I went almost 3 months before corals! Drove me insane but havnt had any algae or any problems! Now I am setting up a tank and I won a 1,000.00 shopping spree from unique corals and its really driving me crazy, espially since they have a live sale coming up in 2 weeks.
@@karennation3580 haha I’m at a month of having my tank set up with my first ever clowns! It’s a great feeling to master husbandry and stability before anything. I cycled my tank in the wrong way and had 50+ppm nitrates. All my Paramus are stable just at one month and nitrates are at about 5-10 ! Frozen food I noticed added a TON to my nitrates haha
My husband found this video to be very informative. He has a 36 gallon nano-reef that's still pretty young, but he's began to experience some issues with his zoas and other soft corrals. Some of them have even died off. The one parameter that he wasn't checking for was his iodide levels, since that test isn't included in either the master reef nor marine test kits. Since watching your video, he's acquired an iodide test kit and found the levels to be critically low! The iodide dosing kit he ordered is scheduled to be here tomorrow. We hope that this will turn things around for us. Thanks.
Awesome 😊 one thing to note, a lot of iodine tests can be inaccurate, let the corals tell you what's wrong 😀. Try adding a drop of something like lugals solution every other day and test, hope things turn around for you!! Thanks for the comment
Iodine/Iodide supplementation/dosing has essentially been debunked for a while now. If your levels are consistently low you need to look into your salt mix.
@Plot twist titles first of all you gotta know what your doing, and what things are, how to fix things if you have to, and how to have or get most of the answers asked to you, well before you ever think about business aspect of it. Like over night distribution, labeling and everything else. Make sure you have a marketable product. But before that, make sure you know what the hell you're doing is most important, these are animals, and a increasing endangered one at that. I think we can all agree on that, but right now honestly is not the time to get into saltwater, prices are at a all time high to ship, and slow ship due to lack of work and covid excuses.
First video I love the style of your vids you get to the point and tell people exactly what to do there is so many CZcamss that wont revel why there tank is so good, like it's some kind of secret. Definitely watching more vids
T.E Aquatics thank you very much! I do my best to provide honest info and feedback, I have no problems sharing my info and my findings the good and the bad, thank you for the support God bless
@@CandyCoralAquatics I am in the midst of starting my 90 gallon reef tank. This is my first reef tank so seeing your vids of an honest reefer with not super high tech equipment is a breath of fresh air. My tank is supposed to be done by now but with this whole Coronavirus pandemic I have to put my money into another things. Also your zoa garden is awesome and that I never new dosing iodine would be so beneficial. Cant wait to see more vids. Peace out from Canada ,and hopefully your safe and doing well wherever you are. ✌
T.E Aquatics thank you very much I hope you are staying safe as well! The world is crazy right now for sure! I just pray to God it’ll all be over soon! In the meantime if you have any questions let me know
What temp do you keep your zoas and palys at? You mention it at the start but do not tell us what temp to use. Also, could you add the iodine you dose to the video description.
Great Video, Thank you. Could you maybe give some informations about the Zoas you keep? Especially the lower yellow ones ones and the top left one. Love them. And a great idea how you arranged them . Cheers
Manni B just wanted to update you some stuff came up yesterday I was unable to make a video but I will have one out this week for you over the different Zoas sorry for the delay
Absolutely spot on....that's exactly what I dose and feed...I have seen exceptional growth and color. I started with 5 polyp frags and within 4 months the frags have has almost 30 polyps each and has also become vibrant in color.
Lot of reefers dont realize how much iodine plays a roll in coral health altho I would highly recommend coral feast over roids. Reef roids are not the best to use and has been proven within hundreds of users already. Reef roids has fillers used in the product plus roids has a big issue raising nutrients as well for hundreds of users including myself. I was having to do multiple wc a week to combat the rise in nutrients using roids. Now I use coral feast which has absolutely zero fillers and is 100% natural. Since switching I do not have any issues with nutrients and even do less wc now and I use more of the coral feast when feeding than what I was using roids. Not only are my nutrients lower and more stable but I have way better growth and coloration now since I've switched to coral feast. HIGHLY recommend coral feast to anyone looking for coral food.
The mystery zoas are nirvannas. Also, I've kept much larger zoa garden and disagree 100% on trace element. I dont do water changes and don't dose trace elements because nobody agrees what a trace element is and my zoas grow faster than I can frag.. Agree with you on iodine dosing. Phosphate also needs to be kept a tad elevated along with nitrate but nuisance algae needs to kept at a minimum. Phosphate and nitrate need to be stable and not bottom out.. Roids work on larger zoas.
@@davidbaird5998 seawater has a higher salinity at higher temperatures. The Bering sea, Oregon coast and Antarctic are 1.023. Hawaii, North Australia and The Caribbean are all 1.026.
Nirvana Zoas grow very fast, almost to fast and have some great color, rastas will always be a fav of mine, sunny D Zoas give some great orange and lime coloration. Really you can’t go wrong with any of them, they all have similar care requirements and can all be beautiful. I suggest getting a few you like grouping them together then adding others in overtime to make a colorful garden, just be mindful or zoas vs Pallys, the Pallys can overgrow and shade Zoas
Unfortunately I had to have open heart surgery and became severely ill for over a year. My tank was being taken care of to the best of ability by someone else. Long story short I had a severe bacterial bloom when I was away in hospital for 2 months and my tank crashed... I'll be getting more zoas soon. My current setup has been running over a year with only fish.
He should. Anything you dos you need to test for. I have over dosed iodine. Icp testing told me I did. My emerald crabs molted like crazy during the iodine over dose. I do dos iodine weekly still but only one drop because iodine is really hard to test for.
Thanks! How often do you feed roids and do you do spot feeding? I switched to Benepets because they're a little easy on the phosphates. I still have some roids left. Also, my ICP shows I have normal Iodine levels, should I be adding Iodine despite the result?
@AmbiguousAndrew I know lol, unfortunately with smaller tanks things can be complicated. If you dose 1 drop, maybe don't do it daily. Every couple days instead
Only watched half of this but a number of inaccuracies. First, the value you suggested for salinity is a specific gravity figure. Salinity is usually measured in ppt. Temperature is part of the equation here. 1.024 at 25c will give you a different salinity to 1.024 at 26c (there are conversion tables online). Second... soft coral is a generic term almost always given to octocorallian corals. Zoanthids are actually hexacorals and more closely related to anemones. The term false corals would be more accurate.
So should I be running Saltwater in my ATO? Everything I read said to just have RODI water in the ATO. Will it not cause a problem with too much salinity?
Karen Nation algae is part of any reef tank, there is different kinds what you’re seeing is called film algae, I challenge you to find one person that doesn’t have film algae, is the layer of film that builds up on the glass if you don’t clean it, some of my hard areas to clean build up, I’m ordering and better glass scraper. As far as nuisance algae is concerned the kind that comes from bad water I have zero of that. File alga forms because of the lights more often than not which is why everyone has it. If you don’t clean your glass you’ll see it build up
@@CandyCoralAquatics I dont mean to sound like a smart ass because I hate people that do that but you did say you challenge me. I dont have fim algae! Admittedly I only have 10 gallons but I change water once a week and clean glass with a magnet cleaner. Most a youtubers do, so no I dont see it on front or side. I see coraine on the back. I Have 2 more we are working on and I will clean the glass on those as well. It may not be bad for corals but looks unsightly and I plan to clean coralline off back even, once I get it! If it were even I would keep it.
@@CandyCoralAquatics I know that. There really isnt any but If i didnt clean it every week there would be. There been times where i missed a spot and it started to appear. Definitely has to be cleaned on a weeky basis to keep it away.
Karen Nation ya exactly that’s what I’m talking about we all have that, certain spots in my tank that I cant get build up and turn kinda hard or at least more difficult to scrape I’m ordering the Tunze care magnet on bulk reef supply, I saw a video they did on them and they are the best at scraping hard to clean Surfaces like Coraline And are built in such a way that they don’t tear up your Silicone seals or allow sand in them to scratch the glass
I just got my first 2 corals. A zoanthind and a polythoa. My tank is still cycling. The guy at the lfs said it's fine. I can update you as the process goes on.
BROOKLYN BASS FISHING so melting is a term used when Zoas or other soft corals will basically just disappear, one minute they are there the next they are receding and just all together vanishing. Usually this occurs when A:not enough light is given B:not enough nutrients in the water to feed C:lack of essential elements/minerals/aminos D: lack of flow Iodine is a must when growing Zoas and soft corals, just be safe when adding it because it can be easily overdosed so follow instructions on iodine and then even start off with a little less and work up. Water changes or dosing must be done to ensure mineral and vitamins and well as amino acids are replaced, aminos can and should be doses in my opinion
Haven't tried iodine but I've heard others talk about it. My main tank cracked so I actually have a lot of my coral split into 3 tanks. I was using Amino Acids and seeing good things but think my nitrates got to high so lately alot have been closed 🤔
Mike Horan they can tolerate some pretty dirty water, are you running a skimmer? I’d run some tests on the tank, let me know what you find I’m curious maybe I can help you out
Ya I think a little, I’ve never had a lot of it, once in awhile some might pop up on the back glass or something like that, never had it in my sand bed or over growing on my rock, I also have some red color sponges in here in various places, might be what that is, but the little slime I get from time time is usually because I’ve lacked on a water change, once I change the water and swap out my filters it’s gone, I run low-medium nutrients so my tank usually stays very clean, and no it won’t hurt Zoas, the only way any slime or algae would hurt corals would be if it grows over them causing them to close or preventing light from reaching them
Seth Miller it’s going to depend on your tank volume and needs. If you have a lot of soft corals (Zoas pallys, and so on) then you should dose iodine weekly, I use lugals solution and it does have instructions based on your tank size. However be very cautious because iodine is easy overdosed. I’d honestly add a drop or two every 3 days and see how that treats you, buy again it doesn’t depend on water volume and coral load
Hi! How often do you dose Iodine? Do you test iodine? Everytime I use reefroids and polyp booster my phosphates are high dies this happen to you? If yes what do you dose for phosphate bécasse right now I dose nopox. I hâte using chemicals but it seems to Help contrôle the issue.
Hello Kevin and thanks for the question, so keep in mind that any nutrients you are measuring whether that’s phosphates or anything else are nutrients that are left over and or excess nutrients left behind after the corals have consumed their fill. He should be removed through either water changes or mechanical filtration with some type of media like phosban or GFO. It is beneficial to have nitrates and phosphates in the aquarium nitrate should be kept anywhere between 5 to 10 but 10 to 20 is also acceptable so long as you’re not seeing stress in the coral. Phosphates should be kept at 0.03-0.08 0.1 is also acceptable as Long as you’re not seeing algae or other issues. Carbon dosing is a very effective way to maintain a clean system I do it myself. I also use Red Sea NoPoX, however carbon dosing can be tricky because it can rob nutrients from your coral. So long story short I would only carbon DOS to remove any excess nutrients and to get things back on track then stop the dosing and feed your coral and tank normally then measure your phosphate and nitrate after one week. If you find that it is in excessive amounts it could be due to your feeding regiment or filtration or lack of water changes. When you have the increase due to polyp booster and reef roids this is telling me that you’re probably feeding too much and your filtration or water change schedule is not on par with what you are feeding. Here’s a tip for you, when feeding pallet booster only add 1 mL per 60gal. When it comes to the reef roids I have found the best method is to scoop out what you’re going to use and mix it with only a few milliliters of water to make a thick paste rather than a very soupy spray if you will. Then you can use the thick paste to target feed your coral not only will this allow the coral to consume more food more effective but it will also keep excessive food out of the water column to break down into nutrients. As far as your feeding schedule goes try only feeding your coral 2 to 3 times a week and try to space it out. Another effective way is to do a heavy feed twice a week and do water changes in between those feedings to keep nutrients down. However I like to work smarter not harder so I would say feed 2 to 3 times a week as recommended above and then do a large water change say 50% once a week especially if you see that you’re still having the high nutrients.
Follow direction on bottle but it's going to depend on your stock as in how much soft coral you have, also snails and inverts will use it also, and protein skimmers will remove some, read the bottle to see how many drips are recommended per gallon or gallons, then do that maybe 3x a week to start and see how it goes, if It says X drops per week I try to break it down to like 1 drop or so a day
ok so dosing iodides, i have sachem brand. 29g cube. should i do a drop a day? or have a cap full a week. little confused on it. and drop as in say eye drop.drop.?
kult media if your iodine has a dropper with it when I say one drop I mean one little drop out of the dropper, follow the instructions on the bottle if they say one drop per 20 gallons I’d do two drop per week for a 29 gal, so say every Friday or whatever day works for you add two drops then wait till the next Friday and so on.
None of them, you won't get the florescent glow or colors you should under white light, plus your corals should be receiving almost exclusively blue spectrum with a dash of white for fish accents. I'd say if you have lights that are mostly white and non adjustable to switch lighting options. If getting a new light isn't a option for you, then try to stick to singularly colored zoes, like bright reds or yellows, but again the colors will be extremely muted
@@bytime2762 instant ocean is ok but it’s a cheaper salt, Red Sea is only a few bucks more and you can actually look up each batch and see what’s in it
Iodine promotes healthy growth your coral ws going through a cycle and needed to settle in, some coral can take .o the before they get comfortable and reproduce they don't reproduce if they're still stressed from shipping
I have a newer tank 8 months. It’s a 120G with 30G sump. I only have two clowns and one fire fish. How do I get my nitrates up? Turn off my skimmer? I don’t want to dose nitrates.
@@joehoffer2112 wow, that's crazy. I wouldn't turn off the skimmer just yet, like I said you really do need more fish. That's a very large tank for a few small fish. If you feed more you run the risk of this left over food causing a big spike as it breaks down, especially if you don't have any clean up crew, fish is really the best and most manageable action
@@CandyCoralAquatics ok thanks. I have a hard time getting fish. I live south of london Ontario. I have to drive to TO to find good fish. I’ll save up and try to buy a bunch at once
Started my tank about 7 weeks ago. Educating myself and letting my tank mature prior to adding corals. Great info! Thank you so much!
Denise Banks anytime! Thank you for the comment
I went almost 3 months before corals! Drove me insane but havnt had any algae or any problems! Now I am setting up a tank and I won a 1,000.00 shopping spree from unique corals and its really driving me crazy, espially since they have a live sale coming up in 2 weeks.
Denise Banks a month would have been good drop a few tester corals in the tank with the fish it should be Fine
@@karennation3580 haha I’m at a month of having my tank set up with my first ever clowns! It’s a great feeling to master husbandry and stability before anything. I cycled my tank in the wrong way and had 50+ppm nitrates. All my Paramus are stable just at one month and nitrates are at about 5-10 ! Frozen food I noticed added a TON to my nitrates haha
Thats the right way!! I added corals day 2 after being adviaed to add some turbo start by my LFS. Luckily i had hardy stuff that survived lol
He sounds like my football coach! Lot of confident passion behind his voice
My husband found this video to be very informative. He has a 36 gallon nano-reef that's still pretty young, but he's began to experience some issues with his zoas and other soft corrals. Some of them have even died off. The one parameter that he wasn't checking for was his iodide levels, since that test isn't included in either the master reef nor marine test kits. Since watching your video, he's acquired an iodide test kit and found the levels to be critically low! The iodide dosing kit he ordered is scheduled to be here tomorrow. We hope that this will turn things around for us. Thanks.
Awesome 😊 one thing to note, a lot of iodine tests can be inaccurate, let the corals tell you what's wrong 😀. Try adding a drop of something like lugals solution every other day and test, hope things turn around for you!! Thanks for the comment
Lugols solution is great for zoas and mushrooms just be sure to dose lite.🤙
How are things now? Is the tank still up?
With over 50 years experience (old school) i say: someone has trained you well. Iodine and holding parameters is key.
Thank you!
I use iodide. Is it the same?
Iodine/Iodide supplementation/dosing has essentially been debunked for a while now. If your levels are consistently low you need to look into your salt mix.
@Plot twist titles first of all you gotta know what your doing, and what things are, how to fix things if you have to, and how to have or get most of the answers asked to you, well before you ever think about business aspect of it. Like over night distribution, labeling and everything else. Make sure you have a marketable product. But before that, make sure you know what the hell you're doing is most important, these are animals, and a increasing endangered one at that. I think we can all agree on that, but right now honestly is not the time to get into saltwater, prices are at a all time high to ship, and slow ship due to lack of work and covid excuses.
@@chaostactics yeah, I'm gonna listen to the guy with crazy growth and A+ looking livestock, but good chat. 👍
Damn, are you a salesman?! You sound like one, a pretty damn good one.. I’m sold off the first min!!! lol Good job!!
😅
First video I love the style of your vids you get to the point and tell people exactly what to do there is so many CZcamss that wont revel why there tank is so good, like it's some kind of secret. Definitely watching more vids
T.E Aquatics thank you very much! I do my best to provide honest info and feedback, I have no problems sharing my info and my findings the good and the bad, thank you for the support God bless
@@CandyCoralAquatics I am in the midst of starting my 90 gallon reef tank. This is my first reef tank so seeing your vids of an honest reefer with not super high tech equipment is a breath of fresh air. My tank is supposed to be done by now but with this whole Coronavirus pandemic I have to put my money into another things. Also your zoa garden is awesome and that I never new dosing iodine would be so beneficial. Cant wait to see more vids. Peace out from Canada ,and hopefully your safe and doing well wherever you are. ✌
T.E Aquatics thank you very much I hope you are staying safe as well! The world is crazy right now for sure! I just pray to God it’ll all be over soon! In the meantime if you have any questions let me know
@@CandyCoralAquatics Thanks for sure I definitely have some questions when the time comes😂
What temp do you keep your zoas and palys at? You mention it at the start but do not tell us what temp to use. Also, could you add the iodine you dose to the video description.
78-80 degrees F
It depends on your size tank
Great Video, Thank you. Could you maybe give some informations about the Zoas you keep? Especially the lower yellow ones ones and the top left one. Love them. And a great idea how you arranged them . Cheers
Manni B for sure I’ll make a video tonight on the different Zoas should be up tomorrow. Thanks for the comment!
@@CandyCoralAquatics wow, would have not expected this. Great, looking forward to it.
Manni B just wanted to update you some stuff came up yesterday I was unable to make a video but I will have one out this week for you over the different Zoas sorry for the delay
Nice info definitely going to try it
I did enjoy the video but I would have to say that the best thing I heard you say was........God bless....!!!
Very informative. Love your Zoas!
Thank you for the tips I didn't understand why my Zoas were not growing like they should now I know what to look for and what to give them.
I know I am REALLY late for this Channel, but love the Zoanthids, and love to start a tank... Thank for the inspiration!
Glad you made it! If there’s anything I can do to help just ask
Absolutely spot on....that's exactly what I dose and feed...I have seen exceptional growth and color.
I started with 5 polyp frags and within 4 months the frags have has almost 30 polyps each and has also become vibrant in color.
Bro i gotta say that you're awesome, i hardly like videos but i had to lol. I cant believe you dont have more subs.
Thank you!
Great video, just subscribed 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you!
Love the video.. What brand do you use?
I was actually looking for a Super Metroid speedrunner but this also looks pretty interesting
What awesome video, how often are you feeding, I have a mixture of zoas and frogspawn
Why does he sound like he is doing a emotional inspirational speech
It's called passion.
Because he is. And it's great. He sounds like a fitness trainer hahah
Got me tearing up
how do you test for iodine in the water already? awesome video brother ty for the secret sauce
Thanks for the information..I just bought my first zoa today..
Are zoas low light and low coral..appreciate the help
BROOKLYN BASS FISHING they like high light or low light it doesn’t matter as much as other more sensitive corals and do u mean by the flow?
How often do you recommend dosing lugols? Daily? Weekly? Thanks, great video.
I start with what the bottle says, then adjust if needed, so if it’s 3 drops per week you can stagger it out to 1 drop every other day
Thank you so much! Alot of helpful information 🤙🏼🤙🏼💯💯
how often do you dose iodine ?
Great video my dude so right on!! I love it. 👍
Lot of reefers dont realize how much iodine plays a roll in coral health altho I would highly recommend coral feast over roids. Reef roids are not the best to use and has been proven within hundreds of users already. Reef roids has fillers used in the product plus roids has a big issue raising nutrients as well for hundreds of users including myself. I was having to do multiple wc a week to combat the rise in nutrients using roids. Now I use coral feast which has absolutely zero fillers and is 100% natural. Since switching I do not have any issues with nutrients and even do less wc now and I use more of the coral feast when feeding than what I was using roids. Not only are my nutrients lower and more stable but I have way better growth and coloration now since I've switched to coral feast. HIGHLY recommend coral feast to anyone looking for coral food.
Zoas might be annoying to control but you've convinced me to get a second 😂
When I buy Zoas I try to spend an Organ on a single polyp so as they grow I feel like I got my moneys worth.
how much iodine do you add? I add 3 drops weekly on a 25 and 15 gallon
Very good video! Thank you!
God bless you to brother, thanks for the tips
Nice healthy zoa ❤️
Never had an issue since this video. Added iodide at beginner level one capful weekly abs everything is killing it
Glad to hear 😊
Very helpful video how often do you feed those polyps every day/night. I heard it feeds better at night
The mystery zoas are nirvannas. Also, I've kept much larger zoa garden and disagree 100% on trace element. I dont do water changes and don't dose trace elements because nobody agrees what a trace element is and my zoas grow faster than I can frag.. Agree with you on iodine dosing. Phosphate also needs to be kept a tad elevated along with nitrate but nuisance algae needs to kept at a minimum. Phosphate and nitrate need to be stable and not bottom out.. Roids work on larger zoas.
I’m sure there is many different ways to success, personally though I’ve noticed if I don’t do water changes, my corals go downhill
Great video,keep it up!✅.
What is the dose for iodine?
Iodine brought my RR Polkaroo back to life. It was hibernating for a full year
Thank you for this my dream isa zoa garden
Thank you for the awesome information, they are beautiful
I’ll be giving this a shot. Thanks!!
Great video!
Great tips, thank you for sharing 👍
Natural seawater is 1.023 specific gravity, we keep it higher in our home tanks.
Perhaps I was mistaken thank you.
not true, i collect my own crystal clean NSW here in australia and it tests 1.026...
@@davidbaird5998 seawater has a higher salinity at higher temperatures. The Bering sea, Oregon coast and Antarctic are 1.023. Hawaii, North Australia and The Caribbean are all 1.026.
BEAUTIFUL!! Thanks for the tips ;-)
great video !!!!
This is very helpful, thanks!
Keep up the good’s
Do they have iodine at aquarium stores? I am new to the hobby.
Google lugols solution
Gorgeous zoa! Thank you so much.
I'm looking forward to start a reef tank with zoa's.what do you suggest.
Nirvana Zoas grow very fast, almost to fast and have some great color, rastas will always be a fav of mine, sunny D Zoas give some great orange and lime coloration. Really you can’t go wrong with any of them, they all have similar care requirements and can all be beautiful. I suggest getting a few you like grouping them together then adding others in overtime to make a colorful garden, just be mindful or zoas vs Pallys, the Pallys can overgrow and shade Zoas
Beautiful Zoas! How much and how often do you feed reef roads?
No
Don't dose anything you can't test!
Be good to see a follow up video on how you does and feed for people that aren’t to sure on the method of Iodine and Roids. Smile😊😊😊👍👍👍👍🤟🤟🤟🤟
Unfortunately I had to have open heart surgery and became severely ill for over a year. My tank was being taken care of to the best of ability by someone else. Long story short I had a severe bacterial bloom when I was away in hospital for 2 months and my tank crashed... I'll be getting more zoas soon. My current setup has been running over a year with only fish.
also do you use a test kit for iodide?
He should. Anything you dos you need to test for. I have over dosed iodine. Icp testing told me I did. My emerald crabs molted like crazy during the iodine over dose. I do dos iodine weekly still but only one drop because iodine is really hard to test for.
Thanks! How often do you feed roids and do you do spot feeding? I switched to Benepets because they're a little easy on the phosphates. I still have some roids left. Also, my ICP shows I have normal Iodine levels, should I be adding Iodine despite the result?
Are you dosing iodide or iodine?? I'm confused now after watching clip and reading comments? And 1 drop per 25 gallons correct?
Thanks for the video i have some zoas in not good shape i will try iodine
Hey! Ik this videos a few years old, i bought Lugols 2% iodine, i was wondering how much you would dose in a 15 gallon tank?
1/2 drop daily if you can. It's 1 drop per 35 gallons daily. Use extreme caution
@@CandyCoralAquaticsjesus. Lol how am I gonna split a drop in half
@@CandyCoralAquatics I just seen a guy dose 1 ML of the Red Sea iodine is that differentv
@AmbiguousAndrew I know lol, unfortunately with smaller tanks things can be complicated. If you dose 1 drop, maybe don't do it daily. Every couple days instead
@@CandyCoralAquatics well I’ll try and do half a drop lol, every few days. Iodine is good for all types of corals tho correct? LPS and other softies?
Only watched half of this but a number of inaccuracies. First, the value you suggested for salinity is a specific gravity figure. Salinity is usually measured in ppt. Temperature is part of the equation here. 1.024 at 25c will give you a different salinity to 1.024 at 26c (there are conversion tables online). Second... soft coral is a generic term almost always given to octocorallian corals. Zoanthids are actually hexacorals and more closely related to anemones. The term false corals would be more accurate.
Thanks man super informative
What type of eye dine and brand are you using and how much Thank you in advance
Seeing what the temp we all should be trying to maintain
What should the readings be for iodine?
My palys grow like weeds but for the life of me I can’t keep zoas.
for me my zoas never grew or opened and i cranked the blue up on my light and their doing great now
Start dosing iodine and keep your water clean, also feed them
Nice eye candy !
How often do you feed the zoas the reef roids?
I’m a beginner and I’m about to buy some zoas but there’s a lot of variety what are some super low lighting/par zoas??
So should I be running Saltwater in my ATO? Everything I read said to just have RODI water in the ATO. Will it not cause a problem with too much salinity?
Is that algae on front glass? Isnt that bad for corals and water quality?
Karen Nation algae is part of any reef tank, there is different kinds what you’re seeing is called film algae, I challenge you to find one person that doesn’t have film algae, is the layer of film that builds up on the glass if you don’t clean it, some of my hard areas to clean build up, I’m ordering and better glass scraper. As far as nuisance algae is concerned the kind that comes from bad water I have zero of that. File alga forms because of the lights more often than not which is why everyone has it. If you don’t clean your glass you’ll see it build up
@@CandyCoralAquatics I dont mean to sound like a smart ass because I hate people that do that but you did say you challenge me. I dont have fim algae! Admittedly I only have 10 gallons but I change water once a week and clean glass with a magnet cleaner. Most a youtubers do, so no I dont see it on front or side. I see coraine on the back. I Have 2 more we are working on and I will clean the glass on those as well. It may not be bad for corals but looks unsightly and I plan to clean coralline off back even, once I get it! If it were even I would keep it.
Karen Nation that’s what you’re cleaning off with the magnet is film algae
@@CandyCoralAquatics I know that. There really isnt any but If i didnt clean it every week there would be. There been times where i missed a spot and it started to appear. Definitely has to be cleaned on a weeky basis to keep it away.
Karen Nation ya exactly that’s what I’m talking about we all have that, certain spots in my tank that I cant get build up and turn kinda hard or at least more difficult to scrape I’m ordering the Tunze care magnet on bulk reef supply, I saw a video they did on them and they are the best at scraping hard to clean Surfaces like Coraline And are built in such a way that they don’t tear up your Silicone seals or allow sand in them to scratch the glass
I just got my first 2 corals. A zoanthind and a polythoa. My tank is still cycling. The guy at the lfs said it's fine. I can update you as the process goes on.
Ya it’s ok if the tank is still cycling, just keep an eye on stuff
Hey I'm new to the hobby..what do you mean when they melt..does it go flat an die..will the iodine help with that
BROOKLYN BASS FISHING so melting is a term used when Zoas or other soft corals will basically just disappear, one minute they are there the next they are receding and just all together vanishing. Usually this occurs when A:not enough light is given
B:not enough nutrients in the water to feed
C:lack of essential elements/minerals/aminos
D: lack of flow
Iodine is a must when growing Zoas and soft corals, just be safe when adding it because it can be easily overdosed so follow instructions on iodine and then even start off with a little less and work up. Water changes or dosing must be done to ensure mineral and vitamins and well as amino acids are replaced, aminos can and should be doses in my opinion
Have you ever bought brown zoas? than noticed they changed colour in your tank?
pak123.com no I have not, if the Zoas/coral I’m looking at don’t appear healthy and colorful I don’t purchase them.
Is this a pregame pep up speech for corals
Haven't tried iodine but I've heard others talk about it. My main tank cracked so I actually have a lot of my coral split into 3 tanks. I was using Amino Acids and seeing good things but think my nitrates got to high so lately alot have been closed 🤔
Mike Horan they can tolerate some pretty dirty water, are you running a skimmer? I’d run some tests on the tank, let me know what you find I’m curious maybe I can help you out
Is that red slime algae growing on your live rock and glass.? Does that effect zoas ?
Ya I think a little, I’ve never had a lot of it, once in awhile some might pop up on the back glass or something like that, never had it in my sand bed or over growing on my rock, I also have some red color sponges in here in various places, might be what that is, but the little slime I get from time time is usually because I’ve lacked on a water change, once I change the water and swap out my filters it’s gone, I run low-medium nutrients so my tank usually stays very clean, and no it won’t hurt Zoas, the only way any slime or algae would hurt corals would be if it grows over them causing them to close or preventing light from reaching them
So how much iodine are you dosing?
Seth Miller it’s going to depend on your tank volume and needs. If you have a lot of soft corals (Zoas pallys, and so on) then you should dose iodine weekly, I use lugals solution and it does have instructions based on your tank size. However be very cautious because iodine is easy overdosed. I’d honestly add a drop or two every 3 days and see how that treats you, buy again it doesn’t depend on water volume and coral load
Hi! How often do you dose Iodine? Do you test iodine? Everytime I use reefroids and polyp booster my phosphates are high dies this happen to you? If yes what do you dose for phosphate bécasse right now I dose nopox. I hâte using chemicals but it seems to Help contrôle the issue.
Hello Kevin and thanks for the question, so keep in mind that any nutrients you are measuring whether that’s phosphates or anything else are nutrients that are left over and or excess nutrients left behind after the corals have consumed their fill. He should be removed through either water changes or mechanical filtration with some type of media like phosban or GFO. It is beneficial to have nitrates and phosphates in the aquarium nitrate should be kept anywhere between 5 to 10 but 10 to 20 is also acceptable so long as you’re not seeing stress in the coral. Phosphates should be kept at 0.03-0.08 0.1 is also acceptable as Long as you’re not seeing algae or other issues. Carbon dosing is a very effective way to maintain a clean system I do it myself. I also use Red Sea NoPoX, however carbon dosing can be tricky because it can rob nutrients from your coral. So long story short I would only carbon DOS to remove any excess nutrients and to get things back on track then stop the dosing and feed your coral and tank normally then measure your phosphate and nitrate after one week. If you find that it is in excessive amounts it could be due to your feeding regiment or filtration or lack of water changes. When you have the increase due to polyp booster and reef roids this is telling me that you’re probably feeding too much and your filtration or water change schedule is not on par with what you are feeding. Here’s a tip for you, when feeding pallet booster only add 1 mL per 60gal. When it comes to the reef roids I have found the best method is to scoop out what you’re going to use and mix it with only a few milliliters of water to make a thick paste rather than a very soupy spray if you will. Then you can use the thick paste to target feed your coral not only will this allow the coral to consume more food more effective but it will also keep excessive food out of the water column to break down into nutrients. As far as your feeding schedule goes try only feeding your coral 2 to 3 times a week and try to space it out. Another effective way is to do a heavy feed twice a week and do water changes in between those feedings to keep nutrients down. However I like to work smarter not harder so I would say feed 2 to 3 times a week as recommended above and then do a large water change say 50% once a week especially if you see that you’re still having the high nutrients.
Does carbon suck up the iodine?
My Zoas has umbrella shaped where they fold under. Do you know what wrong with them when they are like that ?
Nice tank
Thanks x
Zoas seem easy to raise.
How much iodine should you dose, is there a reliable test kit for iodine
Follow manufacturers instructions and no, you can do a ICP test though
How much iodine you dose,what are your levels?
I dose what’s on the bottle once a week or if skimming 1 drop every other day
At what levels do we want the iodine to be?
How much iodine ? I have a 29 gallon biocube
Follow direction on bottle but it's going to depend on your stock as in how much soft coral you have, also snails and inverts will use it also, and protein skimmers will remove some, read the bottle to see how many drips are recommended per gallon or gallons, then do that maybe 3x a week to start and see how it goes, if It says X drops per week I try to break it down to like 1 drop or so a day
You have any other solf corals? Like devils hand wanting more information on the devil leather coral and I have some zeos right next to it
Watching this to grow them and the devil at the same time
I don’t have much soft coral but I do have some xenia and I can say it’s really benefited from the dosing of iodide and AB+ by Red Sea
@@mjsawdrt8133 same with my GSP
Dang it! I dropped my comment up above
amazing, thanks!
ok so dosing iodides, i have sachem brand.
29g cube.
should i do a drop a day? or have a cap full a week.
little confused on it.
and drop as in say eye drop.drop.?
kult media if your iodine has a dropper with it when I say one drop I mean one little drop out of the dropper, follow the instructions on the bottle if they say one drop per 20 gallons I’d do two drop per week for a 29 gal, so say every Friday or whatever day works for you add two drops then wait till the next Friday and so on.
@@CandyCoralAquatics thanks for that info.much appreciated!
Is that cyano on rock? I'm having it in my tank and struggling to get rid of it. Haven't tried any magic potions yet.
What's your clean up crew? I've had diatoms and my CUC decimated them in 1 day 😂, my tank stays pristine thanks to them
What variety of zoas look best under white lights in your opinion?
None of them, you won't get the florescent glow or colors you should under white light, plus your corals should be receiving almost exclusively blue spectrum with a dash of white for fish accents. I'd say if you have lights that are mostly white and non adjustable to switch lighting options. If getting a new light isn't a option for you, then try to stick to singularly colored zoes, like bright reds or yellows, but again the colors will be extremely muted
Hi what salt do you recommend for Zoa Garden. with some LPS. Thanks
Red Sea blue bucket 🪣
@@CandyCoralAquatics Thanks, was using Instant ocean, but that brown stuff at the bottom, me thinking might not be so good. Thanks
@@bytime2762 check out my video “How to plan your reefing success!”
@@bytime2762 instant ocean is ok but it’s a cheaper salt, Red Sea is only a few bucks more and you can actually look up each batch and see what’s in it
@@CandyCoralAquatics Thanks, gonna try it, as not to keen on Instant Ocean.
Iodine promotes healthy growth your coral ws going through a cycle and needed to settle in, some coral can take .o the before they get comfortable and reproduce they don't reproduce if they're still stressed from shipping
Been reefing for awhile but totaling forgot about iodine. Thanks
you say Temperature is one of the top 3 but you dont say WHAT TEMP???
moondoc smith 78-80
Iodine bad for the fish?
Iodine can be overdosed, if used correctly, no its not harmful
I have a newer tank 8 months. It’s a 120G with 30G sump. I only have two clowns and one fire fish. How do I get my nitrates up? Turn off my skimmer? I don’t want to dose nitrates.
Legit add more fish, and I'd do it before those clowns think the whole tank is their's. Also feed more
@@CandyCoralAquatics I had a scopas tang, it decided to eat a hammer and one of my zoas. Should I turn off my skimmer? Increase waste in the tank
@@joehoffer2112 wow, that's crazy. I wouldn't turn off the skimmer just yet, like I said you really do need more fish. That's a very large tank for a few small fish. If you feed more you run the risk of this left over food causing a big spike as it breaks down, especially if you don't have any clean up crew, fish is really the best and most manageable action
@@CandyCoralAquatics ok thanks. I have a hard time getting fish. I live south of london Ontario. I have to drive to TO to find good fish. I’ll save up and try to buy a bunch at once
Lovely :)
How did you achieve this?