LA Fishguys, Rose Anemone Aquarium, Episode 91 pt 6, Rose Garden Anemone Tank

[betafishtips98]

wow this is a pretty nice tank I got here from thebettamaster

[5taticip]

+1 on properly thawing frozen food, i kept having red slime algae growing on my sand a week after i started thawing my food in a fish net under the sink and the algae was gone!

[lafishguy]

hey 5, i've heard this before, but sure sounds like washing away some of the good stuff too.

[bencae]

@lafishguy Many vitamins and other nutrients are water soluble and would be washed away. What makes more sense would be to thaw the cubes in a very small amount of tank water (in a coffee cup) together with some "fish vitamins" such as Selcon or Zoe. After sitting for 5-10 mins, use a small, fine mesh net to put the food in and give a little squeeze in order to remove much of the liquid....voila

[KILLAKALIE009]

doesn't Cande look like the dude on pineapple express? " THAT IS CORRECT"...

[townera1]

Hey Jim,

I was thinking maybe your high nitrate and high phosphate issues could be due to a few factors. I know you're real big on real sea water, and living in Nebraska I'm obviously not super familiar with the use of it, but it seems as though there could be something in it causing this problem. Also, when you mix salt water are you using a high end low phosphate salt are a less expensive one? other factors could be not rinsing the gel binders out of frozen foods the clients are feeding.

[helicrashpro]

pH is a measurement of both alkalinity and acidity. pH is basically a balance difference between anions and cations. 7 being neutral and above 7 is alkaline and below 7 is acidic. Generally the scale is 1-14.

[MrEnon216]

THAT IS CORRECT!!!

[Kamadashi]

Hi Jim, I love your videos they are every entertaining. ^^ I also used to use faucet water for my reef tank because I live in Hawaii and the water is filtered naturally and is way cleaner then mainland water but also it does not have algae and parasites like u would get from using ocean water even though it is taken from a deep depth. Plus the Faucet water filtered

[Kamadashi]

and chemically treated by the board of water supply as where ocean water even though I get it from the marine science facility where it’s taken from a deep depth and filtered which is way cleaner then surface ocean water it still contains parasites, bacteria, and algae. Also when I switched from using faucet water to the ocean water because it was cheaper there was a clear increase in the amount of algae growth not only cause it does introduce algae but also is nutrient rich.

[lafishguy]

hey K, were you getting the water from NELHA ?

[Kamadashi]

@lafishguy hi jim, i get it from University of Hawaii Marine Center on sand island, this is also where all the live fish retailers that sell lobsters and fish and restruants get their saltwater from but i just make my own salt water again.

[ikelleners]

@lafishguy If you have high levels of no2 no3 and ammonia, you must change more water, less fish, better filtering, (Not nessesarly more filtering....)

More korals, more plants..... All purify your water also...

[Kamadashi]

Aquarium maintenance people here tell me they prefer to make salt water especially for reef tanks which is kind of weird because everyone says not to, but they say it’s easier to control the water quality and algae growth as where using ocean water has all kinds of stuff in it.

[lafishguy]

hey K, i just goes to show that there are many ways to make SW, and many ways it can be better or worse.

[nigelnathan]

hey lafishguy did you really think that you would be sucking on a toilet stained pipe? hahaha

[TheOneAndOnlyProdigy]

Thanks Jim for posting these videos. I always enjoy them and get excited when there's a new one.

I'm trying to find the 250g sps on aquarium design. Could you please help me out?

Thanks

[lafishguy]

T, in the Customer Portfolio section listed as 250 SPS on the Aquarium Design site.

[realdealio1]

Jim, will you be switching to using tap water now?

[lafishguy]

hey R, no i wont. the series is to show different service guys and different methods.

[JaredK511]

I believe it's simply weekly water changes...

Water changes are the best thing you can do in fish-keeping. The weekly water changes constantly remove and dilute all pollutants.

[CoralMan24]

he must have hit the holy grail of proper aquarium husbandry. great to see

[TheOneAndOnlyProdigy]

Great video Jim. It's a nice looking saltwater tank, but I don't understand why you keep stressing how his tank is thriving using faucet water, etc

Drop an sps in there and I guarantee you'll watch it melt in short time. Zoanthids and anemones are probably the easiest corals/inverts to keep in a reef tank. I know you maintain a lot of fish only tank which are phenomenal. Once you step into saltwater reef tank and try to keep more delicate you'll understand. Nice tank nonetheless. Great filming

[lafishguy]

hey T, i was thru the SPS phase back in '99-'02 (see Jim's 250 on the Aquarium Design web site ) so dont get too full of yourself, and wait until the next episode with Cande... its a 300 SPS tank... and gets its water the same way :)

[TheOneAndOnlyProdigy]

@lafishguy Very cool. Looking forward to seeing it. Don't get me wrong I think you know a great deal about saltwater. His tank is thriving and doing great, but he has easier to keep corals which don't require "very" pristine water. Sps, montis, etc can be a lot more sensitive.

I think his secret is keeping up on weekly waterchanges and running several reactors. Take note he said he was running carbon/purigen, phosphate remove, nitrate remover. Those are very important in keeping the tank clean

[TheOneAndOnlyProdigy]

@lafishguy I'll be sure to check out your 250 gallon. That's exciting you said this guy has an sps tank as well. I was under the impression he just had fairly easy corals to keep in his clients tanks. Thanks for the vids. You provide a lot of help through yours and others experiences through their unique approaches. I like how he did an acclimation waterchange. Pretty neat.

[TheOneAndOnlyProdigy]

@lafishguy I got ahead of myself by saying an sps would melt if you dropped it in there. Interesting how you say condy's got an sps tank with using faucet water. Can't wait to check out that episode.

All those rose anemones are gorgeous and add a lot of color to the tank. It might be worth putting more clown in this tank. Some of those anemones look lonely lol That would be a site to see a cluster of clowns in those nems!! :)

[adnank21]

@lafishguy

cant wait to see that.

[joewallace2]

I got the answer jim, He's addding T L C :-)

[GroinStabbingPro]

Hi Jim, How long did the whole process take? I understand that it would have probably taken some time less had you not been interfeering or asking him to confirm your correctness. :D

[lafishguy]

hey G, i was there filming for three hours.

[Arteolike]

He is treating this tank like it was a freshwater setup, yet amazing success. I appreciate his technique.

[jcm1994]

jim i havent called yet but do you think that there is a chance he might achually part with like a anemone in the sump or something?

[lafishguy]

hey J, give Cande a call. his number is at the end of the video.