ULM Tank Trials Ep-4: Filtration for Ultra Low Maintenance | BRStv

[@tammygreen7674]

You will now be my go to for everything! I have had fresh no’s my whole life. I am ready to make the leap to a reef tank. I feel like the more videos I watch, the more I need to learn. I am going with a 75 gallon so not even sure what filtration I need but am studying your vids to avoid mistakes! Any advice is welcome from the awesome KZbinrs. I read the comments as well 🤗

[@tammygreen7674]

*fresh water tanks my whole life. Not sure what that autocorrect did!

[@thechristiantaco]

I am stoked about this series because I just bought a 60 Gallon Cube. This series will help me make better decisions about keeping a reef tank long term. Thank you for experimenting to save our pockets!

[@pyronac1]

you guys are awesome. thank you all for the great work you have done. now, you need to make a video library compiling the best topics, tips, tricks, and advice. i am sure a lot of people would buy it just to have on the shelf next to their tank. especially sense you guys have helped to make those tanks awesome.

[@jonathanrichard2267]

Plumbing - non-kink flexible tubing (replaces easy) Return Pumps - Sicce Silent series (no fancy accessories, just pumps water) Heaters - Eheim Jager (easily calibrated and replaceable)

[@BALD8BIL]

I would like to thank you for the video I'm new to SALTWATER aquarium and your videos will help me out a lot

[@brocklowe118]

I am so excited to see more videos on the ULM tests. I am building the LPS tank set up now and I am gritty to see what the professionals will achieve

[@brocklowe118]

I just want to thank all at BRS for everything that y’all do for the hobby. Merry Christmas to all of BRS!!!!!!

[@cliff4ever]

Always happy to come home from work to a new BRS episode, especially this series. I've been in the process of building the same tank, 60 rimless cube in the same stand. My rocks have been curing for about a month now and my build starts this weekend. Merry Christmas to me! Another great episode!

[@mikeywikeybikey]

Absolutely love all of the videos! There's no better way to progress the hobby and increase the success of our tanks then to base our decisions off evidence. I think it is important to consider that 'ULM' doesn't mean no maintenance. I've seen many tanks that have every gadget and new piece of equipment in an attempt to automate and reduce maintenance. Unfortunately, these pieces of equipment need calibrating, cleaning and replacing, all of which require time for them to run effectively. When it comes to plumbing, hard plumbed PVC overflow and return, however, the return pump should be soft plumbed to a PVC manifold for easy removal and cleaning. The heater just needs to be reliable. Based on your previous videos, the cobalt line is reliable and slim which should suit the limited space on each setup. The return pump should be a quality, reliable pump. I'd personally go with the Ecotech Vectra S1 on these tanks for the reliability, ease of flow control to help the effectiveness of the refugium and the ability to quickly select feed mode on the pump which can help reduce the need for additional plumbing such as check valves. The S1 also has a very small footprint. Looking forward to seeing how these tanks progress!

[@josephgranata13]

I’m gonna caution against *not* enclosing a chaeto-based fuge with glass baffles (as Ryan did on the softie sump). I switched over to chaeto-only filtration about four months ago and did the same thing; my reasoning was similar - I wanted to optimize flow through the whole ball. The issue that I ran into is that everything that falls off the ball collects at the intake of my return pump. I used egg crate to divide my sump, so perhaps something coarser like Ryan used in the vid would have better results. Another issue is that when that matter starts breaking down its easily sucked up by the pump and introduces unsightly particulates into the water column. I think that even that black wire media that Ryan used is too coarse to stop that. IMO the benefit of using glass baffles is that it keeps all that detritus at the bottom of the fuge and not giving you problems elsewhere. Hope this helps!

[@bluefathoms3236]

Ryan these ulm tank trials are the MECA conveyer s of reefing knowledge!!! By far bro !! Your series equals the sum of all the reefing youtube videos EVERRRRRRR!!!

[@constancean6670]

Great job on the ULM overview! I saw lot's of tips that I''m going to try. Thanks so much!

[@NationalReefing]

looking fwd to learning more about the ozone | external skimmer | SPS build out... excellent new video series!

[@rickb7242]

You guys done did it again !How do you keep out doing each video? This is a exciting new series and can't wait to how these tanks do in future 😊

[@smarkowiak]

Awesome video BRS team! Love to see you hitting the cutting edge of reefing with the skimmerless setup and ozone :) For the UV, to truly evaluate it you should run it on/off on random weeks and “blind” some BRS evaluators to grade how clean the glass looks at the end of each week.

[@IanB1015]

I work part time as a customer specialist for a local Petco here in West Des Moines IA (for some extra cash in the pocket outside of my day job) and recently I had a customer come in, who also maintains our reef and FO infrastructure. He stated that lateral line disease in tangs is caused by inferior carbon products and that having inferior or cheap carbon releases particles into the water volume that would clog up their sensitive pore and eventually cause the lateral line disease to occur. I have to say I find this most interesting because it is not something I would normally consider and from previous BRS posts about water quality and types of filter media used it seems to make sense. It’s also something not readily discussed and I have always wondered why these fish (even when fed properly) always seemed to get the disease. I would like to hear the feedback of the community as well as the experts from BRS so that I can better educate customers going forward and maybe help myself in the hobby as time goes on.

[@nogascansable]

Following along with this and I plan on working this strategy into new Red Sea Reefer 750XXL. Great information presented here!Sincerely, David

[@derrickbarnes8122]

You guys should try using an algae reactor using red and blue leds. I have the exact same tank as you are setting up for these trials and that thing works wonders. I have no algae inside my tank and have space left inside my cabinet along with a 10g breeder sump.

[@MarylandWearAndCarry]

When I heard there would be no skimmers on the Softie and LPS systems it put a big smile on my face!😊 P.S. Looking forward to see the if the UV has any effects with algae accumulation on the glass.

[@richardhailstones5431]

Can't wait to see the results of the first tank. I have an RSM 250 and would love to take out the protein skimmer and put Chaeto in the back. Big fan from the UK! 👍

[@blastyfish1393]

Wow. I haven't thought about ozone in years. A rethink is in order. Not only am I going ULM, I'm also attempting to not use carbon or gfo.

[@CWJameson]

This is awesome, I can't wait to see the ozone and skimmer results.

[@balkin33]

Love this series..the timing is awesome cause I will be upgrading to a 5ft 230g tank in February and your series on Triton and ULM will be very helpful!!

[@AJ-bi6ns]

Bob Ellis what are the dimensions? Sounds like a neat tank!

[@balkin33]

5foot by 30 inches wide and 30 inches tall!

[@myreeflife7072]

As always, thanks for doing what you guys do to help us all out! Odd there’s no mixed reef in this mix. And I could watch you fluff that huge ball of chaeto for days!

[@lucasrios7355]

Hey Brstv! My dad told me he called y’all for some help on gfo. And told me that you have heard of my channel. Which when he told me that made my day! Y’all are awesome! Love the videos keep it up!

[@shivakumar-uh3kr]

On plumbing a simple drainout and return will be better, without complicating it like wires inside a computer cpu.for return a good controllable pump for steady flow like vectra.and a good heater for stable temprature, from cobalt.these are suggessions from me.

[@AcuaTV]

Is there a damsel trapped inside the skimmer in minute 25:43? lol

[@justanotherguy8791]

holy shit it looks like it

[@benny187]

lol omg it looks like it :( Save him!

[@jeffhurckes190]

Reflection

[@kakam458]

call PETA

[@robertmathern9322]

Guess thats one way to remove it from the tank

[@rickg8439]

Love all your videos, but this was a great one!

[@caleweston7925]

Keep up the amazing videos! Thank you

[@billforigno]

I'm open to corrections, but I think running ozone and UV might be functionally redundant. As I understand they each use a different method of impairing organisms, O3 for ozonation and ultraviolet light for the other. While ozonation can oxidize and kill organisms that come in direct contact with the O3, it should also oxidize dissolved organics in a similar way, turning them into inorganics like NH3. Edit: just noticed at 13:20 -you- Ryan mentioned how O3 isn't run to keep ORP in the display high enough to kill anything undesirable without killing everything else. What about at ground zero, where the O3 meets the water in the skimmer but before the carbon removes the excess ozone? I was under the impression the "nuking" happens there.

[@AmericanReefing]

As always great video!!!! Thank you

[@makeefe]

Hey Ryan, where would a FOWLR system fit best into your ULM line up? And what solutions for water quality would work best for a FOWLR set up?

[@chaseodom3357]

Wow that is one beautiful tank

[@raisethereef]

Link is still to the Somatic sump and not the Kessil.

[@nietrelevant3338]

Wouldn't it be a good idea to connect a peristaltic pump to the skimmer head which pumps away the skimmer waste into a somewhat larger container so it reduces maintenance even further?

[@bif24701]

I want one of those Regal Ext. Skimmer too! I’ll get one this year I think.

[@anthonymurphy3101]

AWSOME video can't wait for next one

[@pickle_soup160]

2:58 What is that spotted fish? It's pretty cool

[@951000jerome]

I need a looping gif of that guy fondling chaeto at 21:50 xD

[@mitchpowers3625]

I'm glad you picked the Skimz SM 122, U will

[@TheUofAfan]

The new trigger triton20 V2 would be nice for these but it came out afterwards I believe

[@gtank171]

I’ve noticed a difference with my small blue calm. 🤯

[@rasmuskok]

I believe activated carbon can be overdosed. I think it's an overlooked factor and might be the cause of some issues, especially in smaller tanks. I don't have any scientific evidence to support this claim, but I definitely have witnessed it. Running high quality AC in a reactor 24/7 might cause bleaching and slow growth. Any thoughts on this?

[@benjy468]

In terms of plumbing, I don't think there's anything more low maintenance than a BeanAnimal style drain. Ive found it to be set and forget and requires the least amount of maintenance with the added benefit of being the safest way to avoid flooding. Just be sure to use a gate valve on the main drain line.

[@saltyfresh9712]

Awsome update!!!!!

[@LucianoDiPiazza4903]

what about mangroves in a fuge

[@Mike__B]

Couldn't you just put in an old school air pump/bubbler in the sump to deal with gas exchange instead of a skimmer? FYI, the Somatic sump is still listed on the BRS page

[@joshuastead5794]

What kind of fish are those yellow spotted ones the long nose at 20:30

[@victorterron7377]

Hi brs can you please provide a link to that stiff mesh you used as a screen baffle?

[@jpruitt546]

V Terron Go to their website and search mesh. It is literally the first thing that pops up.

[@pjfreak99]

I battled cyano for a year. Tried everything. Nopox has kept it away.

[@miltonenglish1679]

Why did you not mentions the use of a filter socks?

[@matthewgordon904]

I think that ulm can’t even be claimed without an apex on there monitoring flow rates and temperature/salinity at the very least... I think hard plumbing is lower maintenance simple because you can’t generally see the funk build up like clear tubing so you tend to think all is well lol... definitely need one pump feeding all equipment even though I have been starting to buy into this it’s better to have a dedicated return and dedicated manifold pump hype... but the simple fact is 2 pumps is double the maintenance if you need ulm it’s one pump or bust. It would be nice for brs to chime in about any downsides with the 160 and having the manifold off of the return... any issues with constant beananimal adjusting or flow rates fluctuating etc.?

[@TheWoolyninja4]

Haha I made the video comments and nobody jumped my comment in the last video. One reason I love the brstv community, always so open minded.

[@mynameisnotcory]

Clams are finnicky for filtration...try oysters mussels and mollusks...just be careful with mollusks as theyre like aiptasia!

[@lukares9468]

You say in the video you're using a skimmer for the LPS tank but you dont list it on the chart. What's the recommendation here?

[@Helveteshit]

Render issue? Jumped to Carbon dosing suddenly from Chaeto filtration talk.

[@Helveteshit]

It might of just been how you staged the presentation. It suddenly shifted but eventually you came back to chaeto filtration. But I thought at first, it was render issue because it jumped so suddenly from one topic, to another. 22:30-22:35 It just felt odd that it changed so suddenly. Sorry for the extra work!

[@skillfulabbot76]

Is a ulm sps tank so expensive? The products used will take a while to save up for... especially here in Japan.

[@Raketenpeter]

Can you Tell me how Set you the lightning From your tank in the background?

[@Raketenpeter]

Ah thx and what for color spectrum Do you have for this?

[@GRodPericles]

Epic series 👌

[@yuyiboy]

Unions and more unions = Easy Maintenance 😊

[@tjimmieq]

Why not just leave the refugium light on 24 hrs? I’ve been doing that for about a week and have seen no negative impact.

[@tjimmieq]

@@BRStv Thanks!

[@naoxynsins]

Another great video guys! Thank you for sharing this with us! P.S. Can anyone provide me the name of the fish at 20:29 with the narrow yellow face, white body, and yellow dots spreading out on the sides?

[@naoxynsins]

BulkReefSupplyCom thank you! You guys are awesome!

[@kenhahn6173]

Ryan and Team - Link is not working for the giveaway. Still linked to previous Somatic 90 I didn’t win. :-)

[@cjschmitt4882]

Why no Miracle Mud?

[@chipturd55]

about how much rock is in the tank

[@googIereallysucks]

You say a nitrate level of 0 is not good but then say your nitrate level in the tank is undetectable. How would the standard hobbies know the difference with using hobby grade kits?

[@googIereallysucks]

BulkReefSupplyCom I understand having nutrients in the water for the sps to capture with their polyps is great but he mentions nitrate directly. He says 0 is bad but then says his is undetectable. I'm not understanding what's the difference? If I get a zero on my salifert test how do I not take that as the bad 0 he mentions? He says his shows 0 also.

[@legozombiemocmaker8026]

What is the orange spotted filefish eating in your video

[@nathanb7723]

What type of fish are those at 20:30 - 20:35?

[@bidnste]

Orange spotted filefish or harlequin filefish, Oxymonacanthus longirostris. These are quite difficult to take care of, and I only recommend for experienced reef keepers. It can be very hard to get them eating in an aquarium setting. For a long time, it was believed that they ate SPS polyps, but these days, many folks think that they don't kill SPS. Instead, it appears they eat something else on the surface of SPS, and this grazing can irritate the corals. If you own one, you can expect your SPS polyp extension to be non-existent, but the SPS will continue to grow just fine. That being said, they are my favorite fish, and I love keeping them, if you do enough research and have enough time to devote to them. HTH.

[@stevemurzin2274]

I went to purchase the Skimz Monzter sm122 and notice that BRS has zero

[@BRStv]

Unfortunately, Skimz is no longer in business. If you reach out to our customer service team, we're happy to learn more about your tank and offer a skimmer suggestion!

[@googIereallysucks]

Dose ozone work differently then a uv sterilize?

[@eldridgehenry2]

Ryan will there be any aquarium controllers used on these tanks???

[@MarylandWearAndCarry]

He said that he would be controlling the ozone on the SPS tank with an Apex and with a ULM build I assume any automation that is relevant and has proven reliability would be fair game.

[@bsmbB]

I noticed no one from Hawaii has won any give a ways 😢

[@SantaMonicaFiltration]

More particles in the water, please :)

[@AnthonyPaun]

wow the sps tank should of been redsea tank,lol

[@csaba911]

USA resident only 🤨 Not cool 😑

[@SsgEspirituFMSFW]

Hi im your fan from philippines. I want to win kessil light for my tank.please. sir. Advance merry christmas and gobless brstv crew and staffs. Specially your relatives and your own families. Thanks.

[@cervantesmcervantes]

2nd 😊

[@ellharrep]

Can you please not use abbreviations. I don't know what they are. At least add list of abbreviations and meanings. It really does not save that much time to say the entire thing.

[@manson2811]

First:3

[@dalej1923]

Hi brs can you please provide a link to that stiff mesh you used as a screen baffle?

[@jpruitt546]

Dale J Go to the website and search mesh. It is literally the 1st thing that pops up.

[@dalej1923]

i know that lol . But i dont want the regular mesh i just want the extra pores like a plastic sorta like what the video shows in the sump

[@jpruitt546]

Dale J Lol. If you would have went to the site and typed it in as I suggested you would have discovered that aqua mesh is the first result to populate. Go down to the black in color which is the extra porous and that is what they use in their tank.