300 Gallon SPS Reef Tank Full Tour 2020

[@abyankabir1910]

Hey, when will you be posting again? Really miss your videos 😢🥺🥺🥺

[@alexstinson9146]

Glad to see it getting settled in.

[@RealReefingTV]

Yeah definitely! More changes to come😜 but good changes!

[@LASD218]

Just saw your channel, and now I am a subscriber! I have a 80 gal Red Reefer XL300 (3 months now) for a starter tank (20 gal DT too) and will custom build a 300 gal in 2 years in our new custom home. The first vid I saw, you did a year ago, and now you are my go-to to make my 300 gal the best it can be and I will Kaizen! Great job on your videos!

[@RealReefingTV]

Continuous improvement bro. Thanks for watching good luck with the new build

[@josefishytv4237]

We need a update is been 2 years

[@ArrickthaRed]

Great video. I have one suggestion about the calcium reactor. I would go in a different direction than the Reef Octopus. I have one and it has the same issue. It has that same CO2 recirculation feature that keeps the bubbles in the chamber making it loud. I did modify the lines to get around it but you are paying more for this feature. Go with the Geo and call it a day.

[@RealReefingTV]

Thanks for the heads up! Which Reef Octopus CR did/do you have?

[@ArrickthaRed]

I got the 200. It works great but I had to bypass the recirculation part. Now it is silent but it now works just like a normal reactor with is fine but you are paying for a feature that you will not want to use. It is good in theory but running it the way I do my CO2 tank still lasted for a crazy long time with a 10lb tank

[@JosephMartin]

tank is looking great cody! good to see a post from u

[@RealReefingTV]

Thanks bro 💪

[@acotyac]

Good update 👍. Aiptasia is .y current nemesis.

[@RealReefingTV]

Pretty much mine too lol I need to just drop the coin for some aiptasia eating nudibranchs

[@acotyac]

@@RealReefingTV wish I could. Worried they would be a pricey treat for our coris wrasse or long nose hawk.

[@RealReefingTV]

Oohh yeah probably lol

[@elephunktheband]

What happened to the Bi-weekly updates bro?!! Just discovered your channel and would luv to see the progress on this 300 gal Beast🔥🔥

[@rb5031]

What happened to your channel and not making anymore videos? Miss seeing your updates. I feel like since covid a lot of people fell off

[@jamesmolesson9991]

@ 2:00 ... get a filter roller, like the Clarisea SK 5000... it'll clear up your tank, keep detritus out of the sump, and it doesn't stink!! I've been running one for over a year. Wow, glad to hear your update on the AquaMax CR, even though it was negative. Where are the air bubbles coming from? A leak some place? The feed into the CR.?

[@RealReefingTV]

How much would you say you spend on the rolls?

[@jamesmolesson9991]

@@RealReefingTV , obviously depends on your bio load and size if tank. I have a 90g tank. Filter fleece is $24 (131' long) and lasts well over a month in my system. Doesn't smell. Keeps my tank so clear!! Look at the GEO sumps, he installs then into his products, so they've got to be somewhat decent. I'll never go without ever again.

[@Blackbookproduct10ns]

Where you been?!

[@PirateFunk]

Man, that looks like a great hobby!

[@fletcherwright7042]

Do you still have the reef tank? Haven't heard from you

[@lovermansmith9082]

Beautiful ! Look forward to future updates !

[@shermanshelichannel6540]

Update please!

[@kevinrodriguez9451]

do you plan on making any more videos?

[@tariqj06]

Would highly recommend testing your nutrients since you have the fuge, biopellets and algae turf scrubber. Once all those get rolling it will bottom out the nutrients. Since you have to clear the glass daily I think you'd phosphates are high.

[@fletcherwright7042]

Everything tuck the move perty good tank looks good

[@RealReefingTV]

Thanks!

[@q-ballsreef7651]

DINOS! Fighting the good fight in my nano atm. Using uv, siphoning into a filter sock, added seachem stability. Missing anything?

[@RealReefingTV]

Looking at the comments here, you are not alone. But manual removal and nutrient management is my go to for algae issues. I know it's not exactly an algae but a bacteria... You might try fighting bacteria with bacteria and using one of dr Tim's products or vibrant. Can be found at www.marinedepot.com/113.html

[@theideaofclips5481]

Dinos normally a thing where there is not enough Bacteria population. Try feed frozen a little bit more. Check po4 levels on your water change water.

[@TommasoTracy]

Heyo my tank for over a year. And ive added a couple montis and I can't seem to get them to grow I have a radion xr 15 pro covering a 24' by 13' area. How do u get all ur sps corals growing so well? my methods of filtrations are filter sock protein skimmer carbon and a refugium. my paramers; posphate 0.05, nitrate 5, alk 10, calcuim 480, ph 8. Alk and calcium stable. Do u have any theories why my sps isn't doing so well. FYI I have LPS and softies and they are growing well.

[@jheezie]

Are you still in the hobby? Hope everything is going well!

[@antonioantonov5141]

My goal is to have a tank like that in my future home or apartment. Perhaps I can start this at my current house and later in life move over everything

[@pjshooter6]

Algae only looks brown under the purple light. I got a diy scrubber. Its got the same lights purple on 1 side white on the other. The Algae looks brown on the purple side, dark and bright green on the white side

[@RealReefingTV]

Oh good to know, it's my first ATS. Looking forward to scraping it!

[@pjshooter6]

@@RealReefingTV i just cleaned mine up last night. Got 2.5 measuring cups worth off

[@RealReefingTV]

@@pjshooter6 😱 nice!

[@alexstinson9146]

Update? Was just thinking I hadn't seen anything in a while.

[@RealReefingTV]

I was actually thinking about selling for a while buuut... I decided to keep and spend some dough. There will be another update coming soon.

[@bfskinner8064]

Where did you get your anthias from?

[@RealReefingTV]

Hey! Havent seen you in the comment in a while, I bought my anthias locally from an LFS called marine warehouse here in Tampa, FL.

[@bfskinner8064]

@@RealReefingTV I tagged along during your mom great video as usual.

[@RealReefingTV]

@@bfskinner8064 not sure you meant to say mom.. lol

[@bfskinner8064]

@@RealReefingTV nah it was supposed to say move. I should have proofread my bad. I watched the video you uploaded from the move. Funny thing is proofreading is free lol.

[@RealReefingTV]

@@bfskinner8064 🤣

[@user-yh9oy2vz5z]

Miss you bro hope your well 😓❤️

[@lonniemclane3666]

I have low ph issues, tank in office which is located inn lower level of building, windows do no open so air circulation is about impossible. Tried CO2 scrubber but does near nothing to help. Any thoughts

[@RealReefingTV]

When's the last time you've calibrated your PH probe?

[@jonomufc7]

Am struggling with the whites on my hydra 52s bringing a lot of algae. Am just running the blues atm and every time I do that the hair algae goes, so am struggling to find the right balance on how much white light 2 use. If u can help with any advice or maybe do a video on it. Great video as well mate 👍🏾

[@RealReefingTV]

The light isnt your problem. You have too much nutrients in your water (nitrate/phosphate). Consider adding a form of nutrient export like an algae turf scrubber, GFO, biopellets, etc.

[@jonomufc7]

@@RealReefingTVCheers, am gonna try adding an algae scrubber definitely, been thinking 2 do so for a while actually. So why does my algae go when I turn the whites off, I do have abit of high phosphate and nitrate tho.... Thanks for getting bk, I enjoy your channel bro keep it up. And if u ever come England, shout me up lol and come check out my tank and give help where it's needed 🤣👍🏾

[@RealReefingTV]

@@jonomufc7 the algae goes away because it needs the light to grow. But you should be able to have your whites on to grow your corals while not having algae outbreaks. Note that you should have a little algae on your rocks but it shouldnt be a unsightly amount. I have a thin layer of algae on my rock, it's healthy for the tank

[@jonomufc7]

@@RealReefingTV Yh gonna put some whites on if I can finally get bk into the ai app 🙈 I can never find my director tho. Defiantly gonna invest in other filtration systems 2 help combat the nutrients.

[@robertward6813]

I'm about to start cycling my new salt water adventure. I read and see alot of different methods, any hints or tips?

[@RealReefingTV]

Look at different systems and find one you like, mimic their strategy. Once you develop your own understanding of a reef, you can start making it your own.

[@Sylvania-Frenchies]

Use brightwells microbacter 7 and definitely will help with the glass issue cleaning helps a ton

[@bearded-flipflop7122]

I'm struggling with zoas not opening for ages then melting away, in assuming high phosphates.

[@RealReefingTV]

i had issues with that in the past, could be a multitude of reasons they arent happy, but ive found that i stopped worrying about them and they started growing. im not saying you should just not care, but maybe just let them do their thing and your tank will tell you when they are ready and happy.

[@bearded-flipflop7122]

@@RealReefingTV Thank you. I might try that leaving it and just get my phosphates back down.

[@maceysdaddy5150]

Did I hear right that you don’t test your water? (Other than trident). Do you know what your PO4 & NO3 are? Maybe high and causing the glass issues.

[@RealReefingTV]

I have no idea what they are🤷‍♂️ just being honest... I'm sure they are higher, that's why I recently added the Algae turf scrubber. It's just getting broken in.

[@maceysdaddy5150]

@@RealReefingTV I hope the algae scrubber works for you. I consider having to scrape the glass too often as a poor mans test that nutrients are too high. I’ll be excited to follow as your tank progresses.

[@RealReefingTV]

@@maceysdaddy5150 you're not wrong👍 it's a lot easier than testing all the time

[@GEORIGE92]

At the moment I’m fighting with Dino

[@RealReefingTV]

Not the only one by the sounds of it. I would try fighting them with bacteria from a bottle like vibrant or dr Tim's you can find them here www.marinedepot.com/113.html

[@bfskinner8064]

@@RealReefingTV I used Microbacter 7 and a UV. MB7 is powerful because while you get bacteria it lowers nitrate and phosphate too. I am now using VIbrant to fight green hair algae. it seems to be working. I love my 210

[@lunes-1]

👍👏

[@zachburleson7482]

Hey! Love the video I have a question for you!

[@RealReefingTV]

Sure thing what’s up?

[@zachburleson7482]

@@RealReefingTV Yo! Dude love your nano series! I was just wondering if you place your auto top off in the 3rd chamber/return pump chamber, if so could I also put my heater in this chamber too?

[@RealReefingTV]

@@zachburleson7482 thanks! You don’t really want your heater in the return chamber since this is the area that will fluctuate in water height. And yes I would put the ATO in the return chamber.

[@zachburleson7482]

@@RealReefingTV where then do you recommend the heater go? In the tank itself?

[@RealReefingTV]

@@zachburleson7482 second chamber

[@Bhodges9582]

Dude, top off that calcium reactor, that's why you have bubbles. I run the t2 aquamaxx, dead silent. I don't let my media drop below the label.

[@RealReefingTV]

If you watch my first video on the reactor months back, it all bubbles and the reactor is full. Has everything to do with the way it's designed not the level of media.

[@Bhodges9582]

@@RealReefingTV then why is mine not bubbling? Have you tried purging the air by shutting off the circulation pump and let all the air get pushed out by the feed pump? I have to do that when I refill mine.

[@Bhodges9582]

And I have watched the first video, my thoughts then were that you needed to purge the excess air

[@RealReefingTV]

@@Bhodges9582 I have done that multiple times... The co2 doesn't escape from the chamber, builds up and keeps running through the pump. I'm not sure why yours doesn't do that.

[@Rooki3_]

What happened to this guy?

[@sav1014.]

sochting oxydator look this up. It will clear your tank water like gin. It also help in many ways thank me later lol

[@theideaofclips5481]

Haven’t seen you in my comments ? I even made a broll to compete with you let’s do collab

[@RealReefingTV]

Sorry been really tied up, making my own videos is a process for me.. maybe one day for sure thanks for hanging out. And I remember your B-roll great job with it.

[@theideaofclips5481]

Thanks man even if you can point some people over to my channel or post my broll video. Any help helps 😂

[@multanemo]

There’s no way in hell on a 300 that you are only filling up a 15 gallon ato every two weeks.

[@RealReefingTV]

Yeah it's about 11-14 days

[@multanemo]

Again, no way in hell.

[@RealReefingTV]

@@multanemo ok lol

[@Frank-nb9tu]

Your tank doesn’t look crisp bro