Thank you for doing this! You inspired me to start my first tank...I think by doing this you are sure to open more minds to the possibilities of this rewarding hobby!
Thank you for your kind words Becky, I'm happy to hear that the videos played a small part in you joining the hobby! I hope others will find this video helpful as well
Wow nice beautiful tank.. i have saltwater reef tank , i think i can help you to setup your live rock , like my bonsai work zoa tree i have 12 gallon nano reef tank
I dont know for that piece of wood (I am a GM at a hardware store, used to own LFS) But it might. The biggest problem I see with tanks is usually from the cheapest addition-used to kill me to see people set up a 10k$ reef and go to home depot to save money on sand.
Good to know, better safe than sorry! When you say home depot sand, do you mean Southdown Playsand back in the days? Those were the go-tos before they got discontinued!
No this guy was using sandblasting silica. There are time tested things like dow flake that have had extensive testing by randy holmes farley and others that are safe-but many of the cost cutters people pull out of the air could benefit from deeper thought.
Inappropriate Reefer nothing to be embarrassed about. Looking back, it's like "duh that makes sense". I would not have thought about it in the moment. Build is going to be epic.
I still say it's TOO expensive , honestly I think the entire hobby has become very costly.....but that can be said for alot of things , I have always dreamed of a world where you actually get paid enough to have hobbies after all the important bills are paid...lol
The Fishy Life ! Agreed saltwater especially has become overpriced a few hundred for just equipment plus the fish that cost 10x as much as freshwater fish
Thanks for showing that mistake. Just mentioning it wouldn’t of had as much of an impact as seeing does. Nothing worse than a leaking tank but glad it was before you had it established. Great vid!
Thanks for your kind words man, especially coming from someone who's production value and content is so high! I do hope people would find this series useful as well
This single video got me into saltwater, about a year after I caught the coral bug 😁 Thanks for getting me into the hobby, it's been fun all the stuff Im learning along the way.
#10gallonreefer !!!! First tank and still running after 8 months :) 1 Firefish blue leg hermits tons of zoas acros hammer gsp and I used mostly the same equipment as this build
CorruptLP. I am doing 50% water change every 10 days now instead 25% every 2 weeks. and 1 day black out every Monday mostly. That way I slow down progress on the algae, but I can’t eliminate completely.
The hobby needs more of this mentality. If you go on reefcentral or another forum and ask about a budget nano build everyone scares the crap out of you until you decide not to join the hobby. You do NOT need to spend $1,000+ just to start up an entry level nano reef tank!!!!!!!
I'm looking at starting the marine hobby, I'm a freshwater guy so I literally know nothing about marine tanks etc, I'm wondering if you can help? Do you think I could run a 15 gallon tank without a skimmer, UV sterraliser or a wavemaker, so just using a filter that can be used for marine, a heater and a marine light?
So glad I found this, as I plan to setup a 10 gallon reef tank, so it helps having someone walk you through the whole process. I am sure I will be referring back to this series many times over the next few months as I go about setting up my first nano reef tank.
Nobody mentioning their math is off? I mean come on, this is the internet right? :) According to the prices he is stating in this video, it should add up to 144. Anyway, he said maybe it's 146, so he is a Inappropriate Reefer after all...
Looking forward to this series. I had the same build, but I used a smaller hang on unit and the flow was intense! Interested to see how this comes along
Dewd, you R are the coolest and I watch everything you show(teach) us. After you tank cracked because of the piece of wood expanding is something that would have happened to me too, I have the same light I'm going to set up on a 28g. I don't know if I could keep so cool though..thanks for the inspiration, Your subscriber 🐡
Literally eighteen seconds into this video and I'm already subscribing and liking every video. Great job, keep up the incredible work! Your passion and dedication doesn't go unnoticed.
Victor Alanis I built it out of a 2.5 gallon tank, plexi glass, 1/2 inch tubing, and an old circulation pump. The thing that made me get rid of my sump is when the power went out the tubing, since it didn’t have a check valve or anything it kept siphoning water and it over flowed the sump. I wouldn’t recommend doing what I did. Go with a canister filter or hang on back or even a professional built sump rated for your tank.
Thank you so so much for doing this! Lot's of great info and very budget friendly! I'd love to be able to have some big tanks in the future, but I'm so happy nano tanks are something I can have now :D
Super excited about this whole series. Been wanting to get into the aquascaping world but definitely seemed way to expensive to venture into for a beginner. Thanks for giving me the first kind of foot into this imaginative world!
Does anyone have any experience with the Aqua Knight A029 light used in this video? I'm looking to convert my 15G Fluval Flex in to a marine tank, but I don't fancy spending £200 on an AI Prime HD (which everyone seems to recommend). What is the lifespan like on the Aqua Knight? I understand it's a lot cheaper, so it's going to be less, but if it dies all the time I'm thinking it might be cheaper in the long run to buy something like the Prime HD.
Inappropriate Reefer I'm starting my first reef tank! I got a custom 5ft by 18inch by 2 ft tank (500l) Im 15 and saved up ages lol. My filter is a 10thousand lph pond filter! Way overkill. For stocking I want to start with 2 maroon clowns and a dwarf bicolor anglerfish BTW this tank is going to be an indo-pacific biotope. Any suggestions on a cheap light? Mind I want corals and also anemone. Many thanks - Thomas from Scotland.
I had a Aquaclear 30 and this tank but made rimless and no powhead. I have no corals yet sinces its new. My first fish died. I now realize it was because I filled the tank to the top and the water was gently flowing into the tank, so not enough oxygen and flow! I only did that for 2 days but long enough! This tank cracked when my hubby slid the filter so we had a aqueon ascend in the box that we got on clearance, quickly switched out before we flooded the kitchen! Anyway, my ascend had a high back, so the water falls a long way. My hubby got all paranoid and thought the fish died from maining 7.8 to 7.9 ph! He goes and gets an AC 50 and we have since bought a pair of clownfish and hooked up a korelia nano power head! This is overkill right? So much flow that caribsea figi pink is flying around. Even b4 the aqua 50 is was flying around, not a lot but enough to make water look cloudy! My question is this. should I just use the 30, and powerhead that is 250 gph. nano korelia It says it is for a 10 to 15 gallon. Or should I keep the 50 and no powerhead? I thought I need the room from the 50 but I realized that chemi pure elite has phosphate remover so I wont need to add phosguard more than likely, so I have sufficient room in the 30 and that is really overkill if i have a powerhead! My fish love playing in the current but I am planning on a yellow clown goby after watching yours and milehigh reefers youtubes! lol So maybe to strong for him! Or any smaller fish! I love ur videos and you are my fave! I almost moved to Glen burnie when I was little! My dad ais from Baltimore so spent my summer and xmas vacations there and so many memories. I went back 3 times in the last 7 years and reconnected with my 56 cousins! What part of Maryland are you from?
After that video I purchased this light from Hypargero, but as it comes i read on the box M029 code instead of A029, do anybody knows whats the difference ? After i red the guide, the Led lights are similar.
Can just get a fuval evo 5 for $100 that comes with everything including a light. Just get a small 50w heater on amazon for $7 and you could probably get everything you need for less than this
Love the video, very informative, BUT, background music too loud at times I couldn’t understand what you were saying but due to good content I’m subbing and liking!
#10GallonReefer I have the same set up as you, but my light is an AI Prime. My set up is literally bundled from spare parts, nothing was purchased for setting up my nano. I’m looking forward to seeing how you turn your AC70 into a fuge. Maybe I’ll do the same thing.
About to start this myself, me and my gf are letting our 10.4 and 4.14 gallon tanks cycle. I hope we are as successful as you. But we do not have friends that are into this at all any tips on meeting people in the hobby?
I like the idea of upping the filtration for water movement' I was planing on doing a 10 gallon myself I was kinda dreading getting another power head as I just got rid of one I had stupid me! Lol
Yes.. lets tell newbies to create a nano reef, where a bad day in summer can wipe your entire tank out unless your room has AC on all the time. :D If your new, and you want a reef tank, go the largest you can as its the most forgiving, and until your comfortable with it, and lost a lot in live stock and know how to keep stuff alive, then you go nano.
I am making a 10 gallon frag quarantine tank. I got this same light since it will support sps. I made a spacer for the light inorder to mount it. I cut some egg crate. I cut two pieces, I took a dremmel and gound the thickness of one piece down by half and glued it to a full piece that I cut to get the right thickness for the spacer to hold the light. I also took the bracket and cut 2 sections off inorder to bring the light center to the tank.
#10gallonreefer set it up a few months ago. Almost done cycling so no corals yet but so far I have 1 clown fish and 1 yellow belly damsel....and a brown algae bloom 😒
Since it’s a 10 gallon it doesn’t need a huge amount of support and u could remove the rim with a razor blade and if your nervous u could add a small custom brace out of glass or acrylic glass would be better
what turns me away is money. I know fish keeping is expensive, I have been keeping freshwater for years. I want a smallish saltwater but people tell me to get hundreds of gallons because I have never kept saltwater. my floor isn't gonna hold that....
I love seeing nano builds. And a budget one is all the better. I have a 75 gallon softy tank but am setting up a nano Lps Sps tank in my wife's office. Just have to say just because the tank is small that doesn't mean the price will be. I went with a IM 14g peninsula , running a AI prime Hd. I did have to upgrade the pump (stock one is so noise) to a sicce syncora 1.0. Just picked up a Smart ATO Micro try try to keep water levels stable. I do still need to get a wave pump of some kind (any recommendations?). Even with all the extras this tank has the cost is not with the setup it is with the livestock. You have some amazing tanks and a lot of useful information. Thanks.
Am i the only one that thinks he should have set the wood on the otherside of the aquarium...? So it wouldnt have taken on water and it wouldnt have cracked
hey bro i wanna get into this hobby and need some advice do u think u can possibly chat or give me some names of people i can chat with and ask about the stuff i should buy the tank i found a fue all in ones and i’ve seen some that come with the tank and the box under the cabinet
These vids are so important in my opinion. Cost intimidation is what kept me from keeping a reef or any tank for the first 30 years of my life. Great vid!!
I did a 20g long. Found that the evaporation cosrantly threw off the salinity (about a gallon a week or 5% of the tank water) maybe lasted 6 months. After a couple months of keeping fish I tried cheap basic corals. And found I needed nutrient additives and between trying to maintain right calcium and right salinity.... I just gave up. Much harder than freshwater to maintain in my opinion and I really hated the salt crust build up at the water line.
That light! I just ordered one because it looks like awesome value for money! I don’t even have a tank to put it on! But sorry - Amazon.com wouldn’t let me ship it to my US address so I couldn’t use your link to buy it. Had to get it through amazon.ca. ☹️ I’m gonna LOVE this series! 👍🏻👍🏻
About a day away from following along with this build, I’m super excited for it! :)
Good luck
Thank you for doing this! You inspired me to start my first tank...I think by doing this you are sure to open more minds to the possibilities of this rewarding hobby!
Thank you for your kind words Becky, I'm happy to hear that the videos played a small part in you joining the hobby! I hope others will find this video helpful as well
Wow nice beautiful tank.. i have saltwater reef tank , i think i can help you to setup your live rock , like my bonsai work zoa tree i have 12 gallon nano reef tank
*sweet reef tank* hmmmmm..... 😳 i thought they like salty tanks? 🤔🤣🤣
Savory
as soon as I saw wood- i said "uh oh" Not just the swelling-but the release of chemicals used in drying.
Did not know they use chemical during the drying process, thank you for the heads up! 😱 Constantly learning
I dont know for that piece of wood (I am a GM at a hardware store, used to own LFS) But it might. The biggest problem I see with tanks is usually from the cheapest addition-used to kill me to see people set up a 10k$ reef and go to home depot to save money on sand.
Good to know, better safe than sorry! When you say home depot sand, do you mean Southdown Playsand back in the days? Those were the go-tos before they got discontinued!
No this guy was using sandblasting silica. There are time tested things like dow flake that have had extensive testing by randy holmes farley and others that are safe-but many of the cost cutters people pull out of the air could benefit from deeper thought.
Good point.
Can not believe what happened to the tank! Lol nuts. Looking forward to the tank build. Well done. Sally is strong! lol
I was a bit embarrassed and dreaded re-doing the build, but thankfully the new one was up and running in 3 days time! =b
Inappropriate Reefer nothing to be embarrassed about. Looking back, it's like "duh that makes sense". I would not have thought about it in the moment. Build is going to be epic.
@@InappropriateReefer could you not have just put the wood block on the outside of the tank?
I still say it's TOO expensive , honestly I think the entire hobby has become very costly.....but that can be said for alot of things , I have always dreamed of a world where you actually get paid enough to have hobbies after all the important bills are paid...lol
The Fishy Life ! Agreed saltwater especially has become overpriced a few hundred for just equipment plus the fish that cost 10x as much as freshwater fish
bro everything is too expensive.. and its really not that bad.. that tank is straight garbage.. go to a local pet store and get a package deal
Get a job bro $160 aint shit
StraitClownin909 bruh
$160 is definitely shit, if you spend 160 on a daily youre just dumb with your money and talking smack just for the hell of it.
Thanks for showing that mistake. Just mentioning it wouldn’t of had as much of an impact as seeing does. Nothing worse than a leaking tank but glad it was before you had it established. Great vid!
I'm looking the thumbnail, watchning the video, this video will be popular...
Man you are so talented, it's incredible.
Thanks for your kind words man, especially coming from someone who's production value and content is so high! I do hope people would find this series useful as well
This single video got me into saltwater, about a year after I caught the coral bug 😁 Thanks for getting me into the hobby, it's been fun all the stuff Im learning along the way.
I laughed at the turtle comment. That's EXACTLY how I got my ten gallon! ...thank's Brian (sorry Blastoise R.I.P.)!
God bless everyone who sees this I hope you have a great rest of your day and a great day tomorrow. God is king and God loves you bye.❤️🙏🏽🤍🕊🤍
#10gallonreefer !!!! First tank and still running after 8 months :) 1 Firefish blue leg hermits tons of zoas acros hammer gsp and I used mostly the same equipment as this build
Awesome to hear man! Question, are you using a meshtop on the tank for your Firefish? Or no issue with jumping? *knock on wood*
CorruptLP. Hey pal, I have same set up, with little variant. But I have issue with black algae. What do you use on the filter to help that?
Inappropriate Reefer lol he has never jumped but I do have a cover ad lots of flow. That knock on wood better have worked
Cuz I love FishTanks what’s up! I have the same issue ugh I lowered my photo period but it didn’t help much
CorruptLP. I am doing 50% water change every 10 days now instead 25% every 2 weeks. and 1 day black out every Monday mostly. That way I slow down progress on the algae, but I can’t eliminate completely.
9:24 “I didn’t actually listen” 😂😂😂😂
The hobby needs more of this mentality. If you go on reefcentral or another forum and ask about a budget nano build everyone scares the crap out of you until you decide not to join the hobby. You do NOT need to spend $1,000+ just to start up an entry level nano reef tank!!!!!!!
Do you have a 6.8 gallon project ?!
In for the series.
That’s not even enough for a ai prime lol
I like budget setups👍
No Protein skimmer，No Wave maker pump,
No Titration pump.The easy way to enjoy reef life.
I'm looking at starting the marine hobby, I'm a freshwater guy so I literally know nothing about marine tanks etc, I'm wondering if you can help? Do you think I could run a 15 gallon tank without a skimmer, UV sterraliser or a wavemaker, so just using a filter that can be used for marine, a heater and a marine light?
@@jhaychno skimmer&UV sterraliser is ok.
@@nanoreefchannel7240 what about wave maker? Thank you by the way.
@@jhaych If you don't use wavemaker, you need to arrange the water according to your tank
@@jhaych Click on my avatar if you're interested, there are my Suggestions
How many clicks to have my lights at 100% blue and 100% white, I can’t figure out the setting of lights
So glad I found this, as I plan to setup a 10 gallon reef tank, so it helps having someone walk you through the whole process. I am sure I will be referring back to this series many times over the next few months as I go about setting up my first nano reef tank.
Crazy how the tank broke!
A bigger all in one is down to about 160, right?
BTW, when I talk to you about turning my 10g into a small reef, I was going to de-rim mine.
#10gallonreefer youre the first to do this. Looking forward to the build
Mass aquariums did this years ago
I replicated this a couple years ago and it still kicks ass!!!
first tank #12gallonreefer to bad about the first tank! haha good video!
Awesome bro, budget nano reef project👍
Nobody mentioning their math is off? I mean come on, this is the internet right? :)
According to the prices he is stating in this video, it should add up to 144.
Anyway, he said maybe it's 146, so he is a Inappropriate Reefer after all...
You told us about your mistake, before we repeated it, and that's why I'm subscribing. When you treat your viewers with respect, you deserve it.
Great video! I want to start a saltwater tank & I thought it would be a lot more expensive!! 😁
Looking forward to this series. I had the same build, but I used a smaller hang on unit and the flow was intense! Interested to see how this comes along
#5gallonreefer i also have a simular stetup with an oversizded hob and i stuck my heater in there too.
Exactly what I am doing as well!
Dewd, you R are the coolest and I watch everything you show(teach) us. After you tank cracked because of the piece of wood expanding is something that would have happened to me too, I have the same light I'm going to set up on a 28g. I don't know if I could keep so cool though..thanks for the inspiration,
Your subscriber 🐡
Literally eighteen seconds into this video and I'm already subscribing and liking every video. Great job, keep up the incredible work! Your passion and dedication doesn't go unnoticed.
This is basically my nano reef lol just add a 2.5 gallon sump and thats my tank :p great video as always!
Cmharper 50 how did you add the 2.5 sump
Victor Alanis I built it out of a 2.5 gallon tank, plexi glass, 1/2 inch tubing, and an old circulation pump. The thing that made me get rid of my sump is when the power went out the tubing, since it didn’t have a check valve or anything it kept siphoning water and it over flowed the sump. I wouldn’t recommend doing what I did. Go with a canister filter or hang on back or even a professional built sump rated for your tank.
just trying to help but... the title should be equipment you need not equipments... Great video though!
Yoooo thanks for this man, as you can see, grammar is not my strong point, lol
Inappropriate Reefer love your videos man!
Thank you so so much for doing this! Lot's of great info and very budget friendly! I'd love to be able to have some big tanks in the future, but I'm so happy nano tanks are something I can have now :D
The tank cracked, that was very inappropriate
I can't wait for the next video to come out. :-)
You can get a fluval evo for like 90 or 160 depending on size...
WTF math you do. 14+50+60+20= 144 (maybe for the transport charges)+2 = 146$
Super excited about this whole series. Been wanting to get into the aquascaping world but definitely seemed way to expensive to venture into for a beginner. Thanks for giving me the first kind of foot into this imaginative world!
U can remove the top trim safely, there’s plenty of of RUclips videos on that.
I need one of those blocks for my 10 gallon tank so the light will fit. Any have a link to where i can get one?
Is anyone able to find this light? Amazon is not carrying it anymore.
Check ebay
whats your toughts about this light on24x24 cube mixed reef bozilly aquarium lights300 leds
Does anyone have any experience with the Aqua Knight A029 light used in this video? I'm looking to convert my 15G Fluval Flex in to a marine tank, but I don't fancy spending £200 on an AI Prime HD (which everyone seems to recommend). What is the lifespan like on the Aqua Knight? I understand it's a lot cheaper, so it's going to be less, but if it dies all the time I'm thinking it might be cheaper in the long run to buy something like the Prime HD.
My first tank was a 10 gallon I up graded in just 2months
LOL, did not stay small for long er? I understand the itch...
Inappropriate Reefer i have restart my 25 gallon tank lol
Inappropriate Reefer I'm starting my first reef tank! I got a custom 5ft by 18inch by 2 ft tank (500l) Im 15 and saved up ages lol. My filter is a 10thousand lph pond filter! Way overkill. For stocking I want to start with 2 maroon clowns and a dwarf bicolor anglerfish BTW this tank is going to be an indo-pacific biotope. Any suggestions on a cheap light? Mind I want corals and also anemone. Many thanks - Thomas from Scotland.
BigTomo 03 dont use a pond filter...
I have the same light I have it on a 20 gallon long I used a small piece of plastic it worked great for it.
I had a Aquaclear 30 and this tank but made rimless and no powhead. I have no corals yet sinces its new. My first fish died. I now realize it was because I filled the tank to the top and the water was gently flowing into the tank, so not enough oxygen and flow! I only did that for 2 days but long enough! This tank cracked when my hubby slid the filter so we had a aqueon ascend in the box that we got on clearance, quickly switched out before we flooded the kitchen! Anyway, my ascend had a high back, so the water falls a long way. My hubby got all paranoid and thought the fish died from maining 7.8 to 7.9 ph! He goes and gets an AC 50 and we have since bought a pair of clownfish and hooked up a korelia nano power head! This is overkill right? So much flow that caribsea figi pink is flying around. Even b4 the aqua 50 is was flying around, not a lot but enough to make water look cloudy! My question is this. should I just use the 30, and powerhead that is 250 gph. nano korelia It says it is for a 10 to 15 gallon. Or should I keep the 50 and no powerhead? I thought I need the room from the 50 but I realized that chemi pure elite has phosphate remover so I wont need to add phosguard more than likely, so I have sufficient room in the 30 and that is really overkill if i have a powerhead! My fish love playing in the current but I am planning on a yellow clown goby after watching yours and milehigh reefers youtubes! lol So maybe to strong for him! Or any smaller fish! I love ur videos and you are my fave! I almost moved to Glen burnie when I was little! My dad ais from Baltimore so spent my summer and xmas vacations there and so many memories. I went back 3 times in the last 7 years and reconnected with my 56 cousins! What part of Maryland are you from?
After that video I purchased this light from Hypargero, but as it comes i read on the box M029 code instead of A029, do anybody knows whats the difference ? After i red the guide, the Led lights are similar.
Can just get a fuval evo 5 for $100 that comes with everything including a light. Just get a small 50w heater on amazon for $7 and you could probably get everything you need for less than this
Love the video, very informative, BUT, background music too loud at times I couldn’t understand what you were saying but due to good content I’m subbing and liking!
#10GallonReefer I have the same set up as you, but my light is an AI Prime. My set up is literally bundled from spare parts, nothing was purchased for setting up my nano. I’m looking forward to seeing how you turn your AC70 into a fuge. Maybe I’ll do the same thing.
I found a used AI prime (with mount) for 100$ (white LED don't work anymore but i'm gonna try to fix it)
Soon I'll have a 3 gallon nano :)
Fluval 13.5 is cheaper, though you need to add a heater.
Awesome content. This is how you bring people into the hobby! Well done!
Is it okay the metal mount touches the water? Any rust issues
About to start this myself, me and my gf are letting our 10.4 and 4.14 gallon tanks cycle. I hope we are as successful as you. But we do not have friends that are into this at all any tips on meeting people in the hobby?
I bought a 20 gallon long, but I bought a fluval aqua clear 50.. will that be ok? And also what about for a budget lighting ?
Do you think this light would work on a 15 gallon standard tank. Was planning to do your exact build but add som marinepure gems in the ac70.
$14 where I am it costs at least £50 for a 5gal
Yea, the UK is fkn expensive man. Probably try importing from aliexpress
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I like the idea of upping the filtration for water movement' I was planing on doing a 10 gallon myself I was kinda dreading getting another power head as I just got rid of one I had stupid me! Lol
Yes.. lets tell newbies to create a nano reef, where a bad day in summer can wipe your entire tank out unless your room has AC on all the time. :D
If your new, and you want a reef tank, go the largest you can as its the most forgiving, and until your comfortable with it, and lost a lot in live stock and know how to keep stuff alive, then you go nano.
I would've used a aqueon 15 gallon tank. Still cheap and small but glass is way thicker. The 10 gallons glass scare me lol.
Dude great vid thanks for making it, only things is you didn't talk about the water. Did you buy premixed water or did you treat tap water?
Well thank god I used a pvc block. But you put that fire out well and did not lose emotional control. Nice play Shakespeare.
I always recommend nicrew lights. Super cheap and very efficient
I really want to build 10 gallon marine aquarium but im scared dont know how to do,😌
I have a 5gal and its really not hard to set up. Just do a lot of research and watch some youtube vids like this and you will be ok.
I am making a 10 gallon frag quarantine tank. I got this same light since it will support sps. I made a spacer for the light inorder to mount it. I cut some egg crate. I cut two pieces, I took a dremmel and gound the thickness of one piece down by half and glued it to a full piece that I cut to get the right thickness for the spacer to hold the light. I also took the bracket and cut 2 sections off inorder to bring the light center to the tank.
#10gallonreefer set it up a few months ago. Almost done cycling so no corals yet but so far I have 1 clown fish and 1 yellow belly damsel....and a brown algae bloom 😒
Since it’s a 10 gallon it doesn’t need a huge amount of support and u could remove the rim with a razor blade and if your nervous u could add a small custom brace out of glass or acrylic glass would be better
Is aqua knight bracket made from aluminium/metal? Would it cause problem to reef tank?
What tank would you recommend getting that’s affordable, all in one mini nano tank?
what turns me away is money. I know fish keeping is expensive, I have been keeping freshwater for years. I want a smallish saltwater but people tell me to get hundreds of gallons because I have never kept saltwater. my floor isn't gonna hold that....
and neither is my wallet
I love seeing nano builds. And a budget one is all the better. I have a 75 gallon softy tank but am setting up a nano Lps Sps tank in my wife's office. Just have to say just because the tank is small that doesn't mean the price will be. I went with a IM 14g peninsula , running a AI prime Hd. I did have to upgrade the pump (stock one is so noise) to a sicce syncora 1.0. Just picked up a Smart ATO Micro try try to keep water levels stable. I do still need to get a wave pump of some kind (any recommendations?). Even with all the extras this tank has the cost is not with the setup it is with the livestock. You have some amazing tanks and a lot of useful information. Thanks.
The tetra 50 w heater is smaller and 7 bucks on Amazon do I would seap the heater out if you don't already have one
Do you think a aqua clear 30 would provide enough filtration?
Am i the only one that thinks he should have set the wood on the otherside of the aquarium...?
So it wouldnt have taken on water and it wouldnt have cracked
If you touch both buttons at the same time it turns off the light. I have 2 of them on my Fluval Evo 13.5 I also have the stock light
I recently just set up a 10g reef tank for my desk at work . Only using a Aquaclear 40 , but interested in seeing the Hob.mod that you did to the 70.
Same I'm temporarily using a 110 as a refugium on my 75
Great! I’m so overwhelmed but this has given me the confidence to start up
hey bro i wanna get into this hobby and need some advice do u think u can possibly chat or give me some names of people i can chat with and ask about the stuff i should buy the tank i found a fue all in ones and i’ve seen some that come with the tank and the box under the cabinet
its very as expensive as expected. for the same price you can get a much bigger freshwater tank and with non existent maintenance cost
These vids are so important in my opinion. Cost intimidation is what kept me from keeping a reef or any tank for the first 30 years of my life. Great vid!!
Thank you for watching! Better late than never though, right?
I did a 20g long. Found that the evaporation cosrantly threw off the salinity (about a gallon a week or 5% of the tank water) maybe lasted 6 months. After a couple months of keeping fish I tried cheap basic corals. And found I needed nutrient additives and between trying to maintain right calcium and right salinity.... I just gave up. Much harder than freshwater to maintain in my opinion and I really hated the salt crust build up at the water line.
@@sparkyjones560 you just have to wipe it down often to avoid the salt crust
Very cool look at a budget build! I wish this guide was around when I first got into the hobby loll. Keep up the great work #10gallonreefer
Why kessil when AI is much brighter and don’t need a separate timer?
#10gallon! Frist fish, a baby snow flak3 ell!
Anyone know if a hanging provides enough flow for a 30g frogfish tank? Or even a nano reef
anyone considering getting this garbage tank, dont!!! please just go to your local pet store and get a deal with a good ada or uns tank!!
I never use rimmed tanks. I like cheap, but I hate ugly more.
The wood might leech crap into your tank too...use acrylic
That light! I just ordered one because it looks like awesome value for money! I don’t even have a tank to put it on! But sorry - Amazon.com wouldn’t let me ship it to my US address so I couldn’t use your link to buy it. Had to get it through amazon.ca. ☹️ I’m gonna LOVE this series! 👍🏻👍🏻
I have a hipagero led as well but the bracket is to long for my ten gallon ...how did you do it
Marineland biowheel filters are super strong and provide lots of flow, they're pretty cheap, and super reliable.
Can you run the Aquaclear on the back or does it have to be on the side glass?
I used some egg crate/light diffuser to act as filler for my light mount.
$160
Trying to learn the hobby, really like your style....subbed :)