Thank you Jake for your wonderful service you have done for the world. You will be missed very much. One love
@MrGarciaJr Жыл бұрын
This is one I will always come back to.
@CartersToyBox3572 жыл бұрын
I love this conversation. Thank you guys, you nailed it. Everyone’s tank and style of reefkeeping is different. So specific numbers will be different. But nutrients are not a bad thing corals actually really like them lol. In my experience higher nutrients = less negative issues 🤷🏼♂️….Alkalinity I’ve only had issues under 7 and over 14.5 lol anywhere in the middle I’ve been good.
@reefaddictsmerch70262 жыл бұрын
Love Reef Therapy! As one who struggled with dino for almost a year in my newest display I can say it definitely can be a pest. UV handled the osteoporosis but then had amphidinium's which I probably spend hundreds of dollars on bacteria and pods to try to rid. Eventually just let it run its course and finally is gone.
@chrisbleurgh74255 ай бұрын
1:08:00 - So true. Cycling my first saltwater tank and a local hobbyist was showing me his. While he was tending to something I watched his blue tang lift some birdsnest from one side of the tank bring it all the way over above his clam and dropped it bang in the middle - clam did not like that and tried closing on the new frag.
@dusk19472 жыл бұрын
No, you had it correct Mark. Going back to "Liebig's law of the minimum": In a high energy planted tank, you're supplementing the CO2 in order to allow Aquatic Grasses and the other Macrophytes to outcompete the simple algae's. In freshwater (and saltwater) dissolved carbon can be the limiting rate step for photosynthetic organisms due to waters limited ability to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere. So when you're dosing fertilizers (primary macro nutrients, secondary macro nutrients, and micro nutrients), the only bottle neck is the lack of available carbon. When you eliminate that limiting rate, and push it higher than it should go naturally, the plant growth outcompetes algae's. Now back to marine systems: I particularly enjoyed the macro algae discussion. I personally love using macro algae on reverse daylight to consume CO2, consume excess nutrients, outcompete other algae, and raise pH. However, I have yet to not have a batch eventually crash. Eventually, even cheato crashes on me. Though I found Ulva to be my personal favorite, which seems to grow faster than the cheato strains I've had access to, but Ulva seems to crash even faster. And that's with dosing a supplement like "cheato grow". However, even with those challenges I vastly prefer having a sump with some kind of algae chamber. As you said, it allows us to choose the dominant species of algae to deal with
@Waynerock772 жыл бұрын
Tooth brush zip tied to the end of your WC hose is such a classic tool. I’ll just brush down the exposed rock once a month or so and the rock always stays so clean and nice. Takes all the gunk out at the same time. Rocks look great even under full whites, it always had a “fuzz” to it. Great RT you guys could go on with this topic for days, so much to talk about. It would all be killer to listen to I always learn something.
@rolisreefranch Жыл бұрын
God bless you, Jake. Wherever you are.
@estonianreefer2851 Жыл бұрын
50 sessions of reef therapy which I all have listened while doing tank maintenance 🤣 so, easily more than 50 hours of some sort of tank related stuff while listening to reef therapy
@josephgabris97412 жыл бұрын
This was a great session. I’m definitely going to watch it again and it was fun to listen to
@CartersToyBox3572 жыл бұрын
I’m guilty of over feeding…. And wen you mentioned turning your lights down for algae it made me take a real hard look at my tanks and the ones with more algae….. I turned a couple down lol.
@wald_inator11152 жыл бұрын
Realy interesting session as always. Ans as an forest ecologist who has an reeftank i can say that at least i didn‘t scream internally because of Jakes grassland to old growth forest comparison. This comparison, even tho simplified, is still pretty good, after all succession happens as far as I know in every ecosystem on earth.
@ugly_reefer5729 Жыл бұрын
He said Come on now, come onnnn now. lol
@campbellwatson17002 жыл бұрын
recently picked up a copy of the modern coral reef aquarium. Really great info - as an ecology student it is an excellent read!
@mickdesousa6172 жыл бұрын
Excellent indepth episode, definitely one of my favourite 👍
@Aqua_noob2 жыл бұрын
That session was perfect! Thank you guys!
@Richs_reef Жыл бұрын
Another great episode and topic! On the subject of Lanthanum Chloride I would also add that it will send your dKH into free fall so that is another reason to be cautious of using it
@Anthony-rl4ok Жыл бұрын
Not sure if I missed it but can you go over the film algae on the glass? Mine seems to grow daily even with lowering my lights and nutrients
@nickgarcia129211 ай бұрын
Snails are good for cleaning glass and helping with the substrate. I like urchins but I love an army of hermits they are the best imo at getting into the rockwork and keeping the rocks clean. I have a pbt and a tomini and a foxface but with how much I feed they don't eat as much algae as they normally would. But hermits are great and are the primary force to keeping my 20 gallon clean. Idk why they have a bad reputation I know they will eat snails but snails are dumb and most will fall on their backs and die anyways lol
@ProducerReef2 жыл бұрын
This session is on repeat all weekend💯💯💯💯💯💯
@JMehalick Жыл бұрын
Mark - I’m doing a thin crushed coral bed for the first time. What is your maintenance routine and/or inverts you utilize to keep it relatively clean?
@aquamind99962 жыл бұрын
Ok what's this "cotton candy algae" you guys mentioned? Haven't heard of that before bit I think I might have this, and I want to look into it. Great conversation as always guys!
@fredericknaddeo1925 Жыл бұрын
This is a great episode. Have you seen the Ryan's biome cycling series from BRS? What are your thoughts? It seems like it is saying some of the same things that you guys talked about.
@peterlien1196 Жыл бұрын
Love this conversation. I have a 220 with GHA and turf issue. Have 4 tangs (blue, sail, mimic, Scopas) and I was feeding them heavy and they didn't really know they were supposed to eat the algae. I cut food way back and the the tangs are now cleaning house. I can't believe the behavior change. Issue solved. Thanks.
@peterlien1196 Жыл бұрын
And now I see this wonderful man passed away. Ugh. Very sorry for his family and friends.
@rcreefer3970 Жыл бұрын
I have a 40 breeder, is there any tang that I could put in a tank that size, if not what are some good herbivores that I could put in. I do currently have a half black angelfish but that’s it. Thanks in advance.
@trikhoachannelcsmt Жыл бұрын
GOOD sharing my dear have a GREAT day STAY CONNECT
@kazig19842 жыл бұрын
Great video guys
@McGD4 Жыл бұрын
Love this discussion. Can u fit a bristletooth tang in a 40g breeder
@Fachmi_miun Жыл бұрын
thank you sir for the useful information, greetings from Indonesia 😊🙏
@thereefhobbyist2 жыл бұрын
No love for Centropyge☹️?! Also, I love that Jake changed his tune on “asterinas” eating coral. My dead zoas and I appreciate you!
@Brabostaan2 жыл бұрын
Currently have some algea but the tank is 1 month old after the restart, no coral in yet. I will just add more algea eating animels. Mexicans turbosnail seem to do the job very well.
@Reefahholic Жыл бұрын
Some of that low hanging fruit. 😅 Enjoyed it!
@kennethallen3452 Жыл бұрын
Rest in Peace my friend you are greatly missed 🥲
@andrewsdrmike2 жыл бұрын
I “ bubble scrub” my 300 by dosing 1/2 dose Chemiclean every 3-4 months. Keeps the tank happy
@Boogerdick692 жыл бұрын
Hey guys, my 60 breeder with a 10g sump has tiny little patches of gha that grow on like 3 rocks. My nutrients are damn near 0 though, I only have 5 fish. What should I do? I have a kole tang and a few astrea snails
@jahsreef83862 жыл бұрын
Manual removal is gonna be best. Once the hair algae is beaten back the kole will start munching
@Boogerdick692 жыл бұрын
@@jahsreef8386 kk thanks, will keep doing that then
@jahsreef83862 жыл бұрын
@@Boogerdick69 maybe get some more clean up crew as well. I’m a snail guy not a fan of hermits
@mr.reeftank1456 Жыл бұрын
My sailfin loves to reorganize my tank, honestly highly frustrating! Pick n places frags where ever he wishes.. I sell stomas btw
@trevorvanzuydam8115 Жыл бұрын
1:33:30 on point man !
@CartersToyBox3572 жыл бұрын
Are limpets and stomatellas different??? Wen I first started I thought limpets were a pest 🤦🏼♂️ now I learned to like them.
@Algaewarrior2 жыл бұрын
Limpets are more stationary and from what I've seen they have small feelers that can come out from all sides to clean the surface.
@anniejefferson4642 Жыл бұрын
Once a month I turn my tank to milk. Blow sand n rocks with turkey baster and turn it milky white. After it clears omg it's pristine. I never use carbon either.
@January-rm1ud2 жыл бұрын
3 day black out with microbacter 7 and microbacter clean will almost reset all algae
@PazLeBon2 жыл бұрын
i love gha in some tanks , best nute exporter out there :;)i.e my seahorse tanks
@Algaewarrior2 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised y'all didn't mention sea hares. I don't think they belong in hobbyists tanks because they are so sensitive but they do a very good job eating algae.
@dannyalvens54187 ай бұрын
They can or will ink your tank up if stressed. They will eat macro algae,but a majority of the undesirable algae are micro algae,Which they don't eat...
@skratchiechan2 жыл бұрын
algae mower vac!
@t0l4nd2 жыл бұрын
I love putting mollies in my maintenance account tanks! Thank you for saying this! Also in saltwater, they seem to be more high energy.
@pjshooter62 жыл бұрын
I put them into my qt every time I cycle fish through. Then after the qt is over I move them to my 400g and 320g displays. They swim around in packs like anthias. I have black, dalmatian and orange ones .