Installing a New Skimmer & Fragging a Duncanopsammia Coral

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[@johnnyg3334]

Jake time for another tour around the studio!

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

Yes I am definitely planning on a mega, multi-part, two year anniversary Studio tour!

[@whokilledmercy1497]

Reef Builders damn already two years, it feels like the studio was built like 2 months ago 😅

[@adnailsupply]

Just not the same without ya Jake! Your passion and videos is out of this world! No one does it like you

[@tsurro8086]

Water piking! Genius, those zen reef frag racks are the best, I had one for over a year, the magnet started to rust inside the incapculated piece that goes in the tank, I couldn’t feel it but I could see it, I emailed them, they sent me a brand new one, one year later, now that’s customer service!

[@AL_EVOz]

amazing tanks Jake!

[@SharbucklesReef]

Thanks for the great video. I love the idea of the solid base on the skimmer to keep it quiet. Nice to see some innovation time to time.

[@TheirWorldAquatics]

Outstanding video, well put together and educational.

[@JeanEstevez]

Man i love to see your tanks, truly inspirational!!! How you keep your tanks so clean

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

I just pretty much stay on top of it, not having sand helps a ton, and I'm also pretty light when it comes to feeding

[@seanpaterson1602]

Should I not add sand to my first tank? Im so confused now lol

[@someone6reefs]

Enjoyed this one look forward too more like this 👍🏽

[@artofwar-3263]

Just sat to test my parameters, perfect timing 👌

[@chaseaaronthomasify]

I cleaned my glass haha

[@ronderfulaquariums2978]

Awesome tutorial learned so much as usual you rock

[@zafishguy5166]

Gotta love duncans

[@marvelguy2395]

Awesome Vid Jake! Cant wait for the next!

[@volteface69]

Merci pour cette vidéo Jake !!!👍👍👍

[@jondressel6594]

Using the water pick is genius!

[@northeastcorals]

I spend literally days on end doing this so I'm not entirely sure why I also find my self spending my spare time watching videos about doing the exact same thing but suppose I must enjoy it. Thanks :p

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

It's fun seeing someone else do your work, and also seeing the different ways people approach coral fragging

[@Boogerdick69]

A Duncan was my legit first coral, I bought 2 single polyp piece. Each have 6 polyps now, about 3-4 polyps on each frag us big like a regular sized polyp and are starting to branch. Been by far my hardiest coral, never ever had an issue. A coral I’ve had issue with sooner or later are frogspawns.. I still have my og hammers and torches by frogspawn? Just lost 8 polyps last night on a colony I’ve had for over a year

[@szczurkowskireefing6308]

Nice water pick, quite handy.

[@drexistre7364]

Wow that's cool would have thought of using that will definitely use it cause I have a colony of frog spawn that has sponge on it thanks for sharing man 👍👍

[@cotswoldreefs6670]

Bossing the Duncan’s!

[@HCBCHEMISTRY]

I have one of those water floss, great idea to remove things off coral.

[@joseipatzi1337]

I love it thank you

[@Algaewarrior]

So satisfying to see that blue sponge melt off that skeleton!

[@MCDonut415]

he need some milk lol @8:13

[@Mike__B]

"Pulled out the trusty water pick"... and a cold beer :D

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

SHhhh

[@Mike__B]

@@ReefBuildersVideo hey nothing wrong with that. You're an adult, it's legal, and to be honest going from what you thought would be a relatively easy chop job to a much more involved clean up deserves it :D

[@SpiegNet]

Nice work. Wonder if you could give a bit more info on the magnet base you plan to mount the frags to? Are you just gluing them to a magnet like you would a frag plug?

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

Yeah pretty much

[@robinrichards3197]

Jake do perhaps have any reviews on the Tunze Doc 9004 skimmer

[@chrisramsay2757]

Jake I know its been a year but just wondering if your still using that ultra reef skimmer? And if so how you like it. Im thinking of using one for my RS350

[@undergroundreefs6523]

Does the water pick work on algae & other things?

[@lemon2125]

feed the sponge to angels.

[@cegentry]

Do you clean that saw off with fresh water when you are done Jake? Wondering how you keep it from rusting etc.

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

It’s corrosion resistant but yeah, everything gets a good wash down after use

[@hunterh891]

I want a piece 😁

[@joedismore103]

Do you think a waterpik would work for dislodging green hair algae

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

It might but the efficacy would really depend on how hard the algae is attached to the rock

[@miguelsalty]

I know this is irrelevant towards the video but how would you recommend clearing a bacteria bloom on a 2 week tank?

[@insane_reefer3719]

UV sterilizer.

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

Just time

[@miguelsalty]

Thank you for both comments

[@habutti]

So Jake, when can I get some corals?

[@TONEScott]

Was just doing the same thing in my shop... same coral. haha. Not quite as grown out as yours but yessir, The Duncan. #BLuEMoonWhileFragging

[@jonjackson5841]

I know this is probably a dumb question, but why do you still need to do frequent water changes if you put all this money into skimmers/reactors/ dosers/ auto top off equipment. I wish it was self sustaining at that overall price point.

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

I actually don't do that many water changes, mainly I focus siphoning out detritus, but it's also not that hard to regularly change water if it's required.

[@jonjackson5841]

@@ReefBuildersVideo Thanks for the response. My toes are on the edge of the diving board, but dont want to get overwhelmed with unexpected maintenance

[@keithbratley6187]

Hey Jake. Great vid as always. I’m curious as to why u added this new skimmer since the previous seemed to be working great?

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

just to try something out, it's already significantly quieter, and I won't know the other differences until I use it for a little while

[@neptunes_pot]

How can you identify that a fishtuber is supported to much??? They use a big Kessil as Worklight ;-D

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

I’ve had this A350 for about ten years

[@Mike__B]

Watching this video I was betting you wish you had the taller version of this saw :D

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

Yeah I wish I had it sometimes, but I don't have to make cuts like this that often

[@skeptics_reef5575]

Trying to find the video where you used the aquapick on monti eating nudis to show someone, but cannot find it

[@HeHhEhRoAsTeD]

Whats that thing on the back of his head? Lol

[@clubpr24]

Sorry to bother you I have a mini colony of Duncan’s in my tank that all of a sudden haven’t started coming out I’ve checked parameters and we checked good water changes done all my other corals are blooming but the Duncan is unhappy and I noticed that a zoa has been chewed on could this be the work of my coral banded shrimp please advise thank you

[@mattcarpenter4122]

Andy I’ve had a CBS for over 2 years and I’ve never seen it nip at my soft corals. They will sometimes search for food on top but in my experience haven’t hurt my corals. Usually other things have cost me like water parameters or flow etc. just got rid of a 2-barred rabbit fish which was destroying zoas

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

@@mattcarpenter4122 no way it's the shrimp, but sounds like something else might be taking a liking to it

[@anthonyrodriguez6402]

500 likes jake will get a haircut ?!

[@nosumpreefing8287]

I shudder watching people use a saw this way.

[@marianolopez4880]

Primer comentario ...😁

[@kylelivingston5964]

Just get an emperor or a majestic and and they would go to town on your sponge with no cuts...... BUT i guess thats not a cool video lol

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

they would eat sponge very well but might nip at some corals too, but there's also no way they could reach the inner recesses of rocks or large, dense branching corals.

[@kylelivingston5964]

@@ReefBuildersVideo Yeah i did NOT look what is in your tank, softies would get chewed my apologies...... i only have SPS so my clean up crew is aggressive tangs and angels

[@y.a.d1737]

Late view😅

[@omar15911]

First

[@makeitezr93]

I hate watching them cut. I get so nervous watching.

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

I feel you but we have to have faith that the corals will come through the other side even better than before

[@makeitezr93]

Reef Builders lol no I get worried about your fingers!!

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

@@makeitezr93 you can't cut yourself on a tile/masonry saw, I mess with the saw blade while it's running all the time

[@makeitezr93]

Reef Builders oh ok. That makes watching easier. I’m literally watching and squirming and twitching.