My Top 10 Favorite Corals

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@ianhenry7391
@ianhenry7391 Жыл бұрын
I know I'm late to comment, but I needed to say. We all miss you Jake. It's nice to go back and watch these videos.
@franklinwest2090
@franklinwest2090 4 ай бұрын
I was thinking the same exact thing! 😊 Missing Jake.
@joemajor6066
@joemajor6066 3 жыл бұрын
Jake, you always make me appreciate corals in ways i never thought i would. I could seriously listen to you talk about every coral you have all day. Thank you for all you do!
@QueryMySQL
@QueryMySQL 3 жыл бұрын
I'd love a spotify playlist of all the intro bangers on reef builders!
@gabesreef
@gabesreef 3 жыл бұрын
I just did a few tweaks to my system and EVERYTHING looks great. I started with boosting ph, went from 7.6 peak to 8.4 peak. I first did that by opening windows and making a hole for my skimmer to bring in outside air. Now I'm using a CO2 scrubber. I also won an xr30 (thank again Jake) and that has helped immensely. I started dosing some trace elements. Lastly I have been tweeking the doser schedule to have a great stable alk level. I dont have a specific coral that looks amazing because now they all are starting to shine. Don't watch my recent update video if you don't enjoy a blue lit tank lol
@ReefBuildersVideo
@ReefBuildersVideo 3 жыл бұрын
it's so satisfying to get a reef tank and all the corals dialed in, congrats
@timellis9293
@timellis9293 3 жыл бұрын
I Am ordering the JBJ 65G AIO Starter Kit - Aquarium & White Stand from premium aquatics this week. I had a 50 gallon fresh water tank in my 20s and always wanted a salt water tank. Have been watching your channel for a few weeks now and I think I am finally sold on setting one up. I wanted to thank you for the inspiration and for sharing your knowledge. I am so looking forward to setting this up. I think I am going to just do coral for a while before trying to get into adding fish. The little reef tank you set up was amazing. I would like a larger version on a huge wall in my living room that I have been struggling to decorate. Thanks again.
@marcelrodriguez2067
@marcelrodriguez2067 3 жыл бұрын
A classic oregon tort is a timeless one, SC orange passion is also one of my favorites.
@ReefBuildersVideo
@ReefBuildersVideo 3 жыл бұрын
So strange that there's never been another coral like the OG Oregon Tort
@Algaewarrior
@Algaewarrior 3 жыл бұрын
Some of my favorites are the ones with good stories behind them. Whether it is a stylophora that I brought back from the brink of death, a neon green sinularia I grew from a 1 inch frag to almost a foot, or my recent torch coral that has always been on my wish list since I started the hobby; they all have special sentimental value to me. Great video!
@ReefBuildersVideo
@ReefBuildersVideo 3 жыл бұрын
you can never put a price on the stories we attach to our corals
@Alex_Correa
@Alex_Correa 3 жыл бұрын
11:17 Hey Jake, what are your additional observations in regards to the differences between this colony in the wild and in the aquarium? Only lighting or anything to do with water chemistry and flow? Very nice!!!! What are the water parameters? Thanks for the video!
@Messier87_M87
@Messier87_M87 3 жыл бұрын
Yessir!!! I’m really in love with my new Acropora Sarmentosa frag along with my Merulina Ampliata coral. I really love to follow the growth rate on my two Leptoseris corals.
@glenbuyer8738
@glenbuyer8738 3 жыл бұрын
Sarmnentosa are really cool, lost mine in a tank crash but always on the look out for another
@DrBlazer50
@DrBlazer50 3 жыл бұрын
I think another good, fast grower that I absolutely love and didn't think much of it at first, is the sundial porites that I won in a FMAS (florida marine aquarium society) that I'm pretty sure was from Joe Yaiullo. Mine grew all over the back glass very fast and developed a nice iridescence. The color looked like a beautiful white pearl color. I think it will really show off the beauty of the Christmas tree worms and I've never seen a healthy, flourishing coral that was truly an iridescent white. I've been out of the reefing game for the last 5 years because of constantly going to other countries for months at a time, but I always want to get another frag of that same sundial Monti to place on the bottom pane of glass to cover the entire bottom of a bare bottom tank. I also that about placing several different colors of cyphastrea to cover the bare bottom.
@shoregun103
@shoregun103 3 жыл бұрын
hi Jake. I added 5 medium sized acropora colonies two months ago they showing good polip extensions coloring up nicely groin branches but not encrust
@raysville7256
@raysville7256 3 жыл бұрын
So appreciative of your effort to bring the Corals to life. Never been a Black Light Art aficionado.
@GazuntaiWorld
@GazuntaiWorld 3 жыл бұрын
Great video Jake. I am most excited about my 2 new Christmas tree worm rocks i just bought last week. Lots of worms on both. They each have different coloured parities corals, one is darker and an almost a reddish colour and the other lighter yellowish. Would be great if you can do an update vlog if the Christmas's tree worm rock tank.
@insanity4224
@insanity4224 3 жыл бұрын
Hey Jake I have one of those torch spawns, super long tentacles and it loves lots of flow. Mine has emerald green stems with lighter green tips and bright green stripes on the base around the mouth. Also has a strong feeding response that far exceeds other Euphyllia. I absolutely love this coral for its uniqueness and intense colour. Glad you featured one here!
@luttingtam4786
@luttingtam4786 3 жыл бұрын
After watching your video, I decided to grab one A speciosa for my tank. Anyway, your coral shots in videos and reef builder website are gorgeous. Do you have any videos sharing how you photographed your corals?
@parcool9541
@parcool9541 3 жыл бұрын
Very nice video 👍😘..may be if you could tell out of these corals which are hardy or delicate etc..so that it would more useful.
@SapphosSails
@SapphosSails 2 жыл бұрын
I love your philosophy behind filming these! Show things the way we might see them. Also I've got to say that in terms of image quality no one does it like you do! What kind of camera are these videos filmed on? And do you have to move things closer to get things in focus or anything?
@Ellery-USA
@Ellery-USA 3 жыл бұрын
@JakeAdams What is the coral next to the Heavens Gate on the right at 19:00? looks like something I have but couldn't identify it properly. The stuff I've always loved were my Red Cynarina and a Large green Indophyllia as far as LPS goes. I'm still a stick head to heart so my favorite all time has been the classic ORA Red Planet. I had to cut it down from 18"x13"x10" last summer to re aquascape my 125g since it was coming out of the top of the water's surface.
@ReefBuildersVideo
@ReefBuildersVideo 3 жыл бұрын
ditto on the Red Planet - not sure what that acro is at 19:00 but it's a gorgeous rose pink color with really neat polyps.
@cameronjones8641
@cameronjones8641 3 жыл бұрын
Great video, really enjoyed seeing your favourites!
@cameronjones8641
@cameronjones8641 3 жыл бұрын
My all time bestest ever corals are two. Acropora efflorescens and poccillopora Eydouxi. A thick, pink colony on Eydouxi is a spectacular sight to behold and if any coral sparks thoughts of a coral reef more than a dinner plate colony of Efflo then ive never seen it. What a beautiful world we live in and what a blessed time to be alive that we can keep, observe and grow these absolute jewels of evolution.
@ReefBuildersVideo
@ReefBuildersVideo 3 жыл бұрын
Great choices
@GalleryAquaticaTV
@GalleryAquaticaTV 3 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed watching this one Jake, thanks for putting it together 👌
@ianschwanda6598
@ianschwanda6598 3 жыл бұрын
I have this Chalice I picked up from my LFS for cheap. It was pretty much straight purple and brown, but I figured why not? I have been target feeding it reef roids for a month now and I am getting notes of bright green and orange mixed on the edges and around mouths. I put it in a random spot out of the way but I just moved it to a prominent area right in front of the tank. Super excited to see where this goes!! 👀👀👀
@michaelt4469
@michaelt4469 3 жыл бұрын
my favorite coral in my reef tank would have to be the arctic sunrise lobo I acquired last year. I am surprised you didn't mention your weeping willow leather coral... I fell in love with that coral ever since you did a video on maintenance of your 60 cube at your house.
@andreasmithander314
@andreasmithander314 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video! I'm so fed up with all filters and so forth. I just got a hold of a Gorgonia ventalina. It's rather uncommon i Europe so I'm really happy!
@ReefBuildersVideo
@ReefBuildersVideo 3 жыл бұрын
G.vent is a hard coral to keep growing with that single plane of branches, give it lots of light, flow and feeding and I wish you the best
@Mangobrain82
@Mangobrain82 3 жыл бұрын
Does that Torch Spawn coral mingle with hammers/frogs and torches?
@rimpodz
@rimpodz 3 жыл бұрын
Hey jake, what music do you use to this video? Nicely to share
@adampurvis4294
@adampurvis4294 3 жыл бұрын
Can’t go wrong with a good old collection of zoas for me.Loads of different colours and easy to keep
@carllindqvist7764
@carllindqvist7764 3 жыл бұрын
I got myself a Cyphastrea meteor shower today! Been looking for quite some time in the vicinity of my town, so I'm very happy with that! :) Good video!
@freshwatercorals801
@freshwatercorals801 3 жыл бұрын
My favorite corals in my tank are definitely my colony of A. Anthoceris and A. Caroliniana, really looking for some A. Hoeksemai, A. Humilis, or A. Gomezi next!
@ReefBuildersVideo
@ReefBuildersVideo 3 жыл бұрын
I still remember the first Hoeksemai that was wait-listed on Phishy Business - I collected some in Australia and it's growing and spreading throughout my tanks now
@DillondeVoor
@DillondeVoor 3 жыл бұрын
I saw the video about the christmas tree rocks and the heavy feeding of that tank. How would that work if you place them in a "normal" reef tank? What I'm really asking I guess is how I can keep them 😊
@neptunes_pot
@neptunes_pot 3 жыл бұрын
Did you ever show us the scoly wall? I am wondering that the wall just made a "along the way" scene in your video. :-) I really enjoy my pink strain of acanthastrea bowerbanki. And I still wait for my symphyllia wilsoni, which I got recently. They suffer a lot and I put the coral under really low light for the beginning. But it seems that the wilsoni is stable an don't lose polyp tissue anymore. Greetings form Germany. Did you plan to come back to Nuremberg and visit the interzoo this year? (In reason of te corona issue, it may uncertain that they excute the exhibition.)
@ReefBuildersVideo
@ReefBuildersVideo 3 жыл бұрын
The Wall is ready for an update, I've got enough corals in it now and it's looking rather sweet
@robertellison8874
@robertellison8874 3 жыл бұрын
Id so ask for a price on a few of those like frags but my coral buying is on hold since my dad has stage 4 cancer and he just had a couple strokes and seizure and now can't use his right side at all and I been taken care of things for him and moneys tight having kids and now dad being sick but would be sweet for some frags to fill my tank the rest of the way but I enjoy ur videos when they pop up to watch coral is super hard to come by where I live cuz no pet stores here sale saltwater have to travel and haven't had enough money to travel
@pgravis
@pgravis 3 жыл бұрын
I was really hoping to see that massive rrc pink Cadillac colony you showcased a few years back in this video! That post and coral has motivated me to get a new tank up and running just to showcase it.
@glenbuyer8738
@glenbuyer8738 3 жыл бұрын
I really love that your favourite corals are not hype pieces and have sentimental value. I have a pretty stock standard tangerine lepto that was one of my first and it actually came off the frag plug and lived all around the tank as a tiny chip, lived in the shade, survived tank crashes. Eventually I acknowledged it’s legendary status and glued it down to a rock and now it’s huge and I’m getting some kinda wild colour expression but I genuinely thinks awesome for its rocky style character (it’s not about how hard you can hit.....yadadadada)
@ReefBuildersVideo
@ReefBuildersVideo 3 жыл бұрын
Are you sure your Tangerine coral is a Lepto and not a Pavona maldivensis? Either one is really a great piece and I like the story of yours
@reefkeepingandeverythingelse
@reefkeepingandeverythingelse 3 жыл бұрын
I wander if the switch in color of the immortal acro comes from the stress that comes from cutting. Like if the frag feels "threatened" and changes pigments to get some more juice out of their zooxantellas.
@ureshiihi
@ureshiihi 3 жыл бұрын
I love the good old watermelon chalice, space invader pectinia and red dragon acro.
@reefkeepingandeverythingelse
@reefkeepingandeverythingelse 3 жыл бұрын
I love blue stags. Wheter in the wild or at home. Thus the torts, blue slimers and any other blue stag always draw my attention. When I noticed my LFS had a blue slimer a yellow tip austera with blue body I jumped straight to them. Also I love micro Lords The first coral I managed To grow and that I had since I entered college.
@pat7777100
@pat7777100 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah I knew it You're the man You're the man Good job Jake
@edwardroy3401
@edwardroy3401 3 жыл бұрын
Great video...this guy is such an expert
@ou812reefing
@ou812reefing 3 жыл бұрын
Great information thanks Jake
@seabedoasis
@seabedoasis 3 жыл бұрын
I love that starcki’s damsel in the background of the candy coral shots
@tommydbaker
@tommydbaker 2 жыл бұрын
would love a frag of the bluish lavender thick lokani type!
@billssaltwaterheaven
@billssaltwaterheaven 2 жыл бұрын
Hello Jake, do you have an Immortal Tort for sale?
@timothydillard9507
@timothydillard9507 3 жыл бұрын
I love any coral that grows! It’s so rewarding. That’s why I love birds nest coral I suppose, it just takes off.
@marc861
@marc861 3 жыл бұрын
I have a really nice full purple Frogspawn (under blues) that is really popping since 3-4 Months
@apichartruksa1775
@apichartruksa1775 3 жыл бұрын
Could you please provide me top ten list ?
@jetli3352
@jetli3352 3 жыл бұрын
Where can i pick up a piece of the Immortal tort?
@ReefBuildersVideo
@ReefBuildersVideo 3 жыл бұрын
ACI is going to wholesale some frags this coming week (I think)
@pachote293
@pachote293 3 жыл бұрын
How can I buy a frag of heavens gate acro ???
@anchor4346
@anchor4346 3 жыл бұрын
For the worm rock, I guess I am thining I would not try to grow something that could take away from the worms in a color contest.. I would think trying to grow a single color and Dull coral would work better.
@ReefBuildersVideo
@ReefBuildersVideo 3 жыл бұрын
I totally support having muted colors and 'supporting actors' and the two rocks still encrusted with Porties fill that role, but I like where your head is at
@darksidemoto3693
@darksidemoto3693 Жыл бұрын
Can I buy these corals from you....are you selling frags ?
@paulskillman7595
@paulskillman7595 3 жыл бұрын
The hardest thing about keeping corals is keeping the PH right and not overfeeding them. Also don't keep fish that like to it coral, like triggers. looks like you have ultraviolet light on them. Looks great. Thanks.
@thereefingspider3282
@thereefingspider3282 3 жыл бұрын
I finally got my hands on a trachyphyllia and it has made me want to dump all my sticks to do an lps softy mixed reef.
@ferrari_guy3570
@ferrari_guy3570 3 жыл бұрын
Roll Call! Hello, from Western CO!!!
@MileHighReefers
@MileHighReefers 3 жыл бұрын
Torchspawn is Amazing!!!
@juanpz07
@juanpz07 3 жыл бұрын
I used to have an extremely bright green/yellowish frogspawn. Untill my torch stretched out and killed it. Haven't even seen another one like it since.
@dlm1949
@dlm1949 3 жыл бұрын
Acor blue dark blue how do I get one...😀for the newbie people
@ReefBuildersVideo
@ReefBuildersVideo 3 жыл бұрын
ACI is going to wholesale some frags this coming week (I think)
@dlm1949
@dlm1949 3 жыл бұрын
@@ReefBuildersVideo who ACI. ? Newbie..lol
@homegrownfrags6531
@homegrownfrags6531 3 жыл бұрын
Classic Tyree pink lemonade for me, just finally woke up and exploded in growth 3yrs later 😅
@robinrichards3197
@robinrichards3197 3 жыл бұрын
my favourite in my tank is my pink tip elegance coral
@zafishguy5166
@zafishguy5166 3 жыл бұрын
I would just list whatever corals are still alive in my tank lol. In all seriousness I think all euphyllia in my top ten and the remainder with acros.
@steevareno2002
@steevareno2002 3 жыл бұрын
nice deep water acros 👍🏻
@samm9017
@samm9017 9 ай бұрын
Why's there Ganesh on the back?
@danielf9052
@danielf9052 3 жыл бұрын
Finally some push back to the blued out windex look
@ReefBuildersVideo
@ReefBuildersVideo 3 жыл бұрын
I like my corals under blue light as much as the next reefer but we're missing out so much by not sharing corals under normal daylight spectrum
@zigglershow5383
@zigglershow5383 3 жыл бұрын
My fav coral: Acropora echinata😀
@miguelfaican420
@miguelfaican420 3 жыл бұрын
You need a carpet cherry blossom coral !
@duskosreef4952
@duskosreef4952 3 жыл бұрын
Wow, you can actually chose just 10... All corals I have are my favorite Hahaha it would take me forever to figure out which one I love the most.
@bobbiesshrevess8461
@bobbiesshrevess8461 3 жыл бұрын
Omg I’d love to pick your brain!!! I try so hard with my tank! Want something so beautiful and something to be so proud of
@buckrogers2499
@buckrogers2499 3 жыл бұрын
the music is bang on
@Pagodacoralsllc
@Pagodacoralsllc 3 жыл бұрын
You should sale corals brother would be awesome to have something from your collection
@ReefBuildersVideo
@ReefBuildersVideo 3 жыл бұрын
I've always been uneasy about selling my personal corals, I'd rather trade or pay it forward, I'm just here to make nice vids
@bluerider0988
@bluerider0988 3 жыл бұрын
Jake, I have been in the hobby for 20 years and am starting my first reef tank and would love to have your strain of candy coral. How can I get ahold of some. Thanks for sharing your to 10.
@Trenton.D
@Trenton.D 3 жыл бұрын
I like bowerbanki! Are you going to get a PhD, Jake?? So we can call you Dr. Jake Adams?
@alsfishbarn1589
@alsfishbarn1589 2 жыл бұрын
Rip buddy
@TheLandSharks
@TheLandSharks 2 жыл бұрын
I like by neon green birds nest
@MACNTOSFAM
@MACNTOSFAM 3 жыл бұрын
what is the reef builder’s mission statement? i’ve always wondered. seeing that he collects wild species and places it in tanks
@atfinthehouse8631
@atfinthehouse8631 3 жыл бұрын
And just where we find an immortal tort???
@ReefBuildersVideo
@ReefBuildersVideo 3 жыл бұрын
ACI Aquaculture will be wholesaling some to stores starting this week
@andreweftink2303
@andreweftink2303 3 жыл бұрын
This audio is rough. I can barely hear it
@andreweftink2303
@andreweftink2303 3 жыл бұрын
Actually it was just my phone. Restarted it and the audio was 100%
@AlizaJayne
@AlizaJayne 3 жыл бұрын
The “Heaven’s Gate” coral should be renamed... all I can think of is mass suicide ☹️😣 Lovely video though! I really enjoyed seeing your faves!
@AlizaJayne
@AlizaJayne 3 жыл бұрын
@@sunnygoold9449 I wrote an earnest suggestion and then I complimented Jake’s video! Why did you write your comment?
@ReefCloverson
@ReefCloverson 29 күн бұрын
I miss ya Jake
@namelast8621
@namelast8621 3 жыл бұрын
It looks like a grapefruit
@palmtree1144
@palmtree1144 3 жыл бұрын
First
@7robertb
@7robertb 3 жыл бұрын
hmm, my tank is empty - cycling - i'm just jealous ...
@glenbuyer8738
@glenbuyer8738 3 жыл бұрын
Don’t worry everyone who has an established reef is jealous of you, enjoy the ride and be patient
@FishandPeace
@FishandPeace 3 жыл бұрын
Third ! Lol
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