55 Gallon Saltwater Reef Tank And Sump Tour! Update!(Video # 2). 4 weeks old! (Narrated)

Hi! This Is the second video of my 55 gallon soon-to-be reef tank that is currently about 4 weeks old. this is a regular all glass aquarium (aqueon) tank and stand with a eshopps hang on back overflow going into a 10 gallon home-made DIY sump. This version is dubbed over with my voice because i have had requests to explain how my system works... any q's just ask!

equipment:
- Hang On Back Overflow
-DIY 10 Gallon Sump (and all the tubing and fittings)
-CPR hang On Back Refugium
- Mag 7 return pump
-Hydor Koralia 3
-aqua clear powerhead
-visa therm heater
-and a 216 watt oddysea t5 ho light fixture
- Coralife Superskimmer (Super Skimmer) 125

Livestock (for now)
-90 Lbs Of Fiji Live Rock
-60 Lbs Of ARAG-ALIVE Hawaii black live sand
-2 sergeant major damsels
- some hermit crabs and snails)
- a feather duster
- and 1 torch coral (that i saved when i sold the nano cube)
-A colony of green eyed zoas
- dome polyps
-and a mated pair of false percula (ocellaris) clownfish

THANKS SO MUCH FOR CHECKING IT OUT! Ratings And Comments Are Greatly Appreciated!

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• reef.
• refugium
• t5
• damsel
• saltwater.
• fish
• sump
• DIY
• algae
• live
• rock
• chaeto
• aquarium
• sand
• moonlight
• moonlights
• clownfish
• ocellaris
• false
• percula
• zoad
• polyps
• coral
• protein
• skimmer
• lps
• soft

[pp15961]

Can anyone tell me what kind of fish are the yellow and black striped fish? Thanks!

[fishtanksandkoiponds]

@pp15961 Sergeant major damsels :)

[DANNYCOULSTON]

your sump sucks its a nitrite maker will never stay at 0 like that



[fishtanksandkoiponds]

@DANNYCOULSTON wher's your videos? this tank had 0 nitrates for a year... look at the other videos... and now its a 90 gallon everything DIY with a berlin style sump and refugium. if your gonna talk you might as well have something to back it up with ;)

[fishtanksandkoiponds]

@ZR3FR1K saltwater and freshwater is like day and night. two completely different ecosystems.

[tomstav]

Get rid of the bio balls, maybe then your nitrates will drop and all that algae will clear up

[RiceKiller191]

@fishtanksandkoiponds How did you make the drain for your protien skimmer skimmate? Or does the Coralife 125 come like that?

[walsallcrew]

Hi

I'm new to the salty world. I must agree not to keen on the black substrate. Also doesn't all the bio media. Hold in nitrates?

[1chomps]

with the CPR hang on the back refugium how far is your tank from the wall???

[pjo17]

so do those snails eat alge

[vanhalenman60]

im glad i didnt buy black sand

[Indianapolis57]

Does the moon light come with the tank because I kno some do

[vanhalenman60]

get a refugium

[citygreenclothing]

tanks alright man, I know you just started but we did too on a fish only you should check are vid out, our reef tank has been together for a while but the fish only tank is a month old and killing it! We dint have half the shit you have and it's bomb!

[philup2k]

@cOdGd7 Hey I saw your question wasn't answered yet so i thought I'd help ya out. check out LAFISHGUYS youtube channel, he builds reef tanks professionally even for some of the stars. Check out episode 88 of his little cheesy shows, he has some good info on skimmers... From what I saw there, if your skimmer isn't producing foamate than its probably just "idle" meaning its doesn't have any garbage to remove from the water... hope i helped...