Top 5 Visual Signs your Reef Tank is Healthy and Maturing! 

It’s ok it happens! I’m sure if you had one you will get more don’t worry:)

Same I ain't know what it was

Yeah it’s a good amount for sure. They come off the glass pretty easily so it’s not to hard to take care of

Yeah, I had these just as bad on my back wall and in the rear chambers of my AIO but they’ve started to disappear almost as quickly as they appeared, at least on the back wall.

Thank you man I appreciate it! I just keep my nitrates up by feeding regularly. Sometimes I put in more food than my fish eats so that breaks down into nitrates. Typically the more you feed, the more nitrates you will have:) hope that helps

Feed a lil more

That’s sweet!

😂

Thanks for the comment Alex! You’re right, I think I will add the firefish before the 2nd clown. Also, I have heard that the gas bubbles releasing all at once could cause a crash. This is interesting, I have always left mine and thankfully nothing has happened, but I do have stuff that sifts my sand so maybe that is why

I have them at 80% blue and 50% white for the full spectrum during the day

@@fishwateraquatics thank you soo much for your response. So you don’t have reds cyan and violet?

Great questions, how long has your tank been setup for? I did water changes once a month for the first year and fed my aquarium very little. I never dose either. Does the brown look like hair algae or is it a light coating on the rocks? Also, coral growth can depend on what type of coral it is, the fastest growing being gsp and xenia

Also, a lot of reef tank stuff is very situational depending on lighting, how much you feed, how much your bio load is, how established your tank is, filtration etc. maybe I’ll make a video covering all of that soon!

@@fishwateraquaticsmy tank is a 17 gallon i only have 2 clownfish 2 hermit crabs and 2 torchus snails and its been 6 months, but i have done water changes really often like every week, beacuse i read somewhere that my corals will not grow if i dont replenish the elements from the salt that coral use to grow. It said there that its either every week water changes or dosing. Will my corals be fine if i do monthly water changes?

@@fishwateraquaticsmy lights run 12 hours a day it wasent always like this but i recently increased the light to see if my corals will grow better. 10 hours 100% white and 100% blue and 2 hours 100 % blue and 5% white. I think since i did this the brown stuff grows better. And i forgot to mention that the brown stuff is not hairy at all is kind of like a hard, and its hard to scrap of the rocks. The glass is easier.

@@florenti1119 6 months is still relatively “young” for a reef tank. It’s still cycling so any algae or anything growing is pretty normal. You’re right about water changes replenishing trace elements, more water changes definitely won’t hurt anything. I would say start with every other week and see how the tank reacts before jumping to once a month. Also, try and run your lights for only 8 hours if you can, that will help with the brown stuff for sure! But being patient is most important!

That’s sweet!

I oddly enough had hundreds of pineapple sponges when I first set up my reef. As it matured they disappeared and now have coralline, pods, beneficial bristleworms and Spirorbid worms. Before the pineapple sponges was hydroid jellyfish.

@@mattheb01 I've been told the sponges eventually go away

@@cowleysmobilewelding I take back what I said. I just found the tiniest pineapple sponge hidden in a crevice. Looks like after all this time there's still a few hiding.

A little over 3 years old

It’s been running for over 3 years now

Thanks for the feedback. I agree, I need to invest in a tripod and I could use a better camera too:)

@@fishwateraquatics it will help you particularly with your close ups

watching the tank come alive at night is my favorite There are so many little critters that move around Tiny starfish worms etc

Luckily my clowns are getting along nicely, they are both hosting the anemones so I think I got lucky

But yeah everything loves to come out at night to play!!!!

For a 20 gallon I would suggest only keeping 2