3 MORE Mistakes to Avoid for Reef Tank Beginners! Ep. 38b

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Are six line wrasses REALLY that awful? That depends! Today, Matthew is covering that and other topics in part two of his common beginner reef tank mistakes mini-series. You can learn more here!
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00:00 - Intro
00:52 - Causing Cyanobacteria Outbreak
03:53 - Not Planning For Fish Aggression
07:08 - Not Knowing How To Treat Fish Disease
10:56 - Outro

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@Vador-ft5xo 2 жыл бұрын

I have a royal Gramma that got ick the day we bought it, I just made sure it got food and it recovered just fine. I did some research and some people said if the fish is healthy it can recover from ick on its own, and that’s exactly what my fish did

@seangriffiths9163 2 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed this video. Thanks for the information.

@RogueAquariums 2 жыл бұрын

Good important tips on preventing disease and aggression from entering your tanks. Nice editing Matthew 😊

@jonclark8155 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video. I’m still in the learning stages of saltwater fish diseases. I’ve been reefing for a bout two years now.

@JavierRodriguez-cp3vp Жыл бұрын

Cool thanks for the info.

@alexesco1521 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all your videos since then I feel more comfortable to and less stress more confident to invest

@christopherbraxton7289 2 жыл бұрын

I have told new reefer to follow you. I have gotten so much from them. Thank you

@tekkersreefer8055 2 жыл бұрын

Top vid reefer see next time have good weekend 👍

@fishpony1211 2 жыл бұрын

Happy Friday ppl! Great video.

@dusk1947 2 жыл бұрын

The fun part about this organisms is that most cyanobacteria has the capacity to do "fixation". That is: it can interact with atmospheric N2 (triple bonded) gas that has dissolved into your tank's solution; and convert it to an available form a nitrogen (usually an ionic ammonia). It's where the global nitrogen cycle starts. And bacteria are the only organisms on the planet able to do it. Most aquatic species that fix nitrogen are free-living like cyanobacteria's; while most terrestrial species are soil borne microbes, many of which form symbiotic relationships with plants (rhizobium with Legume's or azsopirillim with some grasses for example). The balance you describe about maintaining nitrogen is important because of this fixation. When you drop too low, other competitors start to die back. And that window of opportunity is what allows cyano to explode in growth, because it's not rate limited to the ammonia and nitrate in your water. It literally makes it's own.

@jamesgreen9372 2 жыл бұрын

Cyano ! Finally, one mistake I have not made yet ! 👍 If you know which antibiotics are for Gram - , Gram +, … etc., you are a step ahead of some of the medical students and interns I’ve worked with. 😄 As for fungal infections, many are opportunistic. When the opportunity that allowed them to catch hold is gone, so is the infection. So with fungal infections, look for a condition that made it possible. These are often easily connected. Thanks for the concise ( yes I said concise) discussion of a big topic, Jim

@apss5736 2 жыл бұрын

Cool video

@TheCoralReefTalk 2 жыл бұрын

nice!

@milkfat1 Жыл бұрын

My 6 line has been great!

@pauldeacon8764 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Matt! 😀👍👍

@jmdelira87 2 жыл бұрын

Matthew, you sir are my absolute favorite BRS celebrity.

@gomisreef 9 ай бұрын

Where is Matthew? I havent seen him on a video in a long long time. Ive flirted with this hobby for over a decade but really appreciate his beginners content. Always a good refresher! Hope hes ok and coming back to YT soon!!

@rarespiritwendy 2 ай бұрын

He’s at Hello Reef. It’s an all in one, nano tank clownfish system and a “walk you through” series on how to set it up and maintain it. I have one and love it. You can follow his beginner series here..he’s great.

@chrisuhlrich1609 Жыл бұрын

Hello, try a cheap double sided mirror. Works great for aggressive fish. Remove it out after a couple of days.

@ceippert 2 жыл бұрын

Once I added a powder blue tang… game over. Anyone else that tries to go in will be tail whipped, bit, and circled all day, all night. Glad my tank was already fully stocked. Most aggressive fish I had was a beautiful purple dottyback who was the hardest fish in my life to catch. Had to buy a trap and bait him

@brianredban9393 2 жыл бұрын

I have had 3 six line wrasses and everyone has been a shy timed fish that didn't bother anything

@erikgriffin1107 2 жыл бұрын

Mine dosent either. I’ve always heard six lines were aggressive but I’ve had mine for and he minds his business. I’ve even added other fish years after. He still dosent bother anyone.

@jgtheman84 2 жыл бұрын

@@erikgriffin1107 Once they get to a certain age their hormone changes make them extremely territorial. Once it has reached that point if you add any new peaceful type fish, the six line will attack it to no end. So let’s say one of your fish passes away of old age or whatever, well when you go to the replace that fish the six line will treat it as an intruder and you will have to remove the six line or the new fish you added.

@NinjaSushi2 2 жыл бұрын

I find it amazing that people can have zero nitrates and I'm over here fighting too many nitrates. That's probably the difference between having a drilled tank with a dedicated sump and using a regular fish tank with a canister filter.

@patrickmolen523 2 жыл бұрын

I have a fluval canister filter and a HOB skimmer and I’m fine

@javierflores9072 Жыл бұрын

Me too, my 36 gallons reef tank is running since day one with canister filter, and I have softies, torches and hammers, so the myth that you can't have a marine aquarium without a sump is totally false.

@zachedmiston5475 2 жыл бұрын

I had a six line wrasse that was too peaceful, and got the runaround from a dotyback

@titus4166 6 ай бұрын

I will say I’m a culprit of mistake #3 of cyno bacteria. It’s a b**** to get rid of in the tank. And I’m a maintenance freak. I do daily dosing and test twice a week. But now I just keep roughly about .08 phosphates and noticed that keep a little nitrate within spec on lower end have kept it away. Another thing to remember as a beginner is “DO NOT CHASE NUMBERS” as long as it’s near it you’re good. ❤

@84latinray 7 ай бұрын

I turn my skimmer off at nights with dr Tim’s waste away gel keeps my nutrients in check

@Boogerdick69 2 жыл бұрын

My six line was in has been in my 20g by himself for months. I added a clown, he didn’t care. Same when I added the second. He’s the nicest guy ever lol his names Lip, he has a messed up lip because he was stuck inside a snail shell for hours until I pulled him out

@jesterscorner879 2 жыл бұрын

Give it time. It's generally when they mature (ie 18-24 months) that problems develop with them.

@Boogerdick69 2 жыл бұрын

@@jesterscorner879 I’ve had it for 20 months. He was alone in the tank for about 8 months until I added the clowns. I was going to move him to my 40 breeder but I have a yellow banded possum wrasse and im scared of him killing it, but he hasn’t shown aggression to any fish I’ve added to my 20g.

@johnatella8498 6 ай бұрын

My Chromis are the most peaceful fish in my tank. I bought a Six Line Wrasse, but I think now he will go to my sump where I have lots of live rock. I also have other non-aggressive Wrasses and want to protect them. When I start up another tank with bigger aggressive fish, I'll just move him over.

@igetlotsofspam 2 жыл бұрын

Bad info, adding phos + nitrate is is the pendulum swinging the other way, you may not want 0:0, the goal was always to keep it around .03 & 5. If you feed your fish enough you'll have more nutrients than you want. This is why we ran GFO (for phosphate never for nitrate). 100% Can and will get cyano with high nutrient levels, and worse you'll get green boring algae or other things that kill your corals. Oof on the yolo on sick fish... bad video brs.

@erickmcclendon6076 2 жыл бұрын

Dinos thrive in ULNS. Cyano likes high phosphate tanks.

@RustyShacklefardd 2 жыл бұрын

Ha I love the sixline as the devil. Mine never bothers anybody

@davidplies5419 2 жыл бұрын

If you put in 8 Chromis into less than 180 gallons, eventually you will have 1 Chromis. It’s the same thing with Peppermint Shrimp. If you buy 6 Peppermint shrimp you will eventually end up with one Peppermint shrimp. Best to just buy one in small aquaria.

@javierflores9072 Жыл бұрын

That's Not true, I have 6 chromis in my 36 gallons reef tank since day one, and after 8 months they still together swimming around, all depends the stability of ur ecosystem, oooh I forgot to mention it is running with a canister filter so u need to learn a lot about this hobby!!! 😎👍🐟

@jameshunter4366 10 ай бұрын

Had 6 chromis for 2 years in my tank they all survived

@cresento 2 жыл бұрын

Will running a strong UV on recommended flow rate help to avoid ick and velvet ?

@BulkReefSupply 2 жыл бұрын

It will help, but not completely eliminate the disease. In other words, UV is one step in a larger prevention plan.

@jyoung11 2 жыл бұрын

Advice overall, but I don’t think that ick needs to be in the same sentence with velvet and brook. Many including myself has successfully combated ick many times over. Just feed them well and let their immunity catch up. Bonus if you can reduce the bio load with a UV

@waynegrayson5854 11 ай бұрын

I purchased a yellow coris wrasse 24 hours ago and he spends most of the time under the sand.He is housed in a 32 gal tank. Is this normal?

@uhnogood Жыл бұрын

I didnt no Tom Arnold had a youtube channel.

@4SunnyinMiami2 2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thankyou for this video. What is your opinion on cyano in a nano skimmerless tank. Do you think a HOB skimmer would help me in a sumpless tank? Also with respect to 0 nitrates and 0 phos. How do I increase them?

@BulkReefSupply 2 жыл бұрын

Skimmers are absolutely a useful filtration tool. That said, adding a skimmer is unlikely to solve your cyanobacteria problem. Manual removal combined with either out competing it or using something like chemiclean is usually the best solution.

@strat1960s 2 жыл бұрын

I have a 260g system. I was running a dual reator with carbon and GFO. I have been performing 50g (25x twice a week) water changes. My nitrates are at 15 and my phosphates are at 0. I have been fighting cyano for several months. I took the dual reactor off-line last week and started up a refugium. I'm using two return pumps with a combined flow of 1200gph +/-. I am also running a pair of maxspect gyres set to 50%. I have good flow, but there are some areas that visually get more flow than others. Is there a product I can use to add phosphate while still working to reduce nitrates?

@BulkReefSupply 2 жыл бұрын

You can dose phosphates with something like Brightwell NeoPhos. This won't necessarily lower your nitrates, but it'll help you get things a little more balanced. Unless you're seeing specific issues caused by nitrates, 15 ppm isn't alarmingly high. Most reefers will shoot for somewhere between 1-10 ppm nitrate, so you're not too far off. Especially if you consider the margin of error of our hobby grade test kits. www.bulkreefsupply.com/neophos-balanced-phosphorus-supplement-brightwell-aquatics.html

@NinjaSushi2 2 жыл бұрын

My tank survived velvet using rally pro and kick ich. SH*T WORKS!

@24kgoldbuffalo35 2 жыл бұрын

How long do you quarantine the new fish for?

@BulkReefSupply 2 жыл бұрын

Check out Matthew's QT videos. Episodes 32a and 32b should answer your QT questions :) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/odZkf66rkq66poE.html

@Will40th Жыл бұрын

My black yellow tail blenny killed bigger fish from stress

@philthyphill8753 21 күн бұрын

What are some of the reef safe medicine you have?

@itsmarlow6640 2 жыл бұрын

Hi there! As someone with OCD and in the mental health field (I’m an MSW), using language such as “obsessive compulsive” to describe excessive cleaning is quite problematic. Many folks with OCD do not experience a fixation on cleanliness and continuing this stereotype can be invalidating and discouraging to those seeking treatment. I realize that this is not a mental health channel, but it is important to use language that doesn’t perpetuate stigma. Thanks for all the work you do to help me keep better tanks!

@jetskiwillywilly7970 2 жыл бұрын

whats next...describing black people as having dark skin problematic? I was sure to go back and check...he never said OCD. Seems like you're not paying attention and listening to the voices in your head. Probably why you're OCD. I for one am done with bending over backwards for the mentally challenged.

@MyFirstFishTank 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking time to write this. I was unaware that my words were hurtful and problematic. I will work on eliminating that from my vocabulary. I totally understand as somebody who has also struggled with mental health. Please continue to call me out if I slip up.

@itsmarlow6640 2 жыл бұрын

@@MyFirstFishTank I really appreciate this response! No offense taken and I respect your willingness to learn. Best wishes!

@LilReeferNano 11 ай бұрын

anyone else notice the dead clownfish at 8:26 seconds?

@rc2300s2r 2 жыл бұрын

I’m having a cyano issue in my 120. My nutrients are at .05 PO4 and 20 NO3. They’ve been at these levels for 2 years at least. I’ve tried to get the NO3 down but it just likes it there. I have strong flow with 2x Nero 5s and 2x Nero 3s running 60% -85%. The one thing that changed is that I have been slowly ramping up my 3 kessel 360s over the last 4 or 5 months. I’m 99% sure this is the cause of MY cyano issue. So I’ve been slowly ramping back down the lights and manually removing the cyano during water changes. It’s not getting any worse but not any better yet. I figure I should see improvement in the next 4 or 5 months. I’m also planning to add some beneficial bacteria to out compete the pesky red stuff. 🤞🏼

@reviewit7974 2 жыл бұрын

Have a feeling your flow isn't getting down low. Back off a bit on your feedings. And do a half dose of ChemiClean while running a large air stone. Follow the water change directions. Will buy you some time for your nutrients to balance out.

@rc2300s2r 2 жыл бұрын

@@reviewit7974 I’ll drop my powerheads down the glass a little to see if that helps. I really don’t want to use chemiclean though.

@eddiefallas3836 2 жыл бұрын

what is the disease that the ocellaris classic has? Velvet or brook?

@BulkReefSupply 2 жыл бұрын

In the shots in this video, that would be Brook. Clownfish are usually some of the more susceptible fish, which makes sense since they often call Brook "clownfish disease."

@24kgoldbuffalo35 2 жыл бұрын

I hate fish disease. It's almost impossible to get a sick fish out of a display tank.

@tylerneal5390 2 жыл бұрын

Can a yellow tang live in a 75 gallon tank or do they need to be moved to something bigger in 1 to 2 years? I can only have a 75 gallon in my house and its hard to understand what fish can stay in one.

@BulkReefSupply 2 жыл бұрын

75 gallons is going to be too small for a Yellow Tang's "forever home," but a small tang can certainly be kept in a 75 for a few years before needing an upgrade in swimming space.

@mmagscott 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve had a purple tang in my 75 gallon for many years, I provided lots of swimming room, and lots of flow. The fish has been healthy and seems to be low stress.

@mmagscott 2 жыл бұрын

Adding the most aggressive fish last plan doesn’t work when you have your tank for more than twenty years.

@jordanm2984 Жыл бұрын

Editing of intro felt a bit confusing

@Arithorath 2 жыл бұрын

My six line killed my jester goby. 😢

@BulkReefSupply 2 жыл бұрын

😢

@ericlang513 2 жыл бұрын

If I have cyanos, how would I vacuum every single day? That would be a large water change every day if I dispose the water, or would i recycle the water?

@BulkReefSupply 2 жыл бұрын

One option would be to siphon into a filter sock so that you can remove the cyano and other detritus, then still re-use some or all of the water.

@junito1957 2 жыл бұрын

@@BulkReefSupply BLACK OUT YOUR LIGHT FOR 2 TO 3 DAYS IT WILL NOT KILL YOUR CORAL

@RB_003 Жыл бұрын

I added my fish like this clown pair, bangai cardinal, diamond goby, royal gramma, six line wrasse and they’re all homies

@samuelpagan7123 2 жыл бұрын

Had a 6 line wrasse and it bullied my clownfishes

@BulkReefSupply 2 жыл бұрын

Six lines seem to be so hit or miss on the bullying. Most are model citizens while there always seem to be the one or two bad apples that cause problems.

@305bluemantis 2 жыл бұрын

FUN FACT... Bring your aggressive fish to your local fish store so they can resell it to the next person,,,,,, ahhhhh the circle of death

@BulkReefSupply 2 жыл бұрын

😬🤣

@EddieV19 7 ай бұрын

I’m against quarantining fish First of all wife or parents never let me have an extra tank and also that’s why you don’t buy from Petco

@Itsjordan343 2 жыл бұрын

Dino fla Galette 😂😂😂

@manontoupin1501 2 жыл бұрын

What about adding all fishes at the same time, would it reduces agressive issues?

@itsmarlow6640 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like it could, but it also rapidly increases the bioload, making a mini cycle likely.

@bryanmulloy4392 Жыл бұрын

Best way to add a six line while Still adding fish is to get a small six line

@pickle_soup160 11 ай бұрын

6 lines are wonderful fish. Give him some hiding spots, and you're fine.

@bierstick 2 жыл бұрын

Aggressivity??? 🤣🤣🤣

@goodfrnd6863 2 жыл бұрын

guroo..whats that?

@BulkReefSupply 2 жыл бұрын

"Guru" is usually defined as a teacher or expert 😀

@goodfrnd6863 2 жыл бұрын

@@BulkReefSupply is it english?! what language sir?