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Pelagic Swimmer
Приєднався 14 вер 2017
This channel is to show the building of a fish room and the installation of a 3000 litre mixed reef tank. Tank dimensions are 4m (13.1ft) x 1m (3.3ft) x 700mm (2.3ft) low iron glass on a 90x90 and 90x45 ali T-Slot stand with modular marine external overflow, royal exclusiv dreambox 3 sump, 2 abyzz A200 return pumps, and 20 XR15 Radion G5/6 Blue lights.
I am a retired research scientist with a background in zoology and a PhD in medical entomology. I worked as an epidemiologist
in East and West Africa and approach the running of my reef as a scientist/hobbyist.
I am a retired research scientist with a background in zoology and a PhD in medical entomology. I worked as an epidemiologist
in East and West Africa and approach the running of my reef as a scientist/hobbyist.
Week 162 No maintenance
Diving in the maldives. Coral bleaching, tiger shark, bull shark, spinner sharks, stingrays.
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Week 161 Maintenance
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Sulphur reactor adjustment, taping the tank braces, off on vacation
Week 160 Maintenance
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Nitrate reactor up and running, TMC-ICP MS and zlements ICP-OES, drying silica beads for air drying
Week 159 Maintenance
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A leak on the pipe !! Setting up the Sulphur reactor trace element dosing mishap and a final decision on the next fish room project.
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Jumping wrasse! Love2Reef random screws falling out of light.
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Auto Water Change all finished, lanthanum in the main display, new cooling fan fitted kalk stirrer cleaned.
How to Have Success with A Sohal tang
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One of the most beautiful tangs available in the hobby, but often cited as super aggressive. How do you mitigate that aggression and keep a sohal with several other tangs.
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No dive trip!! Lights playing up again, weir getting blocked auto water change set up
How to Have Success with An Achillies tang
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How to Have Success with An Achillies tang
Royal Exclusiv Dreambox 3.0 sump 3 year review
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Royal Exclusiv Dreambox 3.0 sump 3 year review
still a great amount of fish. looks like paradise overall
Can you convert a 3 mil shorty to imperial units please? Looks amazing and enjoying your footage!
😃 1/8th inch thick
So so sad to hear about the state of the reef and corals. Still looks like an incredible trip.
It's like a reefers curse Ron, if I didn't know how vibrant it should be I'd be happier 😄
@@pelagicswimmer I’m just glad you are having a good time!
Jealous -enjoy. It's a dull 14 in 🏴
Such a shame about the reefs but the specimens of fish look decent to see, are those unicorn tangs ? Friends of ours got back last week & said similar too, well enjoy the heat & wrap up next week as we are struggling to hit 20’s here in June, I’m still wearing a hoodie in the mornings 😂🤦🏻♂️ see you on the next one, enjoy.
I did see a few unicorn tangs so probably are.
Always fancied going to the Maldives for some diving, but sounds like I've missed the boat to see "good things" (coral-wise) underwater 😢 Hopefully the work that Jamie Craggs et al are doing with coral breeding will help get some temperature resistant strains going...
Have a great time fella, all the best , enjoy the time away with the family , hopefully see some great diving footage, catch up when your back if not 👍🏻🫡
cheers, I was told we missed each other by 10mins in H2O the day.
@@pelagicswimmer yeah twice now apparently 🤣 I’m in Surrey this weekend working but your away, I’ll be back in the following Saturday , not sure when you are back…
Great video, amazing tank, awesome reefer!
your fish are just fat asses and amazing looking. well done
what is your experience with the anthias? Do they behave themselves?
Been mixed, I have lots if males and only 4 females even though all, or nearly all went in as females. About half the initial group of 30 picked each other off but the remaining group has been steady for last 18 months or so. I really like them, the males do amazing displays as the lights ramp down.
Love that Achilles 😍🔥🔥🔥
Like dinner time when the kids were at home. Mayhem!😊
There he is! So glad you found our discord community! Love these videos. Super excited for a tour of your system!
Thanks Ron I feel like Dr Ramble when I watch them 😃
@@pelagicswimmer not at all. You have plenty of watches and subscribers that says different! Keep it up my man!
What was the name of the show in the UK again please?
Love2reef at Harlow in Essex
@@pelagicswimmer Thanks!
Would be an exciting series , I tried searching for videos a while back too & only found a very small handful of them.
That's what I did, I can't find a single hobbyist reefer trying sps spawning on youtube. In a few months I'll probably realise why 🤣😂
@@pelagicswimmer 🤣🤣🤣 good luck
Beautiful fish brother good stuff. I’ve been enjoying my first yellow tang can’t wait till he gets like yours.
They are a beautiful fish, hope you get many years from your one.
Absolutely stunning 😍👏🔥🙌💯✌️
Thanks 😃
I’ve been in the being hit in the face with a fish club, my leopard wrasse flew out being chase by the fairy wrasse when I was doing a water change, was very comical & also a wtf just happened moment 😂 . Was nice meeting you in person at the weekend, great event L2R , Frag swap seemed to go down well & got a few bits in the trades myself, would be great if was a couple times a year but hats off to Paul for organising it (fish palace), a free mentioned maybe having a meet up in a couple months time which would be great too. Should do a fish n coffee mornings maybe a LFS, Not sure if Paul (aac) would be game but I’m sure Racheal (H20) would and maybe Tony (coral passion) too…. I do it with cars & coffee & recently sneakers (trainers) & coffee too so maybe time to start fish n coffee 😂👍🏻 . Hopefully catch up at a LFS in a few weeks when you get back, all the best fella, take care.
Fish, they are crazy at times! Was great to chat Saturday Paul at AAC did mention doing some small gatherings in his newly acquired unit. Rachel doesn't really have the space in the shop, Tony could probably make some space not sure if that's his thing. Just DM me when you want to come over and chat reef 😃, wear your cheap sneakers! Fishroom is messy.
Do you hace closed loops on the system? Which episode do you remember outlining them? :) Thank youu
No I don't have any, if I was going with a sandbed I would have added closed loops but the MP60's move a lot of current low through the rock work.
You missed the perfect opportunity to 'KISS MY WRASSE'
Ha yes I did
Glad the fish made a full recovery. Think I would have a sore head, at least.🏴
That convict needs to go to fish prison 😂 if you’ve got a date in mind & im free I’ll try come around & help.
I'm still in the ignoring stage lol, maybe when I'm back from the next dive trip.
@@pelagicswimmer 🤣🤣🤣 have a great trip, look forward to seeing some posted photos & hearing about it, maybe a UA-cam video… all the best .
@@dazsboxofwater Cheers go a few weeks yet before I leave :)
Do you have 2 hippo tangs one yellow belly and one regular?
I have two hippo's both the same type though.
@@pelagicswimmer How many snails and crabs would you say you have?
@@justinderange4078 I added about 3 emerald crabs ages ago but haven't seen any for months, snails I have about 6 large turbo snails and probably 50 or so trochus, they breed in the tank but I think the wrasse eat most of the small ones. I don't have any hermits. I have 3 large abalone and about 5 urchins.
Glad you are happy with the masterflex, and working well.
Took some time but it's finally doing its job 😁
I have a couple questions when you added your first fish to your aquarium how many fish did you put in and how long did you wait to do your first water change? My aquarium is 750 gallons 2839 liters my aquarium dimensions are 130x34.5x40H
Hi Justin, I added two tangs, a Gem and a Mustard as my first fish, I had only 6 radions over the tank at that time so lighting was low I didn't run a skimmer at first as I didn't have one, I did water changes weekly just small 100l to 150l ones as all the rock and cement were new so leeched a bit of phosphate. I added the second lot of fish probably a month later then slowly increased the amount of water changed until I got to 300 litres. I took a full year to add all the lights over the tank.
@@pelagicswimmer I had 6 fish in quarantine for 5 weeks 3 fish in separate aquariums the 6 fish I put in was purple tang gem black shoulder dussimieri sailfin vlamingii
@@pelagicswimmer Do you ever quarantine your snails and crabs so there is no parasites entering the display Aquarium?
@justinderange4078 I qt everything for the first year cuc like snails spent 90 days in a little tank I just kept for cuc. shrimp I would qt until they moulted. I gas a redsea nano to qt coral for 3 months also.
@@pelagicswimmer What treatment do you use for snails and crabs in quarantine?
water looks cloudy
Dirty glass probably, I do the maintenance after the video 😀
Finally finished setting up auto water changes, replaces about 30 litres 1% a day. Only took me 3 years to sort 😁
Amazing tank!!
Thanks
Beautiful tank man. Is that a clown tang?
Thanks, I don't have a clown tang the large stripped tang is a Sohal tang.
Beautiful fish. It’s definitely a big boy
Glass rod to hold down the ro line is a great tip!
I agree with you about the price point of the Trident NP makes no sense for the NP to be priced the same as the Trident when it’s just testing for two parameters. I personally use the ABC reagents with good results. Approximately how fish do you have in your tank?
Thanks for watching, I like apex stuff I just find this one hard to understand other than being a bit greedy. My fish stocking is about 40, counting the anthias is difficult 😑
Love the tank… and I’m very jealous 😂. Can I ask where are you dosing the lanthanum chloride…. Skimmer neck?
Thanks, I dose into my overflow box so it goes into my filter fleece then on to my skimmer. My drain is about 3m long so it has plenty of contact time.
Thank you.
Yeah that makes sense Lee I'd do that too I just feel the price point is a bit silly for the NP, no problem giving you or Parker's reef a shout, was a good watch.
I test my phos every day with mastertronic use it to control dosing of lanthium lol and cheers for the shout out buddy
Do you still have your mustard Tang? I had one back in the day and he was the meanest fish and crazy even meaner than the clown tand and Sohal
Yes it's still in there seems a very peaceful chap, as the joint first fish in the tank it's seen a lot of changes.
I love fish nice video also first can you pin me your awesome I love fish I liked and subscribed pin 📌?!?!
I'm wondering about your use of UV. I also run UV on my 400G with 11 tangs. I think my UV has a similar power rating to yours. Mine is an 80W HO. I don't have ich in my tank. I may have uronema. It's not uncommon for me to turn off my UV for a day or a week. For example, if I was adding any kind of benifical bacteria I would turn off the UV completely. My standard run time has been 12 hours a day. The UV has been on when the lights are on, and off at night. My logic was to control photosynthetic algae in the water column. UV does harm some of the benifical organisms and bacteria that find their way into the water column. Having started with a sterile tank, a lack of bio diversity has been a problem for me. More recently, ive switched to 4 hours of run time per day. On when the lights are at peak brightness. There is speculation that UV can unbalance the bacterial mix in our tanks. Harming some of the benifical bacteria and making room for potentially harmful bacteria. This concept, while perhaps speculative, has been linked to HLLE/HLLS. Non of my tangs show any sign of this, but I do have a wrasse (oddly) that has early stage symptoms. So, I guess my question is... What is your approach to UV and why? I'm using it primarily for water clarity atm. It is plumbed on the exit side of my skimmer loop. In future, when I get my ozone back online, it's primary purpose will be to break down the h2o2 coming out of the skimmer. I intend to limit the use of ozone/uv to an hour or two daily. For most people, who likely have ich in their tanks, I would recommend running a big uv 24/7. For those of us with strict qt protocols, uv serves a different purpose. Just wondering what your philosophy is here.
So I run 160w of UV 2 x 80w. I run at 2500l an hour so just under the tank volume per hour. I run mine only for parasites really, I don't think I have ich in my tank but I use the UV just as a precaution really. I run mine 24/7 but I also carbon dose so I'm not that worried about lack of bacteria. I think keeping the UV on constantly maintains a level of bacteria a bit better than fluctuating by turning it on and off. I also wonder if the quartz sleeve gets a covering if the bulb isn't on and reduces the efficacy when it goes back on.
The audio isnt your normal standard, at least not on my headset. And i am inclined to agree on going for an achilles indeed
Thank you for this. i am still hesitating between a sohal and an achilles tang for my 300/90/80 fowlr and after seeing this vid, leaning more towards the achilles :) btw, maybe you can fix the audio on this video?
achillies would be a better option I think. What's up with the audio?
what wrasse have you got with no sand mate?
I have a lennardi wrasse and Iridis wrasse, there is a pot of sand for them but no sand does limit the number of sand sleeping wrasses. I have a six line wrasse and a cleaner wrasse also but they don't need sand anyway.
How many gallons is your tank?
about 800g
Sorry you aren’t off diving! How about a butterfly tank for the spare or more exotic carpet or gig nems?
Thank, I like nems I've had a bta tank which isn't the same but interesting idea. Too many possibilities 😃
What a stunning tank and love that fish. Can i see a vampire tang too? I miss mine but had to move it on as just too big for my 5 tank. Stunning and love the bright blue outline and how they turn black when they want to hide or are spooked. great video
Cheers Paul, yes there is a vampire tang in there had him about 6 yrs now I think. You're always welcome to drop in as I think you are pretty local.
Have a great holiday fella & hope the reefs are a nice dive & the weathers good too, I’ll be at Love2Reef so will be nice to meet you .
Thanks, be good to chat in person.
Hi bud hope you have a great trip next week. As for lanthium and clams I have 7 3 good size ones and 4 not as big. Ive always used lanthium for phos control and never had an issue with the clams. I’m also going to love 2 reef so hopefully see you there. Have a great trip mate
Good to know about the clams, I didn't really think it was valid, one of those things you hear. Looking forward to some diving 😀 Be great to chat with you at love2reef 👍
@@pelagicswimmer ye tbh I’d never herd that till about 6months ago about clams. Only when chatting to few of local shop staff they ask as I was buying tmc’s phos treatment and new I have a few nice clams lol. Ye I’m looking forward to chatting to a few of the reefers I no and watch on here and catch up with a few others
Them fish are looking huge
yes, getting to a good size now.
have you got a link to the smart fans?
www.blauberg.co.uk/blauberg-mini-air-decentralised-heat-recovery-unit-single-wall-mounted-d-mvhr-ventilator-smart-wifi-control
These are the ones I use
@@pelagicswimmer ty
Also don’t do maintenance jobs on a Saturday late afternoon been there & stuffed till Monday we’ll Tuesday as most closed Mondays 😭🤦🏻♂️
Really enjoyable watch. You have some incredible fish in your reef. So many beautiful tangs. 👍
Cheers Jay
I have 11 tangs in a 360G (8ft x 3ft). This includes an achilles, achilles/white cheek hybrid, powder blue, hippo, naso, bristletooth, gem, 3x purple, and a sailfin. All are full grow, fat, healthy and happy. There is very little aggression during the day. They do display dominance behavior at night, but its an opt in game to confirm the pecking order. Presently, the Powder Blue defends the prime realestate, with the largest of the Purples being the second contender. The Achilles is probably 3rd. At night, the hybrid Achilles sticks to one side swimming fast and aggressively in a circular motion hugging the side panel for hours after the lights go off. It might just be energy and exercise but the behavior has the benefit of avoiding any aggression. The Naso is the largest tang, but the Achilles is a close second. The Naso is the most chill of the bunch and swims anywhere that he wants without concern. For the most part the other tangs leave him alone and he never instigates aggression. All of the fish were quarantined, i feed lots, the habitat has sufficient hides and territory, the flow is high on the tank sides but calm in the middle. It does take some planning to house multiple tangs. Achilles have a reputation for being difficult to keep and beginners would be well advised to avoid them, but they are certainally not impossible to keep. Your tank is amazing. I have many of the same fish (other than tangs) that you keep. I love that you pushed the boundaries with keeping 17 tangs. I would consider 3 years as long term success. Personally, i've had my tang gang in my tank for right around 2 years.
Thanks for watching. I notice that behaviour too as the lights ramp down before going off. My Sohal is so dominant really the others seem to just get on with life and let him strutt his stuff.
My approah and my system is very similar. Everything wet has been quarantined. My achilles was about 4 inches when i got him. He must be 10 inches now with the beginnings of streamers. He has been the fastest growing fish that I've ever kept. He developed an aggressive bacterial infection in qt. I treated with Kanamycin and metronidazole and he recovered. Saving him and seeing him thrive for two years since is my greatest fish keeping experience. Other fish i keep... A leopard wrasse pair, a pair of oreni tilefish, a bluespot jawfish, a starry and a watchmen goby, a couple of fairy wrasses, and a harem of 15 bimaculatus anthias. I feed lots of pellets from three individual autofeeders. The staples are fauna mixed and seaweed extreme. I run a pair of automatic plankton feeders (freeze dried) that each run every 30 minutes thus feeding every 15 minutes. I feed a homemade froozen blend once or twice a day. I fed continuous ammounts of nori sheets for the first year, but havent been feeding them recently. I should get back to providing nori. Nori sheets in a mesh holder are a fantasic way to deliver vitamim additives, immune boosters and even medications. My philosophy on feeding is that you have to target the most timid fish in the tank. For me thats the blue spot jawfish. My fish are never hungry. I dont clean the backwall. I run am 80 watt HO UV that im really just using to breakdown ozone on the output side of my skimmer. Many of the fish that i keep need a deep sand bed to thrive. Mime is about 5 inches but carefully constructed and optimized. I also need high flow in most of the tank. High flow and deep sand beds dont typically mix. My tank is bare bottom on both the left third and the right third. The middle third is a raised DSB formed in place by aquascaped rockwork. The middle section also provides for clear seperation of territory. During the day the tank is free space. At night your either a right side fish or a left side fish. The boldest of the tangs will enforce their right of passage at night and there is ongoing posturing, but never any actual fighting. The prime realistate is a protected area on the DSB that presently the powder blue defends. The top of the tank is fully covered by a mesh top. Any equipment entry is through bulkheads.
Looks lovely. Would look even more incredible with some gsp growing on the back. Have you considered it ?
I tried to glue a chalice on the back wall a while back, ended up gluing the mouth of my Gem tang, GSP would worry me due to the speed it grows, would look impressive across 4 meters of back wall though.