MIXED REEF CORAL PICKS! Filling Out The TSA Studio Tank!

what's going on Reapers Blaine here in today's video we are hanging out in the studio and it's been quite some time since we've gotten an update on the reefer 250 I know it looks a little bit of the same we're going to be explaining that here in this video and we're also going to be loading it up with corals so the tank has battled a lot of different nuisance alies in the past couple months and I'd have to say this has been one of the tougher tanks we've had to stabilize and get really rolling we had an outbreak with what we thought originally was some hair algae and ended up turning into to a Turf algae species that was kind of a longer midlength Turf algae it became quite the issue in the tank and what we ended up recently doing was me and Evan pulled the entire rockscape out we pulled all the corals all that good stuff the snails and all that out of the tank we placed it here in the studio we set it down we ended up putting a blowtorch to it we ended up torching the Rock and torching off all that nuisance algae after we were done with that we scrubbed it with some hydrogen peroxide and tried to make sure we were getting rid of what ever that was on the rockwork but what we're hoping is after torching off all that algae kind of restabilizing the tank getting it back rolling we're going to hopefully be able to add in a bunch of coral today and then we can get this tank heading in the right direction I am excited to give this update though and I wanted to talk a little bit about some of the other things that have been going on in the tank we'll talk a little bit about the fish the fish have been doing really well we did start off with a group of five Firefish one did jump out so we now have four and that was before we ended up putting the lid on so immediately after that happened we built out a lid and made sure we put it on and then now we have only two chalk bass left that was also a jumper that ended up going through the tiniest hole that we have on this lid so now we're down to two chalk bass we have four Firefish from the original group and then we also have the star blunny he's actually hanging out right next to me right now he has the biggest personality in the entire tank whenever you come up to this tank he's one of the first fish to greet you I have to say if you're looking for a fish to add a lot of personality to a tank a fish like a star blenny any blenny of any sort like a Midas blenny something like that is a great addition to a tank to really add in something nice and fun for the entire system also from that original batch of fish the possum Rass is still doing really good that's easily one of my favorite fish in the tank I really do love paam rasses I have one in my tank at home and I talked about it in the last video we did an update on the store display tank and I think adding in a Harum of possum rasses would be really cool in that system system I definitely want to hear down below if you guys think we have any other fish we might want to add to the tank but I think right now we're doing well we did add two Sunset antheus one of them didn't make it we just have the single one I'm kind of curious as to why the one didn't make it because the other one seems to be really happy it's definitely getting fed enough it doesn't seem to be getting picked on by anyone and neither did the other so kind of curious to why that one didn't make it but we have the one Sunset enthus doing well and then just recently I'm sure you guys have seen it cruising around the tank we've added in a biota yellow tang obviously this isn't going to be the forever home for this yellow tang but we wanted to add in a herbivore that's going to be pecking away at the Rock work especially after we did all that work to get a bunch of that nuisance algae off we wanted to have a line of defense of you know combating those nuisance alergies before it got to us having to get in there and deal with it ourselves again also too we have the farm right next door so we have a huge space where this yellow tang can end up moving into later on down the road we can trade it out for another smaller Tang at any point but I felt this was a great fish to add in get into the tank have a little way of an herbivore to add in for any kind of algae and if you know whenever comes that time it gets too big it can move right over to the farm next door let's talk a little bit about the corals that we added in we added in a bunch of rockflower enemies we had a space invader we did a red gany we did some zoas a mushroom we did kind of a multitude of different corals a little bit of LPS some soft corals things like that to try to get an idea of how things were going during that entire breakout period you know when we had all the nuisance alies all those things the corals ended up doing really well they actually thrived during that period so we feel this is a perfect time to really load up this tank with a bunch of corals so later on in the video we're going to head over to the farm right next door I'm lucky enough to have the farm right next to us so we're going to walk on over we're going to get with Evan and we're going to start picking out a bunch of corals like we did for the Nano tank like we've done in the past and we're going to go ahead and get a bunch of corals inside this tank as for the equip equipment on the tank I think overall the Tank's doing really well you know I really enjoy the reef wve this is a great gy you know I think the Red Sea Reef wave is a really good addition to any tank if you're looking for some really nice linear flow I know sometimes there can be issues with GS but this one specifically has not given us any issues and I've really enjoyed it when it comes to you know the entire Red Sea system tying together this is a really nice addition for anyone looking to add in a gy whether you have a red sea tank or not this is a really good addition I really enjoy the reef wve as for the reef LEDs this is the first time I've ran them and they seem to be doing pretty good it is interesting starting and trying out a new light I've always used radons in the past but it's fun to try out the reef LEDs overall really like the reef LEDs they seem to be doing really good and I've enjoyed what they've been you know producing in the tank so far I'm excited to see a lot more corals underneath them when it comes to under the hood we have the reef mat kind of kicking butt right now I would have to say anyone looking to lower their nutrients if they have that kind of issue in a system and if they're trying to figure out the next thing to try out the reef mat has been unbelievable for us I think honestly when it came to the early stages of the tank I think that might have been a little bit of an issue I mean the reef matat was working so well it was stripping all the nutrients out that's why we had to kind of work into getting more fish into this tank so that way we could you know raise our nutrients we obviously have the reef matat and we have the Red Sea skimmer so we have a lot of filtration down below for this tank and I think overall The Reef matat is just doing such a good job of you know pulling out any kind of particulates things like that keeping this tank nice and crystal clear and really helping pull the nutrients so you know if you guys are looking for any of these pieces of equipment we just talked about in the little update of the reaper 250 before we go Coral shopping you know whether it be the reef LEDs The Reef waves The Reef mat itself or just the tank in general you can buy all this from us at topshelf aquatics.com so be sure to head over check it out if you guys are looking for any piece of equipment that you guys saw today that you really like or even the tank itself go ahead snag it up let's uh take the time now to head over to the farm let's get with Evan and let's start doing the fun stuff let's start shopping for some corals and get this tank filled out all right we've made our way over to the farm just a hop skip and a jump right across from where I work here at the online division we're now in the farm we're going to be checking out a bunch of pieces with Evan we've got with him just now he's starting to look around he's grabbing a bin for us we're going to start picking out corals and then we're going to get this tank filled up this has to be easily my favorite place to be at top show Aquatics I want to let you all know if you guys are local to the area you want to come out and get a tour of the farm feel free to come in ask one of the retail Associates if they can give you a tour if I'm in as well ask for me I'll give you guys a tour of the farm come on down check out this space it's absolutely unbelievable and it's one of my favorite things to share while I'm here on the channel so let's get to Coral shopping and let's pick out some new stuff [Music] all right we've gotten through the farm we've picked out a Baker's Dozen worth of coral frags we're going to go ahead start filling up this tank and get them inside we've got a nice mixture of SPS we've got LPS we've got some zo as as well so let's go ahead get to working on getting all these frags into the tank and let's start filling this bad boy [Music] up well big shout out to Evan from the farm helping me out and getting all these corals fragged up and into the tank this is going to be awesome to see these develop over some time we're going to take the day to just let them kind of open up and get used to their new system and then come tomorrow let's Circle back and let's talk about every single individual frag we've got the corals that we ended up adding in and how the Tank's looking we'll see you tomorrow all right everyone it's been a day or so and it's time to check in and see how all the frags are doing that we've added into the the tank we're going to start all the way on the opposite side and we'll work our way over talking about all the different frags and what we ended up adding so all the way on the right hand side we ended up adding a Grandmaster Gan aora that is a super killer gani I love the colors on it that crazy neon green kind of highlights really well in it and I'm super excited to finally have one up there we ended up moving the red gany as well to get it up near there and kind of creating what looks like kind of a branching out little gwy garden next to that is going to be the star of the show and the one frag that I am the most excited about to have in this tank finally is a frag well better yet a nice chunky mini colony of the Mind melt Monty so this is the monora the plating Monty that Kevin has created in the farm this is the triple color grafted monora so it's got that lime green it's got that forest green and it has that nice red so super stoked to have a piece in here we've put it on the out branching arm so that way it can kind of pedal out and kind of create a nice kind of shaded area down below that we may be able to add in some shaded corals further on I did forget to mention the Happy Meal monora that's down on the sandbed right now it's on a segregated Rock we are a little bit worried about adding any encrusting monis directly onto the main rockscape cuz we don't want them kind of running wild and taking over the tire escape and taking away from being able to place more corals but that was definitely an encruster i wanted to get into the tank so we added in the TSA Happy Meal super cool with that yellow skin to it and the bright vibrant red pops kind of moving forward we have the Garf Bonsai that is up top so we wanted to start testing out some acros seeing how the SPs we're going to be doing and we wanted to get one up top there Kevin has mentioned we wanted to try to do a lot of the dragons that we have in the farm I think that would look really cool love to hear down in the comments below what you guys think but we have a gar Bonsai up there right now to test it out it's a classic Coral so one that we're excited to have in the reefer moving on to another classic down below we have the Raja Rampage that's going to be a chalice that grows extremely well for us here at topshelf Aquatics we thought would be a really good chalice to add into this tank here we added in a nice piece of the Yellow Submarine Favia this is one that is a classic piece that a lot of people know and we've been growing out here at topshelf for quite some time so we thought why not add in that Jason Fox Yellow Submarine get it into the tank and get a really nice and unique Favia growing on the rockscape as well right down below as well we have the dragon soul Favia this is an OG Coral that I am stoked to have into the tank a lot of people are you know chopping these up when it comes to local fish stores and they don't actually have what is the legit purple dragon soul Favia there's a lot of you know wild favas that are coming in that look like the dragon soul but it's really cool to have a legit strain of the dragon soul Favia in the tank right now now and just right above that is a blue raven blasto we wanted to add in some more LPS as well so we thought the Blue Raven blasto was a perfect candidate and continuing on with more LPS right below that we have a nice golden Hammer we've added in we have a huge plethora right now of golden Hammers If you guys are looking for some really nice color to add into your tank and you enjoy eilia or you want to try out eilia this is a perfect one to try out it's done really well in the tank so far we're excited to see it grow out and I think that space there if and when it becomes a nice little mini Colony we'll be really cool to see all that golden you know little tentacles hanging out down below right above the rock flower garden just above the hammer we have a laffy taffy frag this is easily probably my favorite gani well better yet Bernard aora that we have in the farm the colors on this one are amazing when the pops kind of reach out you see this crazy violet light pinkish purple color to it and then you know the main pup structure on the head of it is going to have this really nice bright orange red kind of hue to it so overall really an amazing colored coral and one we definitely wanted to get into the tank it's a TSA signature piece so one we for sure had to add we also picked out a nice torch and we put it in the back I have to say the gy and how it's pulling up water you know from the bottom and then pushing it out literally is perfect because it's really pulling up the tentacles to kind of force them to kind of stand up so I think we're getting perfect flow for the torch right there so I think in that back little area I know it's kind of tucked away and hidden can't always see it but from this angle would be an awesome space for a nice little torch Garden overall we've got a ton of new frags we've added into the reaper I'm excited to finally get more Corals in I think in the next couple days I'll probably be adding more as well so definitely stay tuned And subscribe to the channel so you guys don't miss out on any updates with that if you guys enjoyed this video I want to say thank you so much for tuning in if you guys saw any specific corals that you want to grab yourself be sure to head over to the website now and all of these are available including the equipment I talked about today with the tank the tank itself the corals anything else you guys are looking for even a custom rockscape we have it here at topshelf Aquatics so be sure to reach out to us or head over to our website and check out what we have available thanks so much for tuning in to this video be sure to like subscribe and hit the Bell notification so you don't miss out on any future uploads [Music]