Time To Add Corals To The Super Simple Budget Reef Ep4
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- It's time to move on to the next stage of setting up a reef tank and that's adding corals. In this video, we will be adding some beginner-friendly corals to the Fluval Evo 13.5. I'll also be doing a few upgrades to the tank. #SuperSimpleBudgetReef #AaronsAquarium
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Aarons Aquarium does this tank use rodi water and if so is it 100% needed for corals
Aarons Aquarium does this tank use rodi water and if so is it 100% needed for basic corals
What disappoints me about this aquarium is you can only have 2 tiny salt water fish in it. So what is the point of owning one.
I’m learning so much from you. Love the real easy terminology you use and step by step approach. I’m about to set up my 1st nano reef (only kept freshwater before) and you are giving me loads of confidence to do it. Thank you!
How's it going now? I'm in the same position you were in now!
I had to give up my 90 gal reef 20 years ago. I could not imagine how much easier the reef tanks are now. You have charmed me back into the hobby! Can you put an anemone in this tank to go with the clowns? Great stuff! Thanks.
You sure can. I have one in there right now.
Hi Aaron, just a message to say how helpful I’m finding you’re videos, I’m looking forward to learning loads in the future from you. Thank you so much
Such a good video. Everything was really well explained. Most of the videos I’ve been browsing assume you know things but this one actually explained everything with details, thank you!
Great video mate, I've been keeping tropical fish for many years & always dismissed marine on the basis it was far to technical, watching this series has opened my eyes a lot & made me realise it's not actually as bad as I first thought , I'm 100% going to get myself one of these little Fluval set ups & give it a go this year 👍 I have loads more to learn before I take the plunge but I'm very excited, thanks for all the great videos & keep up the good work 👍👍
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Like for "I found this during the pandemic"
Thanks for all the great tips and tricks! So glad you mentioned the Coral Show in Niagara Falls. I had no idea it was coming. I’m checking out tickets right now!!
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Loving this series so far, I'm finally making the jump from freshwater to saltwater and I'm very excited
Love that your coming to the show can't wait for it!
Absolute nuggets in these vids.
Air stone in the evening, mimics a protein skimmer I'm guessing.
Media baskets are expensive, but very very versatile. Even chuck some chaeto in with a small submersible led.
Easier sponge/floss cleaning.
Who said reef tanks are hard?
Thinking of getting this tank at some point for me and my daughter to work on. We have just moved into a flat and had to give our dog away to my Mum to look after so thinking fish tank might be great idea! ...Great videos and awesome guide/information... Also welcome back, glad to see your okay!! Keep the updates coming please! And thankyou :)
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I’ve heard of wooden air blocks expanding and cracking glass if wedged in to tight,don’t know how it may effect acrylic glass but you want to bare this mind if wedging tightly next to pump.
You could always presoak the wood for a couple days
great tip on the wooden airstone, going to give it a try in my nano reef also
Nice video buddy it’s great to see you back on again. Loved the stream the other night. 👍🏻
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We have same tank for the wife. Upgraded return pump & recently added RFG also. Also using maxspect biosphere but still using foam. Change about same amount of water, biweekly though. She has acans THRIVING!!!!. 2 clowns, purple fire fish, and a small green coris wrasse for live stock. Oh, and my blood shrimp.
What's the upgraded pump called?
@@benmurphy2802 we put in a Sicce syncra 0.5.
Dude. This series is SUPER helpful. I really appreciate how clear you are with your instructions, without making things too complicated. Thank you. One quick question: you said doing the water change replaces many trace minerals needed by the tank creatures (magnesium, calcium, etc.), but isn’t RODI water empty of minerals and such? Isn’t that one of the benefits of RODI water? That’s it has no minerals or solids in it?
So do you have to add minerals back to your tank separately? Thanks!
Great job Aaron, I wish I still lived in Toronto so I could meet you at Niagara in March.
This vid just popped up out of nowhere . Miss your vids my freind.
Love this video, you make it look so easy and have answered many of my questions!
Great update. Had same tank for 2 years now and it’s been less trouble than my 365 litre.
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Aarons Aquarium I still have the original pump and duck bills but seriously considering your bubbling method now. 😀🤔
Air stone, great tip that I never thought of or the evo. With no skimmer it's an excellent substitute. Definitely gonna throw one in my 3rd chamber. Thanks!!
😁👍🏽 Just make sure it's wooden and at the side or back of the return pump, don't put it in front.
Aarons Aquarium, I started a 13.5 about a month ago. I have a 29 gallon going great for almost 2 years. The Evo I have a Sicce 1.0 pump, RFG, InTank chamber 1 basket, and a pair of Kessil A 80 Tuna Blues (very tall rock smack in the middle, hence the 2 lights). Great video as are all you post!
Your videos are always so informative, keep up the great work fella
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You're great mate, there's something about the American accent that makes me think they're shilling. Subbed
Big fan of bubble scrubbing works realy well for me
New to this but your videos make it easy to follow.. purchased a little 5 gallon Fluval for beginners 😅 Thanks for all the tips and intstructions. Would you happen to have a video that explains how to add water each week like ive learned from this series🤔 or did i miss it already? 😬 also want to add the flow accelerator but not sure what fitting i need.. sorry for all the beginner questions! Thanks again New SUBSCRIBER👍🏻
Keep up the good work everything you put your hands on looks good 👍🏾
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You talk about making the saltwater for a water change. I have seen that ready made saltwater can be purchased from some aquatic shops. Would this be okay? - Greg
Great video Mate
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Nice tutorial. I'm about to set up my first Evo, this should get me on the right track. I'm fitting the protein skimmer, though, because I've always wanted one! Seems to me that using micro bubbles to clear the water is exactly what a protein skimmer does, not sure why you'd want to swap one for an air stone and pump.
He said in a previous video he didn't want to add a skimmer to keep cost down, but he would never discourage anyone from getting a skimmer if they wanted one, as it is a nice bit of kit.
So my guess would be that in this tank he thinks it makes better sense to have that prefilter compartment working as a filter and not a skimmer.
And then an airpump and block is far far cheaper than a skimmer.
got a ton of good info from this video, Thank You !
Awesome video. Thanks!
Great as usual.
How would you add a refugium to this tank so you can breed pods and have a steady flow of them entering the tank. If you could make a part 5 showing that I would be most appreciative. Also thanks these videos have really inspired me 😁👍
learning a lot for my first marine tank. thank you. would u ever add some chaeto to the empty basket?
Well done.
love the tank
For lighting, can it work to do a hood? Have cats that would try to get in from top. Options?
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Fantastic video Aaron!
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Fantastic information love this video as I have same tank and will be working towards setting up like yours ❤️
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Great video as always. When adding the media baskets, did you cover the intake at the bottom of chamber 2? Seen mixed reviews on it including a super arsey reply from a worker at my lfs. Interested as I've had one of these running for 2 years but want to make it the best it can be before I upgrade.
also interested in this answer
Watched all the video's very informative would 2 clownfish be max livestock for this tank as looking at setting this up as a fowlr tank with 2 ocellaris clownfish,yellow clown goby and some hermit crabs and a cleaner shrimp
When I do a water change, how do i know how much salt i need to add to the new RO/DI water? that is the part that always confuses me, or do you just add it by feeling and just check what the selinity is?
You still have new tank bubbles on your glass, I don't understand if you've been running it for 2 months how you still have those there
Could put a list of the media ur using, them big ceramic balls and things please
Cheers
Hey I have a question!! If carbon helps keep the water clear and not yellow, why don't you leave it in all the time?
Gotta clean it out occasionally
I always ran carbon 24/7 in my reef tanks
Loving the series mate. Any reason why you went for the wooden air block and not just a general stone type one?
Hey Aaron I am in Australia and just started watching ur vids. I have a couple of 4foot tanks but I am also thinking of getting a all in one reef tank setup. Can I use any canister filter or does it have to be specifically for salt tanks. I’ve been running freshwater my whole life and currently have shrimp ( neo caridena and caridena) but always have wanted to have a salt set up. Any tips on great beginner corals and even beginner fish please?
Do you have a link for the random flow generator and the stone. I'm new to the hobby and have been setting up my Evo along with you. Lol I havent added any fish as of yet.
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id recommend some more mechanical filtration(poly-filter and filter floss.) and maybe some purigen. Also more bio media.
Two months in and Nitrate is 10ppm, Phosphate is 0.08ppm corals and fish are doing great. More is overkill and an unnecessary extra cost.
Hi aaron, first I want to say I love your videos! We are moving soon and interested in setting up a saltwater tank but I’m so confused on the bacteria cycle and how to keep up with it. I also am confused with knowing how much water to put into your tank, so you can figure out how much salt to put in your water before putting it in. We are considering a 40 or 55 gallon tank. Also, how do you know when and how much bacteria to add into your tank? Do you have to do this before adding any fish and/or coral? Any tips are appreciated! Thank you!!!
Hey buddy I have to say your videos are top notch!
I have this tank too, had it running for around a year now and I absolutely love it.
It's good to see your upgrades you have made.. I am thinking about making these changes to mine to like your compartments in the back. I have a couple of corals in too and they are doing well. Did you make the compartments yourself bud or buy them?
Great advice mate looking forward to seeing the other videos on this tank! 👍👍👍
I bought them, there's links to them in the description of the video. They are called intank media baskets.
Thanks bud. Sorry my descriptions don't show when the video loads and always forget to click it lol 🙈
With the 2 clowns snails crab and shrimp is it fully stocked I have almost same stock and people saying it’s fully stocked I have a 50l with fluval 207
How many fish could you put in ? If they are smaller like clown fish
Utter chaos are one of my favorite ones!!!
I love them as well.
Man, one question, I have a 20 gallon tank and im a beginner on this, I just add one clownfish, so I have a regular salt water. Can I add some corals or I need different water? Because when I get my water they ask me if I want regular salt water or coral water?
did i miss the part where you have yo top off with ro-di when level drops
Great video!
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Please can you help me? I have got two internal filters running on a 250 L tank at the moment and they are not up to scratch. I need my first ever external filter but I have gone online and I’m completely overwhelmed at the choice and options available. Please can you recommend a decent external filter with a budget of about £150 at the most. Thank you in advance
replacing mechanical filter with bio filter?
how does that make sense?
what is stopping poop and food now from entering the display tank?
couldn't you just put another sponge in the first chamber?
isn't the sand and the rocks enough for the bio filter for a pair of clowns only tank?
is there a link for the random flow generator uk?
Absolutely love these videos have got my tank and are just about ready to set it up but just got a couple of questions
What size random flow generator did you get is it 1/4 inch.
And can you have your tank fully set up with the bacteria added into it without the fish or can you add corals first
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Great vid, tanks looking quality what other corals do you plan on putting in this tank
Great video pal. Very educational. My EVO arrives tomorrow from Charterhouse. Where did you get your RFG from and what size did you go for? Thanks again
You can get that from Charterhouse also. You want the 1/2 inch RFG
Salt doesn't evaporate so when you do a water change why do you add salt?
Is there any chance you could do a video on RODI water I’m new to this as I only have fresh water tanks and I’m used to treating tap water. Would be really useful to have an explanation of how the RODI water filter is installed and how it works, many thanks in advance.
I'll add that to the list.
Hi Aaron, which wave maker and air pump are you using?
Link in the description to the wavemaker. I'll also add the pump in a minute.
So it’s like making your whole tank a protein skimmer???
The bubble scrubbing? Yes in a way but the bubbles have to be small.
Is it possible to put wooden air stone into the main tank display ?
Or is it nessesary to have it in the back chambers ?
Don't put it in the display. The bubbles are to big directly from the air block. If you put it in the chamber the big bubble s that you don't want pop at the surface inside the chamber and only the little bubbles go in the pump. That's why I say to put the block at the side of the pump and not in front of it. 👍🏽
getting a bit confused on your Super Simple budget reef tank setup. This tank looks different than the one you started with. Did I miss something? Did you switch tanks for a reason? Sorry if I missed something.
I've been thinking about starting a reef tank. Do you guys recommend one of these tanks for a starter, or would I be better off using an old 50 gallon aquarium I used for wintering my Koi?
what did you go with?
rn i have a 10g for nemos thinking of starting off with these to learn and then move onto 120g in spring/summer
Can someone pls tell me how much rock I need for this tank, is 5kg enough?
Did you ever find out I have about 15 pounds in mine
I added some corals that had green alae on lugs and I have a small amount of green alage now onmy rocks and a little in sand. Could that be from the frag plugs? I like ot leave on plugs because I start at bottom and gradually move up so should I replace with new plugs or is it safe to add plugs with alag. I did have a crash afterward that started from low salinity and It threw off all my parameters and had amonia, nitrites, trate ect so maybe from that.
How often do you have to do water changes on that kind of setup?
Nice and helpful video btw
Weekly 10% is recommended for all tanks 🤷♂️
Hi Michael, how often do you need to top up with RODI to compensate for evaporation ? Many thanks
I've put a line on the Return chamber. When the water drops below the line I top up.
Where do you get your RO/DI water
Just looked at Flights from Ireland, closest I can fly too is Toronto unless I want to stop everywhere from here to there along the way 😂 might have to give this one a miss 🤔 I'm a freshwater scrub anyway, I'll wait till aquashella 😂
That's where I'm flying to. Manchester to Toronto then it's 40 mins from there in a car.
@@AaronsAquarium not bad actually, I could look at dublin to Manchester and straight over , are they direct from Manchester over and back ?
I am thinking of getting this tank, beacuse its an aio and I have a regular 10 gallon no skimmer. Ihave a small skimmer that I hope will fit in here as well. How are these lights? Are they stronger than current orbit or the ones in biocube? currents are 18 watts for 8 to 24. Can I grow lps like duncan, blasto acans, torch ect maybe towards top, on high? I have heard people say not eneogh blue so maybe I can add blue strips, would that increase p;ar? I dont want o rep;ace the light because I like how it looks and would you recomend the skimmer or xrtra media, if so what media? I use purigan, chemipure elite and poly bio filter and it has worked great for me and up until now...tank crash>> I never had algae and started with dead reef saver rock but never turned light on until almost 3 months or added coral until after that even.
I think he got angry you took his coral out. Lol
as you used bottled bacteria on this tank, how soon after adding the fish did you do the first water change?
I'd give it a few days to allow the Bacteria to settle into surfaces. I started water changing the following week after setting it up.
Hello, please help me! I have some Zoas and they seem to have Zoa pox. I can’t seem to get hold of any Furan 2. What can I do to treat this? As they are really nice colonies, Rastas and stuff. Please help!!
great tip on the bubble scrubbing had same nano tank for splitting my peeler crabs..now given to a mate for his fresh water set up Back to the bubble scrubbing ive jst set up a 220g sps tank only got most of my fish in few hermits and cleaner shrimps in no corals yet has tank only 4 months into its cycle after a 8 month bin cycle on marco reef rock still got the diatom bloom is there any reason it would be a bad idea to do the same thing with mine this early into my set up ..ps love your videos they have been a real help in my return to the hobby after 20+ years out
Hi Aaron! Could you fill this up with extra coral? And would this be suitable for (typical, I know) clown fish?
Those are clown fish. Just not "Nemos"
the chamber baskets are a ridiculous price . £65 for a piece of plastic which is more than half the price of the whole aquarium.
I'm finding this helpful as I've just set up this tank.. I have a question which maybe an idea for a video.. what is your take on bristle worms?😫
They are an amazing part of the reef tank and a must have in my opinion. They are a great addition to your clean up crew. They freak me out though 😱
@@AaronsAquarium that's exactly why I ask I noticed one and then was freaked out! Will a coral banded shrimp keep the population under control?
@aarons aquarium - Maybe running one of the air powered Reefloat skimmers would be a better option than just introducing microbubbles?
As I said in the video, it's completely optional. I do it this way because it lifts stuff out of the display. A skimmer can't do that.
@@AaronsAquarium OK mate fair enough
How many MAX small fish could i get away with, not being cruel to get into the simple budget reef tank. Cheers
Can any kind experience reefer help me answer this question please.
Can I cycle a saltwater tank with dechlorinated tap water (freshwater style) and once it's cycled with BB I then drain out the entire tank and fill it with salt water and then start adding fish etc.... I mean, afterall what you want is the BB right?
Hi, no you can’t, they are different kind of bacteria, so if you add later the salt water, they will all die.
Hello mate. How much water approximately do you change weekly. Preferably, quantity in litres?
I'd say around 15 litres. I just eye ball it.
Hi Aaron
Where do you get the random flow generator from in the uk please
It's available from most shops pal. Contact the distributor BCUK Aquatics and they will be able to point you in the right direction.
What clean up crew would you put in this set up?
That's the next video 😁👍🏽
Will you add an ATO?
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Do you have any issues with too much noise with the eheim compact 1000. I have the same tank and tried it but it was just to noisy.
Only if the Heater touches it then I get a vibration noise. Other than that I've never actually noticed it.
Love the shirt hahaha I wonder how Jeff is getting on
I honestly don't know. 😭
What is the Eheim thing...can write it here please. Thank you.
Evo5?
Could you give a list of the zoas that don’t have Paliotoxen how ever you spell that. I thought they all did and there for I never got any🤗
I don't know what does and what doesn't.
I wouldn't worry about which ones you're putting in unless you're planning on eating them.