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Easy fix for Overflowing Protein Skimmer | Tanknicians Tips!
If your protein skimmer is overflowing their is a simple trick to fix it. First you will need to make sure your skimmer is dialed in and installed correctly. If that doesn’t fix the issue, than your aquarium water has too much surface tension. We show you how to stop a skimmer in your reef tank from overflowing. This video also covers how to dial in your protein skimmer for your saltwater aquarium. Protein skimmers are important filtration for marine aquariums, vital for keeping water chemistry ideal for fish, corals, and shrimps in your fish tank.
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Sterilize everything! Why most saltwater aquarium fish quarantines fail
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Aerosol transmission thread from humble fish: humble.fish/community/index.php?threads/aerosol-transmission.1615/ Sterilization is a critical skill to the performance of your saltwater fish quarantine. Creating strong biosecurity procedures will help you to avoid cross contamination in your quarantine tanks. Quarantine is the only way you can avoid introducing fish diseases like white spot and v...
🚨 Do not make this mistake‼️ Understand flow in a saltwater aquarium!
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Flow is the most important parameter to dial in for your reef tank. Yet it’s also the most overlooked. Many reef aquarium hobbyists will add a few powerheads because they were told they needed them and never think about it again. You should be spending a significant amount of time dialing your flow to grow corals faster and have better coloration in your corals. In this video we show you exactl...
What they don’t tell you about chromis…
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Blue green chromis are iconic reef keeping fish. However there is a lot of misinformation about their care requirements. In this video we hope to correct the misinformation on how to keep chromis viridis in aquariums- especially coral reef aquariums!
FWC proposed Whitelist rulemaking- everything you need to know
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USARKFL : usarkfl.wildapricot.org/ Link to FWC Chairperson Rodney Barreto's thoughts on this issue.: myfwc.com/news/all-news/nonnative-223/ Link to FWC page that shows list of introduced species reporting vs established: myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/nonnatives/ FWC's proposed white lists could have very negative impacts of the hobby we love and industry that supports it. Please join USARKFL to st...
The truth about fish disease
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In this video we separate the fact from fiction about fish disease in the aquarium industry. We discuss common misconceptions about fish disease and quarantine- tl/dr fish quarantine is effective and should be the standard in the reef keeping hobby. White spot, flukes, ich, marine velvet, brooklynella, uronema, bacterial and fungal infections can all be prevented in your fish with proper quaran...
Grow Copepods the easy way | how and why to culture copepods
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Some aquarium hobbyists choose to culture copepods to supplement there reef and fish only aquariums. Copepods are easy to grow if you have a clean sterile environment and don’t over feed them. Really you are growing a microbial film on which they feed. Other aquarists grow copepods to help feed there fish larvae. Aquaculture is a fast growing part of the hobby and benthic copepods can help keep...
Brand New Reef Tank Install! | How good are the Aquaforest Oceanguard aquariums?
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Brand New Reef Tank Install! | How good are the Aquaforest Oceanguard aquariums?
Don’t add bacteria to your saltwater reef aquarium before watching this!
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Don’t add bacteria to your saltwater reef aquarium before watching this!
Don’t add copepods to saltwater reef aquarium before watching this.
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Don’t add copepods to saltwater reef aquarium before watching this.
Paul Cuffaro visits his fish at our Quarantine Fish Store.
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Paul Cuffaro visits his fish at our Quarantine Fish Store.
How we treat almost every fish in our fish store for diseases.
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How we treat almost every fish in our fish store for diseases.
The Slope | Custom aquarium build series | Aquascape
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The Slope | Custom aquarium build series | Aquascape
How to calibrate a refractometer | Tanknicians Tips
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How to calibrate a refractometer | Tanknicians Tips
How to remove anemones from reef aquariums with anemone cannon.
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How to remove anemones from reef aquariums with anemone cannon.
Aquascaping tips for reef and saltwater aquariums!
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Aquascaping tips for reef and saltwater aquariums!
Quarantine everything!! Why we built a dedicated quarantine facility 😷
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Quarantine everything!! Why we built a dedicated quarantine facility 😷
New fish shipment ready for quarantine 👌
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New fish shipment ready for quarantine 👌
Species spotlight: Yellow Corris Wrasse
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Species spotlight: Yellow Corris Wrasse
Tanknicians Herp Colorado
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Tanknicians Herp Colorado
FLORIDA CORAL dead for 6 months comes back to life after three services 👍
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FLORIDA CORAL dead for 6 months comes back to life after three services 👍
Why your nitrates might be too low, UlNM is not the best reefing method
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Why your nitrates might be too low, UlNM is not the best reefing method
Installing 4 aquarium for a local Marine Biology Program!
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Installing 4 aquarium for a local Marine Biology Program!
Weird Slimy Algae in your Aquarium, and why not to panic👍
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Weird Slimy Algae in your Aquarium, and why not to panic👍
Tanknicians Nature Vlog, Big Cypress, Veiled Chameleons, and Alligators!!
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Tanknicians Nature Vlog, Big Cypress, Veiled Chameleons, and Alligators!!
Species spotlight! Red fire fish 🐠 🐟
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Species spotlight! Red fire fish 🐠 🐟
Chris’s Corals, is this the best beginner coral???
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Chris’s Corals, is this the best beginner coral???
5 common fish that likely will eat your corals!!
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5 common fish that likely will eat your corals!!
Sneak peak into our Fish Quarantine Room!
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Sneak peak into our Fish Quarantine Room!
Angry Fish Tips, Goldfish, and What Your BBFS Isn't Telling You!!
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Angry Fish Tips, Goldfish, and What Your BBFS Isn't Telling You!!

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  • @usersdenied
    @usersdenied 14 днів тому

    Nice video!! Some questions , how do i get the biofilm ? And is there a way to get detritus in the breeding container without getting it out a main tank ..in order you dont get any predators in the breeding box ?

  • @jacksonsparrow8865
    @jacksonsparrow8865 Місяць тому

    Can you keep one? Or do they have to be with 2 or more?

  • @maricel0602
    @maricel0602 Місяць тому

    This was such helpful information! I just got a 100 gallon tank so now I have a guide to help! And I just bought 2 nero 7s!

  • @bruhman8005
    @bruhman8005 Місяць тому

    Jake Adams had a talk at MACNA or aquashella where he talked about water flow. It’s an entire talk just about proper water flow AT the coral instead of in open water like so many of us do in our tanks. Great vid

  • @00HiGhGuY00
    @00HiGhGuY00 Місяць тому

    Does this scale linearly? So for a large mixed reef/sps dominant tank, say 1,400 gallons (12'x4'x4') you'd recommend 140,000 GPH for total flow? It would most likely require closed loop circulation to achieve that. If you wanted to use a quality pump like Abyzz, even using their most powerful pump the A1200IPU, you'd need 11 of them to hit 140,000 GPH. They are about $6700 each, so that's a total of $73,700 in pumps. Is this how you'd go about providing flow in such a tank? Also, what about if you're using fine grain sand bed? With that type of flow, it seems like it'd be hard to not cause a perpetual sand storm.

  • @zachary_smith1
    @zachary_smith1 Місяць тому

    the advent of better filtration has caused an issue with sterility and lack of biodiveristy. for me, i got dinos bad cause my filtration was too good, too much. i ended up finally beating them with forced diatom blooms outcompeteing them and by dosing silicates, bacteria, and pods. just so you know, there is lots of anecdotal evidence that pods eat dinos, but only one species has been proven to seek out dinos and eat them. ACARTIA pods. they have not only studies on this but even video of the pods eating dinos.

  • @countyliving
    @countyliving 2 місяці тому

    Awesome having this problem after adding clay thank you

  • @jacksonsparrow8865
    @jacksonsparrow8865 2 місяці тому

    How do you increase micro fauna ? I have added a sand sifting star fish and i dont want him to eat all the beneficial bacteria

  • @bawalker0219
    @bawalker0219 2 місяці тому

    I really like the research that BRS did on microbiome and understanding how they out compete each other. Adding the bacteria is not maturation. It's introducing diversity to compete with the ugly phase. BRS also say to add not only the bacteria from a bottle but to mature you live rock in the dark prior to even setting up the tank and turning on SPS level lighting... cool... that's what I did with my tank.

  • @Soleshaker1
    @Soleshaker1 2 місяці тому

    I totally disagree, the addition of the copepods is as a food source for everything in the tank, we have a tendency to overstock our aquariums with livestock and the resident population of pods just cannot reproduce quickly enough. The addition of a copepod population is undoubtedly a benefit for any system. Feeding phytoplankton is also a great way to keep a healthy biome.

  • @lynn-fr6hm
    @lynn-fr6hm 2 місяці тому

    Mine is about to have babies..not sure if I’ll be able to keep any of it if all goes to fish food 😂

  • @user-mg7tl3rh3t
    @user-mg7tl3rh3t 2 місяці тому

    I touch it so cute

  • @billfrater1948
    @billfrater1948 2 місяці тому

    You're missing info already, Salt water, Just mixed or cycled water?

  • @bruhman8005
    @bruhman8005 3 місяці тому

    I think the big misconception comes from the idea that years ago many of the best SPS reef tanks ,arguably better than today, were known to have undetectable nitrates. However, what people do not realize is that older test kits that were often not geared towards aquariums anyway, could not accurately test low levels or low detection of these nutrients. Thus, 0 for them was likely 10 to 15 pp nitrates.

  • @mikejackson8452
    @mikejackson8452 3 місяці тому

    Yeah you need to watch the video series that brs made. You’re giving conflicting info. Brs is one of the most hardest working contributors to the hobby. Visual evidence does it for me. Copepods DO eat diatoms. It’s no coincidence

  • @karennation3580
    @karennation3580 3 місяці тому

    Do they need 3 hour acclimation time? Thats what reefs4less says! Also do they eat bergia nudis and how about soft corals? I have one ordered and these thing I read have me concerned! Love the yellow and the fact they eat bristle worms and definite bonus if they eat bergia. I was aslo worried that I dont have a real deep sand bed but yours doesn't seen very deep so I guess he/she will be fine!

  • @shinehy403
    @shinehy403 3 місяці тому

    Thank you for making this video! It is such hard work and expense taking care of a goldfish properly! Massive bioload and that's why people starve them. Do a goldfish a favor, and don't take one home unless you are ready to dedicate much of your free time and spending money! You'll be doing yourself a favor also. Sad but true, fortune cookies give better advice than pet store workers. Never go by what they tell you.

  • @matthewgrossman4032
    @matthewgrossman4032 3 місяці тому

    I would agree to a point. I am getting back into the hobby after 10 years absence. Years ago live rock was shipped in and tanks were cycled. Now aquariums are started with more sterile rock, bacterial vials, and hope. So I do think there is something to jump starting a tank with a diverse population of copepods. They are found naturally but so many of our tanks anymore are sterile and rank raised that I find it hard to believe they are not helpful.

    • @shaggy3255
      @shaggy3255 Місяць тому

      I thought the same thing... maybe it don't help a mature tank but I would think adding to a new tank would have to be beneficial

  • @YuckFou2213
    @YuckFou2213 3 місяці тому

    Ok, give me copepods , you said you would 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @dalecruz715
    @dalecruz715 4 місяці тому

    Your forearms sold me on flow

  • @fearfx1
    @fearfx1 4 місяці тому

    Tank carrying capacity is irrelevant. More food + more structure

  • @cm5147
    @cm5147 4 місяці тому

    I want some copepods can you send me some?

  • @dorothyharrison2765
    @dorothyharrison2765 4 місяці тому

    Great video! I just got the yellow wrasse and haven't seen him in 2 days. He burrowed in the sand. 😢

  • @Elreydelsiding
    @Elreydelsiding 4 місяці тому

    How i remove it after dosing?

  • @_JMann
    @_JMann 4 місяці тому

    Hognose! Bravo, my man

    • @tanknicians8839
      @tanknicians8839 4 місяці тому

      Was a very exciting lifer, last year we saw our lifer simus and 4 more easterns! Hope you get your targets- thanks for watching!

  • @Thresher555
    @Thresher555 4 місяці тому

    Great tip- just used it and it works great So thanks 😊

  • @jeffreyheelan4428
    @jeffreyheelan4428 4 місяці тому

    Hey bud we're are you guys located. I'm in Cape coral. I would love to come see the store. We only have a few in Cape coral. But now after watching and reading about this. I'm going to do what ever I can in my power to fight against fwc. Not all of us animal keepers are bad. I love my fish. And all my animals. I totally agree with you. Thanks for the great videos

  • @Maxher240
    @Maxher240 4 місяці тому

    Dude you look like you hate your life

  • @skinnyllama420
    @skinnyllama420 4 місяці тому

    BRS did a series about this a proved what you are saying wrong . You should watch it id like to see what you think.

    • @TheNotehead
      @TheNotehead 15 днів тому

      I think the BRS series kind of supported the point made in this video. Looking at all the different tanks BRS used in their experiement that had all sorts of problems, they put in tons of copepods and the tanks took various paths but months later nearly all of them still looked pretty horrible because the populations of pods and algae and planaria, etc., all just keep exploding and crashing. By the time things settle out into some kind of equilibrium, it seems that ugly undesirable stuff is inevitably part of the balance. But we see lots of tanks everywhere that are not full of hair algae or diatoms and I still don't see a natural, self-sustaining solution to maintaining a tank that looks like that.

  • @caseygray6028
    @caseygray6028 4 місяці тому

    I don't like your ideas. Your video is not good.

  • @tarabonillas1343
    @tarabonillas1343 5 місяців тому

    (Me walking be like)

  • @tslmtslm1
    @tslmtslm1 5 місяців тому

    ˈkrō-məs not mē

  • @TRIGGERHAPPYREBEL
    @TRIGGERHAPPYREBEL 6 місяців тому

    Great video thank you for the help

  • @reneesnugent3358
    @reneesnugent3358 6 місяців тому

    How much bleach for sponge filters for soaking and how long? How long to dry? I'm scared to use bleach. I've been searching for this 😮 if you use rubbing alcohol doesn't that hurt the tank?

  • @michealprater
    @michealprater 6 місяців тому

    What do you do if the rock structure is too big to wrap a rubber band around?

  • @jennaramirez8157
    @jennaramirez8157 6 місяців тому

    Poor babies. They are truly Gorgeous

  • @yunghysterik
    @yunghysterik 7 місяців тому

    Awesome tube nem

  • @jacklawer6389
    @jacklawer6389 7 місяців тому

    Are there supplements to keep these parameters for phosphate and nitrate ? Confused Gr8 video, thx

  • @GingerAmericanGaming
    @GingerAmericanGaming 7 місяців тому

    Cat fish are different but hey, they make fish sticks!

  • @D3str0y3rg0d
    @D3str0y3rg0d 7 місяців тому

    Titanosaurus in real life?

  • @jamesbarker9895
    @jamesbarker9895 7 місяців тому

    I built my structures from dry rock and the sand is aragonite (not live sand), thus the only thing alive so far are the fish. Add pods?

  • @ROTTERtube
    @ROTTERtube 7 місяців тому

    Great video! I have a 6' long tank...125 gallons. I have the octoplus 4. It's only set to power level of one.....and still, I'm afraid it's too strong of a current for my torch. After seeing this video I'm sure it's fine, but I'm tempted to leave it turned off and just rely on the return power heads and only use the octoplus at night. not sure. thoughts anyone? thanks!

  • @kimvermeiren79
    @kimvermeiren79 8 місяців тому

    Great tip!! I have an aquarium of 1m80 (6feet). I’m running a maxspect gyre XF350 on it. I don’t like the flow because my sand is moving but al lot of deadspots. I did order the octo pulse 2+… i was thinking 6 octo pulse 2+ instead of 2 octo pulse 4 and 2 octo pulse 2. Bit in your video you do the combination with Nero? Can u get te same result with 6 octo pulse 2+? I wanna start over with the flow from zero.

  • @kimvermeiren79
    @kimvermeiren79 8 місяців тому

    Thank you for the tip!!! I had this probleme with my skimmer and It works great!!!

  • @JokerrJKR
    @JokerrJKR 8 місяців тому

    I just got 34 peppermint shrimp from WWC this morning. 3 DOA. I restarted my 4x2x2 4 months ago. I also haven’t installed lights yet

  • @borisgarcia817
    @borisgarcia817 8 місяців тому

    Rotifer where they come from?

  • @steelcowboy2751
    @steelcowboy2751 8 місяців тому

    It’s pretty simple. Nuisance algae and bacteria are more simple life forms and hence are more durable; they need less diversity of energy sources to survive. They update the nutrients faster than the coral and other life forms that are more complex so at some point you have to have enough successful, higher life forms to starve out the nuisance life forms. It’s also a different concept if you don’t do a full fledged reef but more just live rock and fish; yes, in that type of tank you can have a more low nutrient tank and if you only feed what is used, you can minimize the nuisance stuff. Lighting is also a factor.

  • @jantzenlippincott2785
    @jantzenlippincott2785 8 місяців тому

    We need an update!!!!!

  • @cameronbasford8991
    @cameronbasford8991 9 місяців тому

    Utter chaos pink? They’re orange.

  • @peadookie
    @peadookie 9 місяців тому

    Important point - you might want to dilute that solution _90%_. That gives a 3.5% concentration. Store-bought HP containers here in the US are 3%. So if you added 10ml of 35% H2O2, you’d want to add 90ml of water for 100ml of a 3.5% solution.