pm and like 9pm. Ya don’t want Mosquito spray contaminating your tank. If you’re just gonna use a programmable timer, then obviously You know to program it NOT to come on until after the mosquito truck passes
You want to have nutrients/nutrition in, and a robust nutrient export system. Refugium also supply’s a safe haven for pods, and algae scrubber releases oxygen and other beneficial elements back into the water column
Oohhh yea he’s dialed in! This man knows his system well! The vid was great as always but I wouldn’t seeing some longer clips of the display itself. 🎚️🎛️🔐 seeya at rap Orlando 🤙
A lot of the newer reefers don't realize this but this is very much an old school Frankenstein style tank you used to see on Reef Central. You really can only do this with decades of experience. Every single thing he does has a reason and contingencies to get a small benefit over something available off the shelf. NOT recommended for an inexperienced reefer! The night time air sparging in the sump with old skimmer pumps and bubble traps is *chef's kiss*
that is pro level setup man
Thank you so much for the compliments.
Yes, Ronald has took everything he has learned for the last 30 years and but it all together.
Nice vid, would like to see more of the corals next time
I will pass that along to the team! Thank you for watching and the feedback
Man this system is CRAZY 🤯
Very intricate, but there is a logic to it!!!
Dayum, my man just put his in-law drama all over TH-cam 😂
😅
Epic! Super nice guy, great frags and always willing to answer questions for the community in Nola
Sure is! Thanks for watching 😎
This aquarium is amazing beautiful corals, stunning! This guy is like a mad professor.
The tank was stunning for sure.
Amazing corals. Nice work mate 😍
Thanks for watching!!!
10:53, daily trace element dosing bottles + monthly corrections for sure (undercover moonshiner) they should have spoke about this ….. Awesome growth and beautiful reef!
I also noticed the Moonshiner bottles. Is Ronald using the method? His tank is beautiful!
Not the Moonshiners method. But when I do ICP tests, I’ll use their elements to make corrections. I do use Rubidium, iron, Maneese, Chromium and molybdenum on a daily basis
Amazing job on creating this tank!
Only 2 years ! ? ! We need to see more , even the frag tanks !
Hopefully when he gets that tank upgrade we can go back!!! 😉
Phenomenal set up. I need to up my game
It was beautiful for sure
Awesome tank
Stunning🤩
I had to use an explative when seeing this tank. Truly mind blowing.
HAHA 100% of to do that.
I want to start a reef tank, But 16:20 just BOGGLES my mind. I don't have 30 years left to figure that out. Awesome Tank Ronald ! 👍
Thank you so much
Ronald has been at it for some time but trust us you can get it right away.
Must haves, good light, auto top off and eventually once the coral starts growing dosing pumps. Seek stability and you will be successful.
Beautiful tank.
Agreed! Thank you for watching!
wow , wow , wow, thanks for sharing
Thank you for watching
wow great tank, a true specialist.
Yes he is!
Loving this tank setup thought of everything DIY baby.
Very well thought out system. You could tell that a ton of thought and time went into it!!!
Beautiful tank! What is the green coral at 6:01?
That’s a baby Cup Coral. Very large polyps on that one
Another great video and an amazing tank! I’ve hesitated getting into Acros as I thought my nutrients are too high, but his nitrates are 30-35 and phosphate 0.8 - 1.2 and his Acros are stunning! I might have to start dipping my toes into the world of sticks!
My waterbox cube nitrates were 20-40 with acro's and they were fine. Start with a digi or mili and you should be fine. My newer tank I'm still working the kinks out my nitrates are super high 30-60 and they are still good and my Walt Disney frag is in there and looks happy
@helenchambers169 That's actually not true. Your nitrates and Phosphate is ok for Acropora. You'll need to have good flow and good lighting and they'll do fine with what your levels are. They NEED nitrates and Phosphates.
@@insideout518 thank you for your input - might have to go shopping!
@@insideout518 thank you, will definitely start - cheap first!😀
I'd say go for it. We run our nutrients high with acros as well(a little lower than Ronald though). Just start off with some bulletproof acros such as green slimer and paletta pink tip.
Don’t have any sps coral and tab but scared of them but seeing this video makes me want them more the Disney one was actually really nice
Just make sure you do as much homework as you can on them and give it a go!
Skimmer pump aerating in the sump, never heard of this, I wonder if it works to increase your ph
It does when you control it. You have to feed it with air drawn from outside. Either put it on a timer to only come on at night, or on a ph control of some kind. I use the hydros controller combined with a Hydros power strip. Then tie it in with PH probe dependencies and set the PH parameters to turn on those power outlets when PH drops below 8.25. You have to control it somehow, cuz if it runs all day, PH WILL climb more and more with each day until it reaches dangerous levels. This of corse depends on size of tank, other factors that lower PH, and also how large of an aerator pump you use. You should also devise some way to capture the bubbles not allowing them to get back to the display, or at least minimize as much as possible.
Special Note: if you have a mosquito truck passing your house on a regular basis, program the hydros NOT to operate or engage that particular outlet during their spray schedule. So if they usually pass between 7pm and 8pm. Tell hydros to schedule it NOt to come in between 6pm and like 9pm. Ya don’t want Mosquito spray contaminating your tank. If you’re just gonna use a programmable timer, then obviously You know to program it NOT to come on until after the mosquito truck passes
Top down shot @ 10:11👌 🙌
The cherry on top!
Just 3 radions xr30 G6 would half his power bill for all those lights he runs now.
You dont need so many complicated things to have a good tank.
That is correct as well, We have another video of a reefer who did a very basic set up and just very small frags and his system looks AMAZING!
Growing all that algae may be the cause having to dose nitrate and phosphate?
You want to have nutrients/nutrition in, and a robust nutrient export system. Refugium also supply’s a safe haven for pods, and algae scrubber releases oxygen and other beneficial elements back into the water column
superb
Thanks for watching!!!
Candy paint baby
Ja-Bae-O or J-Bow?
It's all the same lol
well I run a 45cm cube with 2x Kesseil a360x... so It's not weird that he has so many lights xD
It is and yours even more for this small size😂
@@tomg5405 growing sps like crazy :)
It seems to be working here, look at the colors and growth of the acros 🤯
😎👍🏻
Thanks for watching 😁
Quiero la camisa 😢
👏🔥💯👌
Thank you!
Got any advice for a poor hobbyist?
In how to start out?
@@WorldWideCorals Yes
Electric bill? Goodbye 😀👋
Nah, LEDs aren't bad on electric bill and neither is the equipment. I think people worry about that a lot, but it's not that bad.
i think when you can afford all that stuff you dont really look at your electricit bill
It's probably not as bad as you would think.
4 th
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Oohhh yea he’s dialed in! This man knows his system well! The vid was great as always but I wouldn’t seeing some longer clips of the display itself. 🎚️🎛️🔐 seeya at rap Orlando 🤙
Id love to check out his insta or TH-cam channel (if he has one) when u get a chance could I get the name of his account please?
@@Jtone_philthy_aquatics
@RonaldOlivier-qs6zz
Sure is. We'll see you at RAP!!!!