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Good to see you are starting to prepare the frags for the show , I am going to start preparing my wallet 😂

Love the microscope views!

Still a good video

Hi. I have Dino (amphidinium)and I have to dose sodium silicate to bring the diatoms. Can you help me witch brand to buy here in Europe? Greetings from Austria!!

I like diatoms, I dose Si just to feed my lovely diatoms, they seem to be the only thing that gives my pet dinoflagellates a hard time.

leathers use a tooth pick in a X pattern then use rubber band to hold it to your frag plug until it attaches

Wow man those trachy are good!

I’d love to see John Deere lepto, Goni and alviopora and euphillia oh and zoas

Coolia and osteoporosis you want a oversized uv light. For large and small cell amphidinium you was to dose silicates. You should also dose a form of bacteria, phytoplankton and cocoapods to increase the biodiversity of your tank. Iv found that dinoflagellates are more likely to be an issue if you set a new tank up with dry Rock and sand. Its far easier to deal with the problems associated with live rock than it is dealing with dinoflagellates. Dinos are in every tank they only become an issue when you have a lack of biodiversity.

interesting funny video and happy corals

At aquah i will be after softies, zoas, shrooms, leathers and photosynthetic gorgonians.

For fragging leathers I use plastic toothpicks and glue the toothpick to the plug

Having experienced an Ich outbreak, I found that polylab medic, metroplex and a good UV can beat it no problem. So now I treat the whole tank any time I add a new fish and turn the UV flow down for at least a month. Since implementing this practice I’ve not lost a single fish. I’ve heard (but yet to see evidence) that Ich can be transferred by coral, in which case QTN is not possible and ultimately QTN fish is pointless. I do have a friend that added a large coral from a very well known Portuguese supplier that basically infected his entire tank with Brookynella and wiped out every single fish.

How about if you dont have anyone who can check on the tank? As in no one for 3 weeks?

Bro, you got universal healthcare in UK. What are you waiting for? 🇬🇧

Jesus Christ loves you

Back when my dad was alive, my mom was a terrible toad-sitter and didn't replace the water, resulting in the toads at the time dying due to dehydration.

I don't agree with Angel fish because I've have 3 in a tank with Real coral but they never nibbled

I really hope this is the time that the Waterbox can finally take off! You've been through the worst time with this tank. All fingers and toes crossed for you!

amazing tank

Thank god there in😊

I hope you plan to qt all corals and inverts too or you might find yourself in This situation again

What do you feed your fish in qt? They look fat as f'!!

Aren't you worries about the hawkfish with the cleaner shrimp in the same tank?

Congratulations

Your 'never quit attitude' is encouraging! Will quarantine everything wet that goes into the waterbox from here on out?

Great stuff , been there done that brought the t shirt & all that jazz , I did 109 days only as the last week I went away & the few days before I didn’t have time but now Qt it all , all the best going forward now , maybe a bacteria shot it some prime ….

Love the scape and the healthy fish. I hope you’ve turned the corner and the tank starts doing well for you! Very nice video, good job.

The scape looks great but personally I’d make it higher, that’s just my personal preference

Cracking watch and I love the captive bred yellow tang 🙌✨. Nice for a video to focus on the fish. 👍

I must have missed a previous video or explanation as to why the fish were in quarantine for 76 days.

All looking good mate nice one

Delighted for you. The scape does look much better. Also impressed by how bright the tank bread yellow tang is.

Need a lot of help

Gorgeous

I appreciate how well you're documenting issues setting up a new aquarium. When people say saltwater is "easy", I just roll my eyes and turn off the video. My first marine system was established in the days of dry rock and dry sand. And then I had 3 years of non-stop problems and issues establishing it. Which included draining it and culturing the rock, and then draining it a second time to treat a coral eating pest, and then a fallow period after I had Brooke in the tank... It was the 4th year before their was any sense of ease or stability. Then, that tank had a seam failure and my second attempt at a reef tank began rushing into my 'tank upgrade' I had started several months earlier. I had the new aquarium on the stand and not much else, noting plumbed, not enough lights, too few pumps. But the fish and corals went in anyway.... That was this past December. And it's been nothing but a downhill slope since, as the new tank lacked any sense of ecological succession or 'stability' even though it inherited all my live rock and corals. I watched most of my coral die off over the last 4 months, despite all my best efforts in cleaning, testing, treating, and water changes. While experiencing the worst hair algae and cyano blooms I have ever seen. This is the first time I've watch hair algae choke out a coral, because it was growing so fast, I couldn't keep up. And that's with all the usual offenders in a full cleanup crew. There are simply some tanks that are an uphill battle. Those tanks, are what makes this hobby a real challenge. I'm not done with reefing, but I'm certainly taking a step back, trying to maintain what I have, and have no interest in adding anything else for some time. It seems I have another long establishment period ahead of me...

Sounding more upbeat about everything now think the realisation on going to the show has brought you back on track? Looking forward to seeing you at the show in September

Lots going on 👌🙌✌️👏

Hey Ryan, how/what are you feeding the bounce mushroom? Thanks

Ryan is going to work Sam to the bone! 🤣

Fantastic video and Sam was a natural aswell. Can't believe the journey that Convict tang went on 😂😂. 👍

Sam brought the drive back.

Glad you took the young lad on. I take on one uni student every year for work experience and I have my office at home too. I have staff that work from home but the uni guys are always based at my office for 2 days a week. It’s great to try and help the next generation and you will both gain loads out of it.

Just curious. You last mentioned you had UV running on the QT tank due to a bacterial bloom. Were you still running medication in there while that was going? I’ve heard UV can ruin the medications. Might be best to check and make sure you don’t need to redose whatever you were treating with to be safe.

Hammer and chissel on that rock maybe?

I was more interested in the equipment, not enough lighting discussion for my money.😊

Big statement macna/reefpalooza , hopefully not as the date moved so I’m away , enjoy .

Please bring some Banana Cyphastrea to the show if you can. It’s gone from the website

Come to Reefapalooza in Anaheim, California

Greetings from Phoenix, AZ. Ryan you seem really happy and excited! It's awesome to see. Keep up the great work!!!!