Ep2: WWC's recipe for their 900gal reef tank

Ep2: WWC's recipe for their 900gal reef tank - The BRS/WWC System

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Do you want to know what ingredients go into creating the amazing WWC 900 gallon saltwater aquarium ? Today we take one of the most in-depth looks at their recipe to create a stunning tank like this and start down the path of how you can re-create the same level of success in your own home. It's sure to be a great ride!
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@Cogzed 4 жыл бұрын

This WWC guy is super chill. It could be the apocalypse and this guy would be chill.

@Reefahholic 5 жыл бұрын

Bro, you guys did a great job hitting every question that everybody wants to know! Thx Randy and Ryan plus the entire team at BRS and WWC!

@jaguaresed 3 жыл бұрын

Wow just wow

@travisjackson8724 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome video can't wait to see how this series progresses. Will definitely follow and look forward to further videos. I have learned so much from you guys at BRS. Keep up the great work.

@jeffsreeftank3991 5 жыл бұрын

Great line of questions. You hit on everything for us. Thanks Randy!

@willheskett954 5 жыл бұрын

Outstanding video brs! So helpful and informative! It also made me take a 3 hr drive up to check out wwc in person. So glad I did, beautiful corals and the team couldn't have been more friendly and helpful. Thanks brs and wwc!

@chennemeyer 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, really important for the hobby to hear the specs for this icon company in terms of Acro colors nobody seems to do better. Love the rapid fire Q & A , plus all the very specific details, great job man!

@lovermansmith9082 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome ! Your the best . Love the great rapid fire questions ! The ORP one ! The RODI system ! Etc,

@darwinstinton6303 5 жыл бұрын

This was a really interesting and fun video to watch. One of my favorites, can't wait for the next update

@russmaleartist 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent information provided by an excellent speaker, Randy, who also did an admirable job as an interviewer. This video should provide vital information taking away a lot of the mystery for success, but also a great video for inspiration. It isn't everyone who have the room nor the resources to afford such a large tank, but it is always a motivation to see someone practicing what they preach . . . and succeeding! Nice job!

@Flownon 5 жыл бұрын

Cha Ching, Brightwell Salt about to sell out....

@aquariumangrishopaquariuma3358 2 жыл бұрын

Great video 😍😉

@MrShishi 5 жыл бұрын

Excited - defiantly saving this for the big screen later..

@Robert-im5ut 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome interview and information ! Keep them coming guys.

@alfst5546 5 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video, so informative, thanks guys 👍👍👍

@SimplyZBest2000 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely Brilliant!

@juconkey420 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing tank I love the questions. So in-depth. I miss my big tank.

@jkkl12345 5 жыл бұрын

I have watched any WWC video I can find in order to get the information you just provided me. Thank you!!

@zacharydroy 5 жыл бұрын

Spot on, you guys are great.

@BlueCarbonReefing 5 жыл бұрын

Nice work BRS. I would never pass up the opportunity to learn more about one of the hottest stores in the country. I think it is important to note that WWC runs the lights on that tank for 12 hours a day. That could be a very good reason why they are having so much success with average par numbers around 200. This would be a great subject to put some more resources into. Maybe instead of having to buy so many lights to achieve such high par numbers we can just run our lights a little longer. I would love to see a BRS investigates on this subject. Great video!!

@chennemeyer 5 жыл бұрын

Very good point, the total energy delivered is the same potentially, hot and short or warm and long

@BlueCarbonReefing 5 жыл бұрын

I will be following along either way!

@AquaSplendor 5 жыл бұрын

Very good video, watch the hole thing, bravo

@ReeferGil 5 жыл бұрын

That was really informative. Thanks!

@rudyb3194 5 жыл бұрын

Great, Thanks, Now I will be adding T5's to my tank.

@brocklowe118 5 жыл бұрын

Bulk reef supply is changing the game of reefing

@fishbone1834 5 жыл бұрын

Yup

@ricardolaso4636 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome video

@sultanal-khulaif3887 5 жыл бұрын

Its really great i like it thank you 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

@brocklowe118 5 жыл бұрын

I wish I could get more info on the four months of cycling.

@purplepilled6478 3 жыл бұрын

Wow that's absolutely amazing. Its amazing I'm guessing 50k build I love it.

@dominiquedevries4165 3 жыл бұрын

And the rest!

@freemansaquatics5326 5 жыл бұрын

Now im just going to associate world wide corals WWC with Weekly Water Changes :) im new to keeping corals but well seasoned in waterchanges im going to adopt the method being used here WEEKLY RELIGIOUS WCs. Call me crazy but i enjoy and get a high changing my water on my freshwater tanks and heck 15% vs the 50% im used to with my freshwater tanks it wont be a big deal at all to do just 15. CHEERS YALL :)

@animetronic6689 3 жыл бұрын

I love water changes too! My discus tank gets 75% every other day!

@sergiocastellanos8503 5 жыл бұрын

Great video

@christophertang 5 жыл бұрын

Great video! I'm curious why they don't use diffusers on their G4's?

@MrAqua-ei3mb 5 жыл бұрын

The learning curve from freshwater planted aquaria to saltwater coral aquaria is difficult. You guys are helping though. Thank you

@user-sc5zf7lq6x 16 күн бұрын

At last, someone says that, water change can replenish those trace elements, but dosing sometimes dont

@ziogibo 5 жыл бұрын

Very good work! It's possible to have WWC Mix Recipe?

@Reefahholic 5 жыл бұрын

Been waiting on this one. Wink wink

@Discgolfchannel 5 жыл бұрын

Hey brs, I noticed wwc keeps their alkalinity at 8.6 but uses salt with an alkalinity of 7.5. They don’t use 2 part on these tanks so I’m curious if they adjust the alkalinity levels of the new saltwater before doing a water change? And if so, what do they use?

@creepy4valentine 5 жыл бұрын

Yeeesss 🙌🏻🙌🏻

@mse135 5 жыл бұрын

Will you guys grab a couple of samples (to average against themself) and send them into triton for the tanks next time. It would be interesting to see which trace elements are lacking... or not. Are we shooting for perfect seawater and WWC is proving it doesn’t have to be spot on with traces?

@IkanHiasLaut 5 жыл бұрын

Wow 😍😍😍

@pp4009 3 жыл бұрын

Wihh sampe kesini om

@joeshaughnessy3449 5 жыл бұрын

Maybe I missed it but do they use an algae scrubber or cheato in the sump?

@kharn105 5 жыл бұрын

super informative, can you ask for a copy of their light file?

@The559iceman 5 жыл бұрын

Do you have a copy of their modified schedule for the lights?

@johnbarton1878 5 жыл бұрын

Nice black tang!

@moonrockreefery 5 жыл бұрын

Totally rushed through the settings... if theres a ramp of one hour then whats the setting in between 630 and noon ? Also, whats the reason for not using the warm white channel? Supposed to be one of the “perks” of a g4 pro.

@322sheffield 5 жыл бұрын

Does the T5 stay on for 12 hours? or just during the white period?

@ExopMan 5 жыл бұрын

I wish it had a better aquascape but I understand it's a practical tank

@inventoryking 5 жыл бұрын

I am starting a Reef tank. I have been keeping African Cichlids for some time and I always over filter. With a reef tank, is over filtration ok? Example, a skimmer that does 2x the tank size, etc. Thanks in advanced.

@christospapazacharias8523 5 жыл бұрын

No need to. But if your budget allows why not.

@Reefphreak 3 жыл бұрын

Randy, I notice in the video you where you talk about their modified AB+ schedule that WWC runs their blues and violets at 100% and their whites and greens at 50% with their red at 10% during their peak hours from 8-12pm but there's no mention of the master slider which appears to be at 75%. That would leave me to believe their actually running at 75% blues and violets, 37% whites and greens, and 7% red. Is that about right? I'm trying to mimic their schedule with a different brand of lights and could imagine other people doing the same and running in to set everything at 100% when it's not actually at that level.

@BRStv 3 жыл бұрын

Unlike other LEDs that don't have an "intensity" slider, the beauty about the Radion is that it automatically scales the individual color sliders (spectrum blend) in ratio as you adjust the intensity output (PAR) to meet your tank goals. For this example, WWC set their spectrum blend using the individual color sliders referenced here then tuned down the overall PAR of that spectrum blend to match their PAR goals. If you wanted to mimic WWC's spectrum blend, just set the sliders for each color like you saw in the video, then use a PAR meter to adjust the intensity until it's in the ranges that work for your specific tank.

@lisademayo8589 26 күн бұрын

hey dude, i was wondering how often they have to change that filter floss out? must be often?

@madweazl 5 жыл бұрын

Any idea what the acropora at 6:29 is (dead center)?

@1993surfer 5 жыл бұрын

I thought they used Instant Ocean? Could of sworn they told me that in person and in an interview.

@VIPReefAquariums 5 жыл бұрын

Which commercial RO unit are they using? I like the fact it doesn't need a DI membrane.

@VIPReefAquariums 5 жыл бұрын

Understood, but still will like to know which RO make they use if you can get that info it will be great! Thanks

@thewaterdenken1213 5 жыл бұрын

He kinda reccomends leaving the lights off for 3 or 4 months, so what do you just keep the tank topped with RO, no water changes? Also is the tank being feed in that 4 month period? Whats keeping bacteria alive? I really wanna try this method out with a neww 220 gonna get going, but have s few un answered questions still.

@hugomagana32 4 жыл бұрын

I’m going through the comments to see if I can find the answers to my questions haha

@steamman6535 5 жыл бұрын

Most of us don't have the patients to wait a year for a tank to cycle. I just started a new tank cycled it in just a few months and never had any algae or cyano outbreaks. I accidentally added something to the tank that seemed to out compete the nuisance algae and they never had a chance to establish themselvesx I sent in my method to BRS about a month ago.

@billydanzz 5 жыл бұрын

So what was the "accidental" addition and the method??? Please share!

@solarris4336 5 жыл бұрын

What do you use as your powerhead/wavemaker? I wanted a Nero 5, but my glass was 3/4 inches, too thick for it. Recommend anything for it?

@solarris4336 5 жыл бұрын

Wow! I didn't expect you to respond so quickly! You guys are seriously the best. I decided some Tunze will be okay for my new Rea Sea 750XXL tank. Your videos helped me decide basically all the equipment I needed.

@jestronixhanderson9898 3 жыл бұрын

You can tell he really wants those halides back :)

@jsauce666 5 жыл бұрын

So, Josh says he doesn’t use GFO to keep below .1 PO4. I stopped running GFO full time as well but my PO4 does get up to .18. Doesn’t necessarily affect the corals but I’m wondering how these guys keep it down below .1 without. I’m assuming the water changes are responsible keeping that number in line. Is that the case?

@steamman6535 5 жыл бұрын

Great point. The nitrates and phosphates don't seem to be in balance

@jdearel1 5 жыл бұрын

We do use Brightwell phosphate E to manage our phosphate levels. We do in fact keep a pretty tight tolerance on n03/p04, what we would consider proper proportion.

@ArrickthaRed 5 жыл бұрын

What really caught my attention is they leave the tanks for 4 months without adding anything

@dowphantom3792 5 жыл бұрын

question , if you run your alk around 8.6 , how does water changes affect that , being the salt is 7.5 does it lower your overall alk at all? awesome video , very informative im bookmarking this and writing stuff down lol

@jdearel1 5 жыл бұрын

The 10% water change is so marginal.

@t.regnerus301 5 жыл бұрын

Why not use a salt that is closer to 8.6 dkh then.

@jdearel1 5 жыл бұрын

It works well with little change to the systems. Having tried other ways with lesser or same results it makes sense to keep doing what we do.

@dowphantom3792 5 жыл бұрын

thank you! :)

@STRADER29 4 жыл бұрын

Most recommend schedules show leaving green LEDs pretty low. I hate not using available LEDs in my AI primes. Now that I see WWC using 50% green during the white spectrum, and also seeing natural coral reef spectrum having a good portion of green, do you think green is an acceptable LED to using now during the white cycle? Or is there a proven reason not to?

@vettespinal5036 5 жыл бұрын

I have a HOB protein skimmer , iam using a gfo reactor and let the water from it drain in to my refuguim its hanging on, i wanted to add a bio pellet reactor but everyone says it needs to empty in to my protein skimmer , i reall dont have way to that i can have it drain right next to the input of the pump , but its still in my main tank , so where is it safe to empty the out end of the REACTOR in to , can i just drain in to my refuguim also , or can i dump staight in to tank next to pump pick up , or should i not add a bio pellet reactor if i dont have a sump or can i run the bio pellets in to the gfo REACTOR, one in to another , if so which is the best order to put em in , Bio pellets first then GFO then out in to tank or what ?

@vettespinal5036 5 жыл бұрын

@@BRStv i really only use the refuguim to keep my pod population up , my gfo reactor pick up is in the tank and exits into the refuguim, i was going to add the biopellet reactor with a mix of bio fuel pellets from continuum and biospheres from reef octopus, i do have a have a tank with a heavy bioload as far as fish and some coral , but do plan on adding alot more , and i do feed very often , i was planning on using a 1/3 of recommended pellets to start , is this a bad idea ? And if you think this my strip the tank of what all the coral needs what would be the additive or additives i would need to keep coral growing strong ?

@rhombifer566 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful i don’t think there is a thousand yellow things in there

@DmaProductions1 5 жыл бұрын

Any reason why they limit the red to only 10%?

@thepsychocybe7078 5 жыл бұрын

Dang, no Ryan? I like him. He's like the Alex Jones of the reefing community.

@Jaguarboy11 5 жыл бұрын

Alex Jones...? Why not a Ben Shapiro or Dave Rubin. I like Randy quite a bit too!

@thepsychocybe7078 5 жыл бұрын

Hey, man, you just listen to Ryan talk about the government putting chloramines in the water and you'll see what I mean.

@insanity4224 5 жыл бұрын

Doesn’t matter coz both guys talk the same way lol

@miles2075 4 жыл бұрын

Except Alex Jones is a complete hack.

@Sion99manna 5 жыл бұрын

I don’t get two things WWC don’t use DI resins but still manage to keep such legendary tanks?? And also the return pump WWC is using is a 3600 gal per hour on a 900 gal tank

@chennemeyer 5 жыл бұрын

Must totally depend on the kind of water they start with. Here in the western US my water has run down potentially a few thousand miles of open waterway, after filtering through the colorado water basin, its picked up a few more minerals than the stuff that probably fell a week ago as rain in Florida

@clsanchez77 5 жыл бұрын

Has to do with their source water. Water in Orlando is very clean, so after RO, there isn’t much left to remove.

@googIereallysucks 5 жыл бұрын

I just called WWC and asked them about running no heaters. They acted like I was crazy and said they do use heaters. Wonder why he said no heaters

@marcelrodriguez2067 4 жыл бұрын

Do you live in florida? If no then obviously lol

@tomg5405 4 жыл бұрын

I never had heaters On my 1000l tank,lighting was enough

@bnkohrn 5 жыл бұрын

Have they employed the usage of UV sterilization on any of their systems?

@bnkohrn 5 жыл бұрын

BulkReefSupplyCom Thank you for the information! ❤️

@pjfreak99 5 жыл бұрын

You didn't ask how often he swaps out the bio balls from the wet/dry trickle filter!

@RBrown-cs6ks 5 жыл бұрын

The one thing that has me confused is WWC mentioning they use Chemiclean in the event cyano gets out of control. Chemiclean states to do a 20% water change after 48 hours of use. On a 900 gallon tank, that's 180 gallons of water. Is WWC actually changing out 180 gallons of water, or are they low dosing the Chemiclean and foregoing the water change except for what normally gets changed out through daily replenishment?

@Mike__B 5 жыл бұрын

Why 900 gallons? Because I just said why, we purchased it from a customer and that happened to be the size that was available :D

@moisessanchez2063 5 жыл бұрын

One question, is there any way to buy the fish food that WWC makes?

@moisessanchez2063 5 жыл бұрын

BulkReefSupplyCom thank you!!

@alexlenchenkov8092 5 жыл бұрын

So you think there is no reason to test for trace elements?

@chennemeyer 5 жыл бұрын

50% water change every week, damn

@zanevliegenthart974 5 жыл бұрын

15%

@ExopMan 5 жыл бұрын

7:35 How is a disposable filter pad more economical than a filter sock you can wash?

@rhombifer566 Жыл бұрын

be it really nice

@t.regnerus301 5 жыл бұрын

So I'm not crazy hanging my ATI T5 fixture 12+inches above the water line.

@billydanzz 5 жыл бұрын

BulkReefSupplyCom So what height should my 2 kessil A360's and 2 bulb T5 fixture be above my tank's water line??? Tank is 48x24x21 (2 inch sand bed) Thx

@marcelrodriguez2067 4 жыл бұрын

@@billydanzz kessils cant be too high off the surface due to the light spill. I have 4 360x on my 4ft tank and i have them 8 inches of the water.

@pjfreak99 5 жыл бұрын

Who is the coral muncher? The CBB?

@jdearel1 5 жыл бұрын

The doliatus rabbitfish

@TheGabrielberki 5 жыл бұрын

They feed every hour? Wow. Even overnight?

@netjalobnetproblem 5 жыл бұрын

Why feed so often? What is fed the tank and how do they dosage?

@shortex88 5 жыл бұрын

Which fish is the coral muncher?

@shortex88 5 жыл бұрын

@@BRStvDang! I always wanted one! I have a two bar at the moment.

@mackjf1969 5 жыл бұрын

Great indebted video ! I can’t believe they feed so much food every hour ! My self I would spot feed more! Plus not have a coral eater in there ! Great video tho!

@joshbroadbent2341 5 жыл бұрын

Noticed. We talk about coraline alot...but there is non on the glass...why is that

@chennemeyer 5 жыл бұрын

Pretty low PH really, I understand the CO2 problem, also I guess the Calc reactor has a lowering effect. But isn't a higher PH plus a higher ALK like above 10-11 going to get much faster growth rates given that this is a company making money on growth Im left a little confused.

@joshbroadbent2341 4 жыл бұрын

What kind of wrasse's?

@BRStv 4 жыл бұрын

Do you know the timestamp in this video, that you saw them?

@joshbroadbent2341 4 жыл бұрын

@@BRStv, they just said they had alot of tangs and wrasse's..I'm really just looking for wrasse's that dont need sand.

@eFISHancy 5 жыл бұрын

First

@pjfreak99 5 жыл бұрын

17:36 - that transition is so jarring. BRS160 so small and puny!!!!

@chennemeyer 5 жыл бұрын

Thought the same thing, it was suddenly a total wimp, then I looked at mine, same feeling a second time. I guess I can feel lik ethe 900 is at least partly my tank though......considering.....

@seattleflyboard3807 4 жыл бұрын

Since the beginning of this whole hobby, water changes have been undervalued for the vast majority of hobbyists....the alternatives are complex and unforgiving.

@Mike__B 5 жыл бұрын

Personally I think when you get into tank sizes this large that the "rules" for how to make a great tank do change, you either have a really good tank or you have a horrible tank, not a lot of in between. Being able to have schools of herbivore fish that you just can't have in smaller tanks, plus the one thing that many people forget with these display tanks in stores is that they a small army of people who are on top of all the maintenance of the tank not just a single person as is the case with home aquariums. And no disrespect meant towards WWC, but I am curious how many of those corals have been in that 4 year old tank for 4 years (or close to it), while I do see lots of grown out stuff, I also see lots of frag plugs with maybe mini-colonies on them suggesting maybe not everything is as grown in as it looks from a place that regularly gets shipments of corals. Again I'm in no way trying to put this tank down, it's absolutely fantastic, however I do think people do need to temper their expectations on what they can do at home instead of trying to emulate exactly this (on a smaller scale)