I'm no reefer, by a long shot; I stay on the Fresh side of the hobby. However, your very simplistic and thorough approach peaked my interest for a possible distant future reef setup. Thank You, Sir.
I love all the "experts" that pop up and tell you your doing things wrong! Tank looks great and ive seen plenty that don't run all the tech and do just fine so keep up the good work
Your tank looks incredible. Great job on displaying it. I personally like having a sump & skimmer but you have done great without one. Keep up the good work
I really love the way you have your reef tank sate up . That is the way you supposed to have set up. Although Reef Keepers can learn a thing or two from you. Thank you and keep up the good work
why are all of you guys hating on him about having a sump he's still right about the tips it will work with a canister filter my aquarium store does it like this all the time they have beautiful tanks and so do you hats off to you
i like the video. I am glad that there are other people out there like me trying to take the minimalist approach to filtration. People have questioned my set up a few times. I have a 20 gal lit by an older Kessil A350w, with just a simple waterfall 1sq ft ATS as filtration. I do a 4-5 gal water change once a month. Around 5 hermits and 30 snails. At this point i only have 2 fish, LPS, and Zoas, but it is only 5 months old. Eventually will bring that to 4 or 5 fish and intend to add SPS. Also want to build a custom stand and add an ATO after that. Right now i have to top off daily by hand.
hello, very nice, congratulations! I don't have one similar to yours (I have videos on my channel) started for 4 years and I must say that they give a lot of satisfaction!
one man's sump, is another man's hob sump. Locating your sump behind your tank, doesn't change the fact, that you have a sump (behind your tank instead of under it). Nice looking tank.
Hi. I totally agree with you: the best way to maintain a tank are water changes and an ecological balance, avoiding over stocking. Thanx for this! Besides: fantastic aquarium!
Your yellow tang looks so happy,I love those little guys,had one myself for 12 years,cutest faces and personalties,beautiful tank by the way,I always ran an under gravel filter and had ,many years of success,but that's unheard of these days.thank you.
Ultimately it depends on what type of livestock you are keeping and nutrient export. The livestock you have can handle and prefer higher nutrients. You'll find this setup more challenging if you try to keep Acropora and some other SPS
My favorite part of the setup is the Power Outage equipment, that's really cool and it's a big worry for me. I don't know what you're using to power everything incase there is a power outage but thank you for the video. Now I have a bit of work to do to try and figure out how I could power my Aquarium for an hour or two in-case there is a power outage.
Saw this tank featured on ReefBuilders and it reminded me of a 120g all softie tank I used to have, and yeah I didn't do much in the way of filtration, heck I did a water change like once every 6 months. Worked great!
@@lucaspoulos4505 yeah... I can understand people not using skimmer because they cant afford one. But having one and not using it is interesting specialty doing water changes every week. If he would just turn on the skimmer could save a lot of money on salt and time doing changes. But honestly feeding that little and only having 3 fish probably the skimmer wasn't even making enough foam to work properly.
I don't buy that he's not using the skimmer. If he would use it since he has it then he would get away with alot less water changes And could easily stock more fish. Alot Corals will be less stressed and will grow and do better in their environment with once a month 10 -15% water changes or just by doing a saltwater topoff as needed for evaporation. Less Stress from Water Changes = Less Stress on your fish too. Also SPS Corals and Anemones feed and thrive better as long as you target your nitrate levels between 2-10 ppm which will generally Keep right at 5ppm. phosphates should range from .03 to 0.1 ppm. It's a good Idea to supplement nitrates otherwise they drop too low and you'll starve your Corals. Suggest powdered KNO3 daily to your display at the same time feed the fish in the morning. Your phosphates will remain in the described range without the use of GFO or lanthanum chloride. You will also avoid feeding any algae preventing growth. Suggest Checking out BTUFF's RUclips Channel. He's been Reefing for 25 years. He uses a skimmer and Sump but very seldom at all does water changes. Amazing how his tank does on it's own. He apparently keeps his Nitrate and Phosphate levels a little higher because he alows just a little agae on his live rock for feeding. Also recommended checking out Danny's Aquariums. Beautiful Tanks! No Sump, No Mechanical Filtration or Skimmers. Incredible SPS Corals and Gardens. Does alot of testing though.
I have a 300 gallon tank, and it's about 5 months old and we had one that's the same before, but it had a hole in it so it leaked everywhere in the house, but we got a new one for free with the lifetime warranty and we got $3000 in the mail, awesome company
Also, just to be clear, you DO have a running sump and a skimmer. Just because it's a weir at the back of the tank doesn't mean it isn't a sump. The primary reason you need no biomedia in your sump is the large volume of live rock you have in the tank combined with good circulation and low fish population.
You idiots don’t even know what you’re talking about. He isn’t using a sump, and obviously he does water changes, and he would still have to even if he wasted time and money on all that extra garage that you morons are obsessed with. Finally a tank that is practal, beautiful, and not over crowded with fish and expensive unnecessary equip.. the hobby is supposed to be about the inhabitants, not the products
@@fijisbuntut thank you for understanding this...is morons that think they need everything on the market that's making it difficult for people to break into the hobby.
Realistically this is only for certain scenarios. Fish are the biggest polluters in an aquarium and secrete urine constantly. With this little tiny 3 is a perfect mix for this scenario. Great aquarium there.
I am at the opposite end of the spectrum...I keep a lightly stocked tank with a 2x protein skimmer/drain, media filter, macro algae, ATO, all in the sump. I do not do water changes at all. However, I dump about a gallon of green brown gunky water from the protein skimmer out ever 4-5 days. Either way- heavy water changes/ heavy skimming, the bad must come out and the good must go in. It is just personal preference.
Fantastic looking reef! Many would argue that the back 4-5" of your tank is in essence the sump- it's just a different acrylic box glued on the back of your tank. I have a simple yet thriving 3 year old 55 softie reef with the only two pieces of equipment being a korallia powerhead and a 2x55w t5ho light. No heater, no filter, no skimmer, no pseudo-sump. Not nearly as nice as yours though...
1. sump is that compartment in the back... 2. those filters on both sides are skimmers... 3. adding cleanup crew immediately will kill them, there won't be any food/waste for them to consume! 4. 00:00 nice establishing shot of all that algae haha 5. that sand at 01:09 hasn't been siphon cleaned in forever 6. 02:45 has that ever been cleaned? beautiful corals and invertebrates though
Water changes once a week is why you have good success and that is costly and a whole lot of work. I have a 40 gallon sump with a protein skimmer and a refugium and I might change the water every few months mainly to just clean the bottom. Plenty of fish and corals. You have a sump on the back of your tank. Put some algae in it, the live rock will do the rest in cleaning the tank.
@@socaliguy81 In fishkeeping, a sump is an accessory aquarium tank in which mechanical equipment is kept. ... In addition, somesumps have a compartment that can be converted into a refugium, helping to filter out excess nutrients such as nitrates. A sump can also improve aeration of the water in the aquarium Definition of a sump copied off of wikipedia. The aquarium in this video has a sump built into the back.
Have your hermits eaten some of your snails? What type of snails do you have and how do you divide them between the 40 you have? BTW you have a beautiful tank.
Tank is look fantastic... Wouldn't agree about the no sump thing tho. We both have AIO tanks and the rear chamber is a sump.. I dig the simple approach tho. Keep doing what u do man 👍🏾
Great looking tank and whatever you’re doing is working. Having said that, I believe water changes are highly overrated. If your changing out 10% volume your only removing/replenishing 10% of nutrients. For me, I’d prefer to spend the money on sump/refugium/skinner or whatever instead of doing water changes
Hello, beautiful aquarium! I just want to ask, isn't the current too strong for fishes? it looks like they could have problem swimming againts such a strong current. Thank you for answer.
Wow! Your tank looks awesome. I just started my very first saltwater tank and I wish I did it sooner. I'm documenting my experience and hope someday I'll become a pro like you. :)
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I'm no reefer, by a long shot; I stay on the Fresh side of the hobby. However, your very simplistic and thorough approach peaked my interest for a possible distant future reef setup. Thank You, Sir.
ur a genius, i want to start my reef now its been so many years waiting for idea u got it.for me its easy i live near the sea...
I love all the "experts" that pop up and tell you your doing things wrong! Tank looks great and ive seen plenty that don't run all the tech and do just fine so keep up the good work
Your tank looks incredible. Great job on displaying it. I personally like having a sump & skimmer but you have done great without one. Keep up the good work
I really love the way you have your reef tank sate up . That is the way you supposed to have set up. Although Reef Keepers can learn a thing or two from you. Thank you and keep up the good work
Wow your reef tank is stunning!!! Bravo!
I was searching for an Eheim prower pump, and after listening a few times...realized you said "per hour". :)
Dude this reef is truly a masterpiece way to go .
why are all of you guys hating on him about having a sump he's still right about the tips it will work with a canister filter my aquarium store does it like this all the time they have beautiful tanks and so do you hats off to you
Your fish tank is amazing keep up the great work your doing
i like the video. I am glad that there are other people out there like me trying to take the minimalist approach to filtration. People have questioned my set up a few times. I have a 20 gal lit by an older Kessil A350w, with just a simple waterfall 1sq ft ATS as filtration. I do a 4-5 gal water change once a month. Around 5 hermits and 30 snails. At this point i only have 2 fish, LPS, and Zoas, but it is only 5 months old. Eventually will bring that to 4 or 5 fish and intend to add SPS. Also want to build a custom stand and add an ATO after that. Right now i have to top off daily by hand.
hello, very nice, congratulations! I don't have one similar to yours (I have videos on my channel) started for 4 years and I must say that they give a lot of satisfaction!
Il più bel titolo che abbia mai visto 😊. 100% esplicativo
Amazing tank setup. I am a firm believer in less is more.
one man's sump, is another man's hob sump. Locating your sump behind your tank, doesn't change the fact, that you have a sump (behind your tank instead of under it). Nice looking tank.
This tank is gorgeous!
Nice update as usual. Very nice explanation on how you keep your tank running.
Hi. I totally agree with you: the best way to maintain a tank are water changes and an ecological balance, avoiding over stocking. Thanx for this! Besides: fantastic aquarium!
Fantastic looking. I'm just getting into a salt water tank so this will help me. Thanks again
I love the clean up crew so many awesome animals and my conches are soo cute
Congrats! Wonderful tank
Wow! Utterly gorgeous!
The trick is in what you mentioned last - weekly 50% water change. Good luck with the tank.
Beautiful tank 👌👌👌
Your yellow tang looks so happy,I love those little guys,had one myself for 12 years,cutest faces and personalties,beautiful tank by the way,I always ran an under gravel filter and had ,many years of success,but that's unheard of these days.thank you.
Real NICE Set up!! I love it!
Ultimately it depends on what type of livestock you are keeping and nutrient export. The livestock you have can handle and prefer higher nutrients. You'll find this setup more challenging if you try to keep Acropora and some other SPS
This tank is gorgeous
Love the colors of the reef.
Nice work, man!! Beautiful tank!!
Beautiful!! Best I've ever seen! So brilliantly done!
Awesome reef tank! Great job!
Very nice, clearly explained video. Thanks!
Gorgeous tank. Great mix of coral. Well done
Looks great! Love the look of your tank
My favorite part of the setup is the Power Outage equipment, that's really cool and it's a big worry for me. I don't know what you're using to power everything incase there is a power outage but thank you for the video. Now I have a bit of work to do to try and figure out how I could power my Aquarium for an hour or two in-case there is a power outage.
Saw this tank featured on ReefBuilders and it reminded me of a 120g all softie tank I used to have, and yeah I didn't do much in the way of filtration, heck I did a water change like once every 6 months. Worked great!
Wow. Teach me how.
Ummmm, no. There IS a skimmer and there IS a sump. The sump is in back of the tank and the skimmer is inside the sump. My god!
I know this video was posted ages ago but if u have a skimmer use a skimmer , ITS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE
@@lucaspoulos4505 yeah... I can understand people not using skimmer because they cant afford one. But having one and not using it is interesting specialty doing water changes every week. If he would just turn on the skimmer could save a lot of money on salt and time doing changes.
But honestly feeding that little and only having 3 fish probably the skimmer wasn't even making enough foam to work properly.
I don't buy that he's not using the skimmer.
If he would use it since he has it then he would get away with alot less water changes
And could easily stock more fish.
Alot Corals will be less stressed and will grow and do better in their environment with once a month 10 -15% water changes or just by doing a saltwater topoff as needed for evaporation.
Less Stress from Water Changes = Less Stress on your fish too.
Also SPS Corals and Anemones feed and thrive better as long as you target your nitrate levels between 2-10 ppm which will generally Keep right at 5ppm.
phosphates should range from .03 to 0.1 ppm.
It's a good Idea to supplement nitrates otherwise they drop too low and you'll starve your Corals.
Suggest powdered KNO3 daily to your display at the same time feed the fish in the morning.
Your phosphates will remain in the described range without the use of GFO or lanthanum chloride.
You will also avoid feeding any algae preventing growth.
Suggest Checking out BTUFF's RUclips Channel.
He's been Reefing for 25 years.
He uses a skimmer and Sump but very seldom at all does water changes. Amazing how his tank does on it's own.
He apparently keeps his Nitrate and Phosphate levels a little higher because he alows just a little agae on his live rock for feeding.
Also recommended checking out Danny's Aquariums.
Beautiful Tanks! No Sump, No Mechanical Filtration or Skimmers.
Incredible SPS Corals and Gardens.
Does alot of testing though.
@@lucaspoulos4505 skimmer will strip nutrients from the tank if there’s very low nutrients killing corals
@@mattricav if he'd rather do water changes than deal with a skimmer who cares?
The tank looks beautiful :)
I have a 300 gallon tank, and it's about 5 months old and we had one that's the same before, but it had a hole in it so it leaked everywhere in the house, but we got a new one for free with the lifetime warranty and we got $3000 in the mail, awesome company
Also, just to be clear, you DO have a running sump and a skimmer.
Just because it's a weir at the back of the tank doesn't mean it isn't a sump.
The primary reason you need no biomedia in your sump is the large volume of live rock you have in the tank combined with good circulation and low fish population.
He literally said the skimmer isn't running and that 'sump' only holds a heater. don't be a smartass.
@@Nathan-cv6sm And right at the end, what do we hear? "15% water change every week". No wonder no sump is in use.
Greg Chalker you should be doing that for marine anyway....
You idiots don’t even know what you’re talking about. He isn’t using a sump, and obviously he does water changes, and he would still have to even if he wasted time and money on all that extra garage that you morons are obsessed with. Finally a tank that is practal, beautiful, and not over crowded with fish and expensive unnecessary equip.. the hobby is supposed to be about the inhabitants, not the products
@@fijisbuntut thank you for understanding this...is morons that think they need everything on the market that's making it difficult for people to break into the hobby.
I have no idea about aquarium but my friend is making something like this your's looks so beautiful so I left a big like
That is an amazingly beautiful tank
NICE TANK DUDE nice and organized
I like the simple way,thats awesome.
Its the water changes hes making that make it thrive without the equipment and clean up crew👍
agreed!
Realistically this is only for certain scenarios. Fish are the biggest polluters in an aquarium and secrete urine constantly. With this little tiny 3 is a perfect mix for this scenario. Great aquarium there.
wow Man, nice reef tank, fantastic!!
Your mini ocean is awesome
I hope i can build my own someday
do not start with a big cleanup crew! They will starve! the cleanup crew requires a seasoned well aged aquarium to have enough food to survive.
@@darkmode867 when they get hungry enough they'll sort the numbers out themselves...
If I want a cleaner shrimp for a new tank would it be fine or should I wait
@@Marshy2020 you don't know.
something to do about nothing shut up you idiot
@@natevoid9955 just buy a bag of frozen prawns and give the cleaner shrimp a tiny bit. They treat them like sweeties. They get hand tame ;-)
Great setup, super informative
Is the Tank still up and running ? nice work with the balance in the tank fisk vs Coral 🙂
very wonderful tank 👍
I am at the opposite end of the spectrum...I keep a lightly stocked tank with a 2x protein skimmer/drain, media filter, macro algae, ATO, all in the sump. I do not do water changes at all. However, I dump about a gallon of green brown gunky water from the protein skimmer out ever 4-5 days. Either way- heavy water changes/ heavy skimming, the bad must come out and the good must go in. It is just personal preference.
One of the best videos I've seen on here. Thanks for sharing and these negative comments... lol they must have the most perfect tank.
Very nice!! Where can I buy one of those overflow boxes like the one you have?
Beautiful aquarium BTW. Gorgeous
It seems that you have a deepsandbed too...your tank is fantastic 😀 resepect and salty wishes from Germany 🇩🇪
Beautiful tank bro.
Awesome man... I only run my reef on a canister and it’s thriving
B-ionic is the key brother!! This thank is perfect 👌🏼
Fantastic looking reef! Many would argue that the back 4-5" of your tank is in essence the sump- it's just a different acrylic box glued on the back of your tank. I have a simple yet thriving 3 year old 55 softie reef with the only two pieces of equipment being a korallia powerhead and a 2x55w t5ho light. No heater, no filter, no skimmer, no pseudo-sump. Not nearly as nice as yours though...
I have like 10 snails and hermit crabs total in my 125. My God I am such a noob. I was wanting more so this will work out! Lol!! ❤️
My clean up crew is actually my favourite part of my tank, I've always had a strange addiction to invertebrates.
That's one of the reason why I wanna start a reef tank.. Watching the clean up crew is interesting
1. sump is that compartment in the back...
2. those filters on both sides are skimmers...
3. adding cleanup crew immediately will kill them, there won't be any food/waste for them to consume!
4. 00:00 nice establishing shot of all that algae haha
5. that sand at 01:09 hasn't been siphon cleaned in forever
6. 02:45 has that ever been cleaned?
beautiful corals and invertebrates though
Terrific teaching here. Well done..... Thank you. Most impressive........... Keep it simple for sure. Live near the ocean ??
cool video. Sweet tank keep the videos coming
I know I'm a little behind the times like 6 yrs LOL. Better late than never. Love the Tank! what the HOB system you are using?
Gorgeous tank.. absolutely love salt water aquariums.. so beautiful!
They get pretty boring overtime, unless you keep upgrading
love the color of your corals, beautiful tank man!
Water changes once a week is why you have good success and that is costly and a whole lot of work. I have a 40 gallon sump with a protein skimmer and a refugium and I might change the water every few months mainly to just clean the bottom. Plenty of fish and corals. You have a sump on the back of your tank. Put some algae in it, the live rock will do the rest in cleaning the tank.
Tank looks very good
I´m new into the saltwater and I have one question, do you gravel vac?
amazing tank!
Amazing bro! Well done!
Nice job man
what is that fish food "dropper"? can’t figure out what you are using there but seems to be efficient/ amazing reef BTW....awesome!
Nice set up
Awesome tank, I'm running a120 sumpless as well . Hopefully in time it will fully stock like yours
How is it years later with this approach?
"I don't have a sump, so let me show you my sump" hahahaha
i thought the same damn thing lol
It's not a sump. Just a reservoir for auto-filling.
@@socaliguy81 In fishkeeping, a sump is an accessory aquarium tank in which mechanical equipment is kept. ... In addition, somesumps have a compartment that can be converted into a refugium, helping to filter out excess nutrients such as nitrates. A sump can also improve aeration of the water in the aquarium
Definition of a sump copied off of wikipedia. The aquarium in this video has a sump built into the back.
Have your hermits eaten some of your snails? What type of snails do you have and how do you divide them between the 40 you have? BTW you have a beautiful tank.
Love the video! I also just changed my lights from T5 to some Kessil A360we. Let us know how they adjust and settings!
that is an amazing reef bud
love the lights great colour
Tank is look fantastic... Wouldn't agree about the no sump thing tho. We both have AIO tanks and the rear chamber is a sump.. I dig the simple approach tho. Keep doing what u do man 👍🏾
CJ'S AQUARIUMS your tank is incredible. Thanks for the comment!
Colorado Reef hey dude, what tank is this, name
He says no sump first god damn thing you see is the over head view the rear sump lol
Yeah, you're right! WTF man, boo you're a liar! next he'll tell us he gets the water current from the rotation of the planet.
Ummm bitch i have a no sump but a protein slimmer and still looking fine
Amazing looking Reef, Great job!
Great looking tank and whatever you’re doing is working. Having said that, I believe water changes are highly overrated. If your changing out 10% volume your only removing/replenishing 10% of nutrients. For me, I’d prefer to spend the money on sump/refugium/skinner or whatever instead of doing water changes
Hello, beautiful aquarium! I just want to ask, isn't the current too strong for fishes? it looks like they could have problem swimming againts such a strong current. Thank you for answer.
I'd like to know if you use any Calcium, or any other product to feed the corals since you have so many ?
Youre reef is great.
Awesome tank! Good job! 👍
Good clean up crew idea
Wow! Your tank looks awesome. I just started my very first saltwater tank and I wish I did it sooner. I'm documenting my experience and hope someday I'll become a pro like you. :)
Love the videos man! Hope all is well. Are you done making video on reefing?
Awesome tank..which salt did u use for the marine tank?? Do u have to top it up with every water change?
nice tank. how high off the water are your lights?
Very nice tank. congrats ;)
nice tips! thank you for sharing! also your tank is incredibly gorgeous!
where did you get the fish dropper thing u use to feed your fish what is it called love the tank thanks for the help
You could ad an airstone refugium to the back and save on water changes by doing less.