220g Reef Tank Update - Bottled Bacteria Is the Worst

[@aquareefstv]

Absolutely love this tank! Hope you come back to us soon! The reefing community misses you and your content.

[@geoffminton7668]

I hate that I used live rock and got all the little pest. So be thankful you did it the way you did and try to add small pieces of colonized live rocks that are clean of pest. Don’t go grab some super big piece of live rock that can hide lots of pests.

[@SaiyanSatsuki]

I used two small pieces of live rock from my local lfs, until i noticed Aptasis promptly took em out, no major issues so far, even upgraded to a 20 long. I will say a uv sterilizer is a man's best friend, also the rock you do have in tank currently and the sand for that matter, has all the bacteria you're looking for. It also never hurts though to slamm as much bio media as possible in your stump area as well.

[@Nick-co9pf]

I've never had a problem with bottled turbostart900. It cycles stupidly fast and seems to help get things off the ground and maturing a bit faster as far as saturating the rock with a robust culture.

[@QueenofReef]

Wild bacteria makes a world of a difference with tanks I’ve come to notice 🥺 Some things you can’t just add in sadly. Everyone’s tank setup is so different though, prob many factors contributing to my tank problems all at once which makes it so much more frustrating !

[@ou812reefing]

Absolutely great to see your reef have a great day looking forward to your next video

[@fdl1162]

Where can i buy cipro?

[@fdl1162]

Cypro?

[@trevor852]

I had the same exact experience with dry rock. KP aquatics premium live rock is the best IMO because it comes from the Florida keys instead of the gulf. Bottled bacteria is only good for establishing a biofilter to process ammonia from fish waste.

[@fishstix1988]

What were the directions for your Cipro treatment (both outside your main tank and then directly in the tank)?

[@ashleighfrickmaringione4578]

Where are you getting Cipro now? I need some and can’t get without Rx now!! Help!

[@barelyreefer]

I 💯 agree about using real live rock when starting a new tank. I have only ordered from two places and I would recommend Gulf Live rock.

[@QueenofReef]

At least I should’ve put way more in my sump! Can’t wait to see more maturity/stability

[@pieceoftheocean626]

Do you sell frags ?!tank looks amazing

[@MACNTOSFAM]

i stopped the reef hobby while i finished studying & while passing my board exam. that was 8 years ago. as soon as i passed, i got into looking for another tank. be careful with cipro as it is an antibiotic and will kill beneficial bacteria. adding some live rock along with dry rock i think is the way to go. but, looks like the tank looks good

[@QueenofReef]

Yeah definitely wouldn’t have gone with a whole tank cipro unless it was absolutely necessary - and unfortunately this was the case 😢 Live rock is a must moving forward!! Thanks so much

[@andrewlindell8626]

Thats weird. I have used bottled bacteria with no known issues from it. Mb7 seens to work fir alot of people. Maybe you had some bad bacteria form and take over. I think its s good thing thing to add a little bit every week to keep up on the population

[@hanthi9463]

Where do you get cipro?

[@aqualabcreations]

Love the euphillia garden!

[@queencityreefs]

Where did you get cypro from?

[@mohammadalameer8283]

I have heard from someone that he cuts his coral's stinging tentacles. He says it doesn't hurt the coral and those tentacles would grow back again and he would cut them again. Maybe try to research this to confirm it and this should hopefully solve your bubble coral problem

[@artistic_spaz3724]

Been wondering where you were! So glad to hear you are back and will be uploading more!! Also glad I'm not the only one on the struggle bus with the tank.....I haven't figured out all of my issues yet and so I have renamed my tank the "Glass Box of Death" for the moment....uuugghhh. ❤ reefing lol

[@oyster_3694]

Tampabaysaltwater live rock! Great stuff!

[@ryanmueller4213]

I did kung fu corals in tank treatment which is a broad-spectrum treatment. It save my tank from a major stn/rtn episode

[@rubenespinosa1685]

Holy cow she’s alive , nice to finally take a gander at your tank again, don’t worry your doing just fine I’m still battling the dreaded aptasia but your tank still looks awesome 👍🏼

[@QueenofReef]

Oh noooo! You have the wrasses right?

[@ReefDork]

Tank looks fantastic! Congrats on surviving the bar exam 🙌

[@QueenofReef]

Thank you!! 😁

[@arods_reef]

If you see the tentacles at night or during the day, you can just cut them. They will be fine and the bubble will re grow them

[@jamesedmunds8707]

I did notice when some of my corals receed like my candy canes its because of higher phosphate levels and when I sort it they puff right back up! So maybe it might be a parameter. Once you know what causes it you can just assess your corals to see what's going on in the tank 🙂

[@QueenofReef]

Wish it was easy as that unfortunately, my parameters are looking as normal 😵‍💫 Just Duncans that are closed up and unhappy too so not sure.

[@jamesedmunds8707]

@@QueenofReef yeah its abit hard to tell aye only other things I could think of is stinging or chemical warefare between coral which could be solved by carbon which your probably running anyway

[@tanksandtrainz9078]

I just did the cipro too and it works great!

[@CO.Reefing]

Nice! Glad you are back and that the tank is doing well!

[@QueenofReef]

Me too ☺️😅

[@Edgecrusher28]

Bottled bacteria may help nitrification, but it does not help create a healthy biome at all. I know this to be fact because after hundreds of dollars of bottled bacteria from a variety of manufactures I had a Biomics test come back in the bottom 3 percentile; yikes.

[@tomg5405]

Wich one you tried?

[@timmyanders7914]

I had the same issues I just threw a bunch of live rock in my refugium

[@QueenofReef]

That’s my plan!

[@lionardorodriguez7301]

Amazing video, your corals are so beautiful

[@loronzorogers3191]

Do you have any for sale

[@walterakins3085]

That red Goni ❤

[@sseeaahhaawwkkssrule975]

You have a beautiful tank The video would have been more interesting if it had audio. I hope you were able to get rid of the pests that I read about in the comments.

[@QueenofReef]

The vid definitely has audio to it! Maybe experiencing a tech issue?

[@TanganyikaBbq]

Stunning tank i'm now again beating aiptasia ... :-)

[@DanGT144]

Love the hammers. ❤

[@benmolloy3269]

Yay, your back!!!

[@pommieforever]

im sure you have smashed it, nice to see you back, tank looks awsum 😀

[@petesreef1891]

Looks great now after your problems 👍👍👍

[@strat1960s]

Wow! Tank looks soooo amazing. As for the Bar..... You got this!

[@QueenofReef]

Thanks so much!!

[@treasurecoastreefer]

Think about it, it is actually going through new tank syndrome still at this point. Had you at the sign of problems let them, just run their coarse. You would be at different level in the tank being truly cycled. Once we see stuff going bad and we try and stave off death and destruction, we become a Madd Scientist and get our tanks chemistry going wackoooo. Time cures all... Think about it our ocean reefs didn't become reefs over the weekend. just sayn

[@chino7287]

I think you're right. First thing that came to mind was "new tank syndrome."

[@QueenofReef]

See that’s my thing though - it’s been two years! Shouldn’t be sitting on the same problems … I’d let things run their course but I don’t want to lose any corals 🥺 I really just think it was the bottled bacteria not establishing the tank correctly

[@steevareno2002]

Future acro tank!

[@QueenofReef]

That’s what I’m saying!

[@eddyortiz8110]

Tank looks beautiful. I would instead of moving the Monti's specially the green one,just frag a nice size piece from it and place it up front ,low maybe a piece of each together see if they'll graft into one,since they're so happy it should work. All your Rock looks nice and clear of your favorite aptasia.🐟💜💜💜

[@ericnichols8242]

As always your reef is looking amazing!! I cant wait until you frag me a piece of the HG Torch. 😜

[@ericnichols8242]

The Acros are looking amazing btw!

[@ryanmueller4213]

Hey if you want to clear out a holygrail i wouldnt say no. 😅

[@ChuySanchez23]

Girl what cameta/filter are you using!? Every color looked so natural and not saturated by blue light.

[@QueenofReef]

I use a canon m50 mark ii! I adore this camera so much, couldn’t recommend it more highly

[@mrcovert011]

Shoot send frags asap please. Lol

[@billysprout2374]

we missed you sooo much! don’t worry you told us about the BAR before you left!! bet you did great 💯

[@QueenofReef]

Hopefully 😩 Not feeling too good about it but we shall see

[@1xRyan]

Great video!

[@rolisreefranch]

Is Christopher Walken your dad? JK... love your vids.

[@1GolfJones]

Load your sump with Marine pure!

[@fletcherwright7042]

The Reef is looking awesome

[@QueenofReef]

😄

[@fletcherwright7042]

@@QueenofReef What you laughing about Willis

[@Vilmondes_Alves]

measurements of your aquarium.

[@erica.5583]

The bar?! You go girl!!! 🤞 Awesome tank, too! Yeah, bottled bacteria doesn’t have the biodiversity that live rock has back in the day… What is zippero?

[@QueenofReef]

Ciproflaxen! It’s used to treat bacterial infections

[@QueenofReef]

I need to get better at explaining things in my vids 🙈 will add it to my list to make a vid covering cipro soon

[@herrmaro92]

Keep it Up. Sometimes things happen for no obwious reason.

[@oldschoolnewventure845]

congratulations in advace im sure you passed

[@jai0346]

Hey I can give you a contact if you want some off the best quality live rock from Australia , also I’d do an icp test to improve gonis ; one element they use rapidly is manganese

[@QueenofReef]

Actually just sent an icp off !! Awaiting results 👀

[@jachoreefer]

Like, I was out after the 10th like

[@QueenofReef]

It’s like the 1st time I’ve been on camera in like 6 months so like I’m super rusty on camera right now 😂

[@jachoreefer]

@@QueenofReef ok, you like change my mind, like I will subscribe ☺️ And like your video

[@gr8belayr]

For a lawyer you have terrible deductive reasoning skills. If you think the only thing that you did differently was bottled bacteria, I can't even comprehend... Like you seriously think then. All the problems you just had were because you started with a bottled bacteria. you've added how many quarrels that came from how many different systems that have all sorts of bacteria on them. But you don't blame any of them. For this?

[@Harolddespui]

Next video: how i rearrange/fixed my lights. 😄

[@QueenofReef]

Right?? 😂😂 they look so messy right now

[@fishfreakphil9778]

Come on David you ffing up. Lol

[@QueenofReef]

🤣🤣🤣

[@dookcurruff9047]

mama

[@joker42466]

Talk about clickbait misinformation...

[@pleasureduma9693]

Sheesh

[@taxiforcraig]

Are u camera shy

[@QueenofReef]

I just prefer featuring the tank / corals in my tank update vids. Next vid is just me talking about a topic so will be switch back and forth ☺️

[@htc148]

i live how youtubers call their beautiful tanks ugly... lol i have gha and a couple nems🥲