Acclimating Corals, Calcium, Alkalinity, Redundancy - Ep:4 How to set up a saltwater aquarium

http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/store/ This is the forth episode of our how to start a saltwater aquarium series. In today's episode we are going to add some corals and quickly demonstrate acclimation and coral dips. We will also cover calcium and alkalinity briefly as well as the importance of equipment redundancy. We will add a PH controller to back up our kalkwasser based auto top of system .

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[mxracer98808]

What corals do you have in a tank

[BulkReefSupplyCom]

@mxracer98808 These are the corals we added to the tank that day. Bubble Coral, Acanthastrea Lordhowensis, Blastomussa, Favia , Ducansamnia , Torch Coral, Lobophyllia, Candy Cane Coral, Branching hammer coral, Wall Hammer, Moselaya , Wessophyllia Brain , Echinophyllia

[elmsteadfarm]

Wow! Thanks for these great videos! I just found them, and they are such a great resource for me (a beginner/intermediate reefer). I will be watching them all and can't wait for more!

-Rachel

[BulkReefSupplyCom]

@elmsteadfarm Music to our ears, we couldn’t be happier that these are helping reefers like yourself explore different options with your saltwater reef tank. Setting up an aquarium like this can be pretty intimidating. There is so much info out there it is hard to know what to do.

[MrReefaddict]

Great videos, enjoy watching them.

[BulkReefSupplyCom]

@MrReefaddict Thanks, we enjoy producing them. Saltwater aquariums are obviously a passion of ours and it is really fun to be able to share our enjoyment of reef tanks with others this way : )

[KOOLITUS]

This looks like a mission how much money have you spent to set this up? because every episode you have a new contraption to add to the tank. This is why I am afraid to have a saltwater tank because anything you do wrong your collection can die. I would hate to invest so much money and have them die.

[SuperGrowPlants]

you guys are f-ing brilliant. making it easy for me to learn and upgrade to sps soon. will buy what i can from you starting with all hanna testers. thanks for making the best vids.

[Frenzy475]

@jaguars4263 I don't know about leds, but I would recommend a 4 bulb 48" t5 fixture.

[jaguars4263]

Hey guys what size led light would you recommend for a 75 gallon? It would be just soft corals. Thanks

[jjamontan]

So when is episode 5 coming out?

[6Technician9]

Ha...Reid.  Now I'm da man!

[6Technician9]

You da man Ried!

[jjamontan]

Just A suggestion, you could have an episode on just all of the equipment brand, model numbers etc. As well as all of the live stock?

[tlalok08]

How is that acclimate box under in ur website i cant find it??

[NuttinSpeciaI]

Another great vid, i think you guys took the fear out of starting to keep corals for me. Id love to get one of the starter sets from live aquaria. Thanks and looking forward to the next vid!