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Such an incredible gift of a video! Thank you! Where do you do your research before starting an experiment?

That Rainbow Diaseris... Holy shiz that looks too good to be real. Wouldn't have believed it without you. Can't wait to see a grown out plate looks like! THANKS Love the care info and personalized description on the page. That's above what most any other farm does. Looking forward to my first order!

I’m also dabbling in a freshwater tank, also watching serpa design and md fish tank for info on how to 😂

$250k for 17 year breakeven is a bad deal like you stated. Just comparing that to the stock market or any reasonable investment, you're losing a ton of money. Even if you lowball at 4% that's close to double your investment ending around $486k or with 8% you'd be looking at $925k vs just breaking even and getting your initial investment back. With preowned panels and doing it yourself, yes, it would be worth it. But definitely not if the electricity is SO CHEAP! That is just wild!

That suit button had me in stress! If that thing pop out it will break a tank glass

The 4k is is working good on this stream didn't have the option to watch 4k on last months ,looks great. Enjoying the show from Australia 👍👍👍.

Finally figured out the 4k broadcast settings!

elliot is always great

Great podcast! I could listen to Elliot talk about fish for hours!

Would these work for a 20 gallon cube?

Great podcast . Interesting regarding the black out on CB’flys - I was recently recommended to avoid LED spotting from commercial light bars especially above CBs in QT ( even low wattage ) causing confusion in the water column when feeding .

Great video, thank you

Can you emphasize on cycling with corals again? I am starting my 200 gallon tank soon and I'm very confused. The forums are in a civil war, some people are adamant on letting their tank mature for corals, some people put corals first week. As a beginner, even If I can put corals first week, the question is SHOULD I? I see you are basically starting the tanks with "dry rocks" or no rocks at all. Is there a path I could talk the could help me with the least amount of algae with most corals? Should I do what you did, buy a bunch of corals and put them in my tank. Although my biggest problem with this technique is I don't have the experience to figure out whats wrong if there is something wrong. I might buy hundred of corals just to kill them all.

These weird things are likely the closest living relative of vertebrates. Maybe if I keep some I will finally understand them.

Boxer crab, or pompom crab as it's called where I'm at is great for nano tanks! Gotta set up the scape so the caves are still visible, but I love watching mine wave it's poms around

I wish we would have talked about Copperbands at Aquashella! The secret to Copperbands seems to be getting them to eat with frozen clams from the asian market. I got this method from another channel on youtube (reefdudes, I think) Once they start eating it seems like they'll shift to mysis without any issue.

RIP Jake 👏🏼🙏🏼🫡👼🏼

The purple and green ones are probably borneman anemones. They reproduce more quickly and are purple with green oral disc.

What causes the bubbles to be trapped like that at 1:45? is it a substance secreted by the coral itself? or a film like build up from something in the tank? it looks harmless, and somewhat beautiful, but im not quite sure.....

Oh so it’s NOT about the medication or the strict process… it’s the miracle mud! Easy 😎

Listening to Elliot is so heartwarming. Being in the retail side of this hobby made me incredibly cynical about how horrible it is for the animals. Seeing someone who actually cares gives me hope for the hobby long term.

Truly awesome video. Thanks Than and Elliot. Did Elliot mention the dosage and duration for methelyene blue? I went back and found where he says its been a game changer but didn't hear how he uses it. It's so nice to see people who actually care about the individual fish needs and about it surviving. This hobby is brutal on these living animals.

Acropora ❌ Euphylia ✅

Amazing interview Than!!

The BRS chromis/grouper tank explained.

Hi my experience with hard to feed copper bands is feed them mussels,,its what i do when i collect them from the wild ,,get your mussel ,,using a screw driver flat head and hammer smash a long split in the shell of the mussel so the copper bands long snout can get in so other tank mates cannot eat it all or a larger split and attach it to a nori clamp,, either way you will see they love the mussels ..try it and see happy reefing

Love these talks about fish bc i feel the care of the fish that care for our tanks is so important

I bought 5 fish from Marine Collectors. All were quarantined there. All have been very healthy including a Copperband that ate mysis the second day. Thanks Elliot!

We are very lucky to have Elliot in our hobby. He helped save an unknown bacterial infection in the mouth of my fiancees valentini puffer. Also, the talk on purple queens was awesome. I have a single purple queen that definitely took alot of effort in the beginning but now is doing fantastic, the work pays off. Keep up the great work Elliot. Thank you for all that you do

Loving these podcasts! It was great to hear about some fish specifics, and interesting how some of his best practices seem almost opposed to coral keeping practices

From my experience, Copperban fish are not smart.

Been in this hobby for a very very long time. Actually somewhat bored at the moment. Fish are what got me in back in the mid eighties. Hearing Elliot talk about these super difficult species really gets me excited! For what it is worth ELLIOTS FISH ARE TOP NOTCH!!!

What is Elliot's opinion on Safety Stop? There's formalin in safety stop, but I'm hesitant on using actual formalin due to the carcinogenetic properties.... Would safety stop fall somewhere into the 80/20 method of fish qt? Or am I wasting money on safety stop?

All my fish came from Elliot, 1yr in no problems. Happy and healthy!

These are always great.

Great interview!! Thank you both!

I agree clownfish r more aggressive then damsels My 2 damsels r so calm and chill

Elliot!! We NEED a tour of your tanks! Please 😆

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Yeah, I agree, the concept of high-tech, expensive freshwater tank is ridiculous vs salt water eef. It has its charm though, there’s something very soothing about planted tanks

Really .. reef fashion !! .... & it’s not even June… yet !! anyways I pick your brain.. thank you so humble..🙏🏻

Yawn. Dead channel

So much love for presenting yourself so well

Too bad the PS (photosynthetic) species are all ugly and greatly pale in comparison to all their NPS (non-photosynthetic) counterparts. An evaluation of your skills as a reefer 🪸

After a bath in Safety Stop I quarantine for at least a month before moving them into the acclimation box where they'll stay for another week or so before I'll release them.

I just wanna say thank you for all the corals u cover Man U helped me so much ur the only channel I come to how

I am so glad you brough these starfish up. recently set my tank back up and have been looking for them because they really do some amazing work! I keep getting huffs and puffs when asking about them. any chance you might be willing to ship some out? I'd be happy to have them!

In the Philippines, it's the opposite. You can't find a tank here without eurobrace, even the 10gal tanks are braced. Most tanks here are also custom made, you have to give them the dimension you want.

+1 On Asterina being bad, i have some with red dots on which munch certain zoas. There are also some with dark blue on which are just as troublesome. Not seen them eat any of my palyzoa's tho or any of my other soft corals.