I'm very curious how you do maintenance on this tank with so little space around it. Don't you need to get at the back of the tank/cabinet? We haven't built ours yet, so I don't have a sense of what kind of access you need, but I keep seeing references to leaving 4" of space to get to the back. Beautiful tank, though!
Nice tank and layout, especially the islands in front, and diversity of corals. Most folks overstuff tanks with rock (myself included in the past), less is more.
Definitely a great point, we always try to encourage our customers to build their aquascape with the idea in mind that the corals should be given enough space to grow to full size colonies over a period of years. We've come a long way from the 2lb/gal rock walls of the 90's ;)
Awesome tank and video. I've been looking at the reefer 200 for a while. It's a really good size for most ppl with apt or condos, without overdoing it. I'm in before the tang police, which is a plus.
I commented before you addressed the Tang issue in the video. That being said, please keep doing videos, whether you have 1 subscriber (me) or 10k. I'd like to see your sump with the 200xl. You are good at this. Keep going.
floating rock structure on the left, mushrooms and softies on the ground below, with a tank that small you wanna free up the floor, it'll go nice with the gradually increasing structure on the right
Isn’t that blue tang in a small tank? How is your blue tang? Like is it territorial or happy? I am asking this because me myself had a blue tang in a 40b and later I got rid of it. I wanted to get a yellow tang but I’m afraid it’ll become aggressive in my tank. What do you recommend, should I add a yellow tank in the 40b and get like 2-4 more fish or get 9 smallish fish in total.
42g is too small for any tang long term. This Blue Tang now resides in the 850g display at the shop. This was just a temporary situation, and even that we do not recommend.
do you feel like this tank is large enough for the bio species environment that you've created? presumably, it must be otherwise you would not have created it thus. A Lot of sources I'm gathering information from say you can only have a few small fish in a tank that is in the 40 gallon range, but your tank has 1:00 plenty of nice medium size fish and species.
sorry i have since learned those are called frag racks, lol. would love to know how you tank is doing now as I have the near exact same one - more recent model G2. And I put a purple tang in there. He's doing fine but it's a Juvie. I don't know how long I'll be able to keep my purple tang. Yours is one of the best videos regarding 40sh gallon reef tanks. I wish you'd keep posting.
Depends if i had any other tanks going on or not...If only one tank in the house, 500g. manageable in a sense but also massive enough to keep just about anything in a fully stocked reef.
@@reefloungetv6339 oh wow I bought my Red Sea 170 for that much, yours has a few extra gallons but it’s pretty close. Thanks for the info I was just curious 🙂
I am not the reefer police, but your fishes are too big for this tank. Especially your Dory….That docs belongs to minimum 2000 liters….Normally Dory is not for tanks….Just think about. Your tank is nano. Good for corals and maybe few very small fish….
On this tank I run a blue spectrum in the morning that ramps up over about 2.5 hours then the lights quickly ramp up to mostly maxed out with the exception of green/red channels for 1.5 hrs, then comes down to 50% and gets progressively more blue as it ramps down over a 7 hour period. Total light period is 11 hours. I've ran other variations of before but right now i'm just trying to imitate that peak midday sun for a shirt period and have a less intense lighting for most of the day.
I'm very curious how you do maintenance on this tank with so little space around it. Don't you need to get at the back of the tank/cabinet? We haven't built ours yet, so I don't have a sense of what kind of access you need, but I keep seeing references to leaving 4" of space to get to the back. Beautiful tank, though!
Nice tank and layout, especially the islands in front, and diversity of corals. Most folks overstuff tanks with rock (myself included in the past), less is more.
Definitely a great point, we always try to encourage our customers to build their aquascape with the idea in mind that the corals should be given enough space to grow to full size colonies over a period of years. We've come a long way from the 2lb/gal rock walls of the 90's ;)
Awesome tank and video. I've been looking at the reefer 200 for a while. It's a really good size for most ppl with apt or condos, without overdoing it. I'm in before the tang police, which is a plus.
I commented before you addressed the Tang issue in the video. That being said, please keep doing videos, whether you have 1 subscriber (me) or 10k. I'd like to see your sump with the 200xl. You are good at this. Keep going.
You will find more videos on this tank HERE ;)
Did you dose something? Looks great 👍🏼
floating rock structure on the left, mushrooms and softies on the ground below, with a tank that small you wanna free up the floor, it'll go nice with the gradually increasing structure on the right
I’m looking at one of these on the used market, good tank to start with. It’s this one of the max e-170 but I’m not sure what one to go with
I have the same tank. Its really awesome intro tank to Red Sea. Can handle by myself but big enough to get some confidence.
Another great video guys, keep it up. Loving these tank tours!!
Isn’t that blue tang in a small tank? How is your blue tang? Like is it territorial or happy? I am asking this because me myself had a blue tang in a 40b and later I got rid of it. I wanted to get a yellow tang but I’m afraid it’ll become aggressive in my tank. What do you recommend, should I add a yellow tank in the 40b and get like 2-4 more fish or get 9 smallish fish in total.
42g is too small for any tang long term. This Blue Tang now resides in the 850g display at the shop. This was just a temporary situation, and even that we do not recommend.
do you feel like this tank is large enough for the bio species environment that you've created? presumably, it must be otherwise you would not have created it thus. A Lot of sources I'm gathering information from say you can only have a few small fish in a tank that is in the 40 gallon range, but your tank has 1:00 plenty of nice medium size fish and species.
Can we get an update I love this tank.
What did you do to get rid of your GHA? I also tried razor and the corals did not like it. All my LPS closed up.
Beautiful setup, thanks for sharing.
And keep up the great content!
Hi. I am going to be purchasing that exact model tank. It will be mixed. I see you have 2 light's. Are 2 necessary?
I started off with 1,. added a 2nd. I recently added a 3rd. Just helps to eliminates shading as the corals grow.
very nice
Killer looking tank!!
Thanks for a great video. How do you get a ledge inside your tank?
sorry, what do you mean by ledge?
sorry i have since learned those are called frag racks, lol. would love to know how you tank is doing now as I have the near exact same one - more recent model G2. And I put a purple tang in there. He's doing fine but it's a Juvie. I don't know how long I'll be able to keep my purple tang. Yours is one of the best videos regarding 40sh gallon reef tanks. I wish you'd keep posting.
Just curious why you removed the red sea lighting and would the red sea lights be ok for a bubble anemone and clams?
Yes they would! Red sea makes great stuff! Just make sure you have enough flow!
we never ran the Red Sea lighting, there are better options out there imo
It’s a cube bro lol. On squares have to be perfectly even
What would be your DREAM tank size? (If money was not a factor)
And what ONE animal would you have to have in that tank?
500g, with a school of copperband butterly fish!
1000g with ALLLL the sharks 😈
I don't think I could go any bigger than 180g. I could keep everything i want in there ;)
Depends if i had any other tanks going on or not...If only one tank in the house, 500g. manageable in a sense but also massive enough to keep just about anything in a fully stocked reef.
Prob like a 900
what parameters do you have in this aquarium? looks amazing!!!
Alk: 9-9.5
No3: 5-20
Po4: 0.03-0.10
Ca: 420
Sg: 1.026
Temp: 77-78
Is this gen 2 ?
yes
Does that make your cube a 40 gallon?
43g
Schedule setup 16hd ?
Why do people throw hippo tangs in 40 gallon tanks?
The Hippo is in an 850g now :)
How much was the cost of the tank by itself?
$1300 with stand/sump/plumbing
@@reefloungetv6339 oh wow I bought my Red Sea 170 for that much, yours has a few extra gallons but it’s pretty close. Thanks for the info I was just curious 🙂
How often you do water change
Once a week when I can, but sometimes it goes 2-3 weeks.
das Ist Tierquälerei einen Paletten Doktor in so einer kleinen Pfütze 👎
genau... war direkt mein erster Gedanke
tank size?
42g
That poor tang! 😢
which one? they both look happy.
I am not the reefer police, but your fishes are too big for this tank. Especially your Dory….That docs belongs to minimum 2000 liters….Normally Dory is not for tanks….Just think about. Your tank is nano. Good for corals and maybe few very small fish….
He is in a 1200gal system now :)
tank is way tooooo small for those 2 tangs bro WAY too small.
Thé aquarium is to small for the chirurgiens 😡
wont lie...this tank makes me wet
Quick question how often do you do eater changes
Beautiful tank!! I am 6 months in and cannot getting my light settings together. Do you mind sharing your light schedule and settings???
On this tank I run a blue spectrum in the morning that ramps up over about 2.5 hours then the lights quickly ramp up to mostly maxed out with the exception of green/red channels for 1.5 hrs, then comes down to 50% and gets progressively more blue as it ramps down over a 7 hour period. Total light period is 11 hours. I've ran other variations of before but right now i'm just trying to imitate that peak midday sun for a shirt period and have a less intense lighting for most of the day.