DNA Microbiome Reef Tank Test Results are in! With Aquabiomics

[@ThomasBReef]

Amazing stream!!! I have to send in my sample first thing in January. Man I'm stoked!

[@ReefDudes]

Wicked! stoked to see it and compare east vs west coast :P

[@andrewbouwma1616]

Great interview, Deven! It would be cool to see results of testing your system in 6 months. My tank changed as it aged. Diversity went down and balance went up.

[@ReefDudes]

Would be cool to see if mine was the same. May have to do one in 6 months :)

[@brettedwardstout7096]

Another great one Deven

[@JCSReefing]

Super interesting.. Cool stream!

[@davidhughes7180]

Interesting stuff. What's the general guidance from aquabiomics regarding running UV?

[@neuwave1]

I really want to try this. I have 10+ year old live rock in my system. I also have a cryptic refugium that could possibility house various bacteria types. 😃

[@KnarBurger]

Don’t you think he should test natural sea water on his machine to verify it’s actually working properly? I always figured he had done that to calibrate a baseline for his tests.

[@ReefDudes]

every place you test will have a different bacteria mix... The world is a diverse place! i don't think there is a "standard" but more trends of what s common/normal. I think the "average" ratios will be a bit of a sliding scale that evolves over time as more and more systems are tested.

[@KnarBurger]

@@ReefDudes ya I realized after I commented it would be hard to actually do this properly because you would need a second or even third machine to test and verify the results preferably with one near the site the sample was taken to ensure no die off during shipping or anything like that. Very interested in this new sector of the hobby and where it will take us in the coming years.

[@heronaquatics4661]

Really interesting, sorry if I missed it but did he have any results using miracle mud or similar, it being different to a sand bed?? Also, any products that introduces the missing oceanic bacteria that he discussed missing from reef tanks compared to the normal reef environment?? Cheers

[@laxman1312]

Would these guys know about Linkia starfish? What bacteria they eat so we can dose and keep them fed? Would they know that? Is that even possible?

[@karennation3580]

Super long and will watch throughly when I get a chance but does this test tell you if you have dinos and if so what type? I have something in my tank. I am dosin mb7 and vibrant on alternating days so everyday I am doing one of them plus I have 2 of the in sump type of loo wattage uv sterilizers and have been doing this for about a month in a 36 gallon bowfront. I think it may be better, its only on glass but something is causing my new and old corals to die. I was doing a lot of rearranging, fiddling and drilling holes in rock so might have killed the old ones but since I recieved new ones I havnt done thaat but still have hands in daily and my lights got stuck on 60percent blue for 5 days so that didint help plus the corals were deivered in a bad way and didn t get them in the tank until late the night they arrived! I was stupid to buy the new corals but thought it was gone for a while but I will not put another coral in until I get this out of my tank! Its making me wonder if my tank has crashed because all my parameters are fine!

[@ReefDudes]

Yes it does test for Dino / cyano. I do show that at some point in the stream

[@deepreef210]

not sure if I missed it, did he say if you have a healthy population of bacteria that convert Nitrates to nitrogen ?

[@CartersToyBox357]

I wonder, if a coral farm has a pathogen or euranema is there any way to transfer all there coral strains to a clean tank? such as fresh clippings of just coral flesh, or is there whole collection contaminated? Cause I doubt a pathogen infected farm will completely get rid of there corals and start over

[@madshepsreef282]

Tell the guy to get a spillage test done on his fire to make sure the products of combustion are going out side and not into his room, looks like signs of spillage by the black sooting at the top of the fire place.

[@nicoarguelles3694]

Didn't you dump a bunch of stuff in right before the test?

[@ReefDudes]

Prob a month before

[@nicoarguelles3694]

@@ReefDudes ah ok cool i wonder how that affected it

[@tylerl.4699]

The Aquabiomics guy reminds me of Edward Snowden

[@Ravan_Caw]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@rrrreefer9721]

Devon, I need you to absolutely correct how he pronounced "acropora" lol!

[@andrewbouwma1616]

FYI: Most coral researchers pronounce Latin coral names as a-CRO-pora and mon-TI-pora...

[@rrrreefer9721]

@@andrewbouwma1616 well they are all wrong lol