Vlog 36: Xmas Tree Worm Colonies

[@TheDesertraptor]

Gee Adam just lives on.

[@Desmo1]

I have a nice size rock full of porites and xmas tree worms all different colors and I have to say it's one of my favorite pieces in my reef. I don't ever feed them specifically, rather they get their food from feeding the fish in the system as well as my LPS corals when I feed RR. I highly suggest picking up one of these pieces especially when you can get your hands on a piece that has an abundance of colors like the one's in this video, which in my experience isn't very often that you get the color variety.

[@zsxking]

Try also put an empty live rock there. It would be interested to see if the worms want to colonize the empty rock or the coral covered one.

[@CaptainTate]

Love the show!

[@jewishcoupon]

This is a badass concept tank,Jake! I really enjoy hearing about your results!

[@KayentaRojo]

i’ve been waiting for an update on these guys!! they look amazing still! love the wave action

[@nicupetrut8988]

OMG, i love this guy, ahaha... he is doing so many changes to his look :))

[@GalleryAquaticaTV]

Sensational looking Xmas worm colonies 😍 Thanks for sharing this wonderful update!

[@Elbslayer]

i loved this tank from the minute you inrtoduced it. and i am gald to see tangs can live alongside those worms - i would have guessed they're to nippy and harm the worm's gills. a mixture of anthhias and the filter feeders sounds like a winwin combo. maybe adding a big clam as well just for fun. thos could be a tank with heave feeding and an algea refugium added but no skimmer needed.

[@artofwar-3263]

Awesome update on the tank, hope I can get my hands on a colony to add to my reef one day.

[@bluethumbaquaculture6370]

Loved the new format! super interesting tips on the brightwell blizzard. Thanks for sharing!

[@michaelbeauman4827]

Hello Jake.... I love your christmas tree worm rocks and appreciate your videos. I have collected 4 rocks of my own. I have a melanurus wrasse who does not seem to bother the worms. I'd like get additional wrasses, but am afraid that I may get one that will pick at the worms. What is your opinion regarding keeping wrasses with christmas tree worm rocks. Have you heard of or seen fish picking at the bisma worms? Looking forward to your next update!

[@RainyDayCollectibles]

Hey Jake, you should do a How To: Guide to automation. I’m starting a new tank soon and having all of the mobius/apex information in one place would be a pretty good resource.

[@davidwaters7345]

Only Jake Adams has multiple colonies of Christmas Tree Worms 👍👍👍 SUPER COOL 🐠🐡🐟

[@FishOutOfWaterToronto]

Hey, great video my LFS has just received a shipment of porites with christmas tree worms, had them for ages in my 90 gallon tank. They are really cool. Will pick up the rock next week. Thanks for the feeding tips, i used to use phytoplankton, will look into pellets.

[@volteface69]

Magnifique, j'adore les porites !!! 👍👍👍👏👏👏

[@mikemccoy7931]

These are really beautiful, would love to get some in the future

[@eddyortiz8110]

They look so pretty and it's definitely grown and seems there's way more of them! Purple Tang is gorg!💜💜💜💜😉✌

[@braveheartreefer525]

Great job on keeping them alive Jake

[@michaelbeauman4827]

Jake, What are you using for stands for your christmas tree rocks? I need stands for mine, but not sure what to use or where to get them.

[@philhulkes8659]

Such a fascinating video and great guide, thank you, how did you beat the aptasia outbreak, I'm going through a similar crisis

[@insanity4224]

Very interesting Jake! Would love a video on how you dealt with the aiptasia

[@lisapage8939]

Do you still have these worm colonies? I would really love an update. Thanks!

[@zehlersan]

I think a Darth Maul Porites would be a cool choice to encrust the rock that the coral died

[@ryanavery8334]

Just Beiber all grown up! Kid with love

[@merkin22]

Excellent!

[@MUSBFRANK]

A group of Ventralis would hate that tank, probably should send them to me for safe keeping, and I'll keep you updated on how they're doing. ;-)

[@UltraReefReseller]

Nice! Love the xmas tree rocks, very cool. I have 3 maxpect razors and love 'em. Seems they get more use and recognition outside the U.S. Great lights for those that can't swing the price of ecotech or large kessils.

[@miguelsalty]

The hairstyle gets a 10/10

[@wishdrftr]

miguelitoVIDEOS it’s driving me crazy 😝

[@hunterh891]

I love my Nero 5 ❤️

[@GazuntaiWorld]

HI Jake, I know this an old Vlog, but I was wondering whether this Special tank is still going? I have just bought two porities coral rocks with a dozen or so Christmas Tree worms on each. Would be great if you can do a followup on your experiences with this type of setup. Thanks

[@timm5358]

Hi Jake, can you maybe share what your settings are of the Maxspect RSX and how you came to those settings? I am e.g. trying to replicate the AB+ settings, but it is hard to do so without the right tools.

[@timm5358]

Hi Jake, I happen to own then RSX-150. I currently have channel A,B,D at 100% and C at 50%, this gives me the best look. I wondered how yours is set and maybe you can do some PAR measurements?

[@user-rk3id2zf8c]

5:34 AI connected to Mobius? I'm confused xD

[@erictoennis3653]

Hell yeah looking forward to the NPS tank :)

[@javiersreeftank6212]

Glad I found your video. Nice looking tank. Were can I find those corals?

[@tristanhen2915]

another great video by jake adams!

[@Chugbot]

Out of all the tanks, this is the best! :-) Have you thought about feeding them with live phytoplankton and zooplankton? You could easily get some stuff to cook the live stuff up with, you have the room! :-)

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

Live food is a PITA and the worms have no problem eating a variety of much cheaper dried foods

[@Chugbot]

@@ReefBuildersVideo That's a fair cop!

[@KreefAquariumhobby]

Always love your content. It is going to be awsome with those anthias!

[@epicnas12342]

Hi Jake could you do a product spotlight on the Maxspext RSX there is basically no videos of it on KZbin

[@Andrea_di_napoli]

Up!

[@y4ngel]

Nice tank! What are you going to do to prevent those aiptasia from taking over?

[@antonshcherbakov7951]

Hi Jake, i wonder is any of this worm rocks is still alive and in case they do -how did you make it ?🤔🥴☺️

[@andygustafson1]

Nice intro tune again :)

[@luisbolanos1770]

Awesome tank Jake. Hey I was wondering if you could make a how to video on the AI Nero 5. I have been trying to get that same wave you have going on and I can get to look a smooth as yours. Great video like always thanks

[@IkanHiasLaut]

Its christmas worm is a sps or lps ? Because for me like the skin like montipora with worm on top

[@MW-ut3dk]

Would these worms prefer to feed like NPS corals-small but frequent feeds? What if you add a timed feeder like an eheim fish feeder to drop multiple daily small feeds down your tube feeder so that your worms receive multiple small feeds daily? Maybe then the nutrient load would be less and, for those who don’t have the luxury of a large system to absorb leftovers, the need for water changes would be less.

[@phishreef4338]

such a cool tank. Could you do an in depth video on montipora. Types, shapes, sizes etc.

[@Staffanstalle]

Hi Jake! Need a update on this intresting and beatiful tank!

[@valeriebaretta4578]

At last did you get spawning on the new porites? We need an update please 🙏

[@seanfitzgerald6752]

As always awesome. I over feed too and have seen an Aptasia outbreak. What did you do to get them under control? Less food? I have about 8 Berghia helping me out but your thoughts would be awesome. I am hesitant to run other natural remedies because corals and shrimp I currently have in the tank.

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

Lots of manual removal and peppermint shrimp in the Xmas worm tank, also have a bristle tail filefish in the main tank it's attached to.

[@seanfitzgerald6752]

Reef Builders Thank you Jake! Do either of those bother your other coral?

[@jasonjackson4528]

Thanks, Jake! I've been thinking for a long time about getting an xmas tree worm group, so I found this interesting. Random comments: 1. supposedly fresh hatched brine shrimp are among the best food for corals and the like. at some point I'd be curious how they compare to the brightwell food. 2. supposedly each species of worm only will borrow in specific *species* of coral. So not every porites species will work; only encrusting species, and particularly Porites lobata is a common host. (lobata is among the most common species of coral there is in the wild, though it's rare in the aquarium trade. As an aside, if whomever you get your porites from does online orders, I'd appreciate a link. :D ). Thanks again!

[@chaturaindika]

Any idea about the tank size ? thinking of adding 1inch convit tang to my 2*2*1 cube .

[@mvku3218]

how can i take them out of the rocks to put in another tank?

[@johnbogart1973]

do more worms grow ? or how do u get more on a rock ?

[@callmenemo491]

cheers! very informative ! 👍

[@scottfrench2986]

You should put some live rock in there, and see if the worms reproduce and colonize those rocks.

[@antonp6917]

Oh no! Mine have been shrinking. Maybe I should feed them

[@gauthierchretien7258]

any updates of this amazing tank ?

[@TheNyfishguy]

I was Wondering about this Set-Up a few days ago, & Its Looking AWESOME ! Way 2 Go Jake :-) I'd like to know What was your Approach to Controlling your Aiptasia Problem ?

[@ScubavSteve]

Please can you put up a pic of your nero 5 settings? I'm looking to get some Chrimbo tree worms too. Awesome tank.

[@Rambl3On]

This would be one tank that could really benefit from a sand bed.

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

No way!

[@samcruz3902]

Anyone know where I could find these for sale for around $200 and in stock?

[@darylducholke4059]

Love that tank:)! Do you think you could mix that Brightwell food with ROI water and store in fridge? I do this with my powdered coral foods for at times up to a week:)

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

I have in the past, but it doesn’t keep fresh more than a couple days IME

[@frankyscorals2185]

Do you know of an online vendor I can get some Xmas tree worms ?

[@trojon]

Any updates on this?!

[@RiggsDotMov]

Anyone know where I can buy the hermit crab at 1:05 in the bottom left of the screen? I know they’re from Fiji

[@RiggsDotMov]

im looking for them too I've seen them in almost every Christmas tree rock ive seen on KZbin so ill be checking everyone at every fish store I go too

[@sappysiggy2351]

good video, i think it would show more better if you spread out the rocks a bit more

[@MrBestshot33]

Do you think the larger size of the food will feed your anthias you want? Also did you try reef roids by chance?

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

I'll make sure to have the right size for the anthias and will continue experimenting with all foods.

[@mogtrader8]

They good, but these rocks always have hitchhikers...

[@BMAN-eb4jk]

Ok the species name is spirobranchus giganteus, but they are only about 1 and a half inches. Given that they're that size, I'd say that's a bit false. If 1 and a half inches is giganteus, trust me I'll be referring to something I got as extremally giganteus from now on. Don't judge me, I'm talking about Scarlet. Scarlet is my 7-inch tarantula.

[@mikecreeftank2560]

Dude do you have highlights in your hair😆

[@dreko1971]

any updates???

[@travish9833]

Those lights are so expensive holy moly ravioli I wish I had almost 1000$ to drop on a light but that’s rent for me 🤕😢

[@atomicspirit]

Can anyone explain me - This is worm's body or worm live within coral?

[@amiruddinazaharuddin6019]

atomicspirit those are coral colonies with the worms (separate creatures from the coral colony) living in said coral colony, hope that helps

[@atomicspirit]

@@amiruddinazaharuddin6019 thank you

[@ExopMan]

Could potentially partner with a researcher and publish the shedding behavior, if you have the energy.

[@MicrobiusBlue]

Must be update time Jake

[@travish9833]

What is mps? Me not know!? Never heard that lol

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

NPS - non photosynthetic coral

[@travish9833]

Reef Builders ahhh thanks man! Your so knowledgeable it’s ridiculous I’ve learned so much in about the year and a half I have been following your channel. Your channel has taught me so much and I thank KZbin and all the amazing reefers on it for all the knowledge I know. So thank you ♥️

[@johnbogart1973]

can u use reef roids as food ? 😊

[@Trimech-np2od]

How much for one colony? Do they reproduce in captivity? I'll pay good money $$$$. You know more than marine biologist

[@eastnjman368]

Rip 😢

[@sebaseven7220]

😍😍😍

[@atfinthehouse8631]

They shed operculum as they grow

[@ImCools]

Bro Jake can I cop a reefstock shirt from ya homie 👏🏻😂

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

Workin on it ;-)

[@ImCools]

Reef Builders sweet hit me up on Instagram 😜

[@MicrobiusBlue]

Poop Noodles 😎

[@Gorebashed]

Nah get more worms, a forest of worms would be so epic!

[@Ortiz19k]

Please update

[@colossuses]

Jake bieber😁

[@IrishHunter84]

Love your videos but please sort out your hair mate 🙈👍

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

Sorted every time

[@wishdrftr]

The hairs gotta go bro. Your starting to look like me lol

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

So overdue for a haircut