Thank you for the great explanation ,you have made it very simple .
@LaheyCrocket17 күн бұрын
Oh man, do I ever feel today years old. The way the lfs explain to me how to uae this is all wrong. No wonder my alk is as high as it is 😔. I'm going to need to figure out how to lower it and not bomb my tank.
@CandyCoralAquatics17 күн бұрын
@LaheyCrocket you can do a water change, or just let it go down over time naturally. You can also allow your ph to become more acidic, alk will lower to raise ph. Hope this helps
@CandyCoralAquatics17 күн бұрын
@@LaheyCrocket what is your alk at current?
@LaheyCrocket17 күн бұрын
@@CandyCoralAquatics it does help, thanks! I did a water change yesterday. It was at 12 then 11 after a water change. Today it is at 11.1 I think my best bet is to as you say. Do water changes as it is going down on it's own naturally to get it back to where it should be.
@CandyCoralAquatics17 күн бұрын
@LaheyCrocket 11 is fine, just make sure you have enough nutrients in the water column so your corals don't burn out. Keep nitrates and phosphate up. Nitrate 10is or so, and phosphate 0.05-0.08. Feed, feed and feed. This will allow the corals tonhave enough nutrients to keep themselves from burning up while they take up the higher lvl of alk. It'll balance out normally over the next week or so depending on how many corals you have
@LaheyCrocket17 күн бұрын
@@CandyCoralAquatics sorry, had fallen asleep. Phosphate is at .9 (biopellet reactor still waiting for the pellets to fully get going) nitrates are at 11. I feed phyto and ab+ as well for my jbj 24. I'm going do a 30% water change tonight to try and get it to drop down to hopefully 10. I want to get back to 8dkh as thats where my salt comes in at.
@jaredabeyta20 күн бұрын
What fish is that?
@CandyCoralAquatics20 күн бұрын
Tomini Tang in back, Lawn Mower Blenny in front next to the cleaner shrimp
@andrewlindell8626Ай бұрын
Is this a pregame pep up speech for corals
@danidan9792Ай бұрын
..i made a video... how are my zoas??
@bluegem1442Ай бұрын
Also known as "Red Plenaria". They are toxic as hell when they die off! That goes for every species of Flatworms!! Best is to install a small quarantaine tank with just a canister filter with Zeolite and Carbon filtermedia with all the other needed equipment. You keep your corals in that quarantaine tank for as long as needed and add "Flatworm RX" from "Blue Vet RX", or the product he is showing us. It is Reef and Fish safe. Also do waterchanges in your quarantaine tank, the carbon will also remove the medication, but it's best to do a 25% waterchange in your quarantaine tank. 👍
@tose2266Ай бұрын
Hey give up the goods
@renevasquez8770Ай бұрын
Iodine bad for the fish?
@CandyCoralAquaticsАй бұрын
Iodine can be overdosed, if used correctly, no its not harmful
@KnottykidАй бұрын
I used to manually remove but I haven’t in a while lol and they are not bothering my corals at all and they been in my system for over a year , now they are spending most of the time on the sand
@asyreef2 ай бұрын
Goooood explaination! Thankyou❤
@johnb6102 ай бұрын
Thanks brother! I appreciate you answering my question in such an awesome video. Maybe your best to date. These are the simple questions that we want to hear broken down in an approachable way. You just bring the reef into our living rooms with the videos. Thanks and God Bless
@CandyCoralAquaticsАй бұрын
Thank you, my friend! I'm glad you're enjoying
@peteluna49682 ай бұрын
Spray Bar or regular nozzle? Also, what sand are you running in the cube?
@CandyCoralAquaticsАй бұрын
Regular nozzle, and I'm running arag alive special blend i believe by caribsea. If I'm remembering right. The special blend can handle higher flows, but it's supper dense like some of your high flow sands.
@DowntheRoad402 ай бұрын
What are you using to test?
@CandyCoralAquatics2 ай бұрын
I use Hanna checkers
@douglasachaiba78852 ай бұрын
Don't ever apologize for your faith in God. In fact you should extend the gospel of Christ to your subscribers. Time is short.... Today is the day of salvation. Imagine if someone got saved from a reef KZbin video.... That would be beautiful. Keep up the good work
@aaron1984a2 ай бұрын
You will looe this sub of he goes harder....No offence intended and you do you but that's not what I'm here for nor will it be what most be here for. Again not trying to run anyone the wrong way just being transparent.
@SvLv20182 ай бұрын
Praise God brother
@blake.thomas2 ай бұрын
Great video :)
@aaron1984a2 ай бұрын
Looking at making the move from fresh to salt and ive spent more time on your site than id like to admit!😂 Glad to find this channel!
@CandyCoralAquatics2 ай бұрын
Glad you found the channel!
@PhiCongDoan75872 ай бұрын
I have a Starry Blenny! Love how they purch on the rocks like a Flamehawk. Cant have a flamehawk anymore since i have a cleaner shrimp and a peppermint shrimp!
@AmbiguousAndrew2 ай бұрын
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?
@CandyCoralAquatics2 ай бұрын
1/2 drop daily if you can. It's 1 drop per 35 gallons daily. Use extreme caution
@AmbiguousAndrew2 ай бұрын
@@CandyCoralAquaticsjesus. Lol how am I gonna split a drop in half
@AmbiguousAndrew2 ай бұрын
@@CandyCoralAquatics I just seen a guy dose 1 ML of the Red Sea iodine is that differentv
@CandyCoralAquatics2 ай бұрын
@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
@AmbiguousAndrew2 ай бұрын
@@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?
@douglasachaiba78852 ай бұрын
I remember you did a video some years ago....and gave advice on how to make your zoas thrive. They should just watch that video.
@CandyCoralAquatics2 ай бұрын
It's alright, I don't mind remaking them when need be 😊
@johnb6102 ай бұрын
My friend, what a Blessing this channel is. I started this journey a couple months ago and I could tell by looking at your reefs that I could learn from you. I didn't, however, expect to renew my Faith along the journey. Thank you brother. If you had time, I would love to hear your thoughts on adding beginner corals. How fast should we go? I'm new to the channel so any info on your lighting would be helpful. I think we all get into the hobby, looking for that pop of color that you have. Stay strong stay reefing and God Bless.
@CandyCoralAquatics2 ай бұрын
I appreciate your comments. I'm glad that my channel could also be an inspiration to relight your faith. I would be more than happy to do a beginner coral addition video for you
@johnb6102 ай бұрын
@CandyCoralAquatics That would be so awesome, brother. I've learned so much from you, and would really appreciate this 🙏
@LordBonesaw2 ай бұрын
I don’t keep zoas anymore because the toxic shit they can release is shocking
@CandyCoralAquatics2 ай бұрын
Yes, but underwater, it won't harm you. (Unless you have an open wound and smoosh against them) If you remove them from the water, that's when you have to be careful
@PhiCongDoan75872 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing your video! I do have a question. So my tank is going on 5 years now. I've always wanted like a zoa garden however every zoas I have out in, they would wither away and disappear. Now my regular green Paly are fine! I have a huge colony growing fine. Do you have any pointers on how to keep zoas? I do know some zoas like less lighting or more lighting and some zoas like less flow or more flow. I'm just bummed as to why my zoas would die off slowly. Also I would like to add that I do most ordering from WWC too.
@CandyCoralAquatics2 ай бұрын
Excellent question and I thank you for it. Yes, I do have some information and experience with this I can share. I'll post a video on this topic tomorrow, so be on the lookout! 😊 thanks again, and God bless!!
@Fabiano.45_2 ай бұрын
Top ❤
@steved78552 ай бұрын
Great vids Sea Hare for lots of algae work well as well
@CandyCoralAquatics2 ай бұрын
They do! I just worry about them starving 😕 I supplement with algae sheets as well currently
@ernestoaguilar99422 ай бұрын
$700-$800 deep in my little 10 gallon. Was looking to upgrade but I think I’ll hold off lol nice vid
@CandyCoralAquatics2 ай бұрын
I'll try and do a budget video also, there are ways around stuff
@aaron1984a2 ай бұрын
@@CandyCoralAquaticshere for this
@CandyCoralAquatics2 ай бұрын
@aaron1984a ok ill make a budget video and post it tonight or tomorrow
@ernestoaguilar99422 ай бұрын
@@CandyCoralAquatics looking forward to it 😈
@bensimpson40912 ай бұрын
this was more an opinion rather than a how to
@CandyCoralAquatics2 ай бұрын
Then tell me how it should be done, and I bet it'll sound just like an opinion also. 👍. If you have a better way, do share
@Fabiano.45_2 ай бұрын
Aquário ♒ marinho top❤😎
@steved78552 ай бұрын
Looking good sir. Love my cleaner shrimp, quite the goof. Eats and walks around on my hand.
@rudra76152 ай бұрын
I remember the all for reef video! What happened to your voice? I mean I thought that gravelly reef was your regular voice
@CandyCoralAquatics2 ай бұрын
I had surgery to alter a paralyzed vocal cord. Now I can talk normally again! Thank God
@rudra76152 ай бұрын
@@CandyCoralAquatics I thought that voice was badass, like some old, well lived man, whose got stories to tell until the end of days lol. Glad to see more videos from you, tank is looking great.
@Sabs902 ай бұрын
Damn, are you a salesman?! You sound like one, a pretty damn good one.. I’m sold off the first min!!! lol Good job!!
@CandyCoralAquatics2 ай бұрын
😅
@jeremybutler25782 ай бұрын
What if you keep very large reef safe starfish? And feed a leg off a feeder star once a week? Or feed a-stars....
@CandyCoralAquatics2 ай бұрын
Any starfish in your system with get ate. If you keep stars, don't keep these shrimp. Safer that way 🙂
@cookiescards49372 ай бұрын
How do you lower your alkalinity
@CandyCoralAquatics2 ай бұрын
Lower your ph, alk will lower to compromise. Or water change, or everyone's favorite, add more hard corals 🪸 😅
@michaeltmhenderson18232 ай бұрын
God bless you too
@MikeLemming2 ай бұрын
Glad to hear you’re doing better. Time to get this tank looking right!
@NitrogenManart2 ай бұрын
I’m glad you’re back. Hope you’re doing well.
@Kpoole353 ай бұрын
Ocean water isn’t 1.026 sg just an fyi
@NitrogenManart3 ай бұрын
Glad to see you back.
@MikeyColon3 ай бұрын
Been a while! Welcome back
@kevin83603 ай бұрын
I love mine. They are very cool creatures. Only one problem! They are smart and learn very quickly that you feed corals and how to get a free meal. Mine roams from coral to coral to see if any have food to steal.
@JasonNalley3 ай бұрын
This video is kind of old, but perhaps I can illuminate a few things... Carbon dosing acts as a food source for the Nitrifying and De-Nitrifying bacteria in our systems. What this means is that it feeds both the bacteria responsible for converting Ammonia to Nitrite, as well as the bacteria responsible for converting Nitrite to Nitrate and Nitrate to Nitrogen. In this regard, it's meant to remove Nitrate (convert it into Nitrogen gas). The bacteria responsible for converting Nitrate to Nitrogen also consume small amounts of Phosphate while performing this conversion, I think the ratio is like 1000:1 or something like that (You can probably find the correct ratio online), so for every 1 Nitrate you consume, you're only stripping away 0.001 Phosphate. So you take away 40ppm Nitrate, you take away 0.04 ppm Phosphate, etc. Food sources will add these two things are different ratios as well, so knowing whether or not your food is adding more phosphate than nitrate, or more nitrate than phosphate is something you should experiment and test with. Once you've gotten your tank to equilibrium, and you've discovered your input source ratios, you can base a removal plan on that information. I only dose NOPOX when my system is over 25ppm Nitrate, but that happens very seldom as my refugium does the brunt of the work with both Nitrate and Phosphate removal.
@jacklawer63894 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video Whatabout putting All 4 reef in the ATo ?
@Saltydog5474 ай бұрын
Dos flatworm exit work on aefw also?
@flat_linesixx5 ай бұрын
So if you are looking for a kh of 9, a calcium level of 450 and mag level of 1400 how can you pin point these levels and keep them stable if you aren’t dosing them individually?
@CandyCoralAquatics2 ай бұрын
Great question! I would say the best advice I could give is since everything is in equal parts and you use alk as a testing point, once your alk is where you want it, test your calcium and magnesium separate. Then dose them independently. That way you can get all your minar and major trace elements, easy dose alk and control your calcium and magnesium 😊 great question and I hope this helps. I think I'll make a video about this question!
@kitgee78315 ай бұрын
Can you just keep the starfish in a separate tank?
@CandyCoralAquatics5 ай бұрын
You could, I would recommend getting astria stars. Then, you can grow them out in a separate smaller tank. Make sure there is still live rock and food sources for them.
@geofflee2165 ай бұрын
Iodine brought my RR Polkaroo back to life. It was hibernating for a full year
@mr.carbolledo4645 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! Alot of helpful information 🤙🏼🤙🏼💯💯
@MikeLemming5 ай бұрын
Good info bro. Yes 2 part might be cheaper for alk and cal but if you add up and dose all the trace elements that AFR gives you, AFR comes out much cheaper. Also, I keep seeing videos and threads of people saying to dose AFR based on calcium readings and not alk readings. Thoughts?
@g-reef5 ай бұрын
What awesome video, how often are you feeding, I have a mixture of zoas and frogspawn