How to Crash a Reef Tank 101. *almost* (135g - 6/14/2020) 

Dude same thing happened to me. My wife has been doing that for years and I finally caught her doing it and politely educated her with a loud voice about the dangers of the spray.

Hello! I’ve been watching you for a long time now and I just wanted to say that your vids are amazing! I love watching them and they make my day! You inspired me to get my first nano tank. It’s also a 45 gallon. Thank you so much 😄

I've always had good luck with peppermint shrimp for aiptasia control. Thanks for the update!

Ok thats it, the wife gotta go. Find a replacement and Leon can be rewarded with 2 christmasses as well

The only thing that ever worked for aptasia for me is a copper band butterfly. I tried doing Kalk injections, hot water, peppermint shrimp... Everything that everyone suggested. I finally broke down and got the copperband, and I crossed my fingers that he would adapt to captivity and keep them under control. He became my favorite fish in the tank, and he thrived. He even started taking frozen foods after being in the tank for a while.

My wife did the same thing last week. Thank god I caught it when I got home that evening. I'm still useing the red sea pro. Im Thinking about switching to tropic pro. But I'm only keeping softys right now.

I’m starting my first 60 gal rimless reef tank just got most of the gear love the vids and the info.

Tomentosus Filefish is the best thing for controlling aiptasia. I put one in every reef I setup and I never see any aiptasia in the DT. I do not keep anemones so be aware these fish could be a threat to other anemones you keep in your tank.

Use plastic measuring cups for precision. 40 gallon brute filled up to just that bump out edge, using Instant ocean is 21-22 level cups (using a measuring cup) gets me to 1025-1026 almost all the time.

Nice vid man! Once you add a few more fish I think the tang will happily eat from the algae magnet! Btw what camera are you using?

Looking good, 135g is coming along nicely. For aptasia I like a combo of F Aptasia and peppermint shrimp. Kill the ones you see with F Aptasia and the peppermint shrimp will g et the ones you can't and all the tiny babies.

With the 44 gal brute, the top of highest molded indent is 40 gal before adding salt... I use the same container and took the time filling it with 5 gallon at a time to mark it. Hope that helps.

get another container the same size as the one you mix salt in and when you empty the tank water onto the gravel first pump it into the container so that you can measure the same ammount of water out as what you are planning on putting back in.

Honestly do some peppermint shrimp and maybe introduce a, Copperband. Might surprise you enough to start going after it. Its a 50/50 chance of being good luck and or not. But, never know til try it out for sure. Or obviously the filefish too

Tha maxi jet 1200, I just sold my last one from 20 years ago last week, time to move on lol :P Really good update btw

When I had some aptaisia in my tank, I got a peppermint shrimp and it got rid of every single one within a week. The only downside was that once all of the aptaisia was gone, it started going after my acans. It’s apparently not uncommon for them to go after acans or the like

I suggest filefish for aiptasia control. Out of 4 peppermint shrimp only one of them ate aiptasia. What happened to your filefish from the 45? Aiptasia x just spreads those buggers in my experience. Should be called aiptasia (infinity symbol).

HW marine reefer mix salt seems great...switched recently....very clean mix and corals don't mind it ...75g sps

Maybe try a copper band butterfly? I had a massive aptasia invasion, tried aptasia x and all other types of aptasia killing paste. Nothing worked but made it worse. When I added my copper band all of the aptasia in the display was gone in a matter of day’s and haven’t had one in the display ever since! Sucky part is can’t have a clam in it due to him/her eating it :/ but in terms of aptasia, copper band has been my best thing for it! Plus it’s a gorgeous fish!

trigger fish (Acreichthys tomentosus)! The only efficient solution or you may consider the berghia nudibranch but they starve once they have eaten all the aiptasias... My trigger fish took like a month to start eating them but now they are all gone and the fish eats "normal" food again. Congratulations on you reefscape. It looks great!

pepper mint shrimp is the best option i guess unless you go for nudis, i had some filefish before and they tend to nip of some of my corals so i had to take them out

Get some nudibranch, or a couple pepermint skrimps. I set up my first saltwater tank febuary, and got aptaisia on my live rock, but I put a pepermint skrimp in the tank, and he ate all the aptaisia in about a month and a half :)

Yes sir, this is why I have sundays off.

Peppermint shrimp! Only because I love shrimp 🤣

Why she gotta laugh at you like that!? That not cool for her to hurt the livestock and laugh after! “It’s destiny” 😭🤦‍♂️

I feel so stupid. I just realized you are a fellow MD reefer 😂 Looking good!

On the vacuum pump see if you can put a filter sock where the water will get pumped out and the water will be able to get through the sock but the detritus and other unwanted stuff will stay and then you can just pull off the sock

Unless you mix the whole bucket of salt at once you do not get the full benefit of the essential elements they settle out in the bucket uneven. This is the reason why I use instant oceans and dose accordingly to bring the levels to my standards for base elements at water change and use TMP all for reef on the tank for essential elements. I have found this to be a lot more stable a lot less money spent on salt more left for other tank costs you have to test a few extra times to get water change ready.

Thank god everything is okay. Think we all have been there . That light would look good above the new 75 gal... i would take it off ur hands 😀

Don’t get peppermint shrimp. I tried 6 different ones, and they all picked at my corals. Filefish is probably your best option, or laser. I tried berghia once but after a week their was no sign of them, even at night when I went with the flashlight. I ended up getting a copperband and giving it to another hobbyist after it ate it all.

What's inappropriate reefer..you put out so much information. .for people like myself that just got into the hobbie..send me one of those cool stickers..

Hello, in addition to all the normal animals that are obtained, there is an animal that is a predator of aiptasia if you want to look for information or watch youtube videos of the Berghia nudibranch and the look cool and they are reef safe

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Love the rock work

Never had good luck with peppermint shrimp with aiptasia

I got a hippo that was maybe 2 inches and it has grown like crazy in the 6 months ive had it...it also gets a couple white spots that just go away..weird

Get a HEPA air purifier with a carbon filter - I leave mine running all the time to soak up excess aerosols.

Thumbs down for over dramatic tank crash statement. Thumbs up for wife not being able to say "consequences"

Aquaforest salt is my favorite

Me sitting here, a freshwater hobbyist....screaming at my phone, "thats too much salt!!!" But i truthfully have no idea lol

My peppermint shrimps ate my soft corals! Probably not enough food in the tank for them but farewell Zoas and Blue Lantern 😕

I like using peppermint shrimp for aptasia control

Yeah I use one of my old return pumps to mix salt. Salt never even touches the bottom when I pour it in

Yo! Want a loaner copperband butterfly? Might be a good choice given the wrasse.

Always have a good activated carbon on hand for situations like this. It works wonders and it works quickly. I'm not sure if you normally use carbon bit it is certainly a good thing to have around. Personally I use it 24/7 but you will find tons of debate on whether that's a good thing or not. In my own tank I've always had success with that. I don't think you will find too much argument against using it when you suspect some contaminant in your tank. For Aiptasia I have had much luck using Berghia nudibranchs, they can easily be found online. Somewhat expensive solution but it's a natural control instead of using chemicals. Only problem may be the wrasses eating them.

Actually, if i were you, I would get some pest controls such as wrasse(s) for critter control, some sorta of algae control, etc.

Did you actually just dump that much freshly mixed saltwater? Why not keep it in a closet somewhere for the next WC?

I dont think some lysol overspray would make a difference unless you intentionally sprayed it in the sump/tank.

peppermint shrimp never fails for me!

Impressive! Were you counting scoops of salt while talking? I have a hard time doing just one of those things at a time. LoL.

I would either superglue the aptasia holes or invest in a copperband butterfly fish. Supergluing would probably be your best bet but if I were you I’d get on it immediately before they keep spreading and kill your fish by getting large.

Hello from Belgium Inappropriate Reefer !! Could you talk in a next video a little but about your experience with the brand EcoTech ? :)

Dang IR. Thats what happened to me. My honey used Pledge and I lost 80% of my reef. Well you remember that. Hope you recover bud.

I’ve heard good things about Berghia nudibranchs for aptasia control

Never have lysol in house-it is the worst for tank- and if you suspect aresols- turn off skimmer immediately .

I highly recommend Fritz like no cap its good price and value for the parameters you get. Oh but dont get me wrong Tropic Marin pro is still the best tho

Love the tank !! I would get pepper mint shrimp

Had a aiptasia problem in my tank. 4 peppermint shrimp, NO more problem. your sump problem, you need to get a small pump and just put it in the sump to just move the water in the sump.

I got aptasia in my 180 gallon tried several things and it came back ! went to theLFS and got a few peppermint shrimp !!! aptasia is GONE !!!

Peppermint shrimp destroyed all of my aiptasia! I didn’t have much but it took a few weeks before I noticed they were all gone

I use red Sea pro. I only have softies, and lps. Searously have been thinking about tropic Marin pro. Just the storing time and how it mixes and it's pharmaceutical grade. But my current salt mixes at 11-12dkh at 1.026 and pH of 9-11. Depending on current pH of Rodi water I'm using. Would love to switch but am afraid of wiping tank out because of the difference in salts.

Pepper mint shrimp worked for me

Peppermint shrimp hands down. I tried everything and nothing worked. I put 4 peppermint shrimp in my 40g and literally just watched the aptasia disappear

She got revenge😂😂

I would just try peppermint shrimp for the Aptasia Buy a few of them and they will definitely clean all your Aptasia

Try neo marine salt its awesome , dilutes well and do sent have any spikes of calcium or etc. Its by brightwell

You should try the Ocean Nutrition Garlic coated Nori sheets, I bought mine from Amazon and so far my little baby Blue Tang and Foxface LOVE them. They always go for it.

File fish. If it works great if not, you’ll have a cool fish.

Merci pour ta vidéo !!! 👍👍👍

I had aptaisia and got a peppermint shrimp and it was gone within a week

I had a bad aiptasia outbreak in my tank. I killed as many as I could with Aiptasia-X. Then added 1 fikefish and 5 nudibranch. I noticed about a month later I could not find a single head of aiptasia. This method works but pretty slowly.

What happened to the filefish in your 45 gallon?

Get a pair of peppermint shrimp and you never see them again

I wouldn't get Peppermint Shrimp lol they'll eat your favias and pick at corals I'd go with the file fish they're pretty cool and seemed to do good in your last system👍

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I have a big problem and I have no one to really answer but here goes nothin. I just started a 32 gallon bio cube. It’s been up for now a month cycle and everything. Added my clean up crew and a brittle star fish to control my algae grow. I was afraid that maybe it could have been starving and I I’ve been feeding a half of a little block of mysis shrimp. And my ammonia is at .25 ppm and I don’t know what to do? I heard to try doing water changes or maybe my cuc is not big enough. Currently I have 5 crabs and 7 snails with 2 nassaruis snails( butcher the snail name) is there anything I can do to fix this?

Get a load of fresh activated carbon in the sump near the flow of in a reactor

Go for the Berghia Nudis for Aiptasia. I haven’t used them myself because I have pepper mint shrimp and they eat them, but if I were to start over again I would definitely go with the nudis. I have heard lots of great things. They only eat Aiptasia and look super cool.

Tank looking good! Id go with peppermint shrimp for aiptasia control. I have one and not seen aiptasia since. Just be sure it's a true peppermint, there are some that look similar and go for corals

Right on man !!! Everything looks happy 👊😎💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦

Get yourself F-aiptasia along with biological critters. Just make sure to follow instructions. That product is the best.

Berghia Nudibranch...the only option that offers total eradication of Aiptasia, all others just offer control Cry Havoc and let slip the Berghia of War

One peppermint shrimp took care of my aptasia. It took awhile for him to notice it... But it's all gone.

That's the salt I use too.

Aptasia.. my thinking, Filefish: could attack some corals as they are "with caution" and personally I like my acans along with other LPS. Copperband: most last only weeks which is tragic and I like my fish to last. Peppermint shrimps fine if you do not have wrasses but otherwise could end up as a snack. You'd need a lot more aptasia before thinking about Berghia Nudibranch (saltyunderground.com/category/berghia-nudibranch-the-natural-choice-for-aiptasia-control), although again, wrasses may be a problem with them. For me unfortunately, that means Aptasia X and it's a maintenance routine. When I first see a new aptasia I blitz it if on rock. If in the sand bed I remove it at the next water change. It's a bit like playing whack a mole.

Try Berghia nudis for the aiptasia Moki, even better start a little breeding setup for them.

How are you measuring your salt?

Get some peppermint shrimp (Lysmata wurdemanni) - but definetly do RESEARCH if they're not proper Lysmata wurdemanni they may eat your Zoa's - get them from a trusted source - I kept 3 & never hadt them eat any zoa's.

#reefsquad

I’d say get a filefish. My 125 gallon tank was overgrown with aiptasia, after a couple days of a having a filefish all of it was gone.

Peppermint shrimps for aptasia

hi i used for aiptasias the Lysmata kuekenthali top worker on eating aiptasias

Add two peppermint shrimp

I vote peppermint shrimp

Looks like Bob had babies.

Hold on a second! I thought the basement was the fishroom/man cave. Why exactly is the wife in there all the time if you/the tanks were banished to the basement? Sorry Emily, even as a girl, I can’t side with you on this one. Even if my bf doesn’t like my mess of a fish area (in his house) he respects my hobby and doesn’t even go in the area.

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I had bad experience with peppermint shrimp, they started going after my ricordeas.

Those hydrometers are wicked inaccurate. I can't believe you don't use a refractometer bro.

Trust me take the rocks out and super glue them !! i did that and it was the best thing ever!