10 Things Pro Reefers Do That Newbies Shouldn't

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Experienced saltwater aquarists do many great things with their tanks, that beginner hobbyists shouldn't copy! Here are 10 examples with reasons why...
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0:00 Intro
0:25 10. Feeding corals
1:14 9. Heavily feeding fish
2:23 8. Bare bottom
3:09 7. Chasing elevated pH
4:00 6. Keeping SPS
5:03 5. Running lights at high %
5:57 4. Trace elements
7:08 3. Keeping finicky fish
8:05 2. Overcomplicating things
9:10 1. Stopping water changes

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@ReefDork 3 жыл бұрын

Here are 8 things experienced reefers do that newbies SHOULD do! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ncWWp5qiuZ2Vco0.html

@annebartells777 3 жыл бұрын

You are definitely my favorite reefer. You give great advice without making it complicated. I look forward for your weekly videos

@vaneternal5610 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely agree with point no.2. As a newbie in this hobby, when doing my research everything seemed so complicated and expensive... But as I understood the basics, I started my first tank which proved not to be so difficult as expected in the beginning. Just sticking to the basics and learning as the tank develops is the best option, without overcomplicating things. Great video as always :)

@paullehane603 3 жыл бұрын

👍. Great job. Watching these weekly videos is part of my maintenance routine!

@smokeandkippers 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely spot on fella! I always compare running a reef tank to owning a high performance exotic car. If your maintenance isn’t up to scratch then components will eventually start to go pop!!

@paullehane603 3 жыл бұрын

Except a high performance exotic car is cheaper😉

@falcolf 3 ай бұрын

The toughest coral I have is a torch and I'm happy to stay with that as my toughest coral.❤ (My tank is basically a zoa, BTA and euphillia garden.)

@ahmedelzanfally9451 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate your honesty of such information. I have learnt this myself the hard way after years of reefing. Great vid !

@Sutsamadori97 3 жыл бұрын

I love how you take your time to de-complicate stuff like this. I am trying to gear up information until I can get a reef tank and it is so easy to get lost in all the gear and should-dos. Thanks dude

@richardwoods9083 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video. I really appreciate your humor and candor.

@tkozik84 3 жыл бұрын

This is great video! I made some many mistakes that are on this is list. Is crazy. Had to make the step back stop overthinking and it came back to life. Keep up the great work💪

@StubbyAcro 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I just started a new reef tank and your channel helps me a lot.

@garrycole9187 3 жыл бұрын

This is such a smart and great video because It is so true. There are things that newbies or even guys like me who are restarting in the hobby after 20 years should NOT do or TRY to do. This is one of the best subject video that I have encountered and I wished you had done it a year ago.

@coreyoie5508 3 жыл бұрын

Bro I absolutely love your tank, it looks great, then I see that god awful wall paper in the back 😂

@severin1136 3 жыл бұрын

Bro I love the wallpaper

@HogwartsBasement 10 ай бұрын

I avoided painting behind my tank because I didn’t wanna drain and move it. Maybe he can’t be assed draining and moving it to decorate. I had a black backdrop tho

@falcolf 3 ай бұрын

I love it too 😂

@adatewithnature8333 3 жыл бұрын

thankyou for taking the time to teach us!!

@markg4315 3 жыл бұрын

Great video as always mate

@salmansalman-vw1ps 3 жыл бұрын

very good advice.. wish me luck, i',m newbie to this reefing

@gentlemanreefer6105 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video full of very true statements for beginners but good for all of us too.

@Arowana0071 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video as always👍🐠

@eillyacostandinides3344 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video man.

@tonycloseukreef3799 3 жыл бұрын

Great advice Thank you

@bamseskylling1978 4 ай бұрын

Solid advice as always

@evscope 3 жыл бұрын

Great video.

@canadianreefmaster 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome advice! Do your water changes!

@reefkichards2345 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video Dork. Stability is key, rather than chasing numbers. Gratifying to hear you say look after dKH and PH will look after itself, as I recently reached this conclusion. Future video suggestion: How about doing occasional reviews of subscriber tanks a la Tidal Gardens, but instead of visiting 1000 gallon monsters, visit mere mortals such as my humble Red Sea XL200 which is coming up for 12 months old, after a break from the hobby for 12 years. Just a thought. Keep up the good work buddy.

@stevemunn367 3 жыл бұрын

Yes great video 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@xXFUZZYMONK 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! My tank has been running 5 months now (20gal) and dosing trace elements was the thing that put me off starting the hobby so I’m glad you said not to worry yet. Can I how much I should be water changing on a 20gal tank and how often I should do it. Thanks

@ReefDork 3 жыл бұрын

10% a week is the way to go. If you need to correct issues, sometimes you can do 3x 30% changes in 3 days.

@modotd3885 3 жыл бұрын

Hi. Are there any fish that would school/shoal in a 30gal. But like neon tetras and other barbs

@ReefDork 3 жыл бұрын

Not in a saltwater tank, no.

@alfst5546 3 жыл бұрын

Yet another brilliant video, one question, I use NSW, do you think I would need to add any additives ? Surely when doing a water change with NSW it should contain all the natural elements ?

@ReefDork 3 жыл бұрын

Water changes alone won't be enough long term, regardless of where the water comes from. You'll need to dose alk, calc and mag at some point

@19801emmanuel 2 жыл бұрын

Just tested my ph it’s at 11.5 no wonder I’m getting crazy growth on my zoas

@kennethmay6343 Жыл бұрын

Did not know that you shouldn’t feed corals in the beginning, I’ve always understood that they can live without it and thrive with just lights flow and water stability, but I thought feeding would only help their health.

@deanhargreaves5958 3 жыл бұрын

Looking in to ro unit before I start up my new tank I have good water pressure so not sure about ro unit with and with out pressure pump looking at 4 stage

@ReefDork 3 жыл бұрын

Booster is a great investment - it'll massively speed up your production time.

@jaysrealreefuk 3 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed this video. I would love an update on the budget build you did. How's that getting along? 👍

@ReefDork 3 жыл бұрын

Closed it down! Only set it up to make the video. New nano coming soon though...

@jaysrealreefuk 3 жыл бұрын

@@ReefDork so excited to follow the nano build, this is going to be good. Take care.

@keagancribby4020 3 жыл бұрын

Def agree with the feeding even a young tank has enough bacterioplankton to give coral enough additional food. And not just dont chase ph dont chase anything!

@KerpooHater 3 жыл бұрын

once i settle down quite a few years later, i'm thinking of getting a small (about 15 gallons or so) tank with mostly macroalgae and some pulsing xenia for a pair of four striped damsels (and nothing else other than some inverts), do you think this would work? i'm a big fan of damselfish because of their behaviour, hardiness, appearance and also how the way dascyllus melanurus swim remind me of butterflies minus the flapping

@ReefDork 3 жыл бұрын

Yep, sounds good to me 👍

@KerpooHater 3 жыл бұрын

@@ReefDork thank you!

@Mike__B 3 жыл бұрын

Good video, reminds me of the BRS guy and his tank, they make lots of good videos, however when he tried it on his tank he just got results that he didn't like.

@ReefDork 3 жыл бұрын

To their credit, they try to pioneer things which is great. But for the other 99% of us, the basics are the way to go!

@Mike__B 3 жыл бұрын

@@ReefDork Oh yeah, but they really show that regardless of experience when you do new things you make yourself a "newbie" and then the same traps occur.

@foxglovemead 2 жыл бұрын

I'm trying to replicate the Red Sea Recipe for a Mixed Reef. 2 ppm Nitrate and 0.1 ppm Phosphate. So, if my Nitrate and Phosphate are both zero, how to "fix". LFS suggests it is desirable to help corals by increasing both of these e.g. not settle for zero. They suggest stopping NoPoX until levels increase?

@ReefDork 2 жыл бұрын

I agree - Nopox only necessary to reduce nutrients so don't use it if yours are too low 🙂

@glenbuyer8738 3 жыл бұрын

No.6 should be keeping Acros, plenty of super easy sps

@Arowana0071 3 жыл бұрын

I have a question for you I'm useing ocean salt but my corals don't seem to do well? im keeping LPS, and a few soft coral So I was thinking about looking in to changing salt. Do have any tips on a good salt 👍

@ReefDork 3 жыл бұрын

I use red sea blue bucket and have for a while now. Might not necessarily solve your problems mind...

@Arowana0071 3 жыл бұрын

@@ReefDork thanks for the reply if I was gone change salt how long before I good do that 👍🐠

@trentoncook8719 Жыл бұрын

3:31 What type of coral is that?

@ReefDork Жыл бұрын

Acan

@yannickbroos5283 3 жыл бұрын

Does having salt in your tank automatically increase your ph? I’m new to the saltwater hobby, but my freshwater aquascapes all have a Ph of 6.5-7. Also my tap water has a Ph of around 7

@ReefDork 3 жыл бұрын

Short answer, yes!

@rayrclark 3 жыл бұрын

Great advice! In my case 2 years too late.

@lkapitan8232 3 жыл бұрын

Do you feed your corals?

@ReefDork 3 жыл бұрын

Occasionally but I find it also feeds other, undesirable stuff in the tank so I don't tend to regularly.

@josephposada1830 3 жыл бұрын

Baking Powder gave me a good stable alkalinity

@josephposada1830 3 жыл бұрын

Oops Soda lol

@danmaltby3271 3 ай бұрын

Triton my butt, even if you get to own the Port oJohnny if it’s all yours, it’s like if the tree fell the woods and no one heard it like the poop is still there. Water changes are a good thing you know less often this nice but to completely get rid of them like it’s kind of silly like you give the fish food and stuff they don’t use somebody else might eventually reach point where nobody wants something like a pair of like70s pants in 1984

@richwright2280 3 жыл бұрын

Reef Mork 🤣

@marber4939 3 жыл бұрын

I have run out of few elements by having many lps'es so adding some jod ,traces of heavy metals pays of for me;)

@adatewithnature8333 3 жыл бұрын

flankyou

@leefoster4133 2 жыл бұрын

I disagree with point no.1. Water changes should be done on a as needed bases. Prescheduled water changes is just silly. If you do have to perform water changes then invest in a sump. You can run the water through it and in time, if you have a well establish system can recover the water instead of tossing it. But I have to say you have to get the organics in this filter running well. And so, you can recover all of that water that you would have tossed. Maybe more of an advance topic and one you will have to put in the time to get it there as it took me a year to get the one I had sorted out. But by then I didn't need it for what I was using for and just connected it to the tank and removed the old filters and equipment for that tank.

@Salkio 3 жыл бұрын

yay first

@ct2368 3 жыл бұрын

This is the most condescending video I've seen in a while. What a joke.

@foxglovemead 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting that you shouldn't try to run before you can walk and 90% is taken care of by Water Changes and Foundation Additives. How do you increase Nitrate and Phosphate? I dose NoPoX and reduced the dose to half the minimum.

@ReefDork 2 жыл бұрын

If you need to increase nitrate and phosphate, keep turning down the Nopox. No sense using it if you don't need to reduce nutrients.