Ganzel's Reef Tank - 130 g. - 70 g. sump - december 2008 - saltwater aquarium

[AmandaPayneTv]

what brand and type of lighting are you useing in this video? it amazing!

[MKTSirHenry]

Looks amazing but I imagine maintenance is a bitch hah

[siddpar]

Beautiful tank, great maintenance and superb fish and coral health. Cheers mate! :-)

[SuperBigben1011]

Fish tank porn!!!!

[aquaec999]

are the rocks glued? Stacked only? Are they resting on the back glass? The tank looks amazing. You've done a great job! The corals and fish look quite happy!

 :)

[Gtrplyr1]

very classy... Looks great!

[Implacable17]

are your rocks glued or just stacked? also, are you rocks touching the back glass?

[ganael]

@theprankster5000 he was until the other tangs got bigger, that calmed him down quite a bit.

[MrCobsCorals]

great tank

[vampiremakis]

unbelievable aquarium...just perfect my friend...



[casterdoc]

:-)

[harryaaacol]

I like how you a

[daca623]

you get a thumbs up from me nice tank set up and fish

[whosthatafghan]

what is the background music called?

[ganael]

@whosthatafghan Ratatat : Cherry

[djundizputed]

@ganael great song, and great tank.

[hkygoalie31]

Beautiful tank, you must be very proud for what you've done with it. Your reef tank videos in my opinion, is the best reef tank videos on You Tube. I thinking about putting my tank up and hope I can present half of you have with your tank. Keep up the great work!

[dm002a8686]

When next update buddy, tanks awesome

[ganael]

I did a lot of update since this video... my next one should be in a month max... I rearranged the corals today...

thanks,

Ganzel

[thxspanky]

Very Nice!

[shuwukong]

Does the sailfin go along well with the blue tang? ever fought? thanks

[ganael]

@shuwukong little attitude here and there, seen 2 cuts in 2 years, nothing serious, they get along fine...

[visine14]

Very nice....but that totally should have been an acrylic tank!

[ganael]

@visine14 next tank will be starphire glass, please tell me what you think the advantages of an acrylic tank are?

[visine14]

@ganael The tank is so beautiful and the right side is a huge focal point and it has seam.

[havefaith96]

@ganael starphire > acrylic imo. Just because of how easily acrylic scratches. It gets a spiderweb micro scratch look to the outside after a while.

[Dissodent]

@ganael An acrylic tank does scratch easily, but it doesn't distort your viewing area as much as glass will. You also don't run the risk of your tank leaking. It is also easier to drill bulkheads in for sump plumbing.

[Helixclothing]

@ganael I used to like acrylic but found out how easy it scratches..... Someone is giving me a new 1000 Gallon acrylic tank tomorrow.... Cant imagine servicing that thing. Its going on craigslist asap.

[mixkain]

That stand is very nice

[cmanclan101]

3:21 what type of favia is that?

[dm002a8686]

One of the best tanks on YouTube , £20,000

easy, do more updates please, talk use though your set up .

[jojo1n2]

spectaculare setup

[FFScantgetadamnname]

This is one of my favorite songs and your tank looks incredible. Everything looks really healthy.. probably in part because of that beastly sump!

[12fishguy]

is your current a bit to strong?

[jafarawiii]

this is the best fish tank i ever seen

[grahamyodude]

@ganael your tank is so legit. how much did your entire set up cost, including sump, lights, tank, corals, fish, cabinet installation, etc.? :D i want to have something like this eventually maybe a little bit bigger than 130g but a price check on your setup will give me a general idea of how much i need to save :D :D

[dm002a8686]

Awesome tank

[AbrahamLuevano]

I must admit Ganzel, your mini reef is happenin' it must've costed you a fortune haha. I don't see a powder blue though, what's up with that?

[djnorts]

SO AWESOME!

[WLyons9856]

I think I'm in love

[boihaggos1]

what do you feed your fish???

[webdesigndeluxe]

Oh boy you got your sump super high meaning if there is ever a power failure, you're going to have one major flooding issue.

[ganael]

@webdesigndeluxe nope, tested and safe. Had to cut the power 2 times already. the sump has 2/3 the surface of the main tank and more 4 inches free on top. The main tank has a 1 inch flood/drain on top. Do the math ;)

Thanks

Ganzel

[krzifngrs]

i wish my tank looked so beautiful

[VITTATUSKID]

A stunning home for you and your fish

[Ryanb1551]

@ganael I'm scared my corals are going to sting each other... how can i prevent this from happening? How far apart do soft corals have to be placed in the aquarium? As well, a question about lighting.. how often do i keep it on for, what times throughout the day are best?

[ganael]

@Ryanb1551 It's not the distance that matters but the type of corals you put in your tank. Doing lik I did is a bad idea, if I 'd start over I'd go with only sps or only lps... Lighting, I have 3 x 400W going on 3 hours in morning and 4-5 in the afternoon. My T-5s open at 9h and close at 9h40 pm. I do the on an doff cycle to prevent excessive heat more than anything else. 3x400W is a bad idea in a colsed canopy :D

[ncharrison]

@ganael whats the song called? (please anwser)

[ganael]

@ncharrison:

artist : RATATAT

song : CHERRY

Cheers,

Ganzel

[Ryanb1551]

@ganael I'm scared my corals are going to sting each other... how can i prevent this from happening? How far apart do soft corals have to be placed in the aquarium? As well, a question about lighting.. how often do i keep it on for, what times throughout the day are best?

[cesar333]

love your tank bro.

[littlehawk299]

how do u make the water blue?

[jgtheman84]

i love the music.

[lougotzzzz]

Hands down the best tank I have seen on youtube. What kelvin rating are your halides?

[ganael]

@lougotzzzz they were 20000K in that video, the latest one got 14000K, moving back to 20000K this fall....

[ganael]

@ncharrison 28g is too small for a mandarin unless the reefshop you buy it from hand feeds it on front of you. Leopard wrasse will jump off the top unless you have a tight canopy/eggcrates. Skunk clown will be really territorial, it will bully other fishes. If you put skunk, tomato, or any other "non normal nemo clown", don't get anything else in that tank, except maybe a nice cleaner shrimp and an anemone or course.

Ganzel

[ganael]

@ncharrison I wouldn't put any fish in sump... goal of fish is to be beautiful or fun to watch, not pollute for nothing in the sump. A dotty back is trouble in long term I'd say. How big is your tank again?

[mrsexyuntouchable]

Nice tank and also ur house looks like ur rich

[supermicrak11]

manderins r so cool awsome tank man beautifle corrals 

[zolob315]

nice tank! btw wats the name of this song?????????

[tashdog1]

you need to get aqua medic shorty 5000 litrer thats the best one for you

[FallensReef]

awesome is the only thing i can say

[HEINZUNIMOG]

3 mh 400 produse a lot of heat . how do you cope with that in such a tight area ? have you thout about using t5 florecents lamps 6500k . yes the inital cost is high but the energy savings is buy far worth it . and you can turn them off and on as needed not having to whate 15 min for the mh400 to cool . sweet tank

[dm002a8686]

Your tank is amazing do some more updates please

[sharkhai1000]

Your aquarium is absolutely beutiful. Awsome vidio, But what's up with that music?

I felt like I was fighting a mother ship on some ancient nintendo game.

[Babyfish009]

Wow, simply amazing, I admire this!

[TheOneAndOnlyProdigy]

Hey ganael, what type of protein skimmer are you running? I have a 125 gallon as well, very nice tank. I have an ASM G1 and not sure this skimmer can handle my bioload and I'm going to try some sps corals. Should I upgrade?

[ganael]

@TheOneAndOnlyProdigy I'm using a reeflo 200 skimmer. It's handeling the bioload pretty well, but for some reason I always feel the need to go for bigger, better with anything related to saltwater :D So I guess if you can afford it go for it, because looking at the specs of your skimmer, it lookes like it's made for 100 gallons... If it really is, you should at least double that amount. There is a huge difference between theorical skimming gallons and skimming our tanks, so many factors etc.

[TheOneAndOnlyProdigy]

Hi, what skimmer r u using on this 125 gallon reef? I have an ASM G1 on my 125 gallon reef, but I don't think it can handle my fishes bioload and sps corals. If you could shed some light itd be appreciated. Thanks BTW how is your tank doing any new additions fish/corals/equipment/suppleme­nts?

[ganael]

@TheOneAndOnlyProdigy I didn't add much new stuff, lost a bunch of stuff this winter, calcium overload, and monti eating nudibranch are killing all my montiporas, one by one. I tried, yellow wrasse, carpenter wrasse, vermiculated leopard wrasse, green wrasse, emerald crabs, killing them by hand one by one, nothing works. I will put another video when all my montis will be dead and replaced by new accros I guess...

[TheOneAndOnlyProdigy]

@ganael Sry to hear that man, but even without the montis you still have an incredible tank. I'm just getting into sps n installed my first 175W MH spider reflector in the middle of my 125g n the shimmer+coral colors are very cool. I'm thinking about getting an octopus 200, I have a large bioload, but don't think the octo 250 will fit under my tank. Did you really drop 1k on that reeflo, they're very expensive from what I saw. Good luck n I'm hoping all those nudis get taken out!

[TheOneAndOnlyProdigy]

@ganael I heard if you want to eradicate your system of those dreaded monti eating nudis you should remove all your montis, possibly put them in the sump, and you know their predetors. If you remove the montis they'll end up starving and the wrasses, etc will take care of the rest. Good luck.

[animalmastermtd]

@ganael I'm sorry about all the losses :(

I love this tank!

[animalmastermtd]

@ganael I'm sorry about all the losses :(

I love this tank!

[trizzo5]

great work dude, one impressive setup...

[meganboiling]

Awesome, just setting up a 100gallon, and boy is it hard work!! LOve your catalaphyllia ♥

Your tank is what i endever to acheive!! SUBSCRIBED!! look forward to updates :)

[ReptiCon725]

i wish that there were 6 stars.

[Bubblesv2]

Very nice setup you've got here. I am on the middle floor of an apartment building, and I don't think the floor could handle that much weight. I wish though =)

[ganael]

I'm on the second floor of a 3 store building. It's a matter of spreading it right across your building's structural beams.  I calculated it before we built it.

Thanks

Ganzel

[ncharrison]

@ganael do your tangs get along?

[ganael]

@ncharrison yup, just get them small and at the same time and an uneven numbair is always better in my opinion.



[oOoRHYSoOo]

@Bubblesv2 of course it could, if it can hold ur bed, tv, cooker, fridge, freezerr, bath, toilet, YOUU lol shouldnt be a problem.

[tom3999]

wtf was that thing in ur filter, was that coral lol

[trizzo5]

very nice man,,, well set up for sure... nice flow aswell are they timed wave makers??

[benzodiazapines]

Very nice. That big blue tang is great.

[Cr4zy4znking]

how much money you spend on all this?

[UnderwaterTreasurez]

great selection of coral and fish

[KingBonacci]

love the madarin!

[kristoferleonardi]

amazing!

[dbpacho]

Excellent video!!!!'n

[BaselKelzia]

Very nice I've enjoyed it a lot thank u))))

[tkreefer]

Beautiful tank!

[cKonSpiRacY]

Love the chromis

[TheFishNetwork1]

isn't this expensive? well either way, its beautiful!

[aaagds1]

Nice work you got a verlovley tank..

[Fischkid2]

I think i've been scuba diving there b4 0.o Very nice tank and setup. Music also = nice.

[MarioRaffles]

Upsss... sin palabras muy hermoso felicidades.

[jolleymister]

that is a nice aquareum i i just up graded to a 90 gallon bi the way nice sail fin

[mareklittlebritain]

he he he, your sailfin tang needs to go on a diet!!! he is fat fat fat! lol:-)

[xbox360nsuch]

thats a good thing

[oaeproductions]

wow!! thats crazy the whole house looks soo cool

[lzolnier]

You better have a top notch skimmer to handle this load. lol jk. Sweet setup. Although I think you're overcrowding your fish a little bit, especially with the dozen chromis.

[TheOneAndOnlyProdigy]

My anemone got sucked up today. Very sad. I have 2x koralia 4's and was wondering if you ever modded them to prevent a disaster like this or had something like this happen. Any help would be great.

[jurbanator]

how much does it cost you to maintain this aquarium?

[llooddyy]

Everything is just amazing. [tips hat] I especially enjoyed the music. I'm checking out the HD version next.

[stel1os72]

nice setup

[ganael]

You guys should post comments and questions on my newest HD one, it is way nicer!

[TheOneAndOnlyProdigy]

I dose a B-Ionic, two part calcium/alkalinity. What do you use for the amazing growth from your sps, etc. Thanks

[ganael]

I use seachem advantage calcium, reef builder, strontium, magnesium and kalkwasser, all in powder. I dose them manually every couple of days except for the kalk that has it's own night dripping system to keep ph stable.

[TheOneAndOnlyProdigy]

Hey, beautiful tank man. Did you glue your rocks together? Thanks Tim

[ganael]

Nope, holding by itself mostly, with a bit of epoxy here and there.

Ganzel

[Bischoff1SBeast]

would i be able to put 1 Sailfin Tang, 1 Yellow Tang, 1 Blue Hippo Tang, 1 Green Mandarin Goby, 2 True Percula Clowns, 2 Firefish Gobys in a 155 gallon aquarium?????

[ganael]

I'd say yes, I'd start with the firefish and clowns. I would then add the 3 tangs at the same time, at a very young age. I would wait at least one year for the mandarin goby as it almost only eats pods.

Ganzel

[TheNate4b]

what this song called? i like it.

also your tank looks AMAZING =)

[Skalar300]

Sehr schönes Aquarium.

[ganael]

Vielen Dank

[TheMANDING0]

this tank is amazing! i cant imagine the amount of heat generated by the mh lights!, i look at my tank now and it makes me cry...

[HAYDZREEF]

One of the best reef tanks i have ever seen.unbeleivable

[Mordorff]

check out his updated video. its even better!

[Neosporin5150]

Excellent tank!! WOW!

[TheYungMenace]

Wow! you have such a beautiful tank you've done an amazing job you should be proud of what you've achieved :)

[ganael]

Thank you very much! If you liked this one, take a look at my latest video from july 2009

[ywjvaj]

excellent tank! love the water movement. the tank stand structure also compliments the room.

[TheOneAndOnlyProdigy]

Your tank is incredible. I am blown away by the new HD video. What is the song in that video, all of these animal...?

[ganael]

It's called : Noah's Ark , from CocoRosie

[crabsyman]

I hate videos with stupid elevator music as a background. Please narate the the life and equipment in these tanks. Bye, I getting a headache!

[ganael]

This is far from elevator music, bye. Now go troll somewhere else.

[IamEftup]

what song is this?

[ganael]

Ratatat : Cherry

[apexcypher]

Amazing.... I would like to see more of your sump, and equipment

[zereefer]

very nice, everything looks happy and healthy. kudos

[berthely76]

es hermoso esta muy bonito. tengo 55g en casa pero este es muy bonito. felicidades buen trabajo.

[SaltWaterAquatics]

Hello,

first, very nice aquarium everything seems to be thriving

About your chromis, did you see a lot of fighting when you introduced them ? Any problems with your other fishes?

[ganael]

No problems at first. Now, 1 and a half year later, some fight for territory, they even chase the blue hippo and sailfin around the tank. One out of the 11 I have seems to be the boss of the tank, as strange as it may sound.

Ganzel

[767er767er]

nice!

[ganael]

thanks all, please come and watch my June 2009 update.

Ganzel

[bugmus475]

pretty decent set up! rather large sump for a 130 I have a 150 and i only have a 30G sump! oh well lol! ppl we also need to learn not to mix LPS and SPS but all in all its a nice system!

[KurNorock]

I hope you used well established rock and sand for this aquarium, or got some tank raised mandarins that eat offered food, otherwise your mandarins won't last very long.

Very cool setup otherwise!

[Rotty956]

Come on now do you really think this guy doesnt already know everything he has to keep a mandarin alive. This tank is amazing.

[KurNorock]

You never know.

Common wisdom is that you need a 100g or larger tank with 100 or more pounds of live rock, that has been set up for more than a year with stable parameters, BEFORE you think about adding a mandarin.

Some people just get impatient and figure 6 months is long enough.

And yes, it is a beautiful tank... a little too blue for my taste, but great otherwise.

[ganael]

The mandarins (I have 2) eat blood worms and brine shrimp, there is at least 250 pounds of live rock, The set up has been rolling for since february 2008. I hav had the Mandarins for over 6 months now and they are getting father and bigger by the day.

YOU NEVER KNOW ;)

[TheOneAndOnlyProdigy]

Now don't you feel like an idiot. Too blue for my taste, what a picky prick. If you don't have anything nice to say why say anything for real...

[kismyasss011]

very nice tank!!!

[eshkolb]

awesome!!!!

[daspidermc]

Amazing tank. I could watch this tank for hours

[bonkers240sx95]

thats a beautiful tank. great job. if you ever get bored check mine out. " 100 gallon reef tank " made the video for my dad. awesome job.

[CliperX]

very nice

[JerryLuChen]

Nice Yellow tang " men :)

[BrisbaneLuke]

Lovely!

[3idiotfriends]

Very cool reef. I just hate it when somebody has a sump bigger than my whole tank. xD

[Zouckubaz]

Whoa. i saw the yellow fish (of which i dont know its name) in the fish shop nearby they had about 5 and they were selling them for £55 each! nice job man!

[hockeyphuck]

Stunning!

Clearly you take alot of pride in this setup!

I would too. I wish I had the money to afford something like this. Perhaps i'll keep tucking away my pennies

[bulldog111111]

Very beautiful tank. I've been having major problems w/my Elegance Coral all of a sudden. All other coarals are fine. It has been extremely invaginated for a while. I tried moving it to new locations. has this happened to yours?

[Joeleonzvidz]

how do you clean that thing

[767er767er]

Awsome tank! How much light do you have running on it? check out my tank "Ryans reef video" I have a lot of the same fish as you.

[JUNAID187]

very nice tank !

[hai12vang]

Nice man! love the music...

[approachablegirls]

This looks so similar to my last big reef tank and it just makes me miss it like crazy. Great work and super sweet set up all the way man. Looks great.

[vavoomskill]

Sweet set up!!! vary nice :)

[ctenochaetus]

WOW! Good Job bro.

[zsb5]

one of the best fish tanks i've seen. song?nice and relaxing

[ganael]

song: Ratatat : Cherry

Thanks for the comments!

[governator45]

Is that a via aqua sk-388 in there?

Tank looks great, the chrmois school nicely.

[ganael]

You're right, the big bertha of skimmers ;). Some people told me it wasn't the best but I'm totally satisfied with its work over the past year. Heavy duty yet compact model, works like a charm!

Thanks for the comments.

[governator45]

haha well when you get some time you can mesh mod it and put a new venturi on it.

[ganael]

you got any infos on that?

[mareklittlebritain]

you simply have my passion too, all the corals are moving,,,, everything is alive, i to like a lot of movement in the tank. 10 points out of ten:-) fantastic tank.

[ganael]

Thanks a lot mate! But your tank is 11 on 10 if mine is ten ;)

[mareklittlebritain]

absouloutely stunning:-) what amazing work and time you have put in to your masterpiece. I am trying too to get where you have got, you can see my effort on here he he: "marek's reef aquarium" but i have a long way to go to get as far as you have!

[JohnGotti1]

What kind of powerheads/flow you have in your tank. Very nice collection.