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Shallow Reefing
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Приєднався 28 тра 2019
Saltwater reef tank UA-cam channel dedicated to shallow reef tanks, reviews, builds, and reefing information. Striving to make the best reef tank possible, while sharing my mistakes and learning from others along the way. Subscribe and comment on videos to let me know what content the reefing community is looking for information on.
Banner and Profile Credit to Chad Plummer
Banner and Profile Credit to Chad Plummer
Adding a Jebao 55 Watt UV Sterilizer
I decided to bite the bullet and add a UV sterilizer to the tank. It took some time but I finally hooked it up. Learn how I messed up so you don’t mess up with yours.
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Transporting a Giant Walt Disney Coral Colony 300 Miles
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Transporting a Giant Walt Disney Coral Colony 300 Miles
Fish Loss in the 200 Gallon Shallow Reef
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Sorry I haven’t posted a video in awhile. My life has been crazy personally and in the reefing hobby. Some of my favorite fish died recently and I reflect on their losses and the losses of some of my favorite corals over the years.
Hygger DC Frequency Water Pump HG105-3500L Unboxing and Review
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Hygger continues to deliver affordable quality products. This pump surprised me with how powerful it is. Why should reefers pay high prices for named brands when Hygger can do the job for less than half the price? Hopefully we will continue to see this type of innovation in the future from Hygger Check out this pump at the link below: www.hygger-online.com/product/hygger-dc-frequency-water-pump...
Donating Shallow Reefing Corals to a Veterans Home
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My success has been my greatest failure. My corals have grown to such a large size that they are stinging each other and taking out a ton of trace elements. Wayne has come over to help me donate some of my corals to the Tennessee Veterans Home. Check out his business below and support him if you are in the Nashville Area. beautydoesntchange.com Tell him Mike from Shallow Reefing sent you.
Equipment Failure- Do Your Maintenance and Double Check Your Measurements
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Equipment Failure- Do Your Maintenance and Double Check Your Measurements
Shallow Reefing- Innovative Marine 200 Gallon 4 year Anniversary
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I really can’t believe it has been 4 years since I set up this tank. Time flies and I am grateful for the journey. There have been many ups and downs, but there will be even more to come! My tank is reaching the middle age stage of the 10 year tank life!
What Really Happened to Dory? AquaBiomics EDNA Results
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What did the aquabiomics EDNA test say? Well, it’s really confusing but I don’t think it gave me a clear answer. Stick around for what my thoughts on the test are.
200 Gallon Innovative Marine Update- Life After Dory
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200 Gallon Innovative Marine Update- Life After Dory
Hygger DC Water Pump HG112-14W Unboxing and Review
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This pump definitely hits a sweet spot for its performance and the price. Hygger keeps making reefing affordable and easy for the average reefer. Check it out at the link below www.hygger-online.com/product/hygger-dc-wavemaker-pump/?ref=ShalllowReefing
Losing Dory- 7 Years with my Blue Hippo Tang- Mysteriously Died
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This was a really hard video for me to make. I debated on even posting it. But I know I would get questions about what happened to Dory. The truth is, I still don’t know what happened to her. I have bought an aqua biomics E DNA test in hopes to figure out what went wrong with dory.
Hygger Saltwater Aquarium Light HG-107 50W Unboxing, Par Testing, and Initial Review
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Hygger sent me an amazing LED light to review. I will be honest, I was not expecting much from the light as a 502w light isn't that powerful, but this little light packs a punch and has an amazing spread! They kept the light simple to reduce costs to the consumer. I think Hygger overdelivered on the product. Definitely worth a look. www.hygger-online.com/product/hygger-saltwater-aquarium-light/...
Hygger Aquarium Inverter Wavemaker Pump HG042- 1 Year Review
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This Hygger Inverter wave pump has been amazing for me. I am really happy with the price for the performance. I hope you like the review. Check out the pump by clicking on the link below: www.hygger-online.com/product/inverter-wavemaker-pump/?ref=ShalllowReefing
EcoFlow River 2 Max- The New Gold Standard in Aquarium Battery Backup
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EcoFlow has made its name in the battery community. It’s time to see if this is a good buy for a reef tank. Spoiler alert, go out and buy this if you need a battery backup. River 2: amzn.to/46kZaoc River 2 Max amzn.to/3Spn6RO River 2 Pro amzn.to/4d3Ybvu
Setting Up a Coral Hospital Tank
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My favorite dragon soul favia is doing really poorly and I need to heal it up before I put it back into the main display tank
Top 10 Things I Forget to do With My 200 Gallon Shallow Reef Tank
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Top 10 Things I Forget to do With My 200 Gallon Shallow Reef Tank
Reducing High Phosphates in My 200 Gallon Reef Tank- 2 1/2 Years of Lessons to Get to This Point
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Reducing High Phosphates in My 200 Gallon Reef Tank- 2 1/2 Years of Lessons to Get to This Point
How to Remove Mushroom Corals from a Reef Aquarium
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How to Remove Mushroom Corals from a Reef Aquarium
Power Outage, Tornadoes, Frayed Octo pulse, Dead Anthias, Ice Cap Battery Fail, Just Another Day
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Power Outage, Tornadoes, Frayed Octo pulse, Dead Anthias, Ice Cap Battery Fail, Just Another Day
Middle Tennessee Reef Club Frag Swap- Some Eye Popping Coral
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Middle Tennessee Reef Club Frag Swap- Some Eye Popping Coral
The Ugly Side of Reefing- Show Your Ugly- A Message to Nee Reefers
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The Ugly Side of Reefing- Show Your Ugly- A Message to Nee Reefers
Upgrading Flow and Changing Up the Aquascape Part 1
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Upgrading Flow and Changing Up the Aquascape Part 1
Shallow Reefing Tank Overview for 7th Grade Science Class
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Shallow Reefing Tank Overview for 7th Grade Science Class
3 and a Half Year Shallow Reefing Update
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3 and a Half Year Shallow Reefing Update
Trace Element Issues in the 200 Gallon Shallow Reef
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Trace Element Issues in the 200 Gallon Shallow Reef
Fauna Marin Bacteria Dosing Results- Aquabiomics- Reduce Cyanobacteria and Vibrio?!
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Fauna Marin Bacteria Dosing Results- Aquabiomics- Reduce Cyanobacteria and Vibrio?!
200 Gallon Shallow Reef Update- Where Are The Videos?
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200 Gallon Shallow Reef Update- Where Are The Videos?
AquaBiomics Microbiome Pre-Dosing Results- Coral Pathogens and Cyanobacteria Breakdown
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AquaBiomics Microbiome Pre-Dosing Results- Coral Pathogens and Cyanobacteria Breakdown
Hygger Cross-Flow Wave Pump HG070-25w, Gyre Style Pump Unboxing and Initial Review
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Hygger Cross-Flow Wave Pump HG070-25w, Gyre Style Pump Unboxing and Initial Review
Cleaning Out Saltwater Mixing Bins and Switching to Fritz Reef Pro Mix RPM
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Cleaning Out Saltwater Mixing Bins and Switching to Fritz Reef Pro Mix RPM
Check it with a 1.026 seawater standard. Mine was reading high, so i was mixing SW a little lower than i thought
GREAT TANK:)
Hi, I have a Red Sea reefer 250 with one ecotech radion in the middle but wouldn’t mind a coupe of these either side of that would these be ok or overkill? Thanks Dave
It’s super cheap and will look out of place compared to your radion. But it’s legit a plug and play light. Sometimes keeping it simple is the best policy. If it’s an xr 15 it definitely needs supplemental lighting to it on a 3 ft tank. Just depends what you wanna go with. The controls and spectrum are limiting on the Hygger. But if you don’t care about all the bells and whistles then it’s a good buy. Especially for that price. Make sure you start on the lowest setting and acclimate your corals accordingly. Lots of factors here to consider.
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It won’t work that way. All your water is passing under the bulb and not around the bulb. It needs to be vertical or so the input and output are facing up.
Wouldn't flipping it the other way so input and output are on top still make it so that the water passes under the bulb? I've seen these mounted any which way and still work for what they are intended for.
I have one of those and fair warning if you’re planning on using long term, I don’t think they use UV resistant plastic. Over time the plastic seems to almost melt on the inside. I believe FishofHex has a video about that. Not an issue short term which is how I used mine for Dinos, but long term gives cause for concern.
I know exactly which video you are referencing. I totally agree. I think they use cheaper plastic that won’t last. I’m using this as more of an insurance policy right now. I don’t want to spend $900. But $90 seems reasonable. After a year I will probably get rid of it. I have noticed my skimate production is through the roof right now. So it’s definitely breaking down something in the water column
You should've hit me up. I've got one of the stainless steel ones sitting in the garage that i'm not using.
How are you regulating the flow through the sterilizer for the proper flow rate for the sterilizer? Is the pump your using a DC / controllable pump?
Yep I have a DC pump. I know the max output of it and set it to a fair guess of what the flow rate should be going through the UV
Dude that tank is sick !!! How many gallons
I killed all my fish using this 😢 but I was at fault😢😢😢😢I brought😅😅 it down too fast😢
Wow! I’m so sorry. Yeah I only use 10ml 1 day prior to a water change in a 200 gallon
Thanks for the review 👍
Ok. Down to Atlanta? Refresh my memory of where you are located?
Clarksville Tennessee. I went to southern Atlanta by the airport so I had to go through it 😅
@shallowreefing gotcha. I live in the Charlotte area of North Carolina.
@@queencityreefsif you are ever this way we will have to trade some corals!
@shallowreefing absolutely 💯 ❤️ 👌🏻
Thx for this review. I had the same experience with coral sprint, min s etc. ( no organic) 👍
Never ever seen a WD in that size
Thanks!
How long did that walt disney take to grow out like that? I would of loved to buy a frag off of you
Took me a little over 4 years to get that big
Let me guess. Zak? I could only imagine what he’s building. Guy is buying up the East coast!
@@jackson6745yeah that guy is making his rounds on the Facebook pages. That’s who got my corals
Ask him to send a video of his tank. That would be awesome.
He’s still building it out. The corals will be in QT for 60 days. I may ask him for a video. I got a pic of it. I need to see if he is cool with me posting it.
Just ordered two of them. I see you can pair the two up but do they communicate with each other via bluetooth or some signal? Going into a 120 gallon OCEANIC Low Boy tank. 4 feet deep wide almost 2 deep.
I bet it stopped working by now huh?
Nope. Still going strong!
@shallowreefing report back to me when it breaks should be soon
@@This_tubif a $115 pump lasts 3 years. Then I would say that’s a an amazing deal. Subscribe to my channel if you want more updates man! I hope it helps.
@@shallowreefing jebao is notoriously bad mine broke 3 months, many others too see Amazon reviews. You just one lucky sob
i use jebao wavemakers, returns and dosing pumps for 11years and it never failed me! it did last 3 or more years and for the price it is worth it! never had one that suddenly failed. i noticed it got weaker so i bought i new one. i have one return pump i still used up to now to mixed my fresh saltwater ❤ PS i lived in hong kong so it easy to get jebao/jecod here and i respect Ecotech items for the quality but price is not for me.
Just get some chemo clean .. follow directions.. welcome
Check my videos on Chemiclean
That mandarin 100% had bacterial fin rot.
Probably. What do you think caused it?
Something seriously wrong, suggestive of bacterial infections, running a UV? Wondering also about tang aggression… fins looking really chewed up on your fish. Purple tang going postal?
I’m not running UV currently but it is definitely a thought. I’ve been watching the fish and I don’t see any aggression. But that doesn’t mean that they don’t get aggressive around night time
Hey men, tough time for you guys. But just wanted to say that your reef is one of my favourites. Love how natural it looks. Looking forward to seeing your future plans. Keep the videos coming!
Thank you! I appreciate the positive words.
Geeze man, im sorry for what your going through. I hate when ppl say its just a fish, its a family member to me. I hope things get better bud
Thank you. I will keep you guys posted.
Aqua Biomics if you truely want to know.
I have done tests before. Check out my other videos. Everything seems fine.
@was the video from 9 months ago? If so that is a long time especially if you have been adding things like corals and inverts without qt.
@@CrakencoralsI haven’t added any fish since then and only added one blasto coral from Danny Deez corals in the last 9 months after dipping it and inspecting it.
Sorry about your fish losses. My Flame also passed around 8 years from what I think was natural causes. Spend as much time as you can with Benji. Having just lost a dog a couple of years ago, that is going to be tough. Wishing you and your family a merry Christmas.
Thank you for the warm wishes. I’m sorry about your pets. We all go through it. But that doesn’t make it any less difficult. Merry Christmas!
Have you had any Zoes die? Maybe their toxicity is in the water. Because, those fish are around them constantly.
No zoas have died. I’m running carbon too so I’m not sure. I may switch out the carbon and see if that helps
I suggest you rebuild the tank clean the sand check the fish for parasites and set up corntin area
I did an aquabiomics test. Check out the videos of before and after bacteria dosing. And check out the EDNA test
definitely looks bacterial.
Most likely at this point idk why it got bad though. My aqua biomics tests were on point. Go watch those videos
I have a smaller tank and my jallbrakers are going bananas I will definitely try this . Only been reefing 2-3 years
Beautiful tank. Sorry about the recent downturn.
at least two of them fishes eat from the sandbed, and ur sandbed is full of cyano. I think the toxin from the cyano is your main problem here. Torn fins isnt always aggression
Man what tough and sad couple of days for you. Hope it turns around for you and yours, hoping 2025 brings health and blessings. Reef on.
I have a large 800 gallon Fowler tank and ran into this same problem had to treat the aquarium for the bacterial infection. I also cherish my expensive two foot large fish so hard to see man hope everything gets better god bless!
It looks to be a bacteria infection as the fins are getting beat up like that
Do an ICP
is everyone else eating? I would try running carbon. Sometimes if a zoa gets supper pissed it can throw palitoxin into the water can kill some fish.
Sorry for your losses, god bless you
Thank you. Trying to get it real and letting people know the ups and the downs of reefing
This is so depressing 😢 At least our human babies are okay!!
Lost a Blue Throat trigger last week randomly I think from a bacterial infection. Hopefully things get better from here. The wrasse may have had internal parasites/worms looking at its stomach.
It might be a bacterial infection or a random parasite. I’ll never know. I did an aquabiomics EDNA test and it didn’t look like anything bad was in the tank. It’s hard to lose your fish. I’m sorry about your trigger.
Nice, thanks. FYI. It’s pronounced KEE-to, like the diet. KEE-to-MOR-pha. In taxonomy (and probably everywhere else too) “ae” is an “ee” sound. Same in “algae”: AL-gee.
I just lost over 20 fish I think my tank had velvet all mines act the same way sorry to hear that bud
Thanks man. I’m sorry for your loss. People don’t understand that in our hobby they aren’t fish. They are our pets with unique personalities that we grow attached to.
Hi, would you recommend the 150 or 180 size model for a 130 gal tank ?
Go bigger if you can. You can always turn it down. But the 150 would be fine
My experience: Have 2 small Hygger wave makers; 4years old and 3 years old. The basic Controller options are where they fall short compared to the higher end stuff that I lm using. They have more than adequate control options, nonetheless. Another issue is they don’t offer very many larger tank device options. Hopefully, they will one day. Regardless, mine were worth every absolute penny I spent on them. If one of my Hygger flow mules breaks down I won’t think twice to replace it with a newer Hygger model. After watching this, without hesitation it will be a part of my newest 60g build. Should be perfect for my needs. Thank you for the great content!
Glad I could help! It's nice to see Hygger expand their offerings to larger tanks, they've really been nailing it with their smaller pumps.
I just saw this video after having my mandarin for about 60 days he’s losing weight I normally dump some pods every two weeks but it’s getting pricey . What kind of acclimation box do you have ? I’m interested in one with magnets to hopefully place in my display tank and try some blood worms.
Mine was a DIY acclimation box that I made. You can search for it on my channel
Bro where did you buy show a link
Nice I use some of their light for freshwater. Only have 1” Durso on 180, have Sicce Syncra 3.0, Sicce 3.0 SDC retuning through AC, and Neptune Cor 20 at 30%. The 270 ordered with 3 1” trains so hopefully can close loop the UV and and turn up the Cor 20.
Struggling with exactly the same right now, our dory is just like yours, same size, we’ve known her for 10 years. Shes currently laying on the sand and floating upside down after acting just like yours in your videos, feel so sad, they do become pets. The situation is exactly the same down to the floating, rubbing, getting stuck on heads, brown markings around face, redness under mouth and on tail, stomach sucked in etc. feel so hopeless. Thanks for videos
She just passed 5 mins after writing this 😔
I’m sorry for your loss. It’s really tough. All fish eventually pass but it’s hard when it’s your favorite fish. I still don’t feel the same about my tank after Dory passed. I even got a new dory, but it will never replace her.
Have a 180 for a 2-3 years with curve 7, got the Elite INT 200, managed to shove into the sump Trigger Triton 44 V2, ordered a custom 270 gallon yesterday 96x27x24 I think about as big a tank I can fit to replace the 180. Running ozone so to me having the ozone intake on the Elite was the deciding factor.
I do wonder about long term reliability and power use-35 watts is quite high. How does that compare to your varios pump at the same flow rate? How’s the noise and vibration?
Varios goes up to 98 watts. It was drawing roughly 42 watts at step 3. I have silicone tubing on the pumps so it is definitely quiet for both pumps. Obviously the $450 pump is better. But this budget option is great. The prices in the hobby have gotten out of control and I appreciate companies trying to deliver entry level products to help newer reefers.
Ich habe die Aminosäurelösung im Laden gekauft und verwendet, aber diese Lösung hat keinen Geruch und ist klar, weil ich andere Aminosäurelösungen verwendet habe, hat sie einen Geruch und eine Farbe.😊