What I've Learned From All My Tanks (Successes And Failures)

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4 жыл бұрын

Today I show you around all of my previous saltwater tanks and tell you about what I got right and what I got wrong.
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@kevinw7044 4 жыл бұрын

That trio of pyramid butterflies were very nice.

@cowabungareefer7094 4 жыл бұрын

I actually really like the look of tank2. Bare bottom is always enticing but one I did it in one I hated it and wanted sand lol

@squidyspecifications7709 4 жыл бұрын

I'm starting my first saltwater tank soon and your videos have been very helpful thank you for making this great reef content! Your tank is lovely and I hope I can have a tank that's just as amazing as yours!

@fostee1 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the vid Reef Dork! Great info within

@fellowreefer 4 жыл бұрын

Good information and love to learn from your success and mistakes. Thank you for sharing 🙏👏👏

@emmanuelV37 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video and great learnings!! Recently getting into the hobby and so thanks for the advise on rockwork and sheer cliffs!

@el_guapo1318 4 жыл бұрын

I actually like that you don't have a black background on the back of your current tank. The wallpaper looks nice. Gives a bit of tropical feel to the background.

@TheSaltyLife 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! I really enjoyed watching your reef journey! It's great seeing where people start! Glad you didnt go bare bottom! Theres no bare bottoms in the sea so why would we have it in our systems. Tank looks great now! Beautiful fish and stunning corals! 😍

@kernpierre5103 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome... thanks for the tips..I'm still struggling ..."moving the tank not again "😅

@ReefandDive 4 жыл бұрын

Love your tanks!

@ifger 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Alex! got a scoop 150 for a 50gal, 20 gal acrylic sectioned sump. old vertex skimmer and a return pump! even got some reefbrites possibly for 50 a strip! lucky kickstart for my QT~!

@robertfrancis2778 4 жыл бұрын

I like the wallpaper. I like a white sand bottom over bare

@someone6reefs 4 жыл бұрын

Tank looks sweet great vid 👍🏽😁

@lodgelakes 3 жыл бұрын

Great advice once again..

@d1nternal 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the par check on the a360!

@sunnygoold9449 4 жыл бұрын

That was awesome - really great vid mate

@ReefDork 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man. Another bonus one coming on Sunday too 🤓

@senthilkumarp3347 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, me too had the same experience , but I have not shifted my home rather I upgrade from 15 gallon to 25 gallon then to 60 gallon at present, mine is fish only system ..

@blcaldeira 4 жыл бұрын

I actually like it because it doesn't have a background...now I'm gonna set mine up without one..nice wallpaper by the way

@anupaminthetube 4 жыл бұрын

Great. Thank you.

@atfinthehouse8631 4 жыл бұрын

Nice job!

@dennisvanopstal7360 2 жыл бұрын

You dont need a black background. You need a plain white wall 😉 I have aquatic turtles and fresh water planted fish tanks. Very VERY interested in getting a reef tank. So i am going through all your videos for information. Thanks for all this valuable information !

@tubefeetmackay3693 Жыл бұрын

well reef dork i think all your tanks were and are fab wish i could do as well in my DD cube its newly setup from the last cube that went wrong with algae in a big way. i think i fed too much and the tank design was bad, with no filtering out the of the crap as the outflow pipes to the sump were flush with the glass so no filter socks roller mat ect. the new tank has a dd clarisea fitted so im hoping onwards and upwards and happy new year to you.

@LeeGrill 4 жыл бұрын

I have an oversized skimmer as well. After watching a couple comments from BRS I'm curious if I would have done better with a smaller one.

@ProducerReef 4 жыл бұрын

Nice updates, love from beginning to end....I've been hearing about Siporax, Is it really that good of a Nitrate reducer and build up of bacteria colonies?

@ReefDork 4 жыл бұрын

It's incredibly effective! I had 10 litres in my eareef 1200s - I had to keep removing some to bring nutrients up

@NunoHortaa 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video! When you were trying to figure out the aqua scape, on any of these tanks, did you do it before adding fish or have ever done bigger changes with fish and coral in?

@ReefDork 4 жыл бұрын

On my current tank, I took my time and mapped out the rocks in my LFS, then did the same at home before they went in the tank. Best way to do it by far!

@11NinjaFish11 2 жыл бұрын

I bet after the BRS Investigates on black vs clear backgrounds, you're glad you didn't paint it black! Love the channel BTW (nice to have some UK Reef-tubers!)

@ReefDork 2 жыл бұрын

😅

@88cloudsin1 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, im just curious of why the move was so hard? It's much easier to take everything out of a tank and put it in buckets. I've moved 3 saltwater tanks like that, the biggest was 125 gallons.

@alexhopkinson7180 4 жыл бұрын

Hi,what's the name of the wrasse at 2.13 please,keep up the great videos

@ReefDork 4 жыл бұрын

Naoko wrasse

@tanlony7532 3 жыл бұрын

Ok Alex, I get most algae is bad, but everytime you show that three tier with the macro I just think it's pretty.

@erich8756 4 жыл бұрын

Love the clips 👍 Tanks 2 looked awesome as well. How did you like the Pyramide butterflies or why do you not have them now? Keep it up!

@ReefDork 4 жыл бұрын

They were cool, but I got bored of them after a while - they're quite bland in the flesh (compared to other butterflies)

@erich8756 4 жыл бұрын

@@ReefDork OK, didn't expect that. They always look nice on video.

@noyn9142 4 жыл бұрын

"Hello fish friends" Me: *cries in human*

@pauldeacon8764 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Alex! I think you're doing really well with it! Apart from the first tank I think all you're tanks looked good!obviously it was all a learning process & your present day tank looks absolutely amazing! well done Alex!! 😀👍

@outworld1075 4 жыл бұрын

How did you get rid of the ulva in your nano?

@ReefDork 4 жыл бұрын

I didn't! I had to constantly remove it by hand but it kept coming back. A tang would have done the job. I ended up just throwing the rock away

@opethmike 4 жыл бұрын

I will always laugh at 'zoa cock'

@i_cant_think8947 4 жыл бұрын

Just a question since you have like 20 wrasse: Will a Male Naoko wrasse become a supermale even if it’s the only wrasse in the tank? Or do they have to have female wrasse of the same type in the tank? Another question about wrasse (again): The wrasse is in a tank with: Copper band (a very aggressive eater) Foxface (magnificent) A pair of black photon (1 juvenile and 1 mother acting clown) Blue eyed tang Maybe going to have an emperor (juvenile) Could I put other wrasse (Halichoeres, Cirrhilabrus or a Scott’s fairy) and if so what wrasse would you recommend it with? I.e. females only or a mix? (It’s only a 4’x2’x2’ so the fish that’ll get too big will be traded in for either a different fish or another of the same but smaller)

@ReefDork 4 жыл бұрын

No idea about the supermale but I'd be a little bit cautious adding other fairy wrasses. I think it'll be OK but they can be a little aggressive at times so I'd keep asking until you find someone who's done it.

@i_cant_think8947 4 жыл бұрын

Reef Dork ok, thanks a lot Edit: just fed the fish and the wrasse flashed against the other fish and kept diving to the food they definitely have a huge personality too

@MaccaWelland36 4 жыл бұрын

Is that the tunze eco chic refugium light?

@ReefDork 4 жыл бұрын

Yep, 2nd one arrived today

@MaccaWelland36 4 жыл бұрын

Reef Dork just ordered one for my Fluval evo nano. I couldnt find much info on it so it gives me piece of mind that you are using one, well two 😂

@ReefDork 4 жыл бұрын

I'll do a review when I've had it a bit longer. My initial impression is that it's great but quite low powered for a tank like mine.

@athulsonyy 2 жыл бұрын

this is quite late but I saw yellow clown goby in one of the tanks but don't they eat SPS corals?

@ReefDork 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, they nibble away at some polyps to make a nest. Happened to me ages ago and I couldn't catch him! Didn't do too much damage but I haven't bought another one since...

@athulsonyy 2 жыл бұрын

@@ReefDork lol ye they nibbled at my expensive acros 😭

@pavitanand8223 2 жыл бұрын

What are the blue fish with the yellow fins.?

@ReefDork 2 жыл бұрын

Got a time stamp?

@pavitanand8223 2 жыл бұрын

@@ReefDork there are 3 of them in the tank at the 3m10s mark.

@ReefDork 2 жыл бұрын

@@pavitanand8223 pyramid butterflyfish - supposedly reef safe (they were in my experience)

@pavitanand8223 2 жыл бұрын

@@ReefDork awesome. i see how i confused things since they are actually white and yellow. the lights made them look light blue and yellow. Similar to that dress gold/blue meme few years ago. Great channel. I will keep watching!

@sasco9608 Жыл бұрын

in the second tank what where the 3 yellow white and black fish?

@ReefDork Жыл бұрын

Pyramid butterflies?

@sasco9608 Жыл бұрын

@@ReefDork thank you they are stunning going to have to get some for my tank did you have any problems with them

@ReefDork Жыл бұрын

@@sasco9608 No, didn't touch any corals. I found them a little boring after 6 months though - they have brown faces, not black so they don't look as cool as they do in the video. In my opinion anyway!

@gbj6581 4 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍

@karennation3580 4 жыл бұрын

Very interesting to watch, you have come a long way and your current tank is aweome. BUT why havnt you painted the background, since you brought it up? I think the pattern is distracting and black would make it all pop, or even blue would be nice!

@ReefDork 4 жыл бұрын

I tried a background but didn't like it - I don't even see the wallpaper any more. I'm doing a video about it soon...

@AhmedAli88 4 жыл бұрын

I actually love the background in the back at 7:20 ,,, I

@Val_Halla777 4 жыл бұрын

👍🙏

@MrBrohoward71 Жыл бұрын

I like your tank a lot I just can't deal with looking at the wallpaper behind it just detracts to much from the illusion. If you don't want black why not go opaque

@svenpflug1679 4 жыл бұрын

What age is consider a good aged tank as you said a two year old is still new!!

@ReefDork 4 жыл бұрын

🤣 I mean relative to its journey - it's definitely established at this point but it's got a lot of growing to do.

@asparagustax9296 4 жыл бұрын

Dont change the background mate, the wallpaper suites the aquarium.

@LightSearch 4 жыл бұрын

It's the main reason I watch the videos.

@christemple6311 4 жыл бұрын

Ever thinking of making a discord server?

@ReefDork 4 жыл бұрын

Never heard of one! Googled it - sounds like a forum? I've recently had to abandon Facebook and Twitter partly because they were too much work. It's a great idea and I'd do it if I had the time. Maybe one day...

@brendinredmond8569 4 жыл бұрын

discord.gg/FQt8tS

@brendinredmond8569 4 жыл бұрын

This is a nice example of one.

@christemple6311 4 жыл бұрын

Reef Dork Sorry for the super late reply. It is a very simple forum. You can get some mods to run the server so it will be no work for you. It’s a great way for us subs to get to chat with you and get to chat with each other. I would love to see a Reef Dork Server run by some of your own subs. Just a suggestion tho :)