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I am used to freshwater and looking to start my first saltwater tank and the information has been so overwhelming. These tips have been SO HELPFUL. 😂😂😂
this is the worst tanks, you cannot have a saltwater fish in such small tank, saltwater fish need space they are ocean creatures, this is insane how small that is
No water changes for years now. Auto dosing brightwell code a and code b, magnesium and essential elements. KLIR Fleece roller, in sump biopellet reactor, protein skimmer, carbon and phosphate media reactor, sump with chaeto. Mixed reef 55 gallon.
@@AG-tm4gr i want to start using kalkwasser but i top off my tank manually because im scared that an ato will get stuck in on position.....how do you recommend i dose kalkwasser please give me some help
@Coral-reef. I use a Tunze ATO on my 75g and never had a issue. I use the Jebao doser to dose 3 part and kalkwasser. If you don't want to get a doser you could dpse manually but it's best to dose kalkwasser through out the day as it changes PH along with KH and CA
Hello, I have been running my 300 gallon display tank for several months but haven’t been gone to add the coral yet. I have not been adding any supplements. Can I use all for reef to bring up for the first time and maintain with all for reef as well?
Apex looks cool but I like my mix of a Samsung Smarthings Hub ($120), a Konnected Module, about a dozen $5 relays, a half dozen $12 dosing pumps, about fifteen $10 smart plugs and so on. Super reliable and I believe it can do everything the Apex can at a fraction of the cost, including txt alerts on events such as power out, skimmer cup full and so on. Easy to wire up and program on the SmartThings app. For example, my Kalk stir pump from my ATO tank only runs at a trickle if the following 4 conditions are met: 1) Sump water level is below Kalk float, which is slightly higher then ATO float 2) Kalk stir has not run in the last 30 min 3) ATO pump is not running 4) Milwaukee PH Controller is under 8.4. (Also opens a bypass ball valve to my skimmer's closed loop CO2 scrubber)
I find the only way to make a pump truly silent and I mean absolutely silent is to buy a pump that's DC but size it to twice the size that you actually need and run it below 50% so if you need a thousand gallons an hour and you buy a pump for a thousand gallons an hour don't, by a 2,000 gallon an hour pump and run it at 50% and that's how you get it to be truly silent. Unfortunately my family and I are noise snobs LOL. So any audible noise is completely unacceptable
I noticed today uv sterilizers are part of the filtration at the large penguin enclosure at my local zoo. It was explained on a batterred extremely faded sign talking about their four stage filter system. The only worn out faded thing at the whole zoo.Probably hardly anyone cares 😅
My Tank is 5 months Old..Not done water changes and the water quality and parameters are still up to the mark..as i do regular weekly Nitrate, Phosphate testing..am i going right way...please please guide me and update if i am wrong
Ok so if you have a 90 to 500 gallon take you can get away without doing water changes. The purpose of doing water changes is to replenish trace elements that have been depleted. But the down side is 20% water changes does nothing to replace your trace elements completely. If your doing 50% then yes. But no one does 50% water change every week. Know you don't have to do water changes if you are doing ICP test every month and dosing what trace elements your tank is using up you will be very successful in not doing water changes. Chris from ACI has been doing this method for a while now and has had huge success. He is only talking about cal , alk and mag. With is controlled bye dosing not water change. Smaller nano tank you can get away with this. But water changes are done for trace elements to be replenished. Not cal, alk, and mag. This is just bad info here. BRS really needs to get back in the game. This guys is wrong in so many ways. Your corals will give you signs on day one not when it to late. Jack Adam's even said your coral will let you know before things get work. And like everyone been saying you don't need to chase numbers. Remember there a range you need to be in not a exact number. Your coral will show you if alk or cal is off. No need to test every week once a month is fine. You want good advice look at Chris from ACI video and you will learn the truth then from here.
Do not waste your money on aptasia x or any chemical. Just try to find a value bundle deal online. Something like 15 berg nudibranchs for $250. You will save money in the long run believe me
I never commented on these things, but today is special you and Lou should get more videos out. That as real as it ever going to get. The simplicity makes real and not as bad most reefer make it to be, with scientific names for most crap keep it this way and lot of people will enjoy there tanks. Ty for keeping simply
I think Lou is very wrong that ALK from 6 to 7 in a day is going to cause an issue. Just consider the BOLUS method in which ALK is jumping far over 1 dKH in a few minutes for people using that method. The corals do not care. ALK swings crashing tanks seems is a regurgitated myth because people would notice their tank crashing, check their ALK and it would be wildly off from what they expected. Of course ALK is going to be off because the corals will not be consuming the ALK when there is some other major problem with the tank. More than likely the tank is starved of nutrients, something happened with the flow, bacteria infections, heavy metal poisoning, etc causes the tank to crash and a swing in ALK is a result of the problem that is easy to test for, but it’s not the cause.
ive had a reef tank since 2004....Last 3 years i went back into after being out 7 years. I never had this kind of success. The good equipment and information available like BRS videos. It's only reason i have success now. I understand were i have to go before there is a problem. Bacto balance and NP eliminate are god sends.
A freshwater application would be less effective due to organic waste dissolving faster than in saltwater. A stable foam column would be harder to produce due to the speed bubbles travel and the subsequent larger size they become in the less dense freshwater as well. However polishing filter media is very effective in freshwater and can remove the final small particles if you’re looking for crystal clear water.
