One quick important note: if your fish has been in transit for a long time (eg: in bag for 24+ hours from shipping), do not use an air stone like I did here or introduce a lot of oxygen right away as it would alter the pH too quickly. Instead, drip acclimate to cause water agitation in order to gradually match the parameters without drastically alter pH, this is especially important for more sensitive fish like wrasse, anthias.. etc. 🤓

@dylanyrastorza1220

3 жыл бұрын

He's pretty cute! I hope he does his job! what's the song in the background during 17:00?

The fins of the yellow tang definitely would have given me a red flag before buying. Hope the rabbit fish stays nice and healthy!

@SeekoGT

3 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing. Something was off.

I haven’t watched your videos in awile, it was a breath of fresh air, been neglecting the tank with all this extra stress and more work due to COVID. Glad to be getting back to some normal for me

You should definitely install a UV sterilizer if you can’t find the cause of your cloudy water. That would have to solve it

@InappropriateReefer

3 жыл бұрын

I really don't want to tack on additional equipment but this would be the route I will go if I really cannot figure it out. 😢

@ncdiscus6449

3 жыл бұрын

Inappropriate Reefer I wouldn’t get one unless you are planning to spend a lot of money on an oversized one. Oversized are usually the only ones that get the job done.

@hunterbrill8957

3 жыл бұрын

Inappropriate Reefer do you dose purple up

@WaizHaquewaiz

3 жыл бұрын

@@InappropriateReefer instead of puting a lot of money in the rodi canisters , which is not a sure solution , you can just get a uv sterilizer which would most likely fix the job in no time , will also help with future problems like dinos and stuff , really hope u get it fixed

Great vids 👏🏻 can't wait for the big tank to be full of colors.

FYI - you need multiple herbivores to cover all algaes. Get one of each mouth type Sharpnose (Scopas, Yellow, Purple, salifin), bristletooth tangs (Yellow eye kole, Lavender, Blue eye etc).

@hincapiej4

3 жыл бұрын

Or just one foxface

@hincapiej4

3 жыл бұрын

@Tommaso Cerofolini until they starve... Nothing good happens fast. Get ONE foxface. Once you have minimal algae, you can feed nori. Alot of tangs will chew through alot of nori and create tons of waste. They are very active so create alot of ammonia

Great video brother the reef tank looks awesome 👏

5:36 LOOOOL Emily's face when she saw the rabbitfish u got 😂😂😂 she always gives the most hilarious comments and reactions 😂👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Great pickup. I love that fish as well. Great tank and thank you again for the shoutout.

When you already knew you got a rabbit fish because you follow him on Instagram😎

That yellow Tang looks like Rocky after that 1st fight with Drago...

I have a 2-bar rabbit fish and that thing is gonna get HUGE. You will need to rehome in about a year they grow fast and eat like crazy. Good luck

The cloudiness might be a bacterial bloom. It occurred after a water change and I saw you were using Tropic Marin Synbiotic/Bioactif salt which stimulates bacteria through a carbon source included in the salt. Just a thought.

@macreefs

3 жыл бұрын

I also think it is the salt

@Va4444

3 жыл бұрын

Good Info bro 👍

@InappropriateReefer

3 жыл бұрын

Good suggestion here, you may be on to something. 🤓👍 I do have a bucket of TM Pro as well, will use that next round and see if that was it!

I love my two bar rabbit fish. I have never seen it pick on the rocks. Though my tank has no algae what so ever. His tank mates are a yellow watchmen goby, percula clown, and a royal Gramma.

Living up to your name 😆

@InappropriateReefer

3 жыл бұрын

😅😅😅

Foxface is a rabbit fish my dude.

When I had a two bar, it would always follow my Hawaiian yellow tang around. They were best buds.

I’ve been using safety stop since the beginning I learned about it from Marc from melsreef I’ve never had a parasite issue works great I highly recommend it my feeling about copper is it’s like giving chemotherapy to someone without cancer, in the past I had a quarantine system and lost fish from putting them in copper

Love you tank nice to see LFS’s with plenty of stock Marine hobby has taken a hit here in the uk

Tropic Marin Synbiotic, man. Been through the same thing

i am so jealous you have so many fish stores… i live in NY and we barely have any near me !

So actually a pale fish is sometimes due to it living in a sales tank for a while the best tangs I have bought were pale fron being in the store for a month.

huh, I literally drive by that Tropical Lagoon store three times a week and have never noticed it, but I'll have to stop in, it looks like a cool little spot.

For fish, I suggest some utility fish just to keep those pests under control such as: Molly Miller Blenny = Aiptasia, lined wrasse = critter control, springer's damsel = flatworm, etc.

@InappropriateReefer

3 жыл бұрын

Love this list. I did not know about Molly Miller Blenny for Aiptasia control but now I have looked/learned, thank you! I'll be keeping an eye out for this guy! At the moment I have a Silver Bellied Wrasse, I wonder if he would cover the Lined Wrasse and Springer's Damel's role? I have heard about Springer's ability to control pests and was especially interested in one!

@sandyraymondlowewong9705

3 жыл бұрын

@@InappropriateReefer It doesn't hurt to add this fish. Sometimes wrasse ignore the flatworms. The springer's damsel is a small bio load. The Miller Molly will also help you control some algae as well.

Love you brooo

Cool

Add a 5micron pre sediment filter prior to the 1micron on the RODI.

Dude I don't want to jinx you but I just got rid of one of these exact fish from my tank....the most evil fish I've ever come across!!! Over a period of about 6-9 mths my Zoa's were closing up and i couldn't work out why until i discovered this guy destroying them. He started very slowly but once he got the taste for them he would take out an entire new colony every 24 hrs until I had almost none left in my tank! I had enormous trouble trying to catch him but loaned a fish trap from my LFS and eventually caught him. They onsold him to a FO hobbyist. I hope your tank doesn't suffer the same fate. 🤞

When my snails spawn i can see them doing.. they spawn from temperature swing. Maybe the slight change in water temp during the water change. But usually evening time and you can actively see then spawn.

@InappropriateReefer

3 жыл бұрын

This did happen right after a water change!

Interested in seeing/listening to tell us how it knocked out that bubble algae.

Sometimes when you swap up. It takes a bit for things to settle in

Kind of crazy how much larger your hippo looks 🦛

@InappropriateReefer

3 жыл бұрын

He is growing up FAST!

Nice rabbit fish

I just had my first bacteria bloom. I think that's what it was. No casualties all levels was within specs. Soft corals were not happy. Some Zoa's were like what's happening and others just business as usual

As many have said I think it might be your salt or you might need a UV. Hurry up get the porcupine puffer

I havent been following you as much as I should be, but can I ask if you do a video of your chemical, mechanical filtration? Not sure if you run activated carbon or use something like polyfilter. As for the bubble algae, in the states you can easily get your hands on an emerald crab. As I am from Australia, once you have bubble algae, it is over lol. Some sea species such as the emerald crab are illegal to get in australia.

Nice fish. Maybe you could get a Centropyge Bispinosa? I love the color on that fish.

@InappropriateReefer

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I will keep an eye out for captive bred specimen 🤓👍

@KreefAquariumhobby

3 жыл бұрын

@@InappropriateReefer 😁👍👍

Only thing I found that helped with bubble algae is Vibrant. I did however have an outbreak of red cyano after dosing the Vibrant (not sure if it was a result of Vibrant) but even so getting rid of cyano is much easier in my book than bubble algae.

@KreefAquariumhobby

3 жыл бұрын

My foxface was the answer to bubble algea. Als the Percnon Gibessi i have is a bubble killer

Hi been watching your videos the past week and I'm hooked on saltwater, I have kept fresh water tanks for over 20 years and I'm only 30 years old. You have pushed me to my dream of a reef tank. I have one question about your 10g tank with the aquaclear filter....is the aquaclear 70 enough or to my flow for a 10g, should I go for the 50 or the 70 and add a power head, I'm very unsure if the 70 is too powerful or not.

I place my new fish in a high flow, no substrate observation tank and watch them for a good 6 weeks. I’m not a fan of copper treatments. I’ve killed too many fish that way. The Rabbit fish does look pretty cool.

What happened with the uv you were using? That usually works for me.

Monitor the ORP before, during and after a water change. You might be surprised at how much it drops! This could be because it needs longer to mix before going in. I believe poorly mixed salt is far lower in oxygen than the system and this actually causes the problem. I mix RO-DI 0-TDS, at 25C for 24h. I add the salt slowly, a bit at a time so it’s not a white out in the mixing vessel. This greatly helps prevent precipitation that can lead to clouding once added to main system. I add it to a high flow area of the sump slowly. Be patient. This resolved my issues with clouding after water changes. Fish recommendation: peacock wrasse! Stunning fish and well behaved.

@InappropriateReefer

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting, someone else also suggested mixing the new water for 24 hrs before using (so far I'm just waiting ~2-3 hours), I suggested that in my old tank I did it the same way but then again I am not working with the same volume of water. I will try mixing the new salt for 24 hrs next round and see if that is it. Thank you for the suggestion, I don't have a way to monitor ORP at the moment, but I will take you guys' word for it! ;-) Beautiful wrasse btw, may go for it!! (need to get a screen top first)

@louise7141

3 жыл бұрын

Inappropriate Reefer I never noticed this event until having a larger display tank with a black background. Like yourself it was happening straight after a Water change and lingering for days after. I’m assuming unless you are very consistent with matching all main parameters before adding it, you get a reaction. ORP is a great visual clue to this when constantly monitored. BRS done a episode on salt mixing. Recommend 24h that led me to try it. Problem solved for me. Good luck 🤞

Started on a 40g breeder build, debating on the brands now..

Had a purple tang die recently, ick took him and 2 clowns from my tank. Was a good 3 week battle till he died than the clowns went. So far the wrasse and goby haven’t gotten ick

I got lucky and my local lfs had huge Bella gobies for 70 bucks a piece👀. Best price I’ve seen so far!

@InappropriateReefer

3 жыл бұрын

Lucky, that's a solid price!

Set your UV on a time few hours a day

Can not seem to find the safety stop in Canada, anyone know someone who sells it?

I buy from sellers who keep their fish in copper, but I still quarantine because I am worried about the fish eating. Also, my fish are kinda jerks so I want to see the newbie eat in a vacuum before tossing him in.

Malachite green and formalyn is just basic ich meds is it not?

Have you tried Vibrant or Microbacter 7? This worked for me when I had recurring cloudy water.

Hey man, how big is this tank? THanks

Why don’t you use vibrant to get rid of your bubble algae and do you have a uv to clear your water up a bit, might do the job, love your videos here in Scotland, keep up the great work

@ande5460

3 жыл бұрын

He would have to pull everything out of his refugium which would suck.

@bigbowlowrong4694

3 жыл бұрын

Vibrant kills refugiums. I agree about the UV though

@01fifer

3 жыл бұрын

I never thought about the refugium , I just know it’s great got getting rid of bubble algae, would it be worth closing down the refugium for 10 weeks or so to kill the algae then start the refugium back up, there’s not much in there anyway, also I would recommend in future removing the bubble algae gently without bursting it and it wouldn’t spread so bad in the first place

Carbon and UV.... especially with all the Softies ...also that stagnant water under neath is probably not helping....skimmer might need some work too

If you need to change your RO, you can buy it on Amazon, it is much less expensive. You just want to make sure you get the filmtec brand or any that had the DOW symbol on it which means it is made by the DOW company. I believe a 75gpd is like 35 dollars. The rest of the set, the sediment, GAC, and ACB are cheap and you should not spend a lot on those since they are very generic. Most are made by the same manufacturer and just a label gets slapped on.

@InappropriateReefer

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this money saving info!! 🙏

any progress on rabbit fish and bubble algae? Does he eat bubble algae now?

Tip for lowering the suction of the buckethead vac, rubber band a prefilter sponge over it :v

Grab a harlequin tusk. Beautiful fish. Seeing as you don't have many ornamental inverts, that may be a great addition. But have you thought about emerald crabs for the bubble algae?

@InappropriateReefer

3 жыл бұрын

Funny you mentioned the tusk, a reefer friend just got a tusk and loving his! Definitely adding one to the consideration. I am a little nervous about emerald crab since one I had went rogue on corals in my 45g tank (caught him in the act). But hey, may still drop 2 small females in there to help.

@darksidereefer

3 жыл бұрын

@@InappropriateReefer good luck!

Rabbit fish nip clams....good luck bro.

What is that seaweed clip?? I need it in my tank asap

Who else realised he called a Foxface a different fish to a rabbitfish? (They’re the same family of fish) Edit: also, the two barred rabbitfish gets bigger then any of the foxfaces

Print an adapter for a hose to attach to your wet-vac. Add a valve and wham bam boom....you got a slower sump vac. This is just a random idea

Dude what food is that? Looking forward to using this.

@InappropriateReefer

3 жыл бұрын

I was feeding the Ocean Nutrition Prime Reef flake, been using that as part of what I feed my fish for years, fish loves it

how do you attach your Euphyllia ?

How do you like Ricks? Do they have quality healthy saltwater fish?

I think once that surface scum disappears from your sump you’ll have less problems with cloudy water.

I must be the only person who doesn’t do water changes. He got all that shit out to change water. My water evaporates and my auto system keeps it topped of with fresh water. 🤷🏾‍♂️ that’s my water change to me. I got an auto feeder and every other day I feed the frozen food. Never had anything die in my tank.

有style啊

Rock flower anemone Six line wrasse Cyphastrea All corals and fish I wish I could have, but ones I would've never known if it wasn't for @reefdork. Dude is awesome

Do you still use that one stop

Great video! This hobby can get out of control as you can tell. Keep those videos rolling. We just now decided to go saltwater with the 1000 gallon aquarium, feel free to check us out as part 16 of the series just got released.

love my magnificent foxface.

👌🏻

Have you considered your tank being cloudy due to being next to your sliding door?

Just add a quality UV sterilizer that will fix your issue with cloudiness. also seems like your feeding too much.

this makes sunday’s better

Tsm aquatics for pre quarantined fish!

Have you measured par yet?

Aren't you worried about your Macro Algae since it eats Algae? Edit, why not add a piece of pipe at your return union and re-direct some small flow back into the motor sump portion. To reduce the bacteria film?

@InappropriateReefer

3 жыл бұрын

Should be OK since there is no macro algae in the display tank! Not a bad idea about T-ing off a little flow to agitate the sump's face, let's see if the increased flow of the new return pump solves the bacteria film issue in the sump first 🤔 Thanks for the suggestion!

Is that shop in Silver Spring md if is it’s legit 15 minutes away from me been wanting to visit is it good place??

3 gen 5 for nps corals. Yep ur name.is correct

Cloudy water: - UV tuned for bacteria - Activated carbon - Filter sock/roller mat - (Ozone) Check out BRS videos about all of it

Emily is the best, lol

dont you use the tropic marin probiotic salt , maybe thats whats causing bacteria bloom , i had similar issue so i changed to tropic marin pro

@InappropriateReefer

3 жыл бұрын

A few others pointed this out as well, I will try the Pro next water change and see if that's it! Thanks!

Get a dwarf angel!, flame, coral beauty, nox, etc :D

Palys and zoas in the aquarium with a baby in the house? I got rid of mine before the kids were born. Too dangerous to have something that poisonous in the house with little ones who touch everything and put everything in their mouths. The LD 50 for palytoxin is 150 nanogram / kilogram. That is .00015mg / kg. Too scary for me. Stay well, Chris

If you cut way down on the feeding, your fish will start to graze. I've watched clownfish start grazing if their buddy the tang is eating it all day. I get a new tang, i stop feeding the tank until I see it grazing the rocks. Each time you toss that flake or mysis in the tank the fish become conditioned. Seriously don't feed the fish for 1-2 weeks and you will have a little army of grazers. Don't feel bad for the clownfish or wrasse, they can eat copepods while you train that rabbitfish and tang to start working for you.

$9 green chromis, they’re like $4-$5 in LA

@jeepsblackpowderandlights4305

3 жыл бұрын

Theyre now 13$ in northern va. They used to be 3-4$ then the pandemic hit and fish prices here went 2-3-4× higher than they were before. It sucks because i wanna get more green chromis. But there is no way in hell im paying 13$ each for one. But then gas prices here are 1.74$ for 87 and $2.09 for 93. How much is gas over in commiefornia ?

@acanskywalker5631

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeepsblackpowderandlights4305 My experience with Green Chromis has always been like it was a last fish swimming glass cage death match until there was one!

@jeepsblackpowderandlights4305

3 жыл бұрын

@@acanskywalker5631 na they never fight for me.. ever.. if they died it was because of a larasite called Uronema it makes red marks on them looks like they were fighting. But its a parasite. Maybe you saw en physically rilling eachother apart.. but not me.. and nost people never do. They blame the red marks and deaths on fighting when they dont know about that parasite

@acanskywalker5631

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeepsblackpowderandlights4305 No parasites here, just one king of the hill bully, but thanks for the info!

How is your Silver belly Yellow Wrasse, I thought they aren't reef safe and will eat your CUC? How are yours?

Do u let ur salt water sit 24 hours or more. That will make it cloudy. Also I have a white brute. I notice bacteria film in my water storage. It made my water cloudy now I keep the brute covered with blankets to keep the light out. I don't feel the film as abundant now

@InappropriateReefer

3 жыл бұрын

I have not let my saltwater sit for 24 hrs (usually just 2-3 hours); I have done it the same way with my 45g tank and same salt with no issue though. I do use a grey Brute trashcan (was using regular 5g bucket in the past), not sure if that'd make a difference. Can try to mix salt for longer next round and see if it helps. Thanks for the idea!

@Va4444

3 жыл бұрын

@@InappropriateReefer no prob. i think that might be it. but then again i use cheap reef crystals lol but definitely noticed if it dosent sit a long while it'll make my tank cloudy

Could the cloudy water be caused by macro algae spawning?

@InappropriateReefer

3 жыл бұрын

Don't really have much macro in the 135g at the moment, but that would have been my #1 guess otherwise!

why don´t you try some Anthias?

Would you say your clownfish are 5 inches

When I quarantined all but one of my corydoras died

Tadow!

Decades ago I killed many fish with quarantine and dip procedures. After finding the right suppliers and talking to experienced aquarists I gave up all that BS. My tanks have always had healthy fish and the few times ick was brought in the fish were healthy enough to fight it off. I do not recommend further stressing a fish already weakened by importation. I'll never do that again. FYI I have a Pomacanthus imperator I've had for 9 years along with a group of tangs that are older than that. Had a powder blue I gave back after 5 years as he started eating my corals.

yikes that yellow tang looks awful. I used to skip QT until I was bit in the ass and lost 3000 dollars worth of fish to velvet. QTd fish from there on out. Then yet again lost 400 dollars to ich from not Qting coral. Now EVERYTHING gets quarantined in separate tanks

@HerrWade

3 жыл бұрын

Some people learn the hard way. The longer his luck holds out, the more the crash will hurt.

Should've gotten a fox face

Indo Gold Torch

Hey do u know if i can just use natural sea salt for my saltwater tank????

@TehSharkX

3 жыл бұрын

Answer would be yes. Recommendation would be no.

@diegochinchilla3209

3 жыл бұрын

You can, I’ll rise salinity as necessary but you shouldn’t!!

@glenbuyer8738

3 жыл бұрын

Yes you can, do you have access to pristine clean water though. Here in Australia it’s common place to use natural sea water. But you don’t collect it from a mariner or busy beach. You need to collect it on the high tide as well

Anybody know the song @5:15