One of the best reef tanks I have ever seen absolutely stunning answer very good tips there as well nice video enjoyed it

Great video. So true about the Mexican turbo snails.

That GSP has grown in great! Inspiration. Going to do that in my tank

Love the vids, keep them coming! Just got my PLS 50 Elite for my 30 long and love it! In my opinion it’s by far one of the best.

phenomenal tank the torch collection is awesome!

Totally agree with getting the small blue leg hermits. I got a big one and was constantly knocking over corals and even would pick them up!

Wow, I just wanted to say your tank is beautiful!!! Thank you for the videos

Absolutely great video !!!

We need you back in 2024 please 🙏. Happy new year 🎆

I'm not really one to watch a lot of videos, more of a reader, so maybe it's just me, but man, I gotta say, you have got the most beautiful tank I've ever seen. Gorgeous! Awesome video!

Your tank is incredible. One of the best I've ever seen.

Yet another great educational video and again, I totally agree with all you said. I may have added a chalk Goby to my list, great sand sifter! 😉😉

I have 4 rocks in my tank, 3 I bought dry, the other was a live rock. The live rock had a ton of algae on it. Added one, emphasis ONE, turbo snail. 3 days later, no more algae.

Great video. P.S. Your tank is awesome!

Great video! Very informative!👍

That yellow and blue torch looks amazing

Great info!

Great video, awesome tank.

Great video!

I have two turbos and they’re getting massively huge haven’t had a problem with them yet.. I did have an issue with the black ones not sure what they’re called but they would flip 24/7 ended up taking them out...

Beautiful tank man, I used to have a 75 gallon reef mostly sps for almost 3 yrs but the tank crashed and almost everything died off sad history... Thinking in comeback to the hobby

Amazing tank and coral selection I had to watch it twice , I keep getting distracted by the coral ,

Your last mention is my favorite so so AGREED CHEERS good Sir :)

Love blue legs. Sometimes I get them from the beach. Emerald crab are also cool to have. Great list I have them all .

Now thats a reef tank!! 👍👍

5:47

Really nice tank but I tuned in to hear about CUC and spent the time looking at the tank.

Thanks for another vid.

Great video. I love the tank. I would add four honorable mentions to your list. Astrea snails are better at eating hair algae than Trochus but cannot turn themselves over. Red leg hermit crabs are better algae eaters than blue leg but are 4+ times the size. Nerite snails are really good at keeping your glass clean but they lay eggs all over the tank which is annoying. And pincushion urchins are also really good algae eaters but will move things that are not secured around the tank. I have also had good luck with saltwater mollies eating cyano and hair algae but for people with the room Tangs might be a better option.

Nice video again 👍

I have found that bumble bee snails are one of the best in my tank. I had cyano starting on a coral and the bb snail got rid of it in 2 days. Never left that coral till it was gone and never even cause the polyps to retract.

great video, thanks.

Amazing tank

What do you have in your tank and how many of each approximately? Further more, how many and what did you have imidiately after cycling your tank if you can remember? Thanks and gorgeous tank!!!!

I went through Dino algae about 3 months ago at my tank’s one year mark. It had 2 stages. Right when I thought it was gone I bought some more corals then it came back and killed all the sps. It took 5 months to rid and I don’t even know what out of the many things I did actually ended it. I’m pretty sure though it was too low of nutrients so be careful when lowering them to try and get rid of other algaes

I would add a conch.. I have one and he cleans up the sand really well.

Just started a 16G bio cube. Cycling right now. Should I scale down my cleanup crew once I start putting creatures in?

I have a Melanarus wrasse and wondering if getting a clean up crew would be ok to add or a waste of money.

Great video bud! ✌️

The only CUC that i have seen actually do anything is the hermits! i have had all you have mentioned and they sit on one spot for days and weeks on end! i dont get it! My turbo has been in the same spot for a month! Could it be possible they have a spot they prefer during the day and work at night then go back home and just sit there during the day? i only have a few members left so i am going to try adding a whole pack at a time with these various ones and see what happens because i am plagued with cyano! At least it looks like it but dosnt respond the chemiclean! Thinking about sending in a pic with microsope and see if someone on reef2reef can advise me! it almost goes away when i blow the sand bed and rocks daily but always comes back and never complete leaves! Thanks for video! Very helpful! I know you dont have this tank anymore but this is the tank that inspired me a few years back to get into reef keeping! I owe it all to you!

I was 50/50 on the emerald crab, I ordered one and unfortunately he was DOA. That’s a sign! Great video

Holy mother I literally said to myself "damn thats the most beautiful reef tank ive ever seen and its only 20 gallons!"

Would you mind sharing your water Parameters, any additives that you use, and your lights. Also what salt do you use?

Trocus are my favorite of em all.... Most effective.... However they breed like crazy.... Watch your pumps but mostly it's a non issue

I use all of them except I use the scarlet leg hermit crabs instead of the blue leg hermit crabs.

Nice video

whats your tank size, it look nice and simple and beautiful at the same time

Trochus snails can also reproduce viable offspring in an aquarium environment!

Off topic but how did you get your green star polyp to grow on the back glass like that

Your tank is the best looking I have ever seen

Can a clean up crew cause a nutrient spike by pooping? If so how many do you know how to add? (I have a 15gl w/ minor hair algae) 2 troca snails?

Hahahahahaha I agree on the rodi and saltwater from the LFS. I recently tested all of my LFS and I found TDS and low salinity saltwater at all jut one. Not there faukt. It's hard to do mass quantities especially with the saltwater. Even hard to store.

Love hermit crab

What type of substrate is in your tank? REALLY enjoy the vids.

Why is the purple/yellow coral in your video the one moving around with ur current

Very nice aquarium! Doesn’t your wrasse eat the hermit crabs?

How many members for the clean up crew should I get for a 25 gallon

Blue hammer, gold torch, bleeding apple scoly 😱😱😱 geez what did you do to get your hands on those!? Haha any one in particular you suggest buying from ?

What size tank is this

I know from previous videos. You said you don't glue down frags. So how do you keep the hermits from bulldozing your display?

I'm new to this hobby and I'm wondering what is growing on your back wall that looks like grass and second what light do you have?

why do you have a hippo tank in a small aquarium?

Looking to add some vegitation to my marine tank, what is that growing on the back by the return?

What are your future plans for the blue tang?

Looking forward to hearing how you rid your algae , Did you try hydrogen peroxide ? Tank looks Great !

What size is this tank

Nice one 👍 man I’m looking to add a cuc to my tank Ive got a 60 litre reef how many of each would you add to a 60 litre reef tank 👍

Liter?

I learned not to trust my lfs, when it comes to water so I do have my rodi unit

I don't mix in snails with hermits. The hermits inevitably always kill off all of the snails in order to get their shells. Even having extra shells for them to choose from won't stop this.

What do you feed your zoas thier hudge!!

is trocus another name for astrea? Look the same. What do u recomend for a new ten gallon. I have 2 very small astrea and nassirus. I iwsh i had of gotten bigger but since they have a short life span and all my LFS had I got them. She is going to hold some corals I ot on this super sale so i have to kiss her but haha.

Is the yellow and purple looking coral a torch coral? Or an anemone ?

What filter do you film with?

how many fish do you have

The best snails for algae IMHO are nerite snails and small (less than 1.5" or 2") cowries. No issues with righting themselves and nerite snails will breed in your tank keeping up their own population. As cowries get to the 2.5 to 3" mark they can become unsafe for coral but it takes years for them to get that size. I totally agree with what you say in your vid though, not trying to contradict. We have small white crabs (completely white) here that are better detrivores than emerald crabs and they stay small (less than 1/2") and are 100% reef safe. A complimentary video to this one, would be about sand sifting inverts and fish as well as macro algae the grow in the sand (which detoxifies it). Just sayin'.

Little late cause the videos old but reason 2 to get smaller blue hermit crabs. Got three and the smaller two went to town on hair alge the larger one tho stared eating my hammers and zoas...

I stay away from Turbo snails. Good point about Emerald Crabs as they will go after corals and fish if hungry. Also, I prefer dwarf cortez hermits as they do the same job as blue legged, however, they are more peaceful members of the community. They come from The Sea Of Cortez. Blue Legged Hermits will fight for shells and kill snails. They are good at cleaning but they are much more feisty.

How many gallons is your tank? :)

Distilled water has 0 tds so I’ll be using that. Nice video btw!👍🔥😁

Great video but I will like to know the name of the yellow and blue tips. Keep working hard you have a nice looking tank

You have one of the most beautiful reef I've seen on KZfaq and I've watched my share... :) It is a true inspiration for me. I agree with your list, but you didn't mention anything about urchins. I have two in my tank and they do the most of the rock/glass cleaning and I also have trohus, nassarius, and blue leg hermit.

Enjoyed the video Sir you have a great week ahead :)

Just get a bristle tooth tang and some scarlet hermits, after a few days you'll be more worried about what do I feed them now.

i saw that you have a big lawnmower blenny

EAT "believe it or not" SLEEP Reef

too short vid,but its nice

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Blue legged hermits eat cyano?!!!

Tang in a 20 gallon? My Lfs told me that’s a big NO NO. I’m new to this hobby but I would love to have one. I have a Red Sea Nano max.

Topically, believe it or not... they’ve been known to pretty much... lmao

My mexican turbo snails right themselves tho ...

6:43 To skip the rambling

Just added an emerald crab in my tank about 3 days ago, little bastard molted almost immediately after I acclimated it and start eating my zoas the next day 😂

Do srhrooms much

I feel like snails are useless and hermit crabs get shit done. Except for conchs. Long live the master snail!

Hate to be the tang police but seriously? Common man...

2 mins in, you say clean up crew too much.... way too much... any writer for books videos film will say the same thing, you repeat the same word over and over, just brreak it down into clean up crew then you could say snails, crabs, fish depending on the situtation, i have counted in 2 mins 20 seconds well over 20 times you saying clean up crew.... that is 10 x per minute mate. clean up crew.......... clean up crew...... i noticed it on your "LFS" video.. don't abbreviate on videos say fish shop, fish store and aquatic store. just a tip from someone who picks up on these things ( i am not a video editor nor anything special i jsut wanted to put my own advice in was all)

Great video!