Your videos are absolutely fantastic, I had a saltwater aquarium years ago and I did it totally wrong and put me off (I was young and thought I new everything lol) but watching your videos has inspired me to do it again, my wife is not gonna like you lol, thanks for the information.
Great tips! Just starting out with it all! And wow did not realize you are local!, Reef dreams is my local fish shop too! Shaun and ed been helping with advice recently and fantastic guys! Recently set up a reefer 250 and loving it!
I run a coarse sponge filter in my overflow for the big stuff and cut to fit some polyfill from walmart in my sump. I clean them out every 3 to 4, sometimes 5 days if i slack :) along with a little bit of carbon/phosban and never had an issue. water is always crystal clear. I also ran a very cheap seaclone skimmer for a pretty long time(worked great) just recently upgraded with a black Friday sale to a reefocto ss , dropped my nitrates from ~ 5 to 3. Just don't over feed and everything is fine.
Really helpful. I’ve been toying with the idea of a reef tank setup for well over a year now and your videos are certainly making things a lot clearer for me. Now to decide on a tank 😀
This is awesome! I use a mechanical filter utilizing a culligan sediment filter, a fluidized sand filter using a two little fishies GFO canister, and a de-nitrifying filter using a second two little fishies canister, and an inline heater. the de-nitrifying filter maintains 1.3-1.6 ppm nitrates depending on how much water I allow to flow through. Slow volume eats up more phosphates and nitrates, until nitrates maintain too low and now I have to dose lanthanum chloride for phosphates. It's nice having the issue of having to dose NO3 though. 😃
Yes it does not need to be expensive or complicated. My sump just has filter floss, bio media and skimmer and its full of corals as you can see in my videos. Companies and shops want you to buy the dry goods as thats where the make the most of their money. You learn with experience, low bio loads, feed little but often etc
I needed this video so bad, my small red seas 136 all in one tank is over a year old now and I have to pull hand fulls of green hair algae all the dam time. So a fugium will help me keep this down. Great video
Hi, new to the saltwater tank hobby. I watched your some of your videos and brs tv-52 weeks of reefing before starting my marine tank. I have an issue with my canister filter at the moment and I recently found an extremely tiny piece of chaeto algae in my tank. I don’t have the space for a sump even if it would be really good. I’ve put my tiny piece of chaeto in a breeding box that is feeding with my tank’s water through a bubbler. I really didn’t expect to find chaeto from live rocks and more aptaisia and other pests than a micro algae rizome.
It was my passion 20 years ago, although I only got up to LPS and Clams, but man did I love it. Just amazing how many new things and interactions you find whenever you stare at the tank. Your videos got me committed to buying a new system and starting again. Thanks! Awesome video's. Are Calcium reactors still a thing, or does everyone use the two part mixes or are frequent water changes enough?
Calcium reactors are very much a thing - two part is generally more popular for small and medium sized tanks with calc reactors more popular for large tanks I'd say
@@ReefDork Copy that, yes I'm compiling an equipment list, probably gonna try and get a RedSea S system to make things easier, like a 125 gal or so. :)
Great video really great advice i love the look of the sump where can i get that configuration of glass? Easy to follow and if i can understand anyone can 😂thanks mate
Awesome channel, and info very clear, straight to the point. Subscribed and added notifications after just 2 vids!! Keep up the awesome work! You give us newbies confidence! I have a question: I'm currently fishless-cycling my tank and looking to add refugium once I have added fish. Would you recommend running a phosphate reactor if you have a refugium? (I am currently running the phos reacter through the cycling stage). TIA
In my experience refugiums don't take care of phosphate on their own. But start with it, test and see how you get on, then add a reactor if your phosphate creeps up 🙂
You don't "need" anything other than some sort of bio filtration and mechanical. What he's saying is that all these things just help, at least I hope so.
In theory, NOPOX will control nitrate and phosphate. But in my opinion, its FAR better and far easier to use Rowaphos for phosphate. NOPOX can just strip out nitrate which is no good. There are many ways of dealing with phosphate but simply Rowa is the best IMO
Hi mate love the videos and thank you given me the courage to start a reef tank. Starting small 145 ltr sump tank. Picked up a curve 5 skimmer second hand any suggestion on a rowaphos reactor?
Is there a "clean" place to get cheato from like the USA have algae barn I bought some off Ebay once and it was covered in aiptasia and bristle worms .... I through it straight in the bin
New subscriber here, planing to have a saltwater aquarium, Do you have a vedio on what is the accessories that a best and healthy water that saltwater aquarium has?
Thank you for this great video. Alex which of the two would you choose for nutrient export? The cheato or an algae scrubber? But otherwise I could go with a skimmer and a phosphate reactor...
I love chaeto - so easy and cheap. I've never used an algae scrubber, but I think I would do on a bigger tank in the future. They sound very effective.
Great 1 mate.. Thats what i was asking about.. Is it a good idea to have a manifold with a startup sump so additional reactors like GFO Carbon or even UV could be attached and loop back into the sump.. Rather than adding additional pumps. Cheers
@@ReefDork No issues with me for running an additional pump.. Am just trying to beat the electric mess in the sump.. Just to trying to make it simple. Thanks for the video. Looking forward for getting into more information on introduction to live stocking & corals.. control on nutrients (2 part dosing or All in one) . Do we need a dosing pump or let the coral frags grow on manual dosing and later to introduce more automation. I have came to a conclusion of making a small cabnet for electric control panel, dosing pumps or any other electrical controllers. Use the cabnet sump area for filteration and equipment. Am just thinking of making a section after the refugium with media baskets and let the water flow through and get the carbon and other media but not sure whats the best.. I think i don't require all these but in coming months that might allow me to have more control in future.
This might be a very random question but do you know if the gunk that is coming off the protein skimmer might be beneficial for gardening or compost? I've recently scene small tanks advertised as doubling as a garden for microgreens. That got me wondering about the fish poo puree from the skimmer. TIA and wonderful videos!
So I have a 45 JBJ (all in one) reef tank, that is years old, with Nitrates at 0 and Phosphate around .05, only filtering with floss and a bag of carbon. I have a skimmer and a fuge, that I can use, but have turned them off BC of the hassle and also the levels are so low, even without them on. Any reason I still should use the skimmer or fuge, if my levels are low without them?? Love the content and channel!!
Phosphates causes algae, you do not need GFO, but you need to control phosphates, so simply get a refugium or build yourself a algae scrubber, really easy and cheap and you'll be surprised at how well it removes phosphates and nitrates from the water. Seeing as you won't have corals, you can bring nitrates and phosphates to 0.
@@Osmium1hr no bio pellets needed. It is unwanted cost. I run a 120 gallon tank with just a skimmer and a algae scrubber I built myself. I actually have to switch of the algae scrubber light most of the time because it connsumes all the phosphates and nitrates which affects my corals. You run fiah only so no need to stress about too low phosphates and nitrates.
Every video I have watched on reef tanks say filter socks are a pain yet all the major tank suppliers still put them in their sumps. Compared with all the other stuff you need to get an auto roller filter seems to be good value, especially if you can then run a smaller (cheaper) skimmer as a result. So, why don't the major tank suppliers spec their sumps to be roller filter ready??
That. Is an excellent question! I suspect the answer is that 1) they're behind the times - auto filter rollers have only become really popular within the last few years. 2) a lot of people (more than 50%) still prefer socks because of the cost. But I agree with you and I hope it changes.
My first aquarium was really high tech with every possible gadget I could fit under the cabinet. I killed thousands of Euros worth of corals and fish. Now I run an expanded Berlin system with roller filter. I get really complexed seeing those fancy equipment rooms and Neptune systems but my livestock is OK so that helps.
What about filtration for nano aquarium without a sump. Eg fluval evo or ocean free nu reef systems. Is a sump ideal or will these other systems be fine long term?
Hi can i get a little advice i am trying to keep mullet at home in a pallet drums with alloy cage around and want to keep for a week in ocean water and want to make bucket filter and do you have to do anything with ph cause of their piss what materials in bucket filter or is it going to fail i am a quadraplegic and go fishing every now and again
I have absolutely no idea I'm afraid! I'd guess you'll need to create water movement for oxygen and maybe put some live rock in for filtration, but this is more of a fishing question than a fish keeping question so I'm out of my depth I'm afraid
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Your videos are absolutely fantastic, I had a saltwater aquarium years ago and I did it totally wrong and put me off (I was young and thought I new everything lol) but watching your videos has inspired me to do it again, my wife is not gonna like you lol, thanks for the information.
Great tips! Just starting out with it all! And wow did not realize you are local!, Reef dreams is my local fish shop too! Shaun and ed been helping with advice recently and fantastic guys! Recently set up a reefer 250 and loving it!
I run a coarse sponge filter in my overflow for the big stuff and cut to fit some polyfill from walmart in my sump. I clean them out every 3 to 4, sometimes 5 days if i slack :) along with a little bit of carbon/phosban and never had an issue. water is always crystal clear. I also ran a very cheap seaclone skimmer for a pretty long time(worked great) just recently upgraded with a black Friday sale to a reefocto ss , dropped my nitrates from ~ 5 to 3. Just don't over feed and everything is fine.
Really helpful. I’ve been toying with the idea of a reef tank setup for well over a year now and your videos are certainly making things a lot clearer for me. Now to decide on a tank 😀
Nice! Also, is that a Fireblade? Also nice!
@@ReefDork Thank you yes it is a fireblade , also another hobby to drain your finances 😂
This is awesome! I use a mechanical filter utilizing a culligan sediment filter, a fluidized sand filter using a two little fishies GFO canister, and a de-nitrifying filter using a second two little fishies canister, and an inline heater. the de-nitrifying filter maintains 1.3-1.6 ppm nitrates depending on how much water I allow to flow through. Slow volume eats up more phosphates and nitrates, until nitrates maintain too low and now I have to dose lanthanum chloride for phosphates. It's nice having the issue of having to dose NO3 though. 😃
Yes it does not need to be expensive or complicated. My sump just has filter floss, bio media and skimmer and its full of corals as you can see in my videos. Companies and shops want you to buy the dry goods as thats where the make the most of their money. You learn with experience, low bio loads, feed little but often etc
Sage advice 🙂
I needed this video so bad, my small red seas 136 all in one tank is over a year old now and I have to pull hand fulls of green hair algae all the dam time. So a fugium will help me keep this down. Great video
I've been watching this more than I've been doing school. I think I'm ready to throw my tank together, but this seems harder than freshwater is.
Your channel is amazing! Thanks for the tips! 🙌🏻
Quality vids like always, great tips!
didn't knew that the marijuana farmers had such a big impact on my reefing life ..
great video as always and love your sense of humor
They call it reefer, right?
Great video, always learn something new. Thank you. 👍
New subscriber from the Philippines! ❤
Thank you! great video, as always :)
Hi, new to the saltwater tank hobby. I watched your some of your videos and brs tv-52 weeks of reefing before starting my marine tank. I have an issue with my canister filter at the moment and I recently found an extremely tiny piece of chaeto algae in my tank. I don’t have the space for a sump even if it would be really good. I’ve put my tiny piece of chaeto in a breeding box that is feeding with my tank’s water through a bubbler. I really didn’t expect to find chaeto from live rocks and more aptaisia and other pests than a micro algae rizome.
Great Dokumentation thank you very much
I have a protien skimmer and an algae reactor
I thank you for your ubdait for the skimmer 👍
It was my passion 20 years ago, although I only got up to LPS and Clams, but man did I love it. Just amazing how many new things and interactions you find whenever you stare at the tank. Your videos got me committed to buying a new system and starting again. Thanks! Awesome video's. Are Calcium reactors still a thing, or does everyone use the two part mixes or are frequent water changes enough?
Calcium reactors are very much a thing - two part is generally more popular for small and medium sized tanks with calc reactors more popular for large tanks I'd say
@@ReefDork Copy that, yes I'm compiling an equipment list, probably gonna try and get a RedSea S system to make things easier, like a 125 gal or so. :)
Great video really great advice i love the look of the sump where can i get that configuration of glass? Easy to follow and if i can understand anyone can 😂thanks mate
I think this was from an Aqua Reef Mini 120...
Awesome channel, and info very clear, straight to the point. Subscribed and added notifications after just 2 vids!! Keep up the awesome work! You give us newbies confidence!
I have a question: I'm currently fishless-cycling my tank and looking to add refugium once I have added fish. Would you recommend running a phosphate reactor if you have a refugium? (I am currently running the phos reacter through the cycling stage).
TIA
In my experience refugiums don't take care of phosphate on their own. But start with it, test and see how you get on, then add a reactor if your phosphate creeps up 🙂
Thanks for the video. Can you go over filters for all in one tanks?
Hell yeah first here. Do you need rowa phos if you use nopox
You don't "need" anything other than some sort of bio filtration and mechanical. What he's saying is that all these things just help, at least I hope so.
In theory, NOPOX will control nitrate and phosphate. But in my opinion, its FAR better and far easier to use Rowaphos for phosphate. NOPOX can just strip out nitrate which is no good. There are many ways of dealing with phosphate but simply Rowa is the best IMO
How often do you clean your tanks
I scrape the glass twice a week on average. Clean my skimmer occasionally, powerheads once a couple of months. Not much else!
Great video as usual. Can I ask which lights you are using? Your tank looks awesome! Thank you
2x Evergrow IT5012s and an Orphek OR3 blue plus bar 🙂
@@ReefDork thank you
Hi mate love the videos and thank you given me the courage to start a reef tank. Starting small 145 ltr sump tank. Picked up a curve 5 skimmer second hand any suggestion on a rowaphos reactor?
Tmc reef filter is good, small and cheap
@@ReefDork thanks bud will my simmer be ok worried me as watched one of your videos and its a little bigger than needed
Is there a "clean" place to get cheato from like the USA have algae barn
I bought some off Ebay once and it was covered in aiptasia and bristle worms ....
I through it straight in the bin
I've found one before but can't remember the name I'm afraid
what's up my dork of the reef
New subscriber here, planing to have a saltwater aquarium,
Do you have a vedio on what is the accessories that a best and healthy water that saltwater aquarium has?
This is probably the closest ruclips.net/video/_CMgMNJWfhQ/видео.htmlsi=WWb4tYPYV-UIAxTw
Thank you for this great video. Alex which of the two would you choose for nutrient export? The cheato or an algae scrubber? But otherwise I could go with a skimmer and a phosphate reactor...
I love chaeto - so easy and cheap. I've never used an algae scrubber, but I think I would do on a bigger tank in the future. They sound very effective.
Great video mate, hows your copperband getting on?
Doing well and eating lots of frozen now. Still only two months though so early days 🙂
@@ReefDork 🤞🏻🤞🏻
Очень интересная информация, много для себя узнал. Спасибо!
Great 1 mate.. Thats what i was asking about.. Is it a good idea to have a manifold with a startup sump so additional reactors like GFO Carbon or even UV could be attached and loop back into the sump..
Rather than adding additional pumps.
Cheers
Short answer, yes. Jusst make sure you have ball valves so you can control the flow.
Manifolds are a great idea, yes - just run it off its own pump, and not the main return pump (which it sounds like you're going to do anyway)
@@ReefDork even better I run a a manifold from my drain pipes, this way gravity replaces additional pumps 😁
@@ReefDork No issues with me for running an additional pump.. Am just trying to beat the electric mess in the sump.. Just to trying to make it simple. Thanks for the video. Looking forward for getting into more information on introduction to live stocking & corals.. control on nutrients (2 part dosing or All in one) . Do we need a dosing pump or let the coral frags grow on manual dosing and later to introduce more automation.
I have came to a conclusion of making a small cabnet for electric control panel, dosing pumps or any other electrical controllers. Use the cabnet sump area for filteration and equipment.
Am just thinking of making a section after the refugium with media baskets and let the water flow through and get the carbon and other media but not sure whats the best.. I think i don't require all these but in coming months that might allow me to have more control in future.
hi love your videos do you use poly filter at all
I do on my Fluval Evo 13.5 but I use an automatic filter roller wherever possible because it makes life easy.
This might be a very random question but do you know if the gunk that is coming off the protein skimmer might be beneficial for gardening or compost?
I've recently scene small tanks advertised as doubling as a garden for microgreens. That got me wondering about the fish poo puree from the skimmer.
TIA and wonderful videos!
No idea, but it'll make your garden smell like poo!
So I have a 45 JBJ (all in one) reef tank, that is years old, with Nitrates at 0 and Phosphate around .05, only filtering with floss and a bag of carbon. I have a skimmer and a fuge, that I can use, but have turned them off BC of the hassle and also the levels are so low, even without them on. Any reason I still should use the skimmer or fuge, if my levels are low without them?? Love the content and channel!!
If anything, your nutrients are too low so no need to turn the skimmer or 'fuge on 🙂
@@ReefDork great, thanks! I was hoping you would say that!🙃
I've kept a freshwater tank for about a year now and just got a 40gallon tank to set up as a reef, should I start with a sump or a canister?
Sumps are better - give you more options and make maintenance much easier. Canisters aren't used much in saltwater but they can work just fine.
hi can you do a top 5 filter for folwr tank and do i need GFO for folwr tank?
Phosphates causes algae, you do not need GFO, but you need to control phosphates, so simply get a refugium or build yourself a algae scrubber, really easy and cheap and you'll be surprised at how well it removes phosphates and nitrates from the water. Seeing as you won't have corals, you can bring nitrates and phosphates to 0.
@@turbocpt1 thanks for that info
@@turbocpt1 i have another question do i need bio pellet? or just a refugium will do?
@@Osmium1hr no bio pellets needed. It is unwanted cost. I run a 120 gallon tank with just a skimmer and a algae scrubber I built myself. I actually have to switch of the algae scrubber light most of the time because it connsumes all the phosphates and nitrates which affects my corals. You run fiah only so no need to stress about too low phosphates and nitrates.
@@turbocpt1 Just want to say again thank you so much for that info
Every video I have watched on reef tanks say filter socks are a pain yet all the major tank suppliers still put them in their sumps. Compared with all the other stuff you need to get an auto roller filter seems to be good value, especially if you can then run a smaller (cheaper) skimmer as a result. So, why don't the major tank suppliers spec their sumps to be roller filter ready??
That. Is an excellent question! I suspect the answer is that 1) they're behind the times - auto filter rollers have only become really popular within the last few years. 2) a lot of people (more than 50%) still prefer socks because of the cost. But I agree with you and I hope it changes.
My first aquarium was really high tech with every possible gadget I could fit under the cabinet. I killed thousands of Euros worth of corals and fish. Now I run an expanded Berlin system with roller filter. I get really complexed seeing those fancy equipment rooms and Neptune systems but my livestock is OK so that helps.
Love it 🙂
Where I get cheto algya in india
What about filtration for nano aquarium without a sump. Eg fluval evo or ocean free nu reef systems. Is a sump ideal or will these other systems be fine long term?
Check out my 2 part series on that... ruclips.net/video/9EcC49z7DNI/видео.html
@4:36 can someone tell me what it is dancing away ? the long white strings, i got them critters in my tank too, but hell, idk what they are
I don't know what they were I'm afraid. Possibly digitate hydroids?
Nice :)
Hi can i get a little advice i am trying to keep mullet at home in a pallet drums with alloy cage around and want to keep for a week in ocean water and want to make bucket filter and do you have to do anything with ph cause of their piss what materials in bucket filter or is it going to fail i am a quadraplegic and go fishing every now and again
I have absolutely no idea I'm afraid! I'd guess you'll need to create water movement for oxygen and maybe put some live rock in for filtration, but this is more of a fishing question than a fish keeping question so I'm out of my depth I'm afraid
Or you dont have to use any filtration at all but you will have to do a water change every week.
Another One 👍 #djkhaled
Maybe just me, but I prefer to clean my skimmer with a brush rather than my finger. :D
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