No money, no problem - REEF TANK BASICS - "how to start a saltwater aquarium" BEGINNER GUIDE 2021
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- Now we start our beginner project with that beginner guide in 2021. Learn more about setup a reef tank without a lot of costs. A little aquascape, some technique and much fun. For some more videos about reef tanks and every kind of saltwater aquariums check out our Channel: / @seafriendlyreef
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This new channel offers you the opportunity to collect ideas around the topic of sea water aquariums. It shows the spatial and technical possibilities to set up your reef tank at home in the living room, bedroom or office.
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Tobias Neyer
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When I was younger, I remember my family was very poor but I bought 2 clown fish with my savings, and didn’t know they live on seawater. Every week my father would take me to the beach and collect seawater, we would wait for the sand to settle down and scoop the seawater up. I miss my dad
thnx for ur story
Sounds like a great dad
deep
R.I.P. sounds like s wonderful father
Much love 💕 my man. Your father sounds like a wonderful human being
No idea why im watching this, i've been reefing for 10 years lol. But I like the video, very nice and well explained!
Haha great to hear thanks xD
Same thing happens to me 😂...
Hi buddy, so what filteration you used for the tank? It turned out amazing btw.
@@huanhuynh1670 thank you, there is no filtration in the tank :)
@@seafriendlyreef hi 👋 nd which type of seawater fish for this nano aquarium? I am waiting for reply thanks for such a helpful vedio
The tank in the beginning looks awesome as hell. I like how it's scaped and it doesn't look supercolorful like other tanks, which I prefer.
You are a great inspiration Tobias. You are one of reasons I have a quarantine tank and a main display that is cycling at the moment. The corals I have and the clean up crew is thriving
Awesome Joseph! Thank you so much for that feedback! :D
@@seafriendlyreef rrtttyt
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I love the way you share your experience with the beginners. Lots of love ❤️
Experienced owner here ,this video cleared up a lot for me and other owners .thank you for posting
Tobias im currently running freshwater tank for 5 years and love it and feel like my second tank would be saltwater, but I’m green about it, so I’d be watching your channel for inspiration and guidance, much respect and greetings from Canada 🇨🇦
One word, awesome! Keep it up man. ✌🏼
Thank you buddy!!
Sempre assisti o seu canal e você é uma grande referência para mim,muito obrigado por dedicar o seu tempo para passa o seu conhecimento pra nós, agora com as legendas em Português BRASIL Ficou mais fácil de entender tudo.
Great video. I’m 7 Months in with a 40 gallon breeder and loving it
How’s it going now! I have a 40gb that I want to make a saltwater tank and need some tips
Happy new year!
You are so full of positive energy, I hope 2021 mirrors your attitude ♥️
Happy new year to you too
Another awesome video! Videos like this makes it easy for new reefers to get into the hobby.
Thank you so much for that! :)
Can you just make a video about how to keep fish without skimmer ?
I never knew you could do such a tiny salt water tank. Im definitely going to do one now!
I love to hear that! :D
You don’t think the fish are sad that it’s so small do you?
@@jeeperskreepers6292 what fish? lol
@@jeeperskreepers6292 it’s just a planted tank no fish.. did you watch the video lmao?
@@imoffendedthatyouareoffended Didnt he say you still could?
Great job 👏 so well explained. Its the first time I understood fully video of what you said ,since my English is so weak lovlig explained thanks man:)
All hobbies people very friendly.Ive got a lot of second hand staff for my cube 55g..Love salt water aquarium hobby.I I am spending a lots of time in front ot this cosmos ❤.Thank you for your video
That cube was online for such a long time .... have seen it often when i scrolled ebay ;)
Hahaha nice
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Watched this video in the morning and by lunchtime I had a 200L tank for £245 sterling. what an incredible deal!! Thanks for the Ebay tip!!
Looking at getting back into it . I haven’t had a tank in 12 years . I hope the technology has improved a lot.
It has tenfold but so has the price
Thank you so much for this!!! Exactly what I needed
Just bought my tank I can’t wait to get started! Thanks for sharing
Awesome!! Thank you so much for that feedback! :D
How did it go?
@@kobragaiden7240 good! Already upgraded 😂 started with a 10 gallon now have a 55
It really is just that simple. It helps to understand the nitrogen cycle though.
Love the videos brotha! Keep up the great work. Thankyou!
Thanks a lot for that! :D
Thank you Sea Friendly Reef! I have made something similar to this and it’s beautiful!
Great to hear! :D
Just stumbled across your channel, really helpful video I will be hopefully setting up my first tank soon
Nice thank you so much:)
Nice work. Maybe I start when my computer science study ends. But I prefer bigger aquariums because I want to have some fishes in the aquarium.
Finally, there's someone that really cares about this hobby and admits that tanks under 30cm are TOO SMALL to keep fishes !!!!! No matter who says that it's 1 fish every 5 gallons, those are only an excuse for shops to sell more!! ... these tanks can only host corals in my opinion and I'm really happy to see that isn't my thought only. Thank you Seafriendlyreef for the good content! It's very important to make ppl and new hobbies understand how to take care of their animals. Well done buddy :)
thank you for that awesome feedback! :D I love to hear your opinion about that topic! :)
@@seafriendlyreefI’m looking into keeping some shrimp what size do you think would be suitable?
Just subscribed 👍. You got such a good deal there. I've just setup a little nano on my tank and loving the hobby. Great video, look forward to the next.
Thank you so much for that! Wish you all the best for your project ;)
realy apreciate your content.i build sea water tank from zero thanks to you.
the kid with the weights was an instant classic!!!!!!
I had a nano tank to start with and had lots more but also had an external skimmer from deltec.
Great video, thanks!
Great New Year Video, Tobias. You'll some people dip their toes into the hobby.
Thank you very much for that! I wish you a great start into 2021 :)
Good to see you mate !!
Thank you! :D
Thank you for the great ideas. I’m wanting to buy my first one! But it’s going to be a big Reef tank
Not a bad idea, bigger is often easier to keep :)
I would like q video about how keep the aquarium, like how to feed the corals, how often do water chances and things like that
Every tank is different. Depends on bioload and what filtration you're using BUT I'd say for tanks
this is great, i always thought you needed thousands of dollars of equipment to run a saltwater aquarium.
think i might give saltwater a shot soon.
Simple and beautiful 😍👏
I'm glad I found your channel 👍
Just watching to learn how to get started with salt tanks as over the last 6-8years I’ve really got into the fish hobby and I’ve only got freshwater tanks and ponds at the moment, but hoping after some beginner videos I’ll be able to setup my first salt water tank, thanks for the info was super helpful video 💪🏾❤️🇦🇺 I love how attractive and eye catching salt water tank are compared to freshwater can’t wait 😝
Thank you so much my friend! I wish you all the best for your salty project ;)
Much love from Germany
@@seafriendlyreef haha thanks a lot! Send love to Germany 🇩🇪 from Australia 🇦🇺
That’s really sweet
How is ur saltwater hobby going?
@@ChefSai it’s going well man got a nano tank setup and running currently have clown fish , some other small fish my friend gave to me and some coral 🪸 it’s super fun to up keep and it a definite upgrade from the freshwater scene. Wish I could share a picture
just cool vid man just loved it .
Thank you! :D
Video was really good, I feel like your presenting style is more animated and polished.
Thank you very much for that! ;)
My advice is that if your unsure about your water quality, do more water changes and use an aditive or two. My local shop suggested Fuel from AquaVitro, I also use Reef Energy Plus Coral Nutrition from Red Sea. Together, they cost me less than $40 American. PH (water purity) and Kh (Alkalinity) can also heavily impact coral health, so a good reef buffer wouldn't be a bad idea, I saw one at my local pet shop for another $15 American. Buying rocks from your local shop is going to be the cheapest and most convenient option, too. 1lb per gallon (.45kg per 4 liters) same with sand. This will also help buffer your system to keep that preferred PH and Kh.
“It looks like this” (cuts to water on the floor). LOL I laughed so hard! So true!
Man I had a 60 gal. With live rock a couple of corrals and a couple of fish. By far the best inhabitant I had was an arrow crab. I spent more time watching the tank than I did watching t.v. The arrow crab would come out and go over the rocks looking for Bristol worms. I miss my tank.
besides the fish, this guy never misses arm day!
I like that you translated euros to American dollars just little stuff like that is great definitely hitting that subscribe button
Nice job mate 😉.
I have only freshwater aquariums , maybe in this year I could scape a saltwater aquarium 😉.
This is your year Lorenzo! I would appreciate that :D
I think we need an update of this tank because it's very inspired for me, thank you!
Thank you for your feedback! :D You will get some updates of it ;)
When?😄
Still waiting
Thanks!
I liked the idea of having a marine aquarium with only corals, without fish, it was beautiful.
Thank you for that awesome feedback! :)
Should check out the Penn-Plax 360 aquascape bowl. It comes with a filter and protein skimmer so you can use it for salt water.
Love it !
Tbh I've recently bought a 1.2m frag tank for £100 off of eBay from a breeder, my only problem now is getting a filter for it and making a stand. Thought about doing an 8cm thick mattenfilter to start with then my current and filtration is combined in one unit.
Great video! Thinking to covert a fresh water aquarium to a saltwater. It's a Nano tank 60L, I want a couple of fishes and some corals. What internal skimmer would you recommend?
Nice video brother. I need it
Realy big rispect from kurdiye i like video and learn fast
After watching your videos i decide to have reef tank.
Thank you
Good job! Macht Spaß zuzuschauen. (Ich will trotzdem keins 😄)😘
Nice job 👍🏿...
thank you!
Terimakasih salam reef tank🙏💙🐟🐠🇲🇨
Cheap zoa's, kenya trees, zinnias, star polyps! 2 or 3 live rocks and you are good to go!
I think we need to wait for about a month or so before adding a corals into the newly setup tank. Am i wrong?
i love fb groups! ive gotten so many almost free corals, including LPS/SPS and softies that are rare/hard to find or expensive, even got a huge BTA for 20 usd + a bunch of free discosomas and SPS
Nice tank, beautiful professor... hahaha 😁
Hahah thank you so much! ;)
Nice Video, mach weiter so😜
Danke dir! :)
Bro you make use understand awesomely
Haha nice thank you brother!
I want to get into reefs but A know nothing about them and B don't want to go bankrupt 😂
Lol im from south africa and here €350 is about R1000 (our currency is Rands (R)) so it is very expensive
I'm in the same boat.
I’ve been thinking about getting into salt water aquariums I have a 55 gallon freshwater tank but I always stray because I don’t know much about keeping salt water fish like how to clean the tanks and what fish are good for beginners etc.
Nice video bro, it still quite expensive, but its a lot cheaper than i have seen .I live in Brazil, here, all those things have a extremely higher price, and i live in an especific locations where its even more expensive, those 350 bucks would turn in 400 or more
I just wondered how you found tang aggression overall? But also more specifically the Achilles and the hybrid and the two Naso? I’ve heard the aggression between Tangs of the same Genis can be really bad? Where all the tangs introduced to the tank at the same time?
Great video. ❣️ Thank you. I have a question about water. Should I use reverse osmosis water or can I use tap water?
heyy since you dont have any other fish in this tank i think you should put one catalina goby in there, bearing in mind the water must be kept at around 22 degrees c, this would be fine because there are no other fish in there :)
Awesome Idea Ellis, they have a beautiful color
Friendly suggestion for any Americans here; Craigslist is a great place to get used tanks. Got a 40 gallon and stand for 100 bucks with lights and some decor
Nice video I am switching from fresh water to salt water and I want reefs and corals I have a 32 bio cube how many corals do you recommend? And how many pounds of rock?
Guten Tag! Hello Tobias, i have some questions about reef tank.. i have zero experiance and im a begginer, i want to build a 40x40x40, how thick must be the glass? and can i put 2 small fishes in 40 litres?
I don't care about reef tanks.. I just wanna watch this handsome dude explain things to me 🤣
Wouldn't it have been better to buy a fluval evo for a beginner build? It costs the same as the ebay tank you bought but it's twice as big, comes with a sump compartment to hide the pump/heater and support some media, plus it's bigger so it can support fish. It comes with a light that can grow all the softies & lps you have in there too. Perfect entry level aquarium.
The light on the evo is not as good as the light he has on the build.
@@YvoYanYeeWon And? The evo light is still good enough for all the corals he has in there and you gain double the real estate for more corals and fish. The evo is superior for beginners and it all comes pre-packaged so no hunting around.
@@porcu12345 nearly every review of the evo, the lights and pump have had to be replaced. You’re better off buying a simple tank and buying what you need to begin with instead of paying for an all in one then modding it and spending triple the initial cost.
@@corey1788 That's simply not true. The pump is perfectly fine, and most people are going to add a powerhead to their set up regardless so it isn't a replacement. The stock light can handle softies and LPS, the only reason it gets upgraded is when people want to A) grow SPS or B) improve colours of all corals, and then they are typically upgrading it with a light that costs more than the entire Evo set up (A1 Prime being the most common). Most people start with the Evo then upgrade over time as they develop as a marine aquarist. They don't buy the Evo then immediately replace everything.
The whole point of the Evo is that it's a perfect start point. Everything comes in one bundle so there's no risk of buying the wrong equipment or things you don't need. The baseline equipment is solid enough to handle every entry level coral and a lot of mid-difficulty corals, which is exactly what a beginner needs. It's an extremely cheap and efficient way to get into the marine aquarium hobby. They can buy their $200 lights, skimmers and auto dosers when they are ready for the next step, which is likely when they'll want a bigger aquarium anyway.
Awesome video, very inspiring! Would you recommend any type of clean up crew? If so, when would you introduce them?
Finally, would you be (safely) able to keep a spider crab in a setup like this?
Yes in my opinion no problem. If you do it the way I did, you can add them about a week later :)
@@seafriendlyreef thanks for the reply!
good video
Thank you!
thats great
which kind of nutrients or reef food you use?
Interessante!
gran video!!!, qué producto usas para limpiar esos cristales?
Thank you!
Hi. Brauche ich sobald ich Tiere im Nano aquarium habe (30l) einen abschäumer oder nicht? Und kann ich auch eine chihiros c2 rgb verwenden als Lampe? Man kann die Farben per App ja selber steuern. Würde mich über eine Antwort sehr freuen :)
A tank that size can happily house Common (Ocilaris) Clownfish or fish of a similar size. If you really want an eye catcher, and wanna get risky, a Purple or an Orchid Dottyback is an amazing fish. I'd house either one alone in that tank, however.
-pours kitchen salt into a bucket of water-
-adds one crab-
perfection
Awesome video... What about skimmer? I want to do a cheap project with 40 litter aquarium the filtration is inside the aquarium i want to use sand from the sea and water as well...my big question is do i need skimmer what he is going to do that water changes and filter won't?.... Thank you very much for your time.
Hi, so in my opinion if you are not keeping fish it is okay to run a 40 l system without a skimmer :) But then it is important to do water changes
wish you all the best for your project
Awesome video! Can you keep invertebrates and snails in this tank without a skimmer?
Yess that is no problem in my opinion :)
Just picked up a 30 gallon aquarium with a stand. I will be cleaning it out and then filling it to see if it has ANY leaks. Can’t wait to start a reef tank but I am in no rush at all. I know there are certain procedures that need to be taken care of first before corals or fish are added. Any recommendations on live rock/additives to help start my nitrogen cycle?
Also, did you say citric acid to clean the tank?
I was told to wait a month after setting it up to add coral. It seems you added coral within days. What are the pros and cons of waiting?
Is the fan noisy, is there any noise from the lights? The last time I had a tank was in the 1990s and it was noisy and hard to clean, some weird contraption under the gravel.. anyways, this looks awesome and I’d love to have that in my office! $300 US? I’d gladly pay $400 if somebody would set this up, but that sounds too cheap, aren’t those corals like $50 bucks each at least?
I wonder why my GSP is not open up and my mushroom is also not opening up and running away.. wondering if any issue on the water.. NO2, NO3, PO4, KH test all in best results..
Thanks for the information man. I'm looking to start up again. I honestly think you would be just fine with a pistol shrimp and a goby. Their symbiotic relationship is awesome.
Edit: this dude only replies to subscribers so dont waste your time people.
i want to make a temperate sea water tank for sea snails only, im going to collect them personally from the sea. are there guides for this specific type of aquarium?
Question my friend. Do you not cycle a tank if your not putting fish in? I'm confused. I'm planning on setting up a 10 gallon soon and plan on waiting a good while before I get 2 very small fish.
i usually cycle mine for at least a day
Cycle process took around 4 weeks and above right
how long should you cycle the tank before putting corals in? does the cycle time differ if you buy “pre done” saltwater ?
ive heard that the rocks and water need to settle for a month, but im no expert so im not sure
Was going to say I was surprised you paid 150 euro for a 30x30x30 glass box that you can buy in uk for like £30. Then I saw the aquamedic led light XD Those things are easily 100 pre owned.
I caught sailfin mollies, diamond killifish, and pupfish.
hy,for keeping corals its a must only Ro water?
Cool bro as always 👍keep it up #marinelifewithshiv
Nice, thank you! :D