i suggest also having a fairly established tank to add a scooter blenny in. not just the mandarin gobies. they love pods

I have a 20gal long peacock mantis shrimp reef tank

Let me see how fast I can summon the tang police. If it's reef safe and tiny, any fish is fine. I have a 12 gallon 3 feet long tank. I have a tiny blue tang, clownfish, yellow corisse wrasse and a royal Gramma. Of course I know the tang will outgrow the tank. I already have a home for him with a friend's 120 once he gets larger. Also most fish stores will let you trade fish in. The most important thing new reef keepers should do, even for nano tanks, is quarantine their fish in copper for a month. You'll look into this the first time you wake up to ich or velvet.

Not sure I agree with a mandarin. Good list otherwise!

hi, thanks for the video it's great! Is there such a thing as a reusable Nitrate test?

You are SO very helpful with your fish tips , thankyou ! 😊

Air stone for 3 hours while pump soaks clean?

I have a 180 gallon saltwater aquarium and I have a coral beauty angel, a fox face rabbit fish, a clown fish with a second one being added soon, and a Scopus tang. I'm looking at adding a school of chromis too. Great video

Wish I had known this was for saltwater before I hit play

I don't think that chromis should be on this list for schooling fish - especially blue green chromis. They stay toghether in the wild due to strength in numbers but in captivity there is no danger so there is no reason for them to do this. Also unlike other schooling fish, they form a hierarchy through aggression and will always pick off the smallest one until there is just one left. You could possibly have success if they were fed almost constantly (1-2x an hour) but that just isn't sustainable (tank pollution, food cost, labour). They are also a low cost and common fish, so often are treated poorly in terms of collection as well as very commonly having incurable Uronema disease

Grammas rule!

i keep no more than 10-12 nano fishes in my 55 gallon. some good species choices there

Hi Hillary can you please do one for 40 breeder tanks and possibly 90 gallon tanks?

Very professional, well said, and informative video.

I can't get this stuff to sink. R o e or oyster feast

I love the Red Sea reef mat I have them on a couple different aquariums. My favorite part about the roller mat is the fact that i no longer wash socks.

Any mad recommendations for E-Max 260 AIO? Also, what program do you use for your lights?

Thanks Hilary for the pointers

Wonderful economy we have. Layoffs and inflation at the same time. Not to mention rising gas prices. The water and electricity is more too.

Price not so slowly increasing

This was so interesting!! I was very lost on their reproduction that we learn at school and now I understand everything!!Thanks!!❤

what about how often do you deep clean these items? Are you saying to do each of these items every 3 months? Frequency wasn't discussed in the video....

I just use citric acid for all my pumps - works fine (dont use vinegar)

Absolutely Lovely 😍

@WaterLoggedLife Hilary i think you should have considered making a before/after video that showcases the change. It might have taken a little longer to produce it, but there are already a lot of videos out there on physical removal of GHA. Showing parameters and how you implemented techniques to address it/prevent it moving forward backed up by future tests and success would be helpful Also i think you missed a massive consideration - resource competition, such as a refugium or algae scrubber. I think this belongs in any discussion for long term considerations Not trying to nitpick, just something to consider, im sure as a content creator you have to weigh a lot of things. Thanks for keeping the channel alive, its nice to see new content being made Oh and uhhh, not sure if i should say this because its Internet creepy cringey but your hair looks fantastic like that 😅 just figured you would want to know

Are you on a diffrent Chanel now?

You can also black out the tank for a week.

i HATE this algae

As pretty as you are Hilary we want to see the tank please , maybe some b role ….

I’ll take the 20 year old Percula clown fish.

I could watch the file fish paddle around all day lol

stick some colourful plastic plants in ;)

Hello Hillary! Your tank looks awesome. My new 5ft long, 180 gallons fowlr tank has been cycled with lights off. No issues till now. Added a Blue Gudgeon about 5 days ago from my older nano tank and it has been doing great. I added a gyre which pushes about 4000 gallons per hour and now I'm thinking about removing the other wavemakers as the gyre is very effective and good. I'll be moving my Ornate Leopard Wrasse pair from my nano tank to this one today. *Fingers Crossed*

Awesome segment

With regard to UV, it is true that all bacteria both harmful and beneficial in the water column will be killed as they pass through the sterilizer but the majority of your tank's beneficial bacteria is on the surface of your rock work sand etc and will not see the UV. Some other near essential items are a set of tongs capable reaching the bottom of your tank and a hand net(s) of a size appropriate for your tank.

Great video!

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Great advice , thank you

❤love your show !!

Thanks this was really informative

Hello Hillary! I love how informative your videos are. I was wondering if there are any fish/inverts that are not reef safe but are better at their utility than their reef safe counterparts. I have a 5x2.5x2 ft., 180 gallon fowlr tank and the only lists I see online are for reef safe or reef safe with caution fish/inverts.

I'm so glad you're doing more videos! Your livestock deep dives really helped decide on the type of livestock I got for my first 75 gal tank

I would have at least one per “area”. Rock area I would do a wrasse. Water column clownfish. Sand a goby. And maybe add an algae blenny for it utilitarian purposes?

Thanks for the great suggestions!

Another helpful and well presented video. Thanks.

Good video and a good advice regarding researching invertebrate and fish compatibility. For example, as you point out is the Cardinal fish a great beginner fish and generally is safe with smaller shrimp such as peppermint shrimp but shrimp molt or shed their outer shell periodically and that is when shrimp and crabs are vulnerable to nocturnal hunters such as the cardinal fish.

Do you know how big batfish get

Great video, love that Royal Gramma was first! I have 4 in a 300 gallon and will probably add a few more. You can slip in little ones and nobody cares. They all will all hang out together in the water column.

I have 2 reef tanks and both of them have a foxface in them. I love the foxface!!

Hey!! So glad to see you posting content again!