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I love all the frequent updates! Two Podcasts in a row and a video.

I think they are going back to their roots - Reefbuilders was known for equipment reviews

Add Eheim to the list of companies BRS is no longer selling.

One thing you didn’t touch on that I would be interested to hear: Why would Aperture do this? I get that they’re venture capitalists but if they’re profit driven, why would they buy up a bunch of companies, drive their value into the ground, and then let them fail/bankrupt/disappear? There would have to be a reason for it.

I agree with your salinity thought!! Have ordered fish and coral recently and every specimen bag has different readings??? Couldn’t believe some things were even living!

I have a custom 160cmx long 80cm deep it was a little two much in reality, but I can't go back now hehehe

good stream, methodology and habits are always an interesting discussion and the results they can bring across the spectrum of the hobby. My testing discipline varies like a cycle over time, im currently at a low, i know i should do better (more testing) but I also feel like some of the other things that ive started doing better (stability, no changes) allow me that slack, along with the knowledge that ive gained over time in watching my tank and fundamentally seeing the health and being able to understand when things are and are not right. i'll forever be still figuring things out as long as im in the hobby and be wrong more than Im right.

I have an Aqua 8 watt Advantage 2000 on my 20 gal Nano and it's very effective. No Dinos, no parasites. The key is keeping the flow low enough that the exposure time is sufficient. There's nothing magic that happens at 15 watts. Not sure where you got that information.

No fancy aquascape?!?! Boo this man 😂

For the price of a roller mat can buy a lot of filter socks 😜 Throw em in the wash then dip in ro and dry, call it a day.

ioaoi makes pretty solid stuff at great prices. Kinda like jeboa/jecod. Have this in non-usb style on a fluval evo 13.5 more than enough flow at constant 6/7 setting. All the included gear for cleanly routing the wiring was a classy touch. Packaging was top notch.

There’s entirely too much energy being spent on this subject. Venture capitalist have a playbook, and what’s happening to BRS is part of that playbook. Sure maybe they weren’t straight up with their intentions with the owners of BRS when they were courting them, but this isn’t the first time a venture capitalist has done this. My wife worked for 30 years for a major luxury retailer. We watched various venture capitalist buy the company gut it and sell it and then it happens over again. Products that are good and worth their salt are gonna find other outlets if some companies get hurt because they got in bed with BRS then so be it. If they’ve got any strength at all they will weather and learn something from it. As for me, I spread my cheese around to champion lighting supply, saltwater aquarium, and TSA aquatics when I’m not visiting my local fish stores. Can we just talk about reefing, please?

Who are the best alternatives to BRS for buying Reef Supplies?

I'm in the camp of if I was Ryan I would have taken the bag....I'm thinking after his sabbatical he retires.

CRITICAL NOTE: Replace AquaForest commentary with Reef Factory. Both European. Totally mixed those up. Oof. I feel kind of terrible about that, my apologies to AquaForest.

1:01:45 what's the whirring in the background? Please tell me it's not that awful autofeeder

Is that true about aqua forest? I knew that was trh deal with reef factory. I didn't know AF did the same

I’m glad someone touched on this subject . I’ve seen the good days of this company . Endless choice of products now it’s like walking in the Kalahari desert 🌵. I recommend people getting replacements parts for some of the equipments they still carry because lot of theirs products are being discontinued

Brs is dead to me. I got back into the hobby about 6 years ago and brs was my place. Once they sold out there not the same at all. I do think the hobby has priced itself out of a lot of people’s budget more so now than ever.

Another thoughtful video. Thank you

I cant help but wonder if Ryan and his partner saw the numbers growing far more than expected and saw lots of profit and decided to reach out to Apeture and other investors to pitch their businesses and convince them that it was a great investment but were smart enough to know it may not last but what a time to sell at top dollar. He agreed to stay on to not piss people off but knew he'd eventually leave with excuses all in a charade to make us think that shit just happens. Plot twist. He had already gotten Neptune and Ecotech to sell too as a package deal. Lol

I like AF there stuff is pretty good and it works but this is the same thing like the railroad/big UA-camrs all get bought up and liquidated basically and then the company shuts down or runs on skeleton of what it used to be but imma capitalize on the sales tho

It’s getting rough my two saltwater shops by my house hurting one guy does DoorDash part-time trying to keep the doors open, and the other guy had to get rid of half of the staff

While I emphasized this multiple times in the episode, I’ll say it plainly here again: this interpretation of what’s going on, and projections about possible future paths for BRS, are all just conjecture. Clearly something is going on, but I can only work with my knowledge set and publicly known details. Nevertheless, I felt it warranted discussion.

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nems split either because of happiness or stress. I love hate nems splitting in my tanks, because If I'm too lazy to catch one to trade, it might move around and sting my coral :(

What power level (percentage) are you running your Nero’s on?

well, it's been 5 months. What worked? Or have the bubbles become our new overlords?

Dude really liked to hear about your microphone cause I could tell right away that you had a quality Mike phone so definitely good money spent. Congratulations on the promotion dude. Hell yeah you work for that. You deserve it. Great perspective on Reef Builders and intriguing. well flowing conversation. Not an easy thing to do!

Why would anyone keep buying Radions that cost more, put out less light and by all accounts are a pain in the ass to use via Mobius?

Your analogy about Alfa is complete opposite in my experience with foxface ( one spot one)

You should use the DC barrel plug to power the Nero or mp40. Should be more efficient then converting ac to dc.

I see Ryan Batchellor as the #1 contributor to the success of people entering and progressing in the hobby, which hopefully, countered the impact of the two "Tanked" clowns who made it look too easy. Tanked probably contributed to the greatest demand and death rate for fish and corals in the world. How many times did they say "adding this stuff instantly cycles the tank"? Ryan's videos were based on his personal structured research in various areas. BRS is on a slide downward. BRS bought out the competition (Marine Depot) , then shut it down. During the COVID period of reefkeeping growth, Bertram/Aperture tried cornering the market with several equipment manufacturers, along with BRS. Now things have slowed down considerably, and Aperture is in big trouble financially. With the face of BRS leaving, it could be the nail in the coffin for Aperture.

I've never had much coralline growth, but I've always had beautiful reef tanks. I've mad the decision to paint my new aqua scape purple. I think that would be really cool

Reef builders is cool, I suggested that they have a tech segment because life support is a big factor, 90% of the questions if you work as a retail associate are not biome related though I get that’s where the current trend is going and it is important to hold companies accountable.. in the past the “product reviews” lack important info, power consumption, maintenance, capabilities, tech specs, that would allow budget minded buyers (the vast majority) to appropriately select equipment and use it properly… Remy said it’s an interesting idea, no dice yet.. just my two cents.. we need to be holding the tech creators accountable too not just biome product manufacturers

Congrats on the promotion from a fellow TT prof.

Congrats on your faculty appointment! That is great news for you and your family. I just went up in rank from assistant to associate professor…wasn’t fun and very all consuming to get there…but can breathe a little bit now. Wishing you success this year on your podcast as well; really enjoy it and the topics you cover!

Thats very intereresting. I always suspected about a bad correlation between aminos and dinos specifically, since there are many reefers stating that the start of amino dosing triggered dino outbreaks. This was particularlly about the red sea ab+ but now im starting to think that the whole amino acid insertion can lead to many other bad outbreaks, not only dinos. Great video. First one i see covering this topic.

Congratulations on the faculty position! That’s awesome! The adjunct thing sounds like it would be terrifying. As a nurse I’ve never had to worry about availability of work and it’s something I definitely appreciate after hearing about your situation. Microphone sounds good btw!

I don’t think Jake was a dick I think he was just a smart reefer If you owned a dog (coral) and someone asked what kind it was I would think you could have told them

All RB needs is thomas for product reviews 🙏

Would the same concept apply to carbon dosing

Interesting and thoughtful episode. Jake got me back into the hobby despite his shortcomings. Thank you.

Best salt you can get is fauna marin, cleanest salt and everything in it matches natural sea water.

I enjoyed listening to this episode on Spotify during my drives, thank you! I also thought Remy and the RB crew are doing a fantastic job right now, and I have been enjoying their pods, videos & in-depth contents. 👍👍

Season 2!!

I have a full tank of sps and I can see that dosing amino does have good affect for my tank. I can only speak for my tank as every tank is different.

I think people fail to realize that amino acids are the building blocks of protein. What’s in fish food? Mostly protein. What’s in protein? Amino Acids. Therefore, everyone is dosing amino acids if they are feeding their tank. Adding a specific bottle of amino acids just isn’t necessary. A 9th grade biology class refresher would do this hobby wonders and save people a lot of money.

Just picked up the 512w River 2 Max one for my reef tank...will run the entire tank 3 × Ai Prime lights, heater, 3× DC Pumps for 5 hours and if i just run the essentials the dc return pump and 1x wavemake its good for 48+ hours

Man I hope AA’s aren’t that much of a problem. I got a shit ton of AF reef salt to go through 😢