Test your reefkeeping acumen here.

[@CoralEuphoria]

So, how'd you score? 🙂 The purpose of this video was to reinforce important concepts and introduce some quick topics that don't fit well in other videos. So don't take the test part too seriously. 😉

[@spicyreef]

The knowledge I gain watching your show stresses me out 🙂 Thanks

[@reefwithmee]

3 out of the 8! Failed! Glad your putting out more content, lately! Keep it up and we (the fans) appreciate it.

[@Reefahholic]

The questions were rigged! Not to mention Abe distracted us with the Hamburger, Fries, Chips, etc. 😼That was fun, when’s the next quiz. 🤓

[@oldmanmillenial]

7 out of 8, but my tanks still don't look anything like yours lol

[@mdb6402]

I got 100% but my acros still suck because I'd fail the "Do you have patience" exam.

[@Polo1126]

I’m having Med school flashbacks with your question prompts and style 😅 another great video!

[@dannymcelroy]

Dude, I love your videos!!! Couldn't stop laughing at the food changes

[@patrickfeeke5629]

I have not watched any reefing videos for over 2 years since I left the hobby. This video and the way it is put together + your skillful presentation = IM BACK!. Love your videos and your Acros drive me insane!

[@pslama2]

Even as a reefer of 10+ years this video was incredibly insightful and useful for thinking about reefing philosophy. Abe you're an absolute GOAT, thank you for sharing all your knowledge

[@larryread1930]

Love the reminder on the basics of coral stress, as well as how the junk foods we eat stress us😳 Keep up the good work and get better soon😄

[@atfinthehouse8631]

Highly technical. Detailed. Educational. Love how you included the ketle vodka, Doritos and the coffe mug obviously with dual use for vodka then sobering up black coffee. The crumb on the corner of your mouth. The shirt changes. The hat, the hoodie. Never missing a beat or a meal. Good job. As always highly original with subtle style.

[@deadbrother5355]

My boy hungry, thirsty, and cold. As always grest video. Thank you.

[@ArrickthaRed]

I love the thought and effort you put in all your videos. I look forward to your uploads. They are worth the wait. The way you speak seems so serious and you are very informative but when you watch the videos you can see you 😊ate having fun with it. I can say you fave the funniest most informative reef videos out there.

[@saltwaterandlime]

I love that you included the tip about bacteria in the RODI system. It is especially important for people on well water with a sulphur content. I think so many places just assume folks are on some sort of a treated municipal water supply.

[@TheHightide55]

Looking for an update video . Been a awhile . Thank you for all the info u give for a new reefer here.

[@atfinthehouse8631]

Obviously done over time. Extremely well done and well spliced together. Your presentation and speaking tones throughout amazingly consistent. Good job doc!

[@sunnygoold9449]

This is the perfect mix of serious and fun!

[@amermeer3989]

Omg! 😂. Such a great video. Trustable information and entertainment packed so well. No one can do it better bro. Great job! I need more flow...

[@jules2545]

Enjoyable and educational video (as always).

[@cameronbasford8991]

The crumb on your mouth 😂😂 Awesome episode. I got one question wrong.

[@jmdelira87]

Sweater, coffee, water, toast, eye drops, vodka, Doritos, dirty face, sleeves, beer, other food, espresso cup, messy hangover food, blanket and shades

[@andrehogue3393]

What’s the hidden message? I don’t get it

[@Reefspidey]

Obtuse, rubber goose, green moose, guava juice Giant snake, birthday cake, large fries, chocolate shake

[@hurricaneaquatics]

Let's go, Abe. Put the bottle down and start pumping out some videos! 😂.

[@dusk1947]

This was a very constructive and helpful way to address some of the frustrations both hobbyists and vendors face. Well done Sir.

[@BonesSaw1979]

Welcome back Abe

[@shorelineaquatics5210]

Haven't seen any activity. I'm not just speaking for myself,but, you have an inspirational Channel and we are looking forward to updates or just any sign at all that you are okay in your life...

[@Hall-l6u]

Hi Abe, just watched Reef Dork and you came on. Miss you.

[@thomasdirocco]

The In n Out animal style fries after drinking brought back some long term memories 😂

[@SB-ju4yf]

Best videos! I love that q/a style! It helps verifying my knowledge!

[@telstar71]

Abe, thank's a lot for sharing your knowledge🍀

[@CarloFromaggio]

Probably your best video, ever. In all honesty the video was awesome...but the format of a quiz, at this technical level, probably has never been done. Please. more of these.

[@TreasureCorals]

As always - the gold standard in reef YouTubing. Thanks Abe, great advice. I scored very poorly :)

[@sabor504]

This is a great video. Love your content.

[@siknd1corals]

I Enjoyed the test style video and I learned a few things. That flow question got me

[@Mike2k30]

Great video!!! I'm learning alot

[@canesdinero7469]

Thanks for the education and the laugh! 👍

[@MB-wc5mz]

Such great information 🙂☺️

[@maikhessel8282]

Hello Abe. True words. The flow rate is really important for great grow. 3Tunze from one side and in the right position is a small window on the bottom for chalice with slower flow. I drive my aquarium by 0.25 phosphate and 30-50Nitrate without skimmer. My secret for a clean tank is weekly water change and tons of snails. Make more videos Aber.Your coral system looks great.

[@claudiamelfi3882]

wow info overload !!!! thanks. very help full you answered about ten questions for me and i didn't even have to ask one. I'm uping the flow, lowering my lights/ my numbers are good!!! so do i get to drink some vodka now???🤣🤣🤣 no one makes videos then you, i'm already waiting on the next !

[@Fish_Ventura]

Food for thought, thx Abe

[@limitlessluis]

Hey what’s up Abe! San Diegan reefer here too! Kind of new, been reefing nearly two years. Consider my tank-build successful thanks to industry experts like you, Reef Bum, Bulk Reef Supply, on and on. My corals are thriving and though not perfect (who is? 😃) seeing consistent explosive growth especially from the acros and other SPS. Have done hours and hours of homework, so much so decided to go the road less traveled achieving the No-Water-Change regime. I guess i like the difficult route or more challenging setup. Not much maintenance besides feeding fish every other day, target-feed corals every now and then, refill water reservoir every 3 weeks, All-for-Reef all in one solution container once a month, and clean skimmer cup once per month (running dark/dry skimate purposefully). There’s more like ROWA in a reactor twice a year, activated charcoal in a mesh bag somewhere but don’t want to make the comment too long. Enjoying the tank and cleaning the glass more than anything else - lights, pumps, dose; all automated. Cheers and thanks for being a staple in this exotic adventurous niche! *What do I have trouble with the most? Aiptasia and occasional square-inch spots of green hair algae! Aiptasia is stubbornly DIFFICULT to eradicate even with RedSea Aiptasia-X. Also, dosing aminos with vitamins, carbs, fatty acids, and protein all in one solution for coral tissue and vitality health but honestly notice increased algae encrustation on the glass so kind of dialed back on that until further studies can conclude near mandatory benefits if any. 😎☕️

[@TailEndCustoms]

Another great video! Breakfast straight to shots. Lol

[@calisky7342]

Awesome, now I need to add more flow to my tank.

[@jmdelira87]

No ads!

[@IkanHiasLaut]

Agree.. always support your video.. now I stop dose bactery... i believe you 👍🏻

[@brandonclark2170]

Great video.

[@meinriff2704]

I've been waiting for a new video from you for months.😝

[@11NinjaFish11]

I often ask myself, "What would Abe do?" Top video, but you know that 😊

[@iant419]

Ghost flatworms.. I had never seen one until I woke up to a bloom of those things. I was cursing my buddys shop until I finally ID'd them! After a week I never saw one again.

[@alexpark4678]

These are super awesome… hey are you located in Seattle?

[@CoralEuphoria]

I'm in San Diego. Lived in Bremerton WA when I was on the Navy for a year though.

[@blehh30]

Love the video! On the flow topic, I’m setting up a 40g breeder w/peninsula layout and curious which pumps/settings you run on your SPS arch tank. Thx!

[@CoralEuphoria]

I usually pick the setting that is most irregular

[@davidforero6705]

Hi Abe, dumb question, it's better a barebottom tank for an Acro dominated tank (thinking in the flow)?

[@CoralEuphoria]

Yes it is, but can you live with the look is the question

[@davidforero6705]

@@CoralEuphoria thanks Abe!!!, honestly, the barebottom tanks looks so much clean to me heheh

[@Reefahholic]

I completely agree about feeding less. So many reefers resort to chemicals or unnatural methods for nutrient control/ reduction.

[@hornett83]

Right but I thought Abe was all about heavy in/heavy out so surely a valid answer is just to increase export a little? 🤷 Guess it depends on the scale of the phosphate issue

[@Reefahholic]

@@hornett83 Heavy in / heavy out within reason. If you’re Nitrates are climbing weekly, that is a tale tale sign the tank is being over fed. At that point it’s time to reevaluate the amount going in, but some reefers will do everything but that. Before you know it they’ve started dosing 3 new products, deployed aggressive Carbon & GFO, started NOPOX, and installed a UV. 🙂

[@happychappy27]

@@Reefahholic how would a uv have any effect on nutrients?

[@Reefahholic]

@@happychappy27 that was the point. I was exaggerating. 😜

[@Reefahholic]

@@happychappy27 although I do believe it does have a minimal effect on organics in the water column.

[@petesreef1891]

Ha ha great vid Abe love the drunk Abe he he . I got 100% just common sense. 😂👍👍👍

[@Vdeez]

I have a 48x24x18. Was running 2x xr 15 blue with 4x t5. Added two more xr15 and turned off the t5. Thinking about turning back on a couple white bulbs. Do you think 4 xr15s over this tank are sufficient? I don’t even know if a fifth would fit lol

[@CoralEuphoria]

Having the T5s on would be better

[@EugeneRu777]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@vikirsoft]

Hi Abe, greetings from Central Europe. Could you share your gyre settings for your 50g lowboy? I have the same gyres but can't find the ideal flow with them. Thanks!

[@CoralEuphoria]

Hello. I'm running them at 90% on SPS mode

[@vikirsoft]

@@CoralEuphoria Could you share the 50g lowboy dimensions? And the last question: do you run the gyres with wavecontroller, and in anti-sync mode?

[@Shadowzerah]

Like, like and like, please more videos like this

[@rolisreefranch]

Good to see you! Nice vodka dosing.

[@neilmansi3718]

We need more videos Abe

[@ozzy1887]

Perfect timing on this vid. I just started feeding Nori, for a Foxface that's a pig. Stopping today.

[@EIY_Kumar]

how to do light acclimation for new corals ? specially if u don't have a separate quarantine tank for corals

[@CoralEuphoria]

Put them on a magnetic rack on the glass (~200 PAR) and inch them up every couple days.

[@vascomoreira3936]

you rock

[@Saltydog547]

I have a persistent po4 problem. I have a 600L tank and my po4 is hovering around 0.17 to 0.08 and can never go lower. My NO3 is undetectable and Im dosing 10ml of Nopox everyday. I heard about this redfield ratio issue, and decided to dose some NO3. Now my NO3 is 20ppm, but my phosphate still would not come down. I tried to reduce my pellet food but i have an AT that i treasure a lot and don't want to starve him. Any suggestion?

[@happychappy27]

Are your corals happy?

[@stupidkitty84]

Dose Phosphate-E. My phosphate was 0.40 4-5 days ago. I dosed just a single 1mL of Phos-E and phos dropped to 0.26. I dosed another 1mL and I'm about to test with my Hanna right now and I bet it's going to read right around 0.10. My nitrates were high too at 33. I've been overfeeding my corals and fish and not paying attention to phos/nitrates. Got the nitrate down to 10 by adding a one-time dose of probioPNS bacteria.

[@happychappy27]

@@stupidkitty84 adding chemicals is not always the best way.

[@CoralEuphoria]

I agree. Are your corals happy? If not, and still have phosphate problems after withdrawing as much food as you can, you may have to run phosphate removers, like rowaphos.

[@stotskyscoralbox3147]

I seen a black version of that little flat worm guy in my tank forever ago, and they seemed to just eat algae and detritus…. They were great little guys to have, but I think my pair of yellow clown gobies ate them all hahahaha

[@TrevorHiller]

Yeah… I think you made up my mind. I’m going back to T5 for my next tank. The cost for wall to wall coverage is so much less. Which bulbs do you like?

[@CoralEuphoria]

At least one actinic, one whiteish bulb, then the rest blue+

[@sharonromano811]

Flatworms, you better dip!

[@Felis-Concolor]

Abe can you please do one post? Just one update on your reef so I can get my fix.

[@queencityreefs]

🙌🏼🙌🏼👌🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@benjaminmorin8865]

Hello. Thank you for your video ! As you keep your systems as simple as possible, I have personnal question about the way you manage the level of the major elements such as (Strontium, Fluorid) and minor elements such as (Iodine, Molybdenum) and the heavy metal such as (Nickel, Cobalt, Chrome, Vanadium, Selenium, Manganese, Zinc, Copper, Iron) ?

[@CoralEuphoria]

The only ones i dose are iodine and iron

[@benjaminmorin8865]

@@CoralEuphoria and how are your latest ICP results regarding theses elements ?

[@CoralEuphoria]

@Benjamin Morin I don't chase trace element numbers. Generally they are all low

[@benjaminmorin8865]

@@CoralEuphoria okay. Thank you for your feedback :)

[@oofpokemon5275]

What two part are you dosing?

[@CoralEuphoria]

Check the video description

[@MrGarciaJr]

I get a bit of a smell on my rodi water and it's only a year old.... Should I already switch it?

[@CoralEuphoria]

Check the membrane. If you see bacteria growing on it, you have to switch out the membrane. You may have to sanitize your system. But to prevent it, I recommend following the advice in the video. I also recommend you don't use the brs water saving kit if you are using it.

[@MrGarciaJr]

@@CoralEuphoria I will have to open it up and take a closer look ... Out of curiosity why does the water saver aid bacteria growth. Is it slowing down too much? I'm using that as well as the auto flush and booster pump.

[@jcbrown5775]

​@@MrGarciaJr Isn't it crazy he knew what you were using without you telling him? 😮

[@MrGarciaJr]

@@jcbrown5775 it is! It sucks but I'd rather know then be completely oblivious. I haven't had the chance to open mine up yet but I should have some time after the weekend.

[@canadianreefmaster]

100% ; haha, love the food! 🤣🍟🍕🍺🌮

[@axtellaa]

Love your content, funny sht, It's to cold in Mt. Right now, soon, thank you keep up the Knowledge based vids and forget the idiot's

[@KentuckyReef]

I’m suddenly hungry🤔

[@opethmike]

Nice, I only got two wrong.

[@joebeasley6746]

Funny!

[@FoliageTerrascapes]

👁️

[@6jdhd]

As for sps. If you get them and they look stressed. Just get them out and put them in Quarantine. Don't temp Aquamate . Just get them out and wait tell there happy again. All your doing is stressing them out more my temp Acquimate. Wholesalers go throw this all the time and just get them out and in quarantine with very little changes of loose.

[@CoralEuphoria]

I've heard that some people don't even recommend temp. acclimate too but I'm having a hard time believing that an additional 20-30 minutes in the bag while they float is going to add that much more stress.

[@sakudofoe]

I'm hungry now

[@schukls993]

70x 22.5gallons = 1600gph My Aio would just be a crazy whirlpool! Lol My return pump is 266 gph but my hygger powerhead says 1600gph however, it works in even a 10gallon(wide flow). I don't think it really moves anywhere near 1600.

[@CoralEuphoria]

If it was all Acros in there, 1600gph would be good IMO

[@neilmansi3718]

I was crap to be honest Abe 😢

[@drumklok9346]

Too many people be all loosey goosey these days.

[@CoralEuphoria]

🤣

[@lolNololshittalk]

wowowowowowow so excited!!! New video yeahhhoooh❤❤❤❤❤