Loved that you show the "oops" parts too. You clearly know how to do almost everything right so it's kinda refreshing to understand that even the pro's make a little mistake sometimes.

Congratulations Ryan on the new family member! I love how enthusiastic and motivated you are on more of your videos. i have adjusted my tank setup multiple times due to your videos and knowledge. A great boy name is Rayden. Spelled different, but named after Lord Raiden, God of Thunder and Lightning. Hope you enjoy your much needed time off, and have a great family future!!

Congrats, Ryan! I, myself, am partial to unique, but not ridiculous, names. For example, my daughter's name is Lilianna, and my oldest son's name is Jaydan. I am also partial to Hispanic-style names, but where her family is Greek, you may want to lean that way.

My LFS had a PAR meter he loaned to folks but the last person never brought it back. I'm going to start a new tank build as soon as we get moved into our new place. The seneye is now on my wishlist for PAR and help with knowing how the tank is cycling. Thanks for the info, I love this series. Ryan congrats on the baby. Boy or girl and love to know the name.

Congratulations for both of you, and thanks for the update.

amazing video yet again

My Seneye has saved my tank on two seperate occasions now. Once when my heater stuck on and once when, for some reason I never figured out, my PH crashed from 8.2 to 7.1, it sent me an Email to alert me and let me deal with the problems. Good luck with the new baby. Life will never be the same. From now on your house will smell of poop and spoiled milk. Enjoy!

congrats on the baby

congrats on your baby hope all goes well and hopefully they become part of the hobbie like you, i love and watch all your vids hope all goes well

But I do like the fact I can buy the slides when I need them and still have some of the functions available. I don't use the slides all the time, but during the summer months when I'm out a lot more it's nice to have an extra back up.

Congrats bud. Your like one of the family around my house these days.... enjoy ever minute...

Congratulations ... great news! Loved the video too, including the heads up on Trochus snails and the reminder about PAR. I've been struggling with diatoms for the last month, probably because I have my Kessil 160 set with too much intensity. FYI, my tank is 14 months old and stable with SPS, LPS and Palythoas that are doing OK, but I know could do better. Thanks!

Man, your videos are awesome and very informative! Thank you so much.

Congratulations for both of you with the new family member, and my advice is to, in this last days until it born get good sleep hours and rest because latter you wont have much. :-) Congrats from my wife and I.

Belated congrats, Ryan!

thanks! I'm happy you're enjoying life Ryan!

Congrats on the new baby!

Nice update. The reef is really taking off now.

Nice! I got a manicina areolata recently, it's awesome. Congratulations on the child! I hope he/she turns out well. I think for new reefers it is better just to borrow a PAR meter, and for more advanced reefers or people who set up a lot of tanks it is better to buy one.

Congratulations on the new baby! I'm kinda surprised no one suggested Nemo yet haha

Seneye + Craiglist = reef light tuning service. This would pay for itself in 5-8 clients depending on how much you charged... Think I'll consider this 👍🏾👍🏾

I'm sold. I've wanted one ever since buying my orbit pro for my 55 standard and especially now that I'm upgrading to the 150 tall.

Grats on the new baby

congratulations and awesome video.

Purple Tangs are my favourite and I have 2 in my 6ft tank. Had them 3yrs now.Congrats on baby. I have 4, Hayley Jennifer, Fraser Ian, Chloe Jane & Sophie Rebecca. So they are my favourite names :-)

congratulations on the child Ryan! Hope everything's going well.

Excellent video Ryan. Thank you for all the hard work you and your staff put into this. I just started up my 1st reef tank (180G) and one 300G Fowlr and have purchased just about all of my product from BRS. I'm still ambivalent about whether to buy the seneye reef monitor or the Apex standard with lab grade controller.

Congrats on your soon to be addition. As we say Mazeltov!! Great info as always. BTW get some sleep now as you are going to need it later and will not have it :-)

Congratulations. If it's a boy name it Tank.

I am surprised the elegance are not doing well whilst the rest of the LPS and SPS are growing, as my elegance has been doing well but the Green Montipora is dying for some reason even the rest of the Monti are fine... I was told to target feed the elegance and since then it has been happy. Good luck with your first child!

we need apex to bring out amonia probe and we all sorted then! great vid

Love the series; I look forward to the new video every Friday! Congratulations, kids are a lot of work but well worth the effort. How about Barrett, works for a boy or girl?

Congrats on the baby. How about Luca for a boy! Love this video series

This thing is also popular with planted tankers. It's important to know how much light you're blasting plants with so you can better dial in co2 and nutrients.

Congrats Ryan, just had our first about a month ago, Vivienne. Part of my "nesting" period was not on the nursery, but getting my water changing system set up :P Random question, you mentioned being out of the office on the weekends, do you skip feeding the tank or do you have the auto-feeder running for the anthias?

Ryan, I'd be interested in hearing what you think about vitamin c dosing. I was nervous to start but after I did, using the correct sodium ascorbate puffer punk in the forums says to of course, I've seen my fish way more colorful, and unbelievable healing and growth of zoas and mushrooms!

Great video as always. Any way you guys could post/make a video comparing the other par meters to the Licor like you did with the Seneye.

Another great video, hard to believe there is only 6 left. I truly hope you get signed on for season 2! A note on the elegance coral. I have never personally attempted them, but the few people I know who have been successful with them, they are kept in more "nutrient rich" water. Think in terms of a soft coral tank. I still cannot see putting out the money for the Seneye when I am already building an Apex (now classic). The one feature Apex does not have is Ammonia monitoring. But I do use the Seachem Ammonium tab. Just hard to justify the additional cost on top of everything else. Hopefully Neptune will read this. Regarding names, I prefer classic traditional names. My kids are Johnny, Alex, Sebastian and Patrick. You just can't go wrong with a traditional name. Sorry if it is not exciting.

Hi guys I have been away so I just caught up with this episode. I was the same thinking about the seneye system but after running it for 4 months it's worth the money. I set my LEDs to a lower intensity thanks to the par sensor and it updates every 30 minutes so that's 48 ph and nh3 tests a day

I have been really interested In the SenEye ever since it first came out. It seamed a way better value than the Apogee MQ-200 for par measurement. Way more feedback (PAR, PER, LUX, Kelvin Temp) for about half the price. I was sold on its capabilities, even before you tested it against your $2700 meter. My only gripe is that it needs to be plugged into a computer. If I had a laptop, I would have purchased a SenEye years ago. I wish it could hook directly to a phone or tablet and run on a SenEye app. Instead, I would need to buy the SenEye web server for an aditional $180 (or more for WiFi), which brings it to the price of the Apogee :-( You guys gave me unintentional false hopes at 9:17 when I saw the shot of Ryan using the SenEye with the cord appearing to be coming out of the tank and going to his phone. Upon closer inspection, I realize that the cord is not going to his phone, and he is using a browser to access the SenEye server. Bummer. Please let me know if there is some solution I haven't thought of.

OK, so I purchased one of these. I am missing something for sure. The PAR meter was no where near the same as the Quantum PAR meter. It reads twice the PAR. So since BRS is touting this PAR meters accuracy, I would love to see a video on exactly any set up or instructions needed to accurately use the meter.

Thanks for the coverage on Seneye, I'm new to the Hobby and just ordered one so I can keep tabs on the cycling and in the future use the PAR meter. I do have a problem with how expensive the slides are and with the fact that the Web server is a rip off, I'm an IT guy and have a spare router with USB ports that I plan to add to the network to enable the use of usb over the network, I hope this works because I love the idea...I just don't love the Web server add on that you pretty much need for the appeal of this thing (alerts) they really should have made this connect directly to your wifi network out of the box instead of dealing with the usb mess.

Hello, thank you for the info, i am interested to buy it as par meter! And maybe temp. Backup controller(i have inkbird), for par meter should i change the slide? Or is just for ph and ammonia?

how do you keep Gobys in your tank without a lid? I am dealing with an absolute kamikaze at the moment that is making routine tank cleaning a heart-in-mouth saga

Were the Elegance corals from Indonesia? I couldn't quite tell from the video but they looked like they could be & I find that these are the ones which can be hit or miss in an aquarium. However I find Australian Cataphilia to be extremely hardy especially when fed well & can be fragged quite aggressively without any losses to date touch wood :)

Question on the seneye, for the pH/ammonia/ temp monitoring, do you have to have it plugged in to the PC all the time???? Congratulations on the kid! Babies love staring at reef tanks! name suggestion: Viarestevee

So the Seneye, how good is the actual spectroscope functions? And what is colored graph representing? I see a line graph moving but not the other, is it just showing you how sensitive the sensor is to various wavelengths? One last bit, how accurate is that ammonia monitoring? Ever do any tests like throw a few silversides in the sump and see if it actually records the "dead fish"

I think you just sold me the Seneye! Lol

Can you guys share your Seneye tuning settings?

how does this seneye do with the red you mentioned the blues but does the seneye measure full spectrum of the lights .

Nice video. The $199.00 Seneye Reef is capable to perform PAR and other light-related readings, along with temperature, without spending money on nothing else, right? What about the PUR values? I'm not sure if I could find the slides in my country (Brazil), so I want to make sure that I can perform the slide-free readings without any problems... Thank you in advance.

Congratulations! Hope you have a healthy and happy baby. How about Kyle for a boy and Melody for a girl?

On the nameing question you could always go with a middle name based on early temper? Tang might be a possibility if the baby is showing temper?

Ryan, question, how do you guys dose the zeostart? From what I understand It has to be dosed multiple times a day in very small amounts. do you follow the zeo advice and mix it with rodi water?

It seems the other helpful place to use the Seneye is in a QT to make sure you stay on top of that less stable and temporary tank.

Just realized this video is 2 years old... How I didn't hear of this meter is odd - probably because it's aimed at aquarium enthusiasts. Is this Seneye still recommended?

What's the perfect range of dKH that we should always have in our tanks

thanks i,m a new reefer i,m rightnow getting a seneye from my fishstor seconthand been in reefing one year now think it a musthave

Just installed my Senei bought from BRS last night. I think it's a good value. I compared the PH and temp readings against my Apex Jr (already properly calibrated ph and temp probes) and found the ph readings the same but the temperature on the Senei is off by like 3 degrees (Apex at 79 and Senei at 76 degrees Fahrenheit). What I'm really going to use it for is for PAR so I don't mind.

I have a question is it normal for a Kenya tree to split cause mine has lost 8 branches but the branches are thriving

I'm curious about the Seneye. What is the PAR range (in nanometers) that is measures? Is this PAR meter recommended for LED lighting, for hobby/indoor gardening. I know that the Apogee MQ500 is specifically made/recommended for LED lighting (the range they list is about 390 to 690nm wavelength). Thanks for any help anybody. Thanks for the video BRS.

Hi would the Seneye Par meter read radion Gen4s accurate enough ?

I have had a seneye since they came out and i have to say at first it was a great unit for reading the ph and No's and using for par.....but, after a while it seems like the slides are getting very poor in construction or quality control. The slides about half way through their life start to give crazy readings that my 2 manual test do not validate. The other thing is where are you purchasing them for 11$ I purchase them and they are a lot more than that a slide. I have also had the head unit replaced by the company trying to fix this issue to no avail...I have the seneye base unit as well so I have the whole package....I hope to hear back from somone about its accuracy as I have given up on using it to check my tank....too many false alarms.

pow!

R.I.P. Vertex.

Back in week 39 (feeding corals), you presented a report (Coral Farming: Effects Of Light, Water Motion and Artificial Foods). Basically, it showed that , "Effects of light, water motion and food were in some cases species-specific: P. compressa appears to grow best in bright light regardless of supplemental feeding, whereas M. capitata and P. damicornis showed significant growth in response to some (but not all) artificial foods, and M. capitata tended to grow faster at lower light levels. Strong species-specific effects imply that corals are adapted to specialize on a particular niche in a highly heterogeneous environment. " [www.researchgate.net/publication/229089024_Coral_farming_Effects_of_light_water_motion_and_artificial_foods] In layman's terms, this study is interesting to the aquarium hobby because it might not be so obvious how one coral might react very differently from another coral or other corals in the same aquarium, even though they're all SPS. Why am I bringing this up now? Because concerning the light portion of the equation, if a lighting manufacturer got smart and included a preset on their device, tailored to a specific coral's lighting requirements, it would alleviate the need for a PAR meter. Moreover, now that controllers are using software, it's not far off to think that there could be a wizard where the aquarist inputs the species of coral or the mix of species of coral (as well as other factors like tank depth and installed fixture height) and the light adjusts itself to the optimum intensity and spectrum based on the information it was given. Like the report mentioned above, if optimum light parameters were well known for each species of coral, species specific presets could be programmed. (Or maybe a PAR meter would still be required to properly set each coral.) Then it wouldn't be guessing anymore. Install the light, input the correct info and the light presets itself with the only thing left to do is maybe a little tweaking. For example you mentioned you're having trouble with your elegans right now. Anyway, you see where I'm going with this. There should be some kind of preset / database to help with setting up the LED lighting.

congrats on the birth of your son...

is this series going to continue ? still missing 6 eps , when are you coming back ? congrats for the baby

Hello,I have a 16g Bio cube and just added my first corals (softies)... so I want to set up my lights correctly as much as I could but I don't understand what the 3 elements of light that comes with the biocube mean ( I kinda do but not really) can you please tell me how you would set up the light times? theres a timer for each "daylight" "sunrise-sunset" and "moonrise - Moonset"how many hrs do you recommend to have each type on? and in what order? If you could just make up a mock time, that would help me tremendously!!! thank you so much!!!

I'm running twin AI hydra 26 on 48x30x24 this tank hasn't been running long

congrats and good luck with baby :) ##ricky ###

Not on topic but, can you please tell me which species of fishes you have in the BRS160?

Do you have any pest issues? And also, do you have any starfish in rhe 160?

qual o nome daquele goby que come substrato?

I have Red Sea reefer 350, I have 1 pair clown fish and my son like to have the black clown fish can I add another pair? I have few anemones, torches and goniopora. Ty

It's a shame that you have to purchase a web server unit in order to unlock some of the PAR meter functions.

can you write that list of food that you feed the twin spotted gobies?

Today on BRS TV were gonna smoke this weed.... I mean... do a tank update and talk Seneye...

When did Hanna switch the Alk checker to reading in Dkh from ppm? Congrats on your child Ryan.

i have astrea snails, why dont u use those?

I honestly cant see why an aquarist that has lps or sps corals wouldn't have a light meter.

Point of clarification: The PAR meter function of the Seneye monitor is a $60 upgrade in addition to the base cost. Still way less expensive than the meter, but still.......

I would name him Chad.

Only if Seneye could've been somehow connected to my Apex Jr, so fusion could turn off the (ATO/Kalk) if PH got too high, then I could totally justify buying it.

What kind of corals are the disc shaped ones around 9:50?

I heard that seneye will add nitrate nitrite and high end ph soon

Why not share a Seneye with some fellow reefers? - main value would allow sharing measurements on Par

How exakt does the seneye measure PH compared to other pH meters?

So the seneye dosnt give a par reading on the unit itself? I saw you looking at the phone. It also isnt blutooth unless you buy the webserver right? How would I use the par meter with out it? I just bought one from you guys and havnt figured it out yet since I am so computer ilerate! haha. My tank is close to my computer so maybe i can read the screen from the computer. Is that what most people do if they dont have the webserver? To think I almost bought an apex...haha. No way would I ever figure that out! I dont even use my cell to go online, its just for ph calls and some texts here and there..lol I am starting to understand more and more why there arent many women reefers...haha. Especially ones my age and over half a century plus one decade old..haha I am really hoping I am not burning all my new frags. They seem to be doing fine but I have them all on the bottom and wanting to move them up! I cant even clean my sand there are so many new ones!

My goby eats everything I put in,shrimp pods and seed weed! I'm Lucky I guess

Ok, someone's gotta say it: Boys name = Nemo; Girls name = Dora. :-p Congrats!

What ever happened to the reef keeper giveaway?

you should name him mark or rt

First :P

you should name him Ryan so he would be just like you and rt

Max

Name your daughter, NewYorkSteelo,

name the kid Marlin.

Salacia for a girl. Poseidon for boy.

I hope u have a girl, I have three, all different but lovable , Georgia is a nice name, Cami, Sydney also!!