Part #10 Adding Fish: Building A Budget Reef Aquarium

Part#10 of our 30 episode series on Building A Budget REEF Aquarium follows Jaron to the Aquarium Arts store in Mesa where he picks out his first fish for the aquarium. He focuses on fish that will perform tasks such as eating parasites and algae. He then shows you how to acclimate your fish to the parameters of your aquarium, and how to avoid bringing diseases into your tank.
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[@moereefer]

I don’t think a it’s enough room for tang?

[@marineandreefvideos6918]

The rule we generally recommend is to have a minimum of a 4 ft tank or 50 gallons. Since this is a 4 ft 55 gallon tank it is the smallest standard sized tank we would recommend putting a tang in. This is actually part of our decision in choosing this size. We could have gone smaller and saved more money but having a tang really helps with algae control and makes keeping the aquarium much easier. We would recommend anyone with a reef tank our size or larger add a tang for algae control.

[@moereefer]

@@marineandreefvideos6918 I think it’s all about how long the tank is and specific rock scape honestly. I had yellow tang for about 14 years happily with no problems in custom 75 tank did was fine

[@christinebrowne385]

Why float the bags if they are going to drip acclimate? Won't the bucket water cool off to room temp anyways?

[@marineandreefvideos6918]

@@christinebrowne385 We find that it is often best to do the temperature separately so you are not changing the temperature, salinity, pH, etc. All at the same time. It is also true that the bag temperature can change quite a bit in transport depending on the temperature of your car and how long the drive is.