*BEST* 20 Gallon Long Saltwater Reef Fish Tank Aquarium - Shinla83

[FreeTheSticks]

I don't really get why you lay the corals out like that, but to each their own I guess. Looks more like a holding tank for the corals.

[ShinLa83]

@FreeTheSticks Room for it to grow. I have a lot of tanks, i need to seperate them when they grow out.

[dinosaursrsocool]

wow, even saltwater algae looks cooler than my planted freshwater tank

[raneve23]

Nice

[pnavarro170]

it aint the best obviously, but more of a frag tank / coral holding tank for now. As far as the setup goes you did a great job.

[Vo0oOo0oV]

i never had saltwater but if i do i will never start with 20g, its too small

[TheClassof96]

what type of T5 lights do you have, i like the color spectrum they give off, a nice clear look, what bulbs did you mix?

[Douglas12982]

Looks like the clownfish need some anenome to hide in.

[goxcpre]

@Douglas12982 Clownfish dont actually need an anemone, they can be perfectly happy without one.

Seems like this guy knows what he is doing.

[4thGloryMonday]

Nice fuge

[mercurybottle]

bad ass tank. only thing i have a beef about is the mandarine goby. Unless he's use to eating frozen or you have an ample supply of copepods he shouldn't be in there imho.

[ShinLa83]

@mercurybottle Thanks, but he definitely eats frozen because he eats pellets too =/

[expo813]

like the firefish they are coolest fish ever lots of colonies too

[expo813]

like the firefish they are coolest fish ever

[DIYWorx]

Your fish look very happy. Keep up the good work

[TheHobdenMarina]

Just ignore the rude people, your tank looks good lots of small frags but it looks good otherwise

[MEGAFUCKNDETH]

could you look at my video of my tank. I would like to know what to add or remove, and what kind of lighting is best for a reef tank. I like yours.

[ShinLa83]

20g is a very limited space. I can't put a chunk of colony and have much varieties. I have a lot of tanks, so I put the bigger colonies in bigger tanks. I like to keep a lot of different stuff in my tanks so this is how i layed the corals out.

[jchase1970]

very nice tank.

[n00bOverlord]

Too arranged not very natural

[SpnceKG]

It's not a Reef Tank... It's a frag tank! haha

[MarcusCaporicci]

Great tank and great comments getting back at all the goof balls who don't know shit about salt water.

[xman21196]

what do you use for a filter, and cool tank

[pinto024]

F these guys. U know ur stuff thats a nice setup.

[6737577]

Kudos, nice live rock and coral, they are just awesome.absolutely beautiful coraline algae. You have done an amazing job. Made my day:)

[PandaBoy977]

what the hell happened to the tank next to it. it looks like ass. dont comment on my tank because looks like ass in that video. my new acount is mroccoralman. your main tank has shit lights and sell some of the shit corals and get cooler corals. i rather have some sick as coral than 20 shit ones. there is some advice.

[kevinduong04]

or the Hydor Koralia #1, how many GPH does it circulate?

[TheJRH0327]

tank=WACK

[cmanclan101]

Mandarin alone in 20 gallons. Sad

[TheWallaceGrover]

This is why I hate yet love reef tanks, it looks like you just threw the frags down and have a collect em' all mentality, but they are so cool it's hard not to...

[Mr112Coolkid]

its really nice bet not the best

[PuganPoo]

BEAUTIFUL,I hope all your fish are still alive,I see this is from last year.

Congrats!

[Bilaal26]

how much do u waste on ur fish?

[BlackTipReefSharks]

Your pretty arrogant because that's not the "best".

[mdbomr]

Its simply a frag tank a reef tank would actually look like a reef !! Take some of the live rock out of the ref. and build a reef tank then post it.....

[jangotrooper]

Hell man, it looks great

[100KA]

Did I just hear hes looking for NEMO ? 0:30

[tkdhav]

Water is looking very nice and clear! :~)

[longmage4]

Very nice tank and fishes you got!

[aaronvaz1]

That looks like a frag tank. Def not the *BEST* 20 long. You should throw those frags in your sump.

[IZ1R7]

Not the best, but beautiful :)

[BekBud1]

no way thats a 20 gallon tank

[IZ1R7]

@BekBud1 It's a 20 gal. 20 long is the same length as 29 gal, shorter in height :)

[BekBud1]

@IZ1R7 making aquarium is like a drug you get addicted and start buying all kinds of accessories live coral rock fish tanks

[IZ1R7]

@BekBud1 No arguement from me, absolutely agree, Lol !!!! Aquariums can become quite expensive real fast.

[platypusm1a1]

oh its a mandrin :D

[platypusm1a1]

ur not suposed to have one of thoes fish in thare it needs a 30 to 45 gallon tank!!!!! it is the one on the bottom the name is long and i dont feal like spelling it !!!!

[FishFrenzy101]

I like your little frag garden.

[Manicwensday1]

Very nice I can only wish

[TOXIC8o3o1]

Its not the best because it is not a rimless amd cuz u have a poor watage on ur tank

[ShinLa83]

@TOXIC8o3o1 Four 24w bulbs on a 12inch depth tank. That's overkill actually. You should do your research

[backscratcher2090]

@TOXIC8o3o1 rimless tanks are someones way of saying, hey, I want to have all of my fish on the floor. they look better there.

[Jel0XD]

@TOXIC8o3o1 I beg to differ I think it's a very well put together tank... rimless is a preference and how the tank is set up I think covers that "inferiority" and the lighting is more than enough

[roberttt44555]

yo how many gph are your circulation pumps

[121Stefany]

Is a Beautifull acuarium Well done! :D

[OCReefer]

is the mandarin still alive? btw nice setup its just hard to beleive mandarin would still be chillen but i guess ora could have pulled it off.

[crazywilburclan]

mine is better because mine doesn't have a bunch of corals like a garden so unnatural

[HeyHolypie]

@crazywilburclan You say that's unnatural?

[crazywilburclan]

@HeyHolypie yes look at the frag placed at the stand in rows the mandarin barely has any space to dwell around or else he will get stung by the corals

[TheDtd1987]

What are those big orange palys?

[002countryboy]

what kind of light bulb is that i like the light

[002countryboy]

i like the light where did u get the light at and wht kind is it

[redo7706]

where can you buy clownfish at?

[lorbocaust]

@redo7706 they are illegal to buy after the movie Finding Nemo came out.... you can only get them on the black market.

[redo7706]

@lorbocaust why after finding nemo came out?

[sonikee1]

@redo7706 he lying lol

[redo7706]

@sonikee1 rofl

[lorbocaust]

@redo7706 it was a joke, you can get them basically at any saltwater fish supplier. there are people who breed them so sometimes you can find them cheap if you look at the right places.

[redo7706]

@lorbocaust lol yeah i found that out when i saw them at petco.

[TheGoodstuff69]

this tank will be the best when those frags grow up a little, but for now, not bad

[Suzuki42rider]

what is the name of those big orange paly's? there awesome

[The0utdoorsMan4Life]

You seem to know a good bit about lighting and corals, I have an 80 watt dual power compact fixture, 420 nm and 460 nm actinics and 6700k and 10000k of bright light. What can I keep with this? I was told just zoanthids and maybe mushrooms? The tank is about 1 foot deep with 8.5 lbs of live rock and 2 inches of live sand with a paired tiger pistol shrimp and yellow watchman goby.

[benzoreid1]

crap

[allthingsreeftank]

FRAG TANK!!! 

[rafaelgandara69]

not the "best" at all but its not to bad either

[enilyksnor]

nice, how you keep yours so clean?

check mine out too im a beginner.

[toxicbiscuitj28]

way to much ornaments.

[jgtheman84]

you have a mandarin in a 20 long?

[ShinLa83]

@jgtheman84 Yes. And if you can read below, it's eating pellets and frozen food. Google how to train them to eat something other than copepods, thx

[xClawed]

I use the plastic egg crates as a lid. With the T5s i didnt see that much of a temp increase so i left the glass versa top on. But we switched to MH cause i wanted a clam and got a hell of a deal on it. With the glass versa top i would probly boil my fish alive lol.

[ShinLa83]

@xClawed Yea I use the egg crates during the summer, but my fish tanks with jumpers go through that sometimes. Glass top heats my tank during the summer as it is freakishly hot in my place. I have a 4 bulb T5, tends to heat up a lot

[shiscabob100]

@ShinLa83 i use plastic tops for my 30 gallon its helped alot but i only have a shark and a placostimus

[ShinLa83]

@Hoggs858 Yea I can really put colonies of Corals in a small 20gallon tank. Especially when I have bigger tanks available on the side. Nice tank you got on your channel. Can't see it though.

[pbmaniac2009]

lol accept that youre wrong, you obviously need a top if your fish has already jumped, youre just risking it, and business wise thats really unprofessional.

[ShinLa83]

@pbmaniac2009 I do have a glass top. Just looks better on the video without it. I take them off when I'm home regardless. Do your research, cuz T5 lights heat up the tank during the summer if you don't have a chiller. Having a glass top rises the tank temperature by almost 5-6 degrees.

[101brucelee]

Not " the best" but like it

[1840218403]

that tank is beatiful

[b00too]

an Undulated Trigger would make a nice addition to this tank !!

[ShinLa83]

@pope3652009 20 gallon long with a 20 gallon long sump. That sump is way oversized for a purpose. It has enough copepods for my mandarin, more than it can handle. I've been in this hobby a long time and I actually deal in business with livestock so I know what i'm doing -_-

[pbmaniac2009]

@ShinLa83 if youve been in the hobby so ling you should know that fire fish are jumpers and your tank is open top..

[procharged70cutlass]

@pbmaniac2009 and you would know that just becuase i can jump i dont always. its a toss up wether or not they do. i have several jumpers and i have an open top and never had a death yet

[pbmaniac2009]

@ShinLa83 youre wrasse will compete with the mandarin for food, mandarins arent fast swimmers, your mandarin will starve, even with your 20 gallon sump. and please do youre research before trying to say im wrong. also the t5 lights will spook the fire fish, because of the quick switch from dark to light. unlike metal halides.

[ShinLa83]

@pbmaniac2009 Mandarin eats copepods and Pink Streaked Wrasse are shy, and non-aggressive eaters unlike other wrasses. Mandarin Gobies will do fine with a 20 gallon sump from a tank that's over a year or more. He is fat and healthy. An undisturbed supply of copepod population is thriving in my sump. You're trying to teach me something I'm already doing and I find this funny. Spook the firefish? All they need are good hiding spots to dart back in. They aren't bothered by lights. Do your research

[cutietwo22]

@pbmaniac2009 ok people can use timers (which some fixtures have installed on them) to make actinics go on and then whites..that way it's not as abrupt in light brights. He's showing this tank for people to watch, not criticize!

[ollieflp]

Whats the purple stuff?

[karlek110188]

do you have a web site where to buy your frags?

[ShinLa83]

@karlek110188 My website is still being worked on. nanoaquaticshop,com also nanoaquatic,com will be made along with it.

[stylez559]

how long did you let yours cycle before you started adding fish

[ShinLa83]

@stylez559 I added fish in about 5 days, but that's because I used the Hagen Nutrafin Cycle. After following the instructions I added Brightwell's MicroBacter7 as instructed, speeded up the cycling process extremely fast. One fish every 2 weeks. Corals, after about a month =} normally, without those items mentioned, you would cycle 3 to 4 weeks

[28GallonBowfront]

@stylez559 If you add some live sand and live rock in the day you fill your tank up with water there will be almost no cycle and you could add fish in a couple of days

[ShinLa83]

@28GallonBowfront It all depends on testing the water. Adding new water to a new setup will have to go through a cycling process regardless.. unless you are transferring tanks

[Deathreaper971]

you are a show off

[ShinLa83]

@Deathreaper971 Thank you :O

[politirel]

Wow, there's some stuff there, I wonder what the electricity bills are like?

[ShinLa83]

@politirel Oh it's not much. It's a lot more when I combine all my fish tanks :x

[karlek110188]

I just started my 20 gal long. . . Is only the second week of cycle. . . My question is: how many fish could put in my 20 gal long 'cause I'm thinking of transferring my firefish and my blue tang from my 20 gal high to my 20 gal long. and I was also thinking of buying 2 clarkii clown fish and 2 little blue chromis. . do you think that's too many?

[mads14nz]

@karlek110188 for one no tang should be in anything under 50gal unless its just to house them for awhile then move up in size, research blue tang mate.

[karlek110188]

@mads14nz do you sell coral frags?

[ShinLa83]

@karlek110188 Yes I do :D

[imtherealcolt]

in my personal opinion, i dont like all the live rocks, and coral and stuff. id much rather keep it simple and have a 55 gallon or a 30 gallon freshwater tank. mayby get an oscar or some sick community fish.

[Saltwateraquarium994]

what kind of fish is that in the left corner at 23 seconds?

[ShinLa83]

@Saltwateraquarium994 Green Mandarin? or the Pink Streaked Wrasse?

[jokeman02]

@Saltwateraquarium994 it is a green mandarin i have 5 in my 250 gallon

[BliindSniip3R]

@Saltwateraquarium994 its a mandarin

[hinangel]

I really want to set up 1 !!!!

how much does it cost to set it up??

[DjTantrik08]

start with the size of tank & what you want to put in it, you have to have 500$- 1k for a decent setup & will increase because its an addicting demanding expensive hobby... @hinangel

[CFLKS411]

Just wait til they get bigger hahaha Looks really nice though. Personally don't like the coral in from of you "reef" kinda not natural looking enough for me but to each their own, looks good

[igorKanshyn]

Wow, looks great.

And you do have a good light :)

[FWJH25]

nice tank but you need to get a frag tank

[28GallonBowfront]

Does your firefish ever jump out?

P.S. love the mandarin!

[ShinLa83]

@28GallonBowfront yes they do. before the lights go off, i place egg crate top over it. usually they get startled in the dark

[joekahuna69]

very very nice tank, I'm seriously considering setting one up. One question though, dnt you think the mandarin needs a bigger tank? everywhere I've read it says that they eat a lot of copepods and they could starve in small tanks.

[ShinLa83]

@joekahuna69 You can train your Green Mandarin to eat frozen brine shrimp. I got lucky because it ended up eating pellet foods as well. Normally they require 30 gallon and above which has to be very mature, but look at the size of my refugium. It's the same size as my main tank. I only have to feed it once a week just to make sure, but that refugium produces enough copepods for the Mandarin. Any other questions, i'll gladly answer them :)

[Rcpro882]

Mandarins should have at least a 75-90 gallon tank

[EcBuddy123]

wait did u drill it when it was already setup? but it looks awesome mine so far only has live rock and 2 snails, 2 blue legged hermits, and a emeral crab

[ShinLa83]

@EcBuddy123 No, haha. I drilled it before putting everything up. Drilled 3/4" on drain and 1/2" on return. I cut the acrylic sheets for baffles in the sump and got All-Glass Silicone :) Everything was done before adding water

[EcBuddy123]

@ShinLa83 nice i might get a hang on back one like the one u have on your 40 breeder,