For me personally I prefer a low maintenance tank. I have the utmost respect for the SPS tanks because it is a lot of work. I have a simple nano that pretty much runs itself and I’m trying another tank with more challenging coral. The more challenging tank is kicking my but! It’s unforgiving and let’s me know when I am slacking. I might abandon SPS for now and continue with low maintenance coral until I have more time to devote to my tank. Great video and great topic of conversation 👍

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

The tank is going to let you know what fits your current life style! Hope you find the necessary time in the future... and of course, still have enough time to enjoy the fruit of your labor!

It’s a great day when a new video drops 😊

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching 😊

The inspiration for my first coral reef tank was your budget tank followed by your mangrove tank. I love both styles of high and low maintenance and both of your tanks are stunning.

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

Love hearing this and hope your reefing journey has been a relatively smooth one! (and most importantly, an enjoyable ride!)

I’m so glad I don’t have those starfish haha I would be so sad if any zoas were feasted upon. Keep up the great vids man. I wait for each one with anticipation. I’ve been grabbing a lot of corals from CTE

Amazing video! Thanks for sharing! I can't wait till my tank and KZread channel are as fire as yours!

Thanks for the video!

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

High maintenance tanks are cool when you have all the dosing supplies and everything setup right to work easily. Couldn’t imagine keeping a high mainlanders SPS tank and having to mix water and maintain levels manually

Looks awesome brother gotta say the soft coral tank is my favorite ✊🏽

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

Thank you my friend!

@Sylvania-Frenchies

Жыл бұрын

@@InappropriateReefer anytime my friend you definitely have inspired me to start a soft coral reef . Let me know if you frag that finger leather coral

I like the video before vacation idea. I just came back from a 2 day work trip to 2 medium aiptasia so that was fun. My fiancé is taking care of everything though thank goodness

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

Always awesome to have family members & friends who are interested in the hobby... or at least tolerate it! ;-)

Both tanks look good Mok-yi. Having redundancy and automation is very nice especially if you have to travel but having a low tech hands off tank is nice as well. The mangroves are growing like weeds.

I have a “high maintenance” reef and I do love the challenge of keeping sps. Although automation has for the most part taken ALOT off of my plate with auto testing and dosing. Weekly water changes, feeding and the occasional dosing of iodine/trace elements is all that I do at the moment.

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

Yes sir, without the automation really don't think I would be successful running a higher maintenance / demand tank. I'm terrible when it comes to regular testing and dosing... haphazard at best! Props to you for keeping up w/ the weekly waterchange, even that has been challenging for me!

@austincutliff4295

Жыл бұрын

@@InappropriateReefer yeah I wouldn’t be successful without my automation either. That was my biggest problem starting out, parameter swings due to my negligence 😅. And weekly water changes on an innovative marine 30gal are a cake walk compared to your big system so I wouldn’t give me to much credit 😂

Omg you use LECA, that’s awesome!

Love your tank! Like a little peace of the ocean! Have you thought of expanding, maybe add another tank?

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I really, really want to set up another super simple & affordable tank... alas, I have something similar in the Mangrove tank (though it does not have affordable gears at the moment), so I thought it may be a bit redundant. Down the road I may have another go at the idea!

Noooo! I miss DJ Quad music for your vids! It’s part of your vibe and feel!

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

Oh I miss DJ Quad! Maybe I'll bring it back in one of the future vid!

Both!

Wish I knew I could put a tree in my tank before I started last week! 😭 would’ve definitely done it like that

Hello which lamps are those exactly? Looks great!.beautiful

your fish bowl looks 100x better than mine 🥴

Cyano might have started because your nutrients dropped to low, see it a lot when people carbon dose and bottom out po4 and no3, cyano or dinoflagellates seem to pop up after it happens and gets a foot hold. Your tanks are gorgeous, absolutely stunning!

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

Good point and very likely! Though the pendulum may have swung a bit too far back towards high nutrients now to continue fueling the cyano. Nutrients was low so I upped the feeding, ended up with ~1.1 & ~30 these days. 😅

Expensive lunch for that starfish. Borrow a harlequin shrimp lol

I want an in-between reef!

@sergtv6907

Жыл бұрын

Yes ! Those new 60 gal breeders are awesome

I have a 15G mixed tank that is low maintenance and all my SPS coral are doing great, but my 90G I'm building will be mostly softies... At least that's the plan

Do you use RODI on the soft water tank? Also how do you maintain the calcium and alkalinity with the soft coral tank?

Can you do a video review of your Avast Plank feeder?

Awwwwwwww YEAH

Your Sun Kissed is Sun Pissed 😎

What do you feed your corals? And do you turn off your main pump when feeding?

Dang, you’re making me want a tank again! I just get so frustrated with algae and give up every time 😞

@1Fbl1Wolfie

Жыл бұрын

algae is a function of mostly light duration. Get yourself a timer and start playing around with hours per day of light with the rate that algae builds up.

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

Algae is easy to handle, certain snails mow down certain type of algae as well, aside from what Andries recommended. Hopefully you give it another go. ;-)

@OmniversalInsect

Жыл бұрын

Are there any snails that eat hair algae? I was told that trochus snails do but mine never ate it and ended up starving

Good afternoon. The 135 looks amazing. Do you ever ship any of your frags to North Carolina?

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

I haven’t dabbled in shipping yet, may finally give it a try later this year, since the SPS has been growing well 😊

But very beautiful aquarium

You ever try throwing a piece of acrylic or glass on top of the soft Coral tank to knock back the evaporation rate?

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

I have not as evaporation and fish jumping hasn't been an issue with the mangrove system *knock on wood*

I would try your lighting for the red slime Coraline. I have a recurring growth of that stuff. Phosphate is only .25 and nitrates normal. Let's face it. We grow algae 🤣

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

You know what, I tell myself algae & bacteria is a natural part of the reef too, they tend to live side by side corals, lol. As long as they're not choking out corals, I'm for the most part not going to stress over them...

1:01 to the right of the xenia, is that a deep water leather?

Low Maintenance I have a 16gallon Cube and I do a 5 gallon water change once a week. I have gone once a month to 😆 sometimes.

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

We have all slipped into that once-a-month-club sometimes... ;-)

@calidolphinsfan408

Жыл бұрын

@@InappropriateReefer love your videos keep posting them they are so informational. I've been reefing for 5 years I just have a lil 16gallon cube but it's my lil slice of the ocean 🪸🌊 thank you

I'm more of an LPS & soft coral person. Would be considered in-between?

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

Totally!

Have you ever found the reason why Xenia pulses in your mangrove tank and doesn't pulse very well in your 135 gallon? Is it the same strand?

Did you have to deal with velvet in your reef tank before? If so, how are you treating your reef fishes? Or do you have a video on it that I can watch? Thanks!

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

Thankfully I have not had to deal with Velvet or Ich *knock on wood* For new fish I usually use this dip called the "Safety Stop." Unfortunately don't have much to add in terms of treating fish, I do hear Humblefish forum is a great resource for QT/Treating fish -- good luck!

What lights do you run on the 135g

how many wavemaker in your 135g tank ?

Is that yellow anacropora colony Goldenrod Anacropora? I really dig it, looking for a yellow Acro to add to my tank.

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

Yes sir, Goldenrod Anacropora. It has been an easy and fast grower in my system!

Continuous doser for kwalk only at night is the programmable or you just turn it off during the day. Tank looks great.

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

I have the Komer doser set to continous dose, but only have power to that outlet during a certain time of day. So whenever the outlet has power, it will start continous dosing. I am using a Hydros to control the doser's on/off, but any smart plug on the market would do!

@fernselvis

Жыл бұрын

@@InappropriateReefer thank you.

Low maintenance for me softies & LPS

All asterina star fish eat zoas and suck in coralline algae happened to me in my old system.after I set up my new system they are not allowed.those little buggers eat stuff certain stuff like zoas even red bubble algae.

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I am not a fan of them, though have not had a way to really eradicate all those buggers....

Is it dangerous running kalk in an auto top off container, without a PH probe and controller?

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

I don’t think it’d dose enough to be dangerous, but it may not be as predictable since the evaporation amount may be different day to day; versus using a dosing it’s always a set number.

How do you get montipora forest fire polyp extension mine is is fully closed but is still growing. Also my Starfish ate all my 13 pink diamonds. In my sump i also have 2 pink diamond that randomly got lose ( probably because they didnt want to get eaten) they are starting to eat my eagle eyeys. I remove Some evry day and its working good.

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear about your zoas but glad to hear that the starfish is under control in your system! It's tough to say with polyp extension because I heard that it could be so many things. My first question would be how are your other SPS doing?

@oofpokemon5275

Жыл бұрын

@@InappropriateReefer they are doing great my acropora isn’t showing any PE aswell my iodine is to low and manganese and the metals are to high I am trying to get iodine and manganese under control

Low is the way to go.

Can I ask what your light schedule and intensity is on your soft coral tank? I'm interested as it's a very powerful light for this size tank. Thank you in advance

@jameswithers3066

Жыл бұрын

Also I think your 135 gallon tank as a huge softie tank would look amazing.

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

I am running that Radion G4 Pro at 15% intensity over the softie tank. 😬

Mp10 need to be lined up better to the dry side and the clicking will go away

I also literally just said screw it I don’t have the time for sps dominate so I’m doing cool softy with pipefish and twinspot gobies

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

Any success w/ Twinspot Gobies? Thought they look super cool but I hear they could be hard to feed

@jahsreef8386

Жыл бұрын

@@InappropriateReefer I haven’t personally had them yet, my lfs carry’s them for awhile before I would get a pair so I’m sure that they will be eating mysis. They just got in two of them so I’m gonna let him make sure they’re eating good for a couple weeks

Can you please let me know what you mean by liquid fertilizer or the plugs for you mangroves? TIA!!

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

I squirt a little Thrive+ (it's a freshwater planted tank fert), and use planted aquarium root tabs (they're like little pills filled with fertilizer) in the sand bed around where I think the mangrove roots are

Yeah i enjoy the hobby more when its low maintenance.

Idk if this recommendation has came across you but I’m confident that if you did do a bi weekly water change in the big tank and you used that water for the little tank your little tank would look great. Just my 2 cents.

Do you feed any pods to your reef?

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

I don’t routinely add live pods, but I have seeded them in the past and there is a healthy population in there naturally

How often do you ICP test for nutients?

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

For Nutrients I manual test (Hannah Photsphate ULR and Nitrate HR); ICP I usually once every 3-4 months to check major elements and trace

How to you feed the tangs when gone for that long?

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

I have an Avast Plank auto-feeder that feeds freeze dried mysis & flakes 3x a day

Show us more plants!!! 🌿

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

Alright, if you insist...

@DrewWoznicki

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same! 😂 I have a massive 25+ leaf Albo Borsigianna!

Your mp10 is not aligned, that may be why it's rotating.

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

Good idea, let me double check that 🙏

@bluerider0988

Жыл бұрын

@@InappropriateReefer I also suspect glass thickness according to Ecotech an MP10 is only good for 3/8" glass max. I am fairly certain your glass is thicker than that.

So your softie tank you don’t dose anything?

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

Nothing for the corals, sometimes I squirt a little Thrive+ or Nitrate for the mangrove; I depend on water change to keep the parameters sort-of in line

Did all those plant help raise your ph

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

Honestly I don't think they helped much

@juanriverol7527

Жыл бұрын

Ok thought it would have help a little bit love you’re video keep up the good work sir

Let me know what day you are going to top shelf

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

Did not end up have time for LFS this FL trip 🥲 I have a feeling that we’d visit again in a few months… can’t seems to stay away from FL 😂

@Messier87_M87

Жыл бұрын

I just got back from Fl also, drove down to manasota key from NH. I had the opportunity to stop at world wide corals for the first time, picked up a beautiful milli frag and drove straight home 1500 miles, lol.

Who fed your tanks when you were on vacation ?

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

I have an Avast Plank autofeeder that runs 3x a day to drop some freeze dried mysis & flake for the 135g. The 17g Mangrove tank has no autofeeder and they just go without feeding, at least the last 8/9 days.

Don’t you worry about your fish jumping or snails crawling out?

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

No issue so far, I would prob not keep any goby in the 17g for this reason

What powerhead are you using on your 17g?

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

It has a Ecotech Vortech MP10 on there, and the ATO return box provides a tiny, tiny bit of flow as well

absolute dislike for the doctor....

What kind of clowns do you have?

@InappropriateReefer

Жыл бұрын

They are MochaVinci from Sea & Reef

you cannot say dere you have to say there