This channel is to show the building of a fish room and the installation of a 3000 litre mixed reef tank. Tank dimensions are 4m (13.1ft) x 1m (3.3ft) x 700mm (2.3ft) low iron glass on a 90x90 and 90x45 ali T-Slot stand with modular marine external overflow, royal exclusiv dreambox 3 sump, 2 abyzz A200 return pumps, and 20 XR15 Radion G5/6 Blue lights.
I am a retired research scientist with a background in zoology and a PhD in medical entomology. I worked as an epidemiologist
in East and West Africa and approach the running of my reef as a scientist/hobbyist.
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One of my favourite reef tanks! Thanks for posting Rob!
Welcome back Grumpy old Reefer I mean Pelagic 😂 fingers crossed the corals recover your end 🤞🏼 I’ve had a few colony’s decide to strip, not sure why , icp wasn’t too bad, no swings , done a few large water changes , dipped a few bits , not much changed 🤷🏻♂️ heard one of the yanks mentions to who he was talking too saying season strip as he has it yearly in his aquarium…. Everything else seems ok.
yeah it's weird only a couple of bits, could have been that sudden temp spike but not convinced I've given the tank a good blast with a turkey baster last couple of days, done a manual water change in addition to the auto one so will see how it looks. Got some KCL coming tomorrow so I will probably chop a couple of colonies dip them and reglue them tomorrow see how it goes from there. Try not to be miserable in the next video, probably only guy on the planet who comes back from the maldives moaning.
Nice T-Shirt! 😘
still a great amount of fish. looks like paradise overall
Can you convert a 3 mil shorty to imperial units please? Looks amazing and enjoying your footage!
😃 1/8th inch thick
So so sad to hear about the state of the reef and corals. Still looks like an incredible trip.
It's like a reefers curse Ron, if I didn't know how vibrant it should be I'd be happier 😄
@@pelagicswimmer I’m just glad you are having a good time!
Jealous -enjoy. It's a dull 14 in 🏴
Such a shame about the reefs but the specimens of fish look decent to see, are those unicorn tangs ? Friends of ours got back last week & said similar too, well enjoy the heat & wrap up next week as we are struggling to hit 20’s here in June, I’m still wearing a hoodie in the mornings 😂🤦🏻♂️ see you on the next one, enjoy.
I did see a few unicorn tangs so probably are.
Always fancied going to the Maldives for some diving, but sounds like I've missed the boat to see "good things" (coral-wise) underwater 😢 Hopefully the work that Jamie Craggs et al are doing with coral breeding will help get some temperature resistant strains going...
Have a great time fella, all the best , enjoy the time away with the family , hopefully see some great diving footage, catch up when your back if not 👍🏻🫡
cheers, I was told we missed each other by 10mins in H2O the day.
@@pelagicswimmer yeah twice now apparently 🤣 I’m in Surrey this weekend working but your away, I’ll be back in the following Saturday , not sure when you are back…
Great video, amazing tank, awesome reefer!
your fish are just fat asses and amazing looking. well done
what is your experience with the anthias? Do they behave themselves?
Been mixed, I have lots if males and only 4 females even though all, or nearly all went in as females. About half the initial group of 30 picked each other off but the remaining group has been steady for last 18 months or so. I really like them, the males do amazing displays as the lights ramp down.
Love that Achilles 😍🔥🔥🔥
Like dinner time when the kids were at home. Mayhem!😊
There he is! So glad you found our discord community! Love these videos. Super excited for a tour of your system!
Thanks Ron I feel like Dr Ramble when I watch them 😃
@@pelagicswimmer not at all. You have plenty of watches and subscribers that says different! Keep it up my man!
What was the name of the show in the UK again please?
Love2reef at Harlow in Essex
@@pelagicswimmer Thanks!
Would be an exciting series , I tried searching for videos a while back too & only found a very small handful of them.
That's what I did, I can't find a single hobbyist reefer trying sps spawning on youtube. In a few months I'll probably realise why 🤣😂
@@pelagicswimmer 🤣🤣🤣 good luck
Beautiful fish brother good stuff. I’ve been enjoying my first yellow tang can’t wait till he gets like yours.
They are a beautiful fish, hope you get many years from your one.
Absolutely stunning 😍👏🔥🙌💯✌️
Thanks 😃
I’ve been in the being hit in the face with a fish club, my leopard wrasse flew out being chase by the fairy wrasse when I was doing a water change, was very comical & also a wtf just happened moment 😂 . Was nice meeting you in person at the weekend, great event L2R , Frag swap seemed to go down well & got a few bits in the trades myself, would be great if was a couple times a year but hats off to Paul for organising it (fish palace), a free mentioned maybe having a meet up in a couple months time which would be great too. Should do a fish n coffee mornings maybe a LFS, Not sure if Paul (aac) would be game but I’m sure Racheal (H20) would and maybe Tony (coral passion) too…. I do it with cars & coffee & recently sneakers (trainers) & coffee too so maybe time to start fish n coffee 😂👍🏻 . Hopefully catch up at a LFS in a few weeks when you get back, all the best fella, take care.
Fish, they are crazy at times! Was great to chat Saturday Paul at AAC did mention doing some small gatherings in his newly acquired unit. Rachel doesn't really have the space in the shop, Tony could probably make some space not sure if that's his thing. Just DM me when you want to come over and chat reef 😃, wear your cheap sneakers! Fishroom is messy.
Do you hace closed loops on the system? Which episode do you remember outlining them? :) Thank youu
No I don't have any, if I was going with a sandbed I would have added closed loops but the MP60's move a lot of current low through the rock work.
You missed the perfect opportunity to 'KISS MY WRASSE'
Ha yes I did
Glad the fish made a full recovery. Think I would have a sore head, at least.🏴
That convict needs to go to fish prison 😂 if you’ve got a date in mind & im free I’ll try come around & help.
I'm still in the ignoring stage lol, maybe when I'm back from the next dive trip.
@@pelagicswimmer 🤣🤣🤣 have a great trip, look forward to seeing some posted photos & hearing about it, maybe a KZread video… all the best .
@@dazsboxofwater Cheers go a few weeks yet before I leave :)
Do you have 2 hippo tangs one yellow belly and one regular?
I have two hippo's both the same type though.
@@pelagicswimmer How many snails and crabs would you say you have?
@@justinderange4078 I added about 3 emerald crabs ages ago but haven't seen any for months, snails I have about 6 large turbo snails and probably 50 or so trochus, they breed in the tank but I think the wrasse eat most of the small ones. I don't have any hermits. I have 3 large abalone and about 5 urchins.
Glad you are happy with the masterflex, and working well.
Took some time but it's finally doing its job 😁
I have a couple questions when you added your first fish to your aquarium how many fish did you put in and how long did you wait to do your first water change? My aquarium is 750 gallons 2839 liters my aquarium dimensions are 130x34.5x40H
Hi Justin, I added two tangs, a Gem and a Mustard as my first fish, I had only 6 radions over the tank at that time so lighting was low I didn't run a skimmer at first as I didn't have one, I did water changes weekly just small 100l to 150l ones as all the rock and cement were new so leeched a bit of phosphate. I added the second lot of fish probably a month later then slowly increased the amount of water changed until I got to 300 litres. I took a full year to add all the lights over the tank.
@@pelagicswimmer I had 6 fish in quarantine for 5 weeks 3 fish in separate aquariums the 6 fish I put in was purple tang gem black shoulder dussimieri sailfin vlamingii
@@pelagicswimmer Do you ever quarantine your snails and crabs so there is no parasites entering the display Aquarium?
@justinderange4078 I qt everything for the first year cuc like snails spent 90 days in a little tank I just kept for cuc. shrimp I would qt until they moulted. I gas a redsea nano to qt coral for 3 months also.
@@pelagicswimmer What treatment do you use for snails and crabs in quarantine?
water looks cloudy
Dirty glass probably, I do the maintenance after the video 😀
Finally finished setting up auto water changes, replaces about 30 litres 1% a day. Only took me 3 years to sort 😁
Amazing tank!!
Thanks
Beautiful tank man. Is that a clown tang?
Thanks, I don't have a clown tang the large stripped tang is a Sohal tang.
Beautiful fish. It’s definitely a big boy
Glass rod to hold down the ro line is a great tip!
I agree with you about the price point of the Trident NP makes no sense for the NP to be priced the same as the Trident when it’s just testing for two parameters. I personally use the ABC reagents with good results. Approximately how fish do you have in your tank?
Thanks for watching, I like apex stuff I just find this one hard to understand other than being a bit greedy. My fish stocking is about 40, counting the anthias is difficult 😑
Love the tank… and I’m very jealous 😂. Can I ask where are you dosing the lanthanum chloride…. Skimmer neck?
Thanks, I dose into my overflow box so it goes into my filter fleece then on to my skimmer. My drain is about 3m long so it has plenty of contact time.
Thank you.
Yeah that makes sense Lee I'd do that too I just feel the price point is a bit silly for the NP, no problem giving you or Parker's reef a shout, was a good watch.
I test my phos every day with mastertronic use it to control dosing of lanthium lol and cheers for the shout out buddy
Do you still have your mustard Tang? I had one back in the day and he was the meanest fish and crazy even meaner than the clown tand and Sohal
Yes it's still in there seems a very peaceful chap, as the joint first fish in the tank it's seen a lot of changes.
I love fish nice video also first can you pin me your awesome I love fish I liked and subscribed pin 📌?!?!
I'm wondering about your use of UV. I also run UV on my 400G with 11 tangs. I think my UV has a similar power rating to yours. Mine is an 80W HO. I don't have ich in my tank. I may have uronema. It's not uncommon for me to turn off my UV for a day or a week. For example, if I was adding any kind of benifical bacteria I would turn off the UV completely. My standard run time has been 12 hours a day. The UV has been on when the lights are on, and off at night. My logic was to control photosynthetic algae in the water column. UV does harm some of the benifical organisms and bacteria that find their way into the water column. Having started with a sterile tank, a lack of bio diversity has been a problem for me. More recently, ive switched to 4 hours of run time per day. On when the lights are at peak brightness. There is speculation that UV can unbalance the bacterial mix in our tanks. Harming some of the benifical bacteria and making room for potentially harmful bacteria. This concept, while perhaps speculative, has been linked to HLLE/HLLS. Non of my tangs show any sign of this, but I do have a wrasse (oddly) that has early stage symptoms. So, I guess my question is... What is your approach to UV and why? I'm using it primarily for water clarity atm. It is plumbed on the exit side of my skimmer loop. In future, when I get my ozone back online, it's primary purpose will be to break down the h2o2 coming out of the skimmer. I intend to limit the use of ozone/uv to an hour or two daily. For most people, who likely have ich in their tanks, I would recommend running a big uv 24/7. For those of us with strict qt protocols, uv serves a different purpose. Just wondering what your philosophy is here.
So I run 160w of UV 2 x 80w. I run at 2500l an hour so just under the tank volume per hour. I run mine only for parasites really, I don't think I have ich in my tank but I use the UV just as a precaution really. I run mine 24/7 but I also carbon dose so I'm not that worried about lack of bacteria. I think keeping the UV on constantly maintains a level of bacteria a bit better than fluctuating by turning it on and off. I also wonder if the quartz sleeve gets a covering if the bulb isn't on and reduces the efficacy when it goes back on.
The audio isnt your normal standard, at least not on my headset. And i am inclined to agree on going for an achilles indeed
Thank you for this. i am still hesitating between a sohal and an achilles tang for my 300/90/80 fowlr and after seeing this vid, leaning more towards the achilles :) btw, maybe you can fix the audio on this video?
achillies would be a better option I think. What's up with the audio?
what wrasse have you got with no sand mate?
I have a lennardi wrasse and Iridis wrasse, there is a pot of sand for them but no sand does limit the number of sand sleeping wrasses. I have a six line wrasse and a cleaner wrasse also but they don't need sand anyway.
How many gallons is your tank?
about 800g
Sorry you aren’t off diving! How about a butterfly tank for the spare or more exotic carpet or gig nems?
Thank, I like nems I've had a bta tank which isn't the same but interesting idea. Too many possibilities 😃
What a stunning tank and love that fish. Can i see a vampire tang too? I miss mine but had to move it on as just too big for my 5 tank. Stunning and love the bright blue outline and how they turn black when they want to hide or are spooked. great video
Cheers Paul, yes there is a vampire tang in there had him about 6 yrs now I think. You're always welcome to drop in as I think you are pretty local.
Have a great holiday fella & hope the reefs are a nice dive & the weathers good too, I’ll be at Love2Reef so will be nice to meet you .
Thanks, be good to chat in person.
Hi bud hope you have a great trip next week. As for lanthium and clams I have 7 3 good size ones and 4 not as big. Ive always used lanthium for phos control and never had an issue with the clams. I’m also going to love 2 reef so hopefully see you there. Have a great trip mate
Good to know about the clams, I didn't really think it was valid, one of those things you hear. Looking forward to some diving 😀 Be great to chat with you at love2reef 👍
@@pelagicswimmer ye tbh I’d never herd that till about 6months ago about clams. Only when chatting to few of local shop staff they ask as I was buying tmc’s phos treatment and new I have a few nice clams lol. Ye I’m looking forward to chatting to a few of the reefers I no and watch on here and catch up with a few others
Them fish are looking huge
yes, getting to a good size now.
have you got a link to the smart fans?
www.blauberg.co.uk/blauberg-mini-air-decentralised-heat-recovery-unit-single-wall-mounted-d-mvhr-ventilator-smart-wifi-control
These are the ones I use
@@pelagicswimmer ty
Also don’t do maintenance jobs on a Saturday late afternoon been there & stuffed till Monday we’ll Tuesday as most closed Mondays 😭🤦🏻♂️