always impresses me to see simple setups thriving... heater and dosing and lights and that's it. just maintain water quality and clarity through water changes and a decent clean up crew. no need for massively complex sump setups. Admittedly it helps with a low bio load, but I love a focus on corals. I'm so tempted to replicate this.
The euphyllias died because your tank was too early in its microbiome development. I think there is a point in the tank's microbiome development cycle where there is an abundance of bacteria that is harmful to euphyllia, and/or a lack of beneficial bacteria to out-compete the harmful bacteria. We don't know enough about reef microbiomes to understand what exactly is happening here, but the advice to wait 3-6 months before adding LPS and SPS isn't without merit.
well, this is stunning! congratz, Danny. Living by the sea helps indeed for the water change. I'm just wondering..since u had a lot of algae issues and bacterial infections to your corals, isn't cause maybe the bacteria are coming from the seawater?
I had a few saltwater tanks back in the early 90’s. Technology has changed so much since then. I would really like to give it a try again but I just can’t make myself invest the money needed knowing there is a risk of one little issue causing a catastrophic and expensive loss.
This is the nicest and simplest no sump no skimmer shallow reef tank I see on TH-cam. Awesome job! I will have mine set up exactly like what you have. LoL
Can u do a video or something of all the supply’s that are needed and what you used to start an aquarium like this, I think a lot of us would very much like that
@@TheKruxed LOL! I wish. Just the tank and equipment… ready to be cycled cost about 2-2.5K. There’s about 600 worth of fish and inverts in there and a few grand worth of coral.
@@TheKruxed My nano 20 gallon cost about 1000$ to get running. 20 gallon novo tank 300$ for the tank, 1 ai prime light ( light and mount 300$ with taxes), 125 watt heater because of temperature swings (25$). Heater controller to keep temperature more accurate 25$. Four dosing pumps 125$. 20lb bag of live sand special grade, 15lbs of rock, 150$ for a skimmer to help keep the tank clean, 75$ for UV sterilizer to prevent fish diseases. If you want to make your own salt water you need RODI unit 125$. Fish store sell over priced water. Need frozen fish food, and coral food 15$ a month. Electricity costs an extra 20$ a month. 50$ worth of salt a year for cheapest brand. Test kits a huge thing you need expect to spend about 100$ a year on that the first year. Also need back up heater, and pump or they will die an extra 150$. Heaters do break and than everything will die. If your powerhead is not connected to a backup battery expect everything to die. No water movement will kill coral and fish. They run out of oxygen without it. Test kits are mandatory because too much of any element they will die and too little they will all die as well except the fish. Well Nitrates over 50 can kill fish. I run a backup battery for my tank costs 300$ and it lasts 3 days. Also need power heads to move the water around to create currents 50$. Than you got a tank with a 20$ Nemo.
Thanks, I never did know what happened with the clam. He just sort of disappeared from your videos one day, and it was never really explained what happened to him.
What a rollercoaster ride.. I'm both inspired to start a tank and reminded why I don't have one lol. :D Your tanks look great though. Thanks for the vids.
Hey Danny, Think I read somewhere that you use natural seawater in your tanks. Do you treat it with something before you use it? I'm living close to the sea and am thinking of setting up a reef tank and that would make things a bit easier if I could use water from the sea..
A guy gets it from a specific depth in the ocean (to avoid any pollutants, that usually float near the surface, from getting sucked up too) and sells it to local hobbyists and stores.
Danny these are some treuly wonderful videos and they are really relaxing. i do wonder though why gleu the coral though isnt that something i naturely could do?
I am not an expert but here is what I think. Coral do attach on their own, but only at the very beginning of their lives. After they settle down, that is it. They stay where they are. That is why they are growing on a small base. Glueing the base allows for exact and artistic placement. They the coral can grow and spread. .
Hey, do you use any sort of chiller to keep your waters cool? I noticed there's a heater, so I was just wondering if your room temperature is cool enough to keep the corals in good shape.
Hey, I've been looking into it as well. Most reef youtubers dont because they dont have to. I live in Malaysia as humid and as hot we have it here, chillers are the only way to go unless you have a 24hour cool room.
No, plain superglue, like gorilla glue, is completely safe in aquariums, even on corals. It actually instantly hardens when it comes in contact with water. Very commonly used in aquascapes.
i am your fan from indonesia i am very happy to see your content please give me a reef tank which is not found in indonesia maybe i am a very lucky person whatever the size 🙏
But again no fitration what do you expect to happen to the tank. Its going to become a septic environment. It was legitimately your fault for the demise of it
So beautiful! I can tell you really love it all, because I can barely guess the time and effort that it must take to maintain and deal with any issues. A few years ago we got a regular fish tank with fish for our boys and even that was so much work! I never realized how much work even a simple tank takes to maintain.
Holy moley Danny... this popped up in my YT reccomended list and all i can say is WOW! You're going to grow in subs enormously I imagine over the next few months. Good luck...
Danny! for the last 2 weeks i have been absorbing forums, google and youtube on the topic of saltwater aquariums, and i soo much want one. i have a freshwater cube for a year, and want to graduate to saltwater... love your videos and all... but please indulge my curiosity and tell us how this works: Reef Tank Filtration System: None - No Sump - No Skimmer i.... how...i understand no skimmer... but no sumpfiltration... no filtration at all? please tell us more on that approach!
it would be nice to have more information or a video dedicated only to this .. for example the water is directly taken from the sea? I didn't know it was okay .. sure it could make sense .. but I never thought about it .. I thought it was normal water with added salt
i want that exact tank i looked everywhere for it and cant find it i fr need that tank and how much was it i love this vid its so beautiful seeing sea life
I got a single head green tip torch, it’s fully opened up but the tentacles are only like 2cm long, really want them to look like any of yours, do you think they will get longer as it gets more heads. Only had it for a month so far
Thanks danny for yours videos! I’m watching you from France! 😀 and i’m a big fan form your work! Congratulation! Watching your video it’s a real pleasur and morte helpful when i’m insomniac! Dam’ it’s so realaxing! 😄
A beginner aquarist benefitting from live water. Pay attention all of you prospective reef keepers to the advantage of live bio cultures. The era of dead rock reef tanks is much harder and you will not have such an easy time reaching success.
10% weekly or every other week. I started dosing Calcium, Magnesium, kH and minerals to meet the corals mineral requirements for optimal growth and health.
Half-wondering which shop it was where you bought those high-end Euphyllias as I hope this will not happen to me too....Beautiful tank and I know there are some people in the Netherlands guessing your sand can't look this neatly white;)
Correct, I have no mechanical filtration. The rocks and sand are full of beneficial bacteria. I do a 10% water change weekly or sometimes every other week.
*What are some challenges you've faced with your reef tank? 🤔*
Non I only have freshwater🤣
Bristleworms, Cyanobacteria, lighting when I first started and aiptasia 😮💨 it’s all good now so phew 😅
Cyanoooo
@@mruuu3230 i know, it’s so annoying. Takes a lot to get rid of when it starts
marine velvet. wiped out all my fish as i couldn’t find proper medication where i live.
Happy one year dude. The tank looks amazing. Im in love with this whole shallow reef movement in the hobby.
yea same here... wanted to start one also but i would like to know the latest update as of 2023
always impresses me to see simple setups thriving... heater and dosing and lights and that's it. just maintain water quality and clarity through water changes and a decent clean up crew. no need for massively complex sump setups. Admittedly it helps with a low bio load, but I love a focus on corals. I'm so tempted to replicate this.
I am running a smaller system and never ending algae issues haha. Cyano is a pain.
sooo stunning! i cant believe that shrimp murdered the clam it was so pretty!
I know right!! I should get rid of the shrimp and get a new clam. They look so nice!
The euphyllias died because your tank was too early in its microbiome development. I think there is a point in the tank's microbiome development cycle where there is an abundance of bacteria that is harmful to euphyllia, and/or a lack of beneficial bacteria to out-compete the harmful bacteria. We don't know enough about reef microbiomes to understand what exactly is happening here, but the advice to wait 3-6 months before adding LPS and SPS isn't without merit.
Cap
well, this is stunning! congratz, Danny. Living by the sea helps indeed for the water change. I'm just wondering..since u had a lot of algae issues and bacterial infections to your corals, isn't cause maybe the bacteria are coming from the seawater?
Wow, what a beautiful reef you've created! Very interesting to see the progression-thank you for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Really is awesome and the music compliments the video so well.....Nice job 👌
I had a few saltwater tanks back in the early 90’s. Technology has changed so much since then. I would really like to give it a try again but I just can’t make myself invest the money needed knowing there is a risk of one little issue causing a catastrophic and expensive loss.
Thank you for being who you are.
This is the nicest and simplest no sump no skimmer shallow reef tank I see on TH-cam. Awesome job! I will have mine set up exactly like what you have. LoL
Awesome, thank you!
@@DannysAquariums are you going to add ato to your system?
Can u do a video or something of all the supply’s that are needed and what you used to start an aquarium like this, I think a lot of us would very much like that
About to start a 150cm long tank just like this. Love the simplicity. Where did you get your stands? They are quite nice.
Would you provide a cost breakdown on this tank? It's beautiful.
About £1000
@@TheKruxed yeah maybe less but with good filtration about 1000
@@TheKruxed LOL! I wish. Just the tank and equipment… ready to be cycled cost about 2-2.5K. There’s about 600 worth of fish and inverts in there and a few grand worth of coral.
@@DannysAquariums Jesus where are you getting that? that exact tank and light is £700
@@TheKruxed My nano 20 gallon cost about 1000$ to get running. 20 gallon novo tank 300$ for the tank, 1 ai prime light ( light and mount 300$ with taxes), 125 watt heater because of temperature swings (25$). Heater controller to keep temperature more accurate 25$. Four dosing pumps 125$. 20lb bag of live sand special grade, 15lbs of rock, 150$ for a skimmer to help keep the tank clean, 75$ for UV sterilizer to prevent fish diseases. If you want to make your own salt water you need RODI unit 125$. Fish store sell over priced water. Need frozen fish food, and coral food 15$ a month. Electricity costs an extra 20$ a month. 50$ worth of salt a year for cheapest brand. Test kits a huge thing you need expect to spend about 100$ a year on that the first year. Also need back up heater, and pump or they will die an extra 150$. Heaters do break and than everything will die. If your powerhead is not connected to a backup battery expect everything to die. No water movement will kill coral and fish. They run out of oxygen without it. Test kits are mandatory because too much of any element they will die and too little they will all die as well except the fish. Well Nitrates over 50 can kill fish. I run a backup battery for my tank costs 300$ and it lasts 3 days. Also need power heads to move the water around to create currents 50$. Than you got a tank with a 20$ Nemo.
I really like the colors it has almost like a neon lighting
Do you filter the tank or just flow and live rock. Stunning
Thanks, I never did know what happened with the clam. He just sort of disappeared from your videos one day, and it was never really explained what happened to him.
Yup, it was so sad to see it happen. It was doing great, and then while I was observing the tank they started attacking it out of nowhere.
@@DannysAquariums good reminder that the animal kingdom isn't a Disney film.
I never knew shrimp could be a danger to a clam!!
You did an awesome job on all your tanks.
This is so cool 😎 🤩. I remember when you set this up. Didn’t expect anything like this at all. 🤩
Keep up the amazing work
Thank you so much 😁
You deserve it 😃
What a rollercoaster ride.. I'm both inspired to start a tank and reminded why I don't have one lol. :D Your tanks look great though. Thanks for the vids.
So beautiful
Hey, are you happy with your Red Sea Lighting or woud you go a different route today?
what were the other fish you added? I couldn't see any.
Love the shallow tank! I have flat worms now in my tank. What did you do to get rid of them? Do the hermit crabs eat flat worms?
OK, now I want one of these. Time to start the research...
Research is key! 🔑
@@DannysAquariums Where should I start?
Really love it! Could you please tell me how deep is your shallow tank? 50cm? Thanks!
how did you stop the bacterial infection going through the tank please?
Never thought this could be possible without filter and skimmer.
The tank is currently 2.5 years old, check out some recent videos. 😉
Cool!
are you putting foam in thtankj under the rocks. what i the glue are you glueing live coral
What are the dimensions of the tank?
Hey Danny, Think I read somewhere that you use natural seawater in your tanks. Do you treat it with something before you use it? I'm living close to the sea and am thinking of setting up a reef tank and that would make things a bit easier if I could use water from the sea..
What tank are you using I’m looking to get that same tank but I can’t find it
ILA Europe 120 x 45 x 30cm
Bro I'm also using sea water do i want to add any chemicals or nothing
when i first saw this i was like" seems pretty normal" then I looked at the description an realized this is a no filter tank
Wow, great :)
no filter?
Where do u get the natural saltwater from
A guy gets it from a specific depth in the ocean (to avoid any pollutants, that usually float near the surface, from getting sucked up too) and sells it to local hobbyists and stores.
Danny these are some treuly wonderful videos and they are really relaxing. i do wonder though why gleu the coral though isnt that something i naturely could do?
I am not an expert but here is what I think. Coral do attach on their own, but only at the very beginning of their lives. After they settle down, that is it. They stay where they are. That is why they are growing on a small base. Glueing the base allows for exact and artistic placement. They the coral can grow and spread. .
@@l.mcmanus3983 now that you mention it fair point i had not thought off that thanks
Subbed and liked. Great reef tank. How is your filtration and parameters, water change…your secret of success? Thanks
There is no filtration or water testing (so I don’t know my parameters), bi-weekly water change of about 10%! 😉
Hey, do you use any sort of chiller to keep your waters cool? I noticed there's a heater, so I was just wondering if your room temperature is cool enough to keep the corals in good shape.
Hey, I've been looking into it as well. Most reef youtubers dont because they dont have to. I live in Malaysia as humid and as hot we have it here, chillers are the only way to go unless you have a 24hour cool room.
What is the glue you are using at 3:23?
What kind of glue are you using? I mean it looks like super glue to me but I am sure its not. It seems like that would hurt the coral.
No, plain superglue, like gorilla glue, is completely safe in aquariums, even on corals. It actually instantly hardens when it comes in contact with water. Very commonly used in aquascapes.
nc tank. but can u show us how's the filyrt system ??? im so curious
There’s no filter system haha. 😛
what's your filtration setup? I didn't see any
Saltmix or natural sea water?
As said in the video, natural sea water!
@@DannysAquariums do you add extra salt? what values do you use?
Is reef tank no need any filter?
Live rock provides enough biological filtration for low bio load, plus the heavy coral load deals with nitrates.
How many gallon
i am your fan from indonesia i am very happy to see your content please give me a reef tank which is not found in indonesia maybe i am a very lucky person whatever the size 🙏
Ohne filter ???
What’s the blue zoas name?
Which one exactly? Do you have a time stamp?
@@DannysAquariums 4:40 the ones in your banner
👍👍
👍👍
Is it normal to keep buying new stock like that?
Uh, yeah? What’s wrong?
Skimerless?
my tank is 2years maybe 2 and a half... and it still looks wack...
WxLxH ? Короче размер какой ?
Where is your filter
There is no mechanical filtration!
Great shots but poor shape corals…
Why?
But again no fitration what do you expect to happen to the tank. Its going to become a septic environment. It was legitimately your fault for the demise of it
Ok John.
So beautiful! I can tell you really love it all, because I can barely guess the time and effort that it must take to maintain and deal with any issues. A few years ago we got a regular fish tank with fish for our boys and even that was so much work! I never realized how much work even a simple tank takes to maintain.
Holy moley Danny... this popped up in my YT reccomended list and all i can say is WOW! You're going to grow in subs enormously I imagine over the next few months. Good luck...
Danny! for the last 2 weeks i have been absorbing forums, google and youtube on the topic of saltwater aquariums, and i soo much want one. i have a freshwater cube for a year, and want to graduate to saltwater... love your videos and all... but please indulge my curiosity and tell us how this works:
Reef Tank Filtration System: None - No Sump - No Skimmer
i.... how...i understand no skimmer... but no sumpfiltration... no filtration at all?
please tell us more on that approach!
it would be nice to have more information or a video dedicated only to this .. for example the water is directly taken from the sea? I didn't know it was okay .. sure it could make sense .. but I never thought about it .. I thought it was normal water with added salt
Isn't coral Rick Grimes' son's name?
Really like this tank. I have been following. I don't remember seeing how you finally beat the bacteria infections.
i want that exact tank i looked everywhere for it and cant find it i fr need that tank and how much was it i love this vid its so beautiful seeing sea life
😍😍😍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏♥️♥️♥️
u use sea water from the north sea ?
I got a single head green tip torch, it’s fully opened up but the tentacles are only like 2cm long, really want them to look like any of yours, do you think they will get longer as it gets more heads. Only had it for a month so far
beautiful~ how to remove surface flim?
Starting allready now with saltwater.. Great inspiration u are 🙌💪
Thanks danny for yours videos! I’m watching you from France! 😀 and i’m a big fan form your work! Congratulation! Watching your video it’s a real pleasur and morte helpful when i’m insomniac! Dam’ it’s so realaxing! 😄
Do you have filters aside from the corals?
No filters, not necessary.
A beginner aquarist benefitting from live water. Pay attention all of you prospective reef keepers to the advantage of live bio cultures. The era of dead rock reef tanks is much harder and you will not have such an easy time reaching success.
How often and how much do you exchange water?
And curious about Dosing.
10% weekly or every other week. I started dosing Calcium, Magnesium, kH and minerals to meet the corals mineral requirements for optimal growth and health.
Half-wondering which shop it was where you bought those high-end Euphyllias as I hope this will not happen to me too....Beautiful tank and I know there are some people in the Netherlands guessing your sand can't look this neatly white;)
Must be expensive
It's cool bro.
bellissimo video , sei il migliore , anche io 10% ogni settimana con acqua di mare
What kind of filtration u use on this tank...??
This tank is beautifull...
No skimmer?
👏👏👏👏👏
A beautiful and well executed video of a reef tank. Definitely an inspiration, that's for sure 😊👌
Love this tank , no filter???? How
I think he got a bunch of natural filters. Like sponges, tube worms and stuff like that.
Yeah well water changes are necessary in every tank filter or no filter. But your right
Correct, I have no mechanical filtration. The rocks and sand are full of beneficial bacteria. I do a 10% water change weekly or sometimes every other week.
How you get the natural sea water? Do you live next to the coast?
He deserves a thumbs up not a thumbs down
Hey man just asking. Do you aclimate your corals?
Thats a german description😋
What lights u had before you bought the red sea ones?
THO SHALT NOT POO IN TANK EVER AGAIN!! (DO DO RONOMY 6: 9)
Amaazing. I am mesmerised.
A reef tank is like keeping up with a garden
absolutely stunning
no filter at all?
No filter ?
awesome
Great video dude.
nice
Where the filter??
It’s a no filter setup! :)
Waaww.. awesome.. !! Bru...
Prachtig ❤️
Great tank. Maybe it's a stupid question, but nevertheless. How do you make the sand so clean?
When I do a water change, I gravel vac the sand. There's also a sandsifting starfish in there.