Now check out the 6 FISH every tank should have kzfaq.info/get/bejne/erGhipaIz76lfmQ.html
@ceirongreen16763 жыл бұрын
I cant believe I've been reefing for 18 months and never came across this channel.... Up there with BRS ☝🙏💪
@ReefDork3 жыл бұрын
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@ScenOne Жыл бұрын
highly recommend the conch and urchin, in my 10gallon this is what i keep along with 1 dwarf zebra and a large Mexican turbo. All four of my crew has been alive for a few years
@serenemachine91104 жыл бұрын
Now that's the kind of video I like, short and to the point. Thank you.
@buddybonbutt75102 жыл бұрын
You know, I was like hell no. No conch they are boring. Then I started my own CUC and had my mother drive me so I could hold the cleaner shrimp I purchased and she peer pressured me into picking out a conch. I now have 2 Strawberries and I can't agree more with you lol I also have 10 smaller types of blue legged hermits. Working out pretty well. I also have 10 extra shells in the tank for the Hermits just in case I have: 4 cleaner shrimp 10 blue legged hermits 5 Mexican grazing snails 2 strawberry conch 1 neon goby 1 blue tuxedo urchin
@carloscardenas53485 жыл бұрын
Again great short video!! Thank you from Los angels California
@opethmike5 жыл бұрын
I love the blue tuxedos. I have 3 in my 90 gallon.
@lonestarpatriot8765 жыл бұрын
Love my Fighting Conce as he is a workhorse at keeping my bottom emaculant. Also, not sure what the problem is with Fire Shrimp. Mine is peaceful and does nothing other than go after uneaten food and also cleans parasites off my fish. Add to that that it is much more stunning in appearance compared to just about any other shrimp.
@jonnymbuna5 жыл бұрын
Superdry = superfly 😁. Great video again
@Reefgrrl5 жыл бұрын
Love my conch snails! I have 3 and they are workhorses. I’ve tried trochus snails but they inevitably become expensive snacks for the green wrasse so as long as I have him/her, I’m limited in the small-ish snail department. ☹️ I think s/he may also have killed and eaten my trio of red banded cleaner shrimp as they slowly disappeared over the course of a month or so, once s/he got bigger. Having said that though, I do love my white-footed hermit crab, which has gotten huge and is an interesting character and algae annihilator. I’ve made sure to always have good-sized shells lying around the tank for when it needs to move house and so far, it’s been a model citizen. Another great video Alex! 👍🏻👍🏻
@ReefDork5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, green wrasses are right little monkeys! Good to hear on the hermits - they're not all bad 🙂
@N.M.18872 жыл бұрын
Great Video! Just started into the hobby and they are very helpful. Which grainsize did you pick for your sand?
@ReefDork2 жыл бұрын
Couldn't tell you the size in mm, but I went for ATI Fiji sand with a mix of medium and large grain.
@N.M.18872 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot!
@marianamator41715 жыл бұрын
😀
@isoaqua58255 жыл бұрын
🔥🔥🔥🔥
@clinical_caliber3 жыл бұрын
u literally can’t go wrong with a cleaner shrimp
@eroggero5 жыл бұрын
I have several cleaner shrimp and a blood shrimp, I was getting ready to put in a green Coris wrasse ,I was warned that they will eat shrimp looks like you have one in your tank ,have you’ve never had any problems with that or any of the other wrasses going after shrimp or snails
@ReefDork5 жыл бұрын
I don't have a GCW - they have a bad reputation for inverts. But my other wrasse are fine - they occasionally peck at trochus snails but they weren't interested in my cleaner shrimp - sexy shrimp might be more of a risk
@Emiliodburgos2 жыл бұрын
Will a cleaner shrimp eat a counch snail?
@ReefDork2 жыл бұрын
Nope
@thehoxhaistbodhisattva79674 жыл бұрын
What type of conch would you recommend for a nano reef?
@ReefDork4 жыл бұрын
Strawberry
@thehoxhaistbodhisattva79674 жыл бұрын
@@ReefDork LFS has an orange-lip conch. How would they do in a Fluval EVO (13.5g)?
@PandoraVerbnigge3 жыл бұрын
I thought they were all very cute. I have a 16 gallon cycling right no and I’m wondering how many of each would I need? I don’t want it too be too crowded and we also have the aquarium near a window so some algae is expected. Any recommendations?
@ReefDork3 жыл бұрын
Urchins are fantastic but do move frags around if they're not secured properly. I'm a big fan of trochus snails personally.
@alaskacosplay2 жыл бұрын
Are fiddler crabs good clean up crew members? I honestly need some help.
@ReefDork2 жыл бұрын
Never heard of them. Snails and urchins are the best cuc in my experience
@kuraideus49994 жыл бұрын
Be careful with the cleaner shrimp, they might got to your coral, open their digestive tract to eat the uneaten food, and the might kill them. (Lost a stylophora and a seriatopora colony because of these)
@ReefDork4 жыл бұрын
Are you sure? I've never heard of a cleaner shrimp killing SPS colonies.
@kuraideus49994 жыл бұрын
@@ReefDork yes I am, I have seen it in person. One night, I took a flashlight and looked into the tank, and the shrimp was sitting on the coral nipping at them and the next day, the polyps of the coral were gone rest was fine, and then it went on.
@ReefDork4 жыл бұрын
@@kuraideus4999 That's crazy!
@alexanderseile4193 Жыл бұрын
Would you recommend a Blue Tuxedo Urchin for a 26 gal? My tank is about 5 months old with very little algae.
@alexanderseile4193 Жыл бұрын
I also heard that they aren’t recommended for a beginner reef tank. Is this true?
@ReefDork Жыл бұрын
Yep, absolutely - I wouldn't have a nano tank without one. You need to drip acclimate them but there's no reason they're not beginner friendly - they look after themselves.
@gradedcards75995 жыл бұрын
Would you recommend a strawberry conch?
@ReefDork5 жыл бұрын
I'm actually not 100% sure what mine are - I think they're strawberrys. But, yes I would - amazing creatures.
@-Wreckanize-4 жыл бұрын
Hey Reef Dork. Hope you respond. But I just purchased 3 nassarius and 2 turbo snails for my Nano. My question, will salt water snails reproduce as massively as their freshwater counterparts?
@ReefDork4 жыл бұрын
They'll probably reproduce, but nothing like freshwater snails - freshies reach plague proportions in no time
@-Wreckanize-4 жыл бұрын
@@ReefDork thanks!
@basholthuijsen62544 жыл бұрын
i have 2 hermit crabs in a 16 gallon tank with snails and a cleaner shrimp what do i need to do? or is it not a problem
@ReefDork4 жыл бұрын
There's a risk that the hermits will kill the snails but there's more chance they'll be fine. I wouldn't worry about it.
@basholthuijsen62544 жыл бұрын
@@ReefDork what can i feed them?
@ReefDork4 жыл бұрын
@@basholthuijsen6254 you don't need to feed them, they'll seek out their own food in the tank.
@juancamacho85194 жыл бұрын
What's the fish at 1:59?
@ReefDork4 жыл бұрын
Earmuff wrasse - Halichoeres melasmapomus
@DRXW2425 жыл бұрын
It’s not pronounced c o n c h it’s pronounced c o n k
@ReefDork5 жыл бұрын
That hits the ear wrong, I'm sticking with the ch 🤓
@TommyStories3 жыл бұрын
Disagree on the snail; good cleaner and good breeder but tend to starve to death as a result... Read the book Conscientious Aquarist on the subject, and let me know if you disagree.
@ReefDork3 жыл бұрын
By the late great Dr Robert Fenner 👍
@TommyStories3 жыл бұрын
Don’t get me wrong: your advice is awesome and I absolutely love your channel. As a noob, I tend to overthink about stuff... So just trying to figure out the best strategy for my new 85 gallon reef.
@svetliopopgeorgiev29995 жыл бұрын
I’m against the skunk cleaner. Steals food from corals starving them to death, scares small docile fish during feeding time and is in general a nuisance.
@billfrater19484 жыл бұрын
How serious can you take a bloke who has wall paper showing behind his aquarium. Ha!