Yeah mainly zoas

Cheers Jay, appreciate the support mate, been following your journey for a few years now! Love it

Thanks man, it is tricky, what size tank do you have? I’d just look for inspiration online, then you have to try and imagine the new rock with corals on it as that changes the whole look of the rock

Appreciate it man thank you 🙏

Thanks brother 👍

@moereefer I did think of using it and I do have some aqua forest reef cement however I let the putty cure out of water for a week first and it was solid

I either use BRS glue, eco tech glue or cyano gorilla glue

Ah man, luckily I’ve never had dinos as I always run nutrients on the higher end. What you doing to tackle it?

More water flow makes them stringy less water flow makes them bubble

Decent light and lower flow but good movement seems to work for me. They also get a lot of mysis but other than that im not sure I’m doing anything special

I’ve had it with hammer skeletons which have bailed out before, coral is pretty amazing I hope that it is new growth on the echinata as it was a lovely piece. Glad your monti recovered do you still have it?

@@Dans.reef1 yeah and in fact I gave my friend half of it as it was doing so well. Now it’s back to a small pizza slice

@@Dans.reef1 that’s pretty awesome your hammer came back I’ve had 2 bail outs so far in 2 years and none of them made it but a nice encrusting cyphastrea cover them

I have a friend who makes them

It was tough as I had no obvious signs of why he died. Mine used to lay on a slate tile every 8-10 days on day 7 I would remove the tile into a separate tank to raise them. The parents will eat them if not. Clowns are fantastic at protecting eggs but rubbish parents when it comes to raising the fry

Berghia nudribranch only eat aiptasia and nothing else. They’re quite hard to come by in the uk but they do work

Thanks for your comment. I have moved some of the fish on since this video. Some of the fish in the tank at the time of filming this video was from a tank closure of a friend who needed a quick place to rehome them. Do you also tell fish shop owners that they’re committing animal cruelty keeping fish in small tanks with no incline on when they will be moved on? Creating the right environment? My corals and fish are thriving, stable parameters and maturing nicely. But thank you for taking the time to vent your frustrations 😊

No problem, I have other videos for newcomers into the hobby aswell :) thanks for the comment

Thank you! The tank was set up 7th December 2022

Good choice! Fingers crossed you manage to get it onto other foods aswell 👌

Sorry you lost your corals, I hope they’re all thriving and doing well now?

You sure can, depending on your budget the protein skimmer might not be necessary. I don’t run a protein skimmer on my tanks but they definitely help. Get each thing at a time and don’t rush it is the best advice I can give you. Trust the process. If you need anymore help let me know.

Protein skimmers if you have plenty of fishes. Do you have a chill cooler? Those are necessary depending on where you live. Since reef temp are around 77-82F.

@@knox7945 i live in miami florida where it actually is pretty hot but my home always maintains a temperature of 77 degrees when im not home. I only plan to put a total of maybe 5 or 6 fish max in this tank and i dont plan on having corals for atleast 6 months to a year when i feel the tank has matured enough from what ive learned. What im very worried about is the cycle and how to prevent the ugly phase as much as possible. I will be using an inch sand bed with live sand and 60 pounds of purple caribsea dry life rock.

​@@Coral-reef.it depends what kind of corals you're using if you want to put them in right away. Zoas are pretty good starters or neon green star polyps, but they spread like wildfire if let unchecked. I put Zoas in mine 2 and a half month prior to the maturity of my tank and it's is going through ghe ugly phase at the moment with llts of hair algae. I've heard that its ok corals in initially before the fishes.

@@knox7945 ok i got you. What is your best recommendation on cycling the tank ? I was thinking a clown fish with a bottle of fritz turbo start ? Also, i heard the api test kits aren't the best so what would you reccoment for testing ammonia, nitrates and phosphates? I appreciate the great info !

You know it man, awesome fish!

Thanks man, appreciate the support 🙏

Sure thing. There’s an app called band if you download that and search for a group called jbs marines. He runs 2 auctions per week on a Thursday and Sunday

Same problem as you Roy... it makes stocking and planning much harder! Ebay has lots of sellers, have you had any luck finding a good ebay frag seller?

I have 2 on order which should be here soon, they’ll be in the tank once quarantine is done 👍

No problem, does that answer your question?

@Dans.reef1 yes perfect!! i think I'll do as you have then once up to it, take the hood off too

@@The_weiner when I get around to the mesh top I’ll make a video to show how I did it 👍

I like zoas, but I like the movement that euphyilia offer. Once I’ve taken care of the aiptasia in the tank I will be adding more zoas and will be more selective about what colours/types contrast well with each other.

Sure thing, I’ll upload one shortly, make sure you’re subscribed and you’ll not miss it. Will be in the next few days

I know about the palytoxin. I’ve used this removal method a few times now with no side effects to me or the tank. I’m not saying. This is the best way to do it just how I do it 😀

There’s a page on the band app jbs marine

@@Dans.reef1 sweet I’ll have a look, thanks Dan 👍🏻

Correct! I do love copperbands, and since I have moved the clam on I can now start the process of getting one

4 of them have been in there since November with no deaths 😊 I spend a lot of time with eyes on the tank. They don’t bother with each other

@@Dans.reef1 that’s definitely something to be proud of then brother 💪🙌

It definitely helped adding 4 to the tank all at once so I think they established who was queen from the get go. I am cycling my frag tank to move the frostbites over eventually as I will be aiming to get some eggs off them in the future. I think I got lucky with the temperaments of them though 👍

Hey man, I’ve had 4 peppermint’s in the tank, never used to feed the tank after 1pm just so the peps would be hungry, they never seemed to touch any aiptasia, thanks for the advice though. If I can’t find any nudis I may revisit peps

Thank you 🙏 yellow tang has moved on now so it’s less crowded

Hence him saying that he sold it...

He said the has sold the yellow tang. Beautiful specimen

As others have already pointed out, it’s not staying in this tank, I knew that when I picked it up. However this tank is much bigger than say a lfs tank or and lfs quarantine tank so I’m not going to feel guilty that for 2 weeks it’s in a 35 before moving to a much larger tank. Thanks for you comment though 🙏

No mate no angel fish in this tank

Thank you! Bio cube sounds good and will be a great starter for getting some easy corals and seeing how you get on, sure the fish will be fine too 😊

Thanks Daz, Nottinghamshire mate, you?

@@Dans.reef1 bit of a trek for me , I’m Essex .

Cheers mate, slow progress and all that! Hope you’re well