Saltwater tanks is as complicated as how you want it to be. When people admonished 20-gallon tanks a decade ago, they're referring to full blown mixed-reef tanks. My first tank was a wonderful 5-gallon aqeon minibow with a yellowtail damsel, a couple of Halloween hermits, and 3 sxy shrimps. Even used the yellow fluorescent bulbs it came in with. Tap water and water changes for maintenance. About the same level of attention as the non-planted freshwater tanks the family had around the house
Had a similar system for a 29 gallon 40 years ago . Had no problem with clowns , feather dusters , Arrow crab , & cleaner shrimp . Wonder if rock flower anemone's would have lived 😊 Everything else bit the big one .
Bin following Thomas since before for Brs like wayyyyyy before!!!! Lol😂 he’s such a great person and never disappoints always spot on !!!!! I wonder what he did with the huge tank he had in the basement I would love to see it set up with a reef 🪸
But if ur place gets too hot where evaporation doesn’t cool the water enough, you’re also going to need a cooling unit to cool the water. (I never needed a heater in my 100 gallon salt water tank because of the pumps for the filtration and circulation. Also the lighting generated a fair amount of heat. (My place can get up to 90 degrees F during the summer time because it doesn’t have air conditioning)
Not really. I lived in the hotter parts of the south, and it's really not something you'd want to mess with if you have hardy tank residents. Even with 100° air temps, your clownfish pair would still be fine so long as there's some sort of air circulation on the outside of the tank. So unless you leave your tank next to the window and baking under eastern or southern exposures, there's often no need to mess around with temps.
@@stevennguyen4993 I always kept my 100 gallon tank with a tank temp of 76-77 degrees F. A stable tank where the water temp doesn’t fluctuates more than 2 -3 degrees F is always going to be a tank where the inhabitants are the happiest. And yes I had a breeding pair of clown fish with 4 rose bubble top sea anemones. People were always amazing at the large size of my clown fish and the size of sea anemones. It’s a known fact that the more stable the water temp is, the better for the inhabitants of the tank. That will enable the tank to more closely simulate a salt water body of water.
@@stoyantodorov2133 bruh i have suffered 2 wipeouts and spend over 600 dollars so far on my saltwater tank, hearing that a freshwater tank literally just needs water is insane.
@@-hu1fc Similar results can be achieved in salt as well, just depends on the stuff you intend to keep. A 10 gallon FOWLR tank with some macro algae like ulva or chaeto can also be run for a very small price. A setup like that doesn’t need expensive reef lights, wave makers, sump or skimmer or even RO water. It’s only when you get into stony corals and big fish like tangs etc. that costs start to get insane. Only gear that is needed to transition from fresh to saltwater is salt and a refractometer.
Thomas always gets a 👍
Saltwater tanks is as complicated as how you want it to be. When people admonished 20-gallon tanks a decade ago, they're referring to full blown mixed-reef tanks. My first tank was a wonderful 5-gallon aqeon minibow with a yellowtail damsel, a couple of Halloween hermits, and 3 sxy shrimps. Even used the yellow fluorescent bulbs it came in with. Tap water and water changes for maintenance. About the same level of attention as the non-planted freshwater tanks the family had around the house
So you don't need reverse is osmosis water?
@@donaldthesandwichonly if you plan on keeping coral
Had a similar system for a 29 gallon 40 years ago . Had no problem with clowns , feather dusters , Arrow crab , & cleaner shrimp . Wonder if rock flower anemone's would have lived 😊 Everything else bit the big one .
Bin following Thomas since before for Brs like wayyyyyy before!!!! Lol😂 he’s such a great person and never disappoints always spot on !!!!! I wonder what he did with the huge tank he had in the basement I would love to see it set up with a reef 🪸
much love!
A great tank idea
But if ur place gets too hot where evaporation doesn’t cool the water enough, you’re also going to need a cooling unit to cool the water.
(I never needed a heater in my 100 gallon salt water tank because of the pumps for the filtration and circulation. Also the lighting generated a fair amount of heat.
(My place can get up to 90 degrees F during the summer time because it doesn’t have air conditioning)
Not really. I lived in the hotter parts of the south, and it's really not something you'd want to mess with if you have hardy tank residents. Even with 100° air temps, your clownfish pair would still be fine so long as there's some sort of air circulation on the outside of the tank. So unless you leave your tank next to the window and baking under eastern or southern exposures, there's often no need to mess around with temps.
@@stevennguyen4993 I always kept my 100 gallon tank with a tank temp of 76-77 degrees F. A stable tank where the water temp doesn’t fluctuates more than 2 -3 degrees F is always going to be a tank where the inhabitants are the happiest. And yes I had a breeding pair of clown fish with 4 rose bubble top sea anemones. People were always amazing at the large size of my clown fish and the size of sea anemones.
It’s a known fact that the more stable the water temp is, the better for the inhabitants of the tank. That will enable the tank to more closely simulate a salt water body of water.
Whats kind of biomedia should i put in the HOB? If fish only
For a simple fresh water tank u just need a tank, and filter..... U cant compare these 2 things
You can even do without the filter tbh, just change the water more often.
@@stoyantodorov2133 bruh i have suffered 2 wipeouts and spend over 600 dollars so far on my saltwater tank, hearing that a freshwater tank literally just needs water is insane.
@@-hu1fc Similar results can be achieved in salt as well, just depends on the stuff you intend to keep. A 10 gallon FOWLR tank with some macro algae like ulva or chaeto can also be run for a very small price. A setup like that doesn’t need expensive reef lights, wave makers, sump or skimmer or even RO water. It’s only when you get into stony corals and big fish like tangs etc. that costs start to get insane. Only gear that is needed to transition from fresh to saltwater is salt and a refractometer.
@@stoyantodorov2133 i am actually looking for ulva do u know any sites that sell them, im not sure whats reliable.
@@stoyantodorov2133 where do u get your macro algae i cant find anything locally and online stores sold out, u know any good places i can order from?
What kind of coral you said that was ? “Fo”?
Fo as in faux so just artificial/ imitation coral.
Don’t give people false expectations
Can you please make thos
I would love to have a tank but when I ago away for a few weeks everything will die
Just like taking a dog to a kennel, there are local companies you pay to come service your tank while your away