That was an outstanding interview. I loved it. The videography and editing was great too. I think that is the prettiest sump set up I have ever seen. Wonderful work all around.
Beautiful aquariums Nathan. And great video work from than. I’m an orphek user also, I just love the crisp white/blue you get with them. Looks great, excellent colors, and easy to photograph.
Your colors are really looking much sharper compared to the last system bro. I think that DSB had some lingering nastiness that was affecting your colors. Great to see a shallow sandbed in this tank. Looks excellent. Tangs look super happy. Merry Christmas!
Very inspiring, thanks guys for sharing this awesome tank 👍. What area I would be interested in hearing, pest management on this tank? No aptasia or vertimid snails ? Lucky guy 😂
If you have success in growing the corals, at some point you will have to trim them and hopefully sell them. Thankfully over the years the tank has started to pay for itself. Patience and consistency is key. Good luck on the 120!!
This one eats prepared foods, sustainable aquatics dry hatcher diet pellets, mysis and spirulina enriched brine. I have had her for over 7 years and while she does pick as sps polyps causing them to hide during the day, it does not seem to hinder growth or coloration of the coral.
this is amazing ,,, so beautiful ,, if you do not mind can you please tell what background music / sound is playing,,,, so beautiful touched my soul , please than !!!
I am one of those guys with the 13.5 gallon nano. :) If I was to expand, I would go to multiple small tanks with species specific, mushroom tank, lps tank, and sps tank.
I don’t like really blue tanks like the light settings on here is perfect corals and fish are stunning yet you can actually see in the tank through the camera
Than, at 42:50 you’re talking about some sound proofing to put on the inside of the doors. What’s that? “Dynamat”? Do you have any link to that product? Would like to look into it.
Little spill.... I had a hex tank that was only 40 gallons in my dinning room/living room and lost around 30 gallons cause my silicone game wasn't good I had so much water on my floors it was insane. Even 1 gallon is nutz try it in your kitchen sometime
Can't say enough about how nice the tank is..and the guy who built it..nice guy..helped me with some frags definitely happy to meet somone helping the hobby no just trying to live off the profit
Than, very nice interview with Nathan. His main display and frag tank look great and it was nice to see everything went well relocating his fish & corals. the planning on this project shows. Great job Nathan. Does he have an IG acct?
That yellow tang caught a nasty bacterial infection. A few years ago I think it got into a little sparing match (I think with the yellow eye kohl tang) and got a small cut, well that got infected and it started to eat away as some scales and the fins. It then started getting bullied and stopped eating, it was so worn out I was able to just scoop him out of the display tank and put him in the frag tank where things were much calmer. I got him to eat and nursed him back to health. He healed up but the fins did not grow back. He is once again back in the new bigger display and doesn't get picked on by anyone.
Hanging Parts: M8 Roll-in Spring T-Slot Nut - amzn.to/2FmuQBM M8 Ring Eye Bolt - amzn.to/3jPptd4 These will fit fine into a 1.5” x 1.5” T-slot extrusion. I got mine from alufabinc.com and they will give you a discount if you mention Tidal Gardens. I got mine in black anodized which is a little more expensive but it matches the top of the fixtures and I also got black plastic end caps. Theoretically, you could mount the rail almost flush to the wood if you wanted. Those Roll-in Nuts accept an M8 screw, so you could get like a 35mm or so stainless M8 screw and washer (amzn.to/2SIybhv) and send it through the wood into the rail.
That first comment is everything to get the rails mounted onto a wood board like mine in the video. Once they are on, the screw heads on the top of the Atlantik slide right into the T-slots of the rail.
How do you feel about 5 orpheks over that tank size satisfied or could use a bit more light? And how does the orange spot not destroy your sps i thought they mainly eat acro?
I really like the coverage I get with 5. At max settings the lights are stronger then I wanted, par over 750 near the top and over 200 at the bottom. The orange spot does nip at sps polyps so the polyps are closed during the day. Growth and coloration are both good on the sps despite the Orange Spot.
I don't have anything cut at this moment, but you can check my Instagram and shoot me a message on any colonies that look big enough to frag. Instagram: thenater777
Oh my gosh, Oh my gosh. I wish I could have this Reef Aquarium in my kitchen, bedroom, living room and bathroom. HAHAHAHAHA. It is so.............so beautiful. Oh my gosh, Nathan is very smart. I am just wondering how much ? Oh my gosh. Love
What type of fish is the long thin orange one with yellowish fins and tail in your frag tank. I am totally mesmerised by the way it swims - like a flag or ribbon! BTW... love your tanks - I’m just getting into saltwater fish keeping now and SO excited to see setups I can only dream about at this stage!
Great tank but I’m really starting to hate black overflow boxes I feel like they should be blue it would make tanks look so much better I for that reason only like peninsulas or waterboxes
Use a lot of primer, a lot of glue and wait for it to set up or else you will get gaps between the joints, find someone on TH-cam to imitate for your build exactly. Monkey see, monkey do.
@@NathansReef Just re-watched this video again. Just wanted to ask, do you find that the captive bred yellow tangs are as vibrant as the wild caught ones as they reach maturity? The ones in your display seem like nice specimens compared to other captive bred yellows that I've seen.
@@justinthibodeaux1460 yes, they are just as vibrant when they mature. I have one wild caught yellow tang and the captive bred are now have the same vibrant yellow 💛
Shouldn't a calcium reactor be just as 'easy'. You peg it at a pH and then it should pump out a known dkh effluent. Need more than just crank up the continuous pump and dump more effluent. The reactor would have to be big enough to hold at the wanted pH whilst still cranking out your needed effluent. Brs probably explained it better 😅
I think they are easy, but Nathan has never used one before. A calcium reactor is always more complicated sounding than what it is in practice. The first time someone sets up a calcium reactor, it immediately changes to "that's it?"
Amazing tank. Ideas what the wattage draw is for a system this size? My r2r250 seems to average around 205 watts. This big guy has to be 1500-2000 Watts or more.
Hi, two questions, the orange spot harlequin file fish, was it added early to get it to eat, how do you feed it and keep it alive? My second question is do you have a clam in the main display, should I be concerned about multiple similar wrasses you have and having a clam?
I got this orange spot file fish as a juvenile. I saw her at a store and she was already interested in eating prepared foods. This one eats prepared foods, sustainable aquatics dry hatcher diet pellets, mysis and spirulina enriched brine. I have had her for over 7 years and while she does pick as sps polyps causing them to hide during the day, it does not seem to hinder growth or coloration of the coral. I do not have a clam in the display tank but I do not think any of the wrasses I currently have would be a threat to a clam.
I've been watching Tidal gardens for a few years now, I love all the videos. However is 12 advert breaks necessary in this video ? Please dont sell yourselves short by trying monetise videos to the point where people just stop watching.
How does he feed the Orange spot filefish?? I've never seen someone keep one long term as theyre such picky feeders they waste away. Absolutely shouldn't be in the tank imo
She eats sustainable aquatics dry hatchery diet pellets, mysis, nori and spirulina enriched brine. I have had her for 7.5 years (brought her home on 5/20/2013)
@@NathansReef did you have to do anything special to get the orange spot to eat that food which, I assume, you just dump in the tank? Or did she just take to it without issue? Did the place you purchased her from have her on that diet prior to you buying her?
@@timothydoyle3380 a couple of things. I had a pair before this female. The pair were adults when I got them and I had the female for about three years before she passed and the male for about 4.5. I got that pair from Diver's Den because the go a long way in weening them onto prepared foods. I still had some acro skeletons that I I would smash food onto to help the fish eat in their natural way. Over time they recognized the food else where and would pick it off the bottom or out of the water. The female I have now happened to be at a local shop and was already eating, so I got her. She was a juvenile at the time so I look forward to seeing what their natural lifespan may be.
@@NathansReef honestly bud thats fantastic. Very glad you can keep one healthily, impressed too. Unfortunately though most places dont go to that effort and never teach their customers how to keep them and so most wither away and starve. Too many of these are plucked out the sea only to starve in the tank of someone that doesn't know what theyre doing. Which is why i think they should no longer be available. Still, more power to you - gorgeous and interesting fish, and great skills to keep him fed. Merry christmas
love your work! soothing voice and great camera work. i am also a fan of daylit aquariums, but love how the fluourescence pops under UV/BLUE. greetings from Australia!
Great interview, this guy throw away tank is my dream tank lol, I just got a 6ft and still a month away from water👍👍👍
Terrific job on the video. I enjoyed the conversation back and forth. The new system looks great Nathan!
Anyone else think Than needs to narrate for ocean/reed documentaries?
That was an outstanding interview. I loved it. The videography and editing was great too. I think that is the prettiest sump set up I have ever seen. Wonderful work all around.
Beautiful aquariums Nathan. And great video work from than. I’m an orphek user also, I just love the crisp white/blue you get with them. Looks great, excellent colors, and easy to photograph.
Stunning!
That’s a nice build! Love the sump. Thanks for sharing! 🐟 🐠
Wow it's a really nice looking tank
"Captive bred yellow tangs" whoever you bought those from is pretty busy now.
I am sure you are right! Biota bred them and I bought them through liveaquaria . Last I heard Biota had them very reasonably priced considering
Awesome video!
I'm not into Marine, but these tanks look the best I've seen. It's hi tech but looks "more natural". Some marine tanks look like science experiments.
Man looking at that dudes sump, he runs a tight ship
Your colors are really looking much sharper compared to the last system bro. I think that DSB had some lingering nastiness that was affecting your colors. Great to see a shallow sandbed in this tank. Looks excellent. Tangs look super happy. Merry Christmas!
Lighting is also very different. The first tank was lit by early model AI lights.
This piece was journal award worthy!! Many thanks to both Nathan and Than.
Very inspiring, thanks guys for sharing this awesome tank 👍. What area I would be interested in hearing, pest management on this tank? No aptasia or vertimid snails ? Lucky guy 😂
This Nathan would love a tank half that size. Working on a 120. I chose the wrong career path and it limits my hobbies so to speak. Haha
If you have success in growing the corals, at some point you will have to trim them and hopefully sell them. Thankfully over the years the tank has started to pay for itself. Patience and consistency is key. Good luck on the 120!!
LOL, "little" spill...
400 gallons 👀 o crud
Orange spotted filefish are my favourite
Orange Spot Filefish. In that volume of a tank it can feed without starving or causing too much coral damage I assume? Nice
This one eats prepared foods, sustainable aquatics dry hatcher diet pellets, mysis and spirulina enriched brine. I have had her for over 7 years and while she does pick as sps polyps causing them to hide during the day, it does not seem to hinder growth or coloration of the coral.
@@NathansReef Love the Orange spot. I’m excited to see that she is in your tank.
Just started my 200g tank and I can’t imagine it feeling claustrophobic. Hopefully in that successful!
this is amazing ,,, so beautiful ,, if you do not mind can you please tell what background music / sound is playing,,,, so beautiful touched my soul , please than !!!
It is "Peace of Mind" from incompetech.com
Nathan said he would sen you his light channel settings, anyway to post what he is doing?
I love that naked clown!
He swims 3 feet over from his home to bit my hand every time I put seaweed in the tank. He is a nasty little naked clown :) !
#allclowns
Orphek ftw!!!
I really enjoyed this interview and his tank is a fantastic dream for me.
Fab looking tank, with great selection of fish.
Well done.
Video quality is great!
everything Nathan does is exactly what i was planning for my tank. LOVE IT.
Very Nice system. Does he have a UV? I may have missed it if it was covered earlier in the video. WOW!
He said yes but did not show it
Tbh I absolutely don’t like coralline algae it’s tasks away from the crisp clean viewing and this tank is gorgeous!
The fish behave naturally because they have space to swim whit more corals it will be stunning good video 👌👌👌
I am one of those guys with the 13.5 gallon nano. :) If I was to expand, I would go to multiple small tanks with species specific, mushroom tank, lps tank, and sps tank.
I don’t like really blue tanks like the light settings on here is perfect corals and fish are stunning yet you can actually see in the tank through the camera
Those dimensions are perfect! My next tank will be bumped from 8’ to 9’ and 31” deep to 40” with the 26” height.
VERY NICE colorful fish selection! Its taking shape quickly. Gonna be a stunner.....
Awesome thank you for sharing.
Nathan doesn't have a channel?
Than, at 42:50 you’re talking about some sound proofing to put on the inside of the doors. What’s that? “Dynamat”? Do you have any link to that product? Would like to look into it.
Yes it's called Dynamat. It is normally used to reduce noise in vehicles: amzn.to/2WRtmUZ
Those Tangs are probably loving that extra length on the new tank.
Little spill.... I had a hex tank that was only 40 gallons in my dinning room/living room and lost around 30 gallons cause my silicone game wasn't good I had so much water on my floors it was insane. Even 1 gallon is nutz try it in your kitchen sometime
Amazing Fish Collection 😍😍😍
Gorgeous system!! Happy Holidays Everyone.
Happy holidays!
Nice fish 🐠 but then you can with a size that big 😂👍🏴
Can't say enough about how nice the tank is..and the guy who built it..nice guy..helped me with some frags definitely happy to meet somone helping the hobby no just trying to live off the profit
Love the Potter's angel
Amazing tank and amazing lights. Im now setting up tanks with lighting pushing from the front, it gives you that same top down colour pop.
🤣🤣🤣 magnet and fingers.great video guys
New subscriber, I have to say... I LOVED THIS INTERVIEW
Than, very nice interview with Nathan. His main display and frag tank look great and it was nice to see everything went well relocating his fish & corals. the planning on this project shows. Great job Nathan. Does he have an IG acct?
Thank you and yes I do. Instagram: thenater777
Great video fantastic tank, very informative
Does it take much to maintain something like this? I literally know nothing about keeping fish etc
Amazing set up! 😍
I think so too!
Is this tank Starfire? It looks like it, but always hard to tell.
I believe it is a low iron glass.
Turn red green. Whites off. That's why I have algea. Sir
I like watchin em have fun
Looking great, can’t wait to see it in a few years..
What makes yellow tangs lose their fins? Saw a few like this now..
That yellow tang caught a nasty bacterial infection. A few years ago I think it got into a little sparing match (I think with the yellow eye kohl tang) and got a small cut, well that got infected and it started to eat away as some scales and the fins. It then started getting bullied and stopped eating, it was so worn out I was able to just scoop him out of the display tank and put him in the frag tank where things were much calmer. I got him to eat and nursed him back to health. He healed up but the fins did not grow back. He is once again back in the new bigger display and doesn't get picked on by anyone.
Can you revisit Nathan again soon please?!
I have these lights and would love more info about how they have been hung with the rail. I’m not finding much online about how to do it.
Hanging Parts:
M8 Roll-in Spring T-Slot Nut - amzn.to/2FmuQBM
M8 Ring Eye Bolt - amzn.to/3jPptd4
These will fit fine into a 1.5” x 1.5” T-slot extrusion. I got mine from alufabinc.com and they will give you a discount if you mention Tidal Gardens. I got mine in black anodized which is a little more expensive but it matches the top of the fixtures and I also got black plastic end caps.
Theoretically, you could mount the rail almost flush to the wood if you wanted. Those Roll-in Nuts accept an M8 screw, so you could get like a 35mm or so stainless M8 screw and washer (amzn.to/2SIybhv) and send it through the wood into the rail.
That first comment is everything to get the rails mounted onto a wood board like mine in the video. Once they are on, the screw heads on the top of the Atlantik slide right into the T-slots of the rail.
Amazing! all aspects! what material used for drip tray under the sump?
It is made out of pvc
great video!! thanks for sharing!
Great to know there are others who hate maintaining more than one system
How do you feel about 5 orpheks over that tank size satisfied or could use a bit more light?
And how does the orange spot not destroy your sps i thought they mainly eat acro?
I really like the coverage I get with 5. At max settings the lights are stronger then I wanted, par over 750 near the top and over 200 at the bottom. The orange spot does nip at sps polyps so the polyps are closed during the day. Growth and coloration are both good on the sps despite the Orange Spot.
Awesome thanks for the reply merry Christmas ;)
Hey Nathan, what frags do you have trade? I'm local.
I don't have anything cut at this moment, but you can check my Instagram and shoot me a message on any colonies that look big enough to frag. Instagram: thenater777
Oh my gosh, Oh my gosh. I wish I could have this Reef Aquarium in my kitchen, bedroom, living room and bathroom. HAHAHAHAHA. It is so.............so beautiful. Oh my gosh, Nathan is very smart. I am just wondering how much ? Oh my gosh. Love
Nice to see some aquacultured Yellow Tangs, seems like they get yellower as they grow? Is that right?
Yes, assuming they are fed well they all turn bright yellow.
Awesome job great dream reef tank setup
What is Nathan’s Instagram name so I can see more of his tank?
thenater777
Merry Christmas 🎄
Very nice tank!
Fantastic video, thanks Than!
What type of fish is the long thin orange one with yellowish fins and tail in your frag tank. I am totally mesmerised by the way it swims - like a flag or ribbon! BTW... love your tanks - I’m just getting into saltwater fish keeping now and SO excited to see setups I can only dream about at this stage!
It may be a Midas Blenny
It is a Midas Blenny, lots of fun personality with that fish!
@@laufkamel1300 Thanks, It is! And SUPER gorgeous!! Definately on my purchase list once my tank is ready for fish!
@@NathansReef Thanks! Terrific colour too!
that is one larger jail that is about it
Great tank but I’m really starting to hate black overflow boxes I feel like they should be blue it would make tanks look so much better I for that reason only like peninsulas or waterboxes
Great video thanks 🙏
Glad you enjoyed it
Gorgeous Reef 💜🐠💜✌😊
What kind of material is his stand made out of?
Powder coated aluminum.
I like the substrate
This was great. thanks both!
This is absolute fastinating . I love it
Any advice on plumbing, never plumbed a tank
That’s a loaded question lol
Use a lot of primer, a lot of glue and wait for it to set up or else you will get gaps between the joints, find someone on TH-cam to imitate for your build exactly. Monkey see, monkey do.
@@alecthenice8115 thank you for the tips
What is the name of Nathans IG account?
thenater777
Oh, my gosh where is the turtle, octopus, eel, crabs, and jellyfish ? Oh, my gosh. I just love it. Love
Perhaps I missed it in the previous video, who did you purchase the tank from (who made it)?
Stunning system.
Excellent work.
Great video Than as always!
I appreciate that
Awesome aquarium
Awesome tank! My question is what company builds these large tanks?
👍👍👍all I can say
Dream Tank.
Any idea who made this tank?
One of the best specimens of Achilles Tang I've seen to date! Caught my eye the entire video!
I got the Achilles as a juvenile about 8 years ago. It's such a great fish!
@@NathansReef Just re-watched this video again. Just wanted to ask, do you find that the captive bred yellow tangs are as vibrant as the wild caught ones as they reach maturity? The ones in your display seem like nice specimens compared to other captive bred yellows that I've seen.
@@justinthibodeaux1460 yes, they are just as vibrant when they mature. I have one wild caught yellow tang and the captive bred are now have the same vibrant yellow 💛
Should use sifter starfish. They're fantastic for substrate. No hassle and simple.
What are his light settings??????
Shouldn't a calcium reactor be just as 'easy'. You peg it at a pH and then it should pump out a known dkh effluent.
Need more than just crank up the continuous pump and dump more effluent.
The reactor would have to be big enough to hold at the wanted pH whilst still cranking out your needed effluent.
Brs probably explained it better 😅
I think they are easy, but Nathan has never used one before. A calcium reactor is always more complicated sounding than what it is in practice. The first time someone sets up a calcium reactor, it immediately changes to "that's it?"
Amazing tank. Ideas what the wattage draw is for a system this size? My r2r250 seems to average around 205 watts. This big guy has to be 1500-2000 Watts or more.
In total it is right around 3,000 watts. A bit over half of that powers the lights!
Hi, two questions, the orange spot harlequin file fish, was it added early to get it to eat, how do you feed it and keep it alive? My second question is do you have a clam in the main display, should I be concerned about multiple similar wrasses you have and having a clam?
I got this orange spot file fish as a juvenile. I saw her at a store and she was already interested in eating prepared foods. This one eats prepared foods, sustainable aquatics dry hatcher diet pellets, mysis and spirulina enriched brine. I have had her for over 7 years and while she does pick as sps polyps causing them to hide during the day, it does not seem to hinder growth or coloration of the coral.
I do not have a clam in the display tank but I do not think any of the wrasses I currently have would be a threat to a clam.
I've been watching Tidal gardens for a few years now, I love all the videos. However is 12 advert breaks necessary in this video ? Please dont sell yourselves short by trying monetise videos to the point where people just stop watching.
Try YT premium, avoid the ads and support the content creators! (I hate the adds, it's so so so worth the small fee)
Also, where is Nemo the Beautiful ? Hahahahahaha. Oh, my gosh. Love
How does he feed the Orange spot filefish?? I've never seen someone keep one long term as theyre such picky feeders they waste away. Absolutely shouldn't be in the tank imo
She eats sustainable aquatics dry hatchery diet pellets, mysis, nori and spirulina enriched brine. I have had her for 7.5 years (brought her home on 5/20/2013)
@@NathansReef did you have to do anything special to get the orange spot to eat that food which, I assume, you just dump in the tank? Or did she just take to it without issue? Did the place you purchased her from have her on that diet prior to you buying her?
@@NathansReef good going mate very impressed!
@@timothydoyle3380 a couple of things. I had a pair before this female. The pair were adults when I got them and I had the female for about three years before she passed and the male for about 4.5. I got that pair from Diver's Den because the go a long way in weening them onto prepared foods. I still had some acro skeletons that I I would smash food onto to help the fish eat in their natural way. Over time they recognized the food else where and would pick it off the bottom or out of the water. The female I have now happened to be at a local shop and was already eating, so I got her. She was a juvenile at the time so I look forward to seeing what their natural lifespan may be.
@@NathansReef honestly bud thats fantastic. Very glad you can keep one healthily, impressed too.
Unfortunately though most places dont go to that effort and never teach their customers how to keep them and so most wither away and starve. Too many of these are plucked out the sea only to starve in the tank of someone that doesn't know what theyre doing. Which is why i think they should no longer be available. Still, more power to you - gorgeous and interesting fish, and great skills to keep him fed. Merry christmas
love your work! soothing voice and great camera work. i am also a fan of daylit aquariums, but love how the fluourescence pops under UV/BLUE. greetings from Australia!
Thank you very much!