5 Things You Need To Know About An Established Reef Tank

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0:00 Intro
0:18 How does it look?
1:20 Fish stocking
2:28 Coral warfare
3:40 How it runs
6:12 Total cost after 4 years

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@PrestigeReef 2 жыл бұрын

Needs more tropic thunder montipora....

@ReefDork 2 жыл бұрын

NOOOOO! 🤣

@josephposada1830 2 жыл бұрын

Most esteemed and respected Reefing Ambassador. I can honestly say, I've stayed in the Hobby, because of your excellent and often humorous presentations. Thank You Gracing my Existence Always, You are the best Mate!

@scottallan6770 2 жыл бұрын

Great time-stamp shots of the tank at the end. Love all your videos and especially your sense of humor. Cheers!!!

@annebartells777 2 жыл бұрын

I grumble up a storm when I spend money on clothes and food. I much rather spend it on my reef. Fifty dollars for a pair of shoes, forget it. Too expensive. Two hundred for a coral, sure, what's the problem. I have my priorities in order

@ReefDork 2 жыл бұрын

🤣

@fuffoon 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not alone. Thank you!

@superdragon3060 2 жыл бұрын

@@ReefDork how much more expensive is a 7x2x2 without coral? Not a coral guy but I dont know how much it would cost, Just fish

@nickpass 2 жыл бұрын

Super impressive! I'm a freshwater guy myself, but I so admire you saltwater people for your diligence!

@PazLeBon 2 жыл бұрын

freshwater tank, maybe 50timescheaperthan this dude tho

@davidmurphy4672 2 жыл бұрын

I run everything on dosers and only test when corals look unhappy.

@kylefriend6391 2 жыл бұрын

Great video and congrats on 4 years with your tank! Really looking forward to your future vids, especially your collab with Bahama Llama!

@pauldeacon8764 2 жыл бұрын

Great video once again Alex! & u are doing really well as u have still got the copperband! 😀👍👍

@nim6us 2 жыл бұрын

Just funny because as you got to the cost bit my mrs was walking through the room, I did in fact pause it and then click off to another video until she left. 🤣🤫🤑🤑

@ReefDork 2 жыл бұрын

😁

@planit3d 2 жыл бұрын

Great meeting you in person earlier today - keep up the excellent work Alex

@Michael_k_DK 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video thank you for your hard work you put into This

@francisgarcia565 Жыл бұрын

Love your tank and your videos keep up the good work

@K20ChargedMini 2 жыл бұрын

36month lighting and corals looks stunning...

@arobbo5921 2 жыл бұрын

Great video mate recently got my first two clownfish got into the hobby from your videos thanks

@pansa507 2 жыл бұрын

Was starting to wonder if your Copperband’s still alive. Nice to know he’s doing well. Cheers!

@reefaddictsmerch7026 2 жыл бұрын

Great video!

@fishlegend2536 2 жыл бұрын

The Blue hippo tang is my favorite centerpiece fish! My most eye catching!

@dedo1459 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Alex, as I’ve been watching your vids here and there, and also been commenting on a few, a video id really find helpful ( if you haven’t done it already) is how to do a water change on a beginner reef tank! Keep up the good work!

@fuffoon 2 жыл бұрын

Good video. I'm off to Poisson-D'Or tomorrow for a little bit of everything.

@jaysrealreefuk 2 жыл бұрын

Hope mine looks like yours at 36months...Wow! Stunning 🙌🔥

@zafishguy5166 2 жыл бұрын

My yellow coris wrasse splashed water over as well.

@justasimpleengineer96 Жыл бұрын

I choked when you said 11,000 and then promptly crapped a brick when you said 50k…. Woof. Are prices in the UK just astronomical? Setting up my first reef tank here in the states and I’m nearly ready to add water. Total so far is roughly 2k. I could see another grand to go but I hope it never reaches 11!! But your tank is beautiful. If I can make mine look half as good I’ll be happy.

@RogueAquariums 2 жыл бұрын

Nice break down of your tank Alex over the past 4yrs. I’d hate to see what I’ve spent on my systems over the past 3yrs. Serious sticker shock. Lol

@bencobb3433 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Alex, how much off that 40 grand has been spent on changing lighting though? 🤔

@PazLeBon 2 жыл бұрын

38, what else is expensive? fook all really

@JamesBrown-fy1zb 2 жыл бұрын

Another fantastic video and great to show us newbies the kind of tank to aspire to. I love your intro videos on the basics of how to start but one think I have always wondered is advice on the next step. Many reefers stop once the “ugly brown stage” starts and there isn’t a lot of resources on what to do next,… I just wondered if you had any thoughts or planned upcoming videos showcasing this?

@ReefDork 2 жыл бұрын

You just need to wait the ugly stage out...

@PazLeBon 2 жыл бұрын

they stop after just a month or 3? lol ok

@deanfielding4411 2 жыл бұрын

That's more than I expected you'd spent! I've tried adding mine up and gave up though...

@marinescuadrian5982 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video Alex! I think this hobby is somehow addictive, yor KZfaqr friend Prestige Reef has a video comparing reefing with Vegas 🎰 We all have to keep secret the cost with this hobby from our wifes and that's simply because we plan to "invest" further🤣

@ccn5065 2 жыл бұрын

This is like the best video you have ever made Reef Dork. Great job !

@joeb1906 2 жыл бұрын

Love your progress man. Hey your fish seem skinny. I was looking at the fox face in particular.

@ReefDork 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he's been like that for a while - I'm working on it, just not with much luck so far...

@joeb1906 2 жыл бұрын

@@ReefDork I showed my wife the video and she was legitimately sad that he was that skinny. I feed 6 frozen cubes for 14 fish . My wife pointed out the part at 42 months the fox face doesn’t look 👀 like that it was healthy . What do you think it is ?

@leeleecee4689 2 жыл бұрын

Love all your videos! I have had my reef for about 4 years and I am finally upgrading from a 30 gallon HOB filtered reef to a Red Sea 250 with all the bells and whistles. I have huge colonies that need more room. I am also looking into kalk dosing due to my success with acros and I’d like to start keeping some different varieties. Keep up the good work!

@NoelG-IRE 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve the 250 and if you are upgrading I would strongly suggest to go 350 as a minimum. You will run out of space fairly quick in the 250. Mine is a bedroom tank but planning a 625 for downstairs.

@PazLeBon 2 жыл бұрын

or could get more tanks and forget al lthe chemo

@MrDon967 2 жыл бұрын

my little over 1 year 120g system with 11 fish no corals yet probably $4k now. most of the cost due to the new system. corals get added i think November after my Oct vacation. i hope to spend less then 100 per corals so maybe year 2 expense probably $2k with dosing n corals n fish/food. 20% of your yearly :D

@ashleebussey2873 2 жыл бұрын

So i had to pause just as you were saying figures and i thought to myself "lol sounded like he was gonna say thousand but theres no way, hes probably gonna say 11 hundred" but nope you actually said thousand. How on earth did you spend £11,000 on a tank that doesnt even look that big?!!?!? Ive spent £300 on setting up my Evo and i thought even that was pretty unacceptable, i dont intend on spending any more on anything other than a couple of fish and some of the cheaper corals...i cant even imagine what i would do if my bank had £11,000 in it. very lucky man to be so well off!

@rhondadunn4228 2 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy your videos. Does your fox face eat your corals? I want to purchase one but I’ve heard they are not reef safe but every time I see one in a reef aquarium I always think maybe I could get away with having one myself! I am upgrading my reef aquarium to a 125 and it’s so hard to not just go and buy one! Thanks for all of your reefing advice. Keep the videos coming! Lol

@ReefDork 2 жыл бұрын

Nope. They're a risk but a pretty low risk imo and very easy to catch if they go rogue.

@mikeytrw 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video, as a fellow UK reefer I know just how expensive it is in this country compared to US . I'm 7 months in on a Reefer 250 and am EASILY £6k+ into it and I consider myself very much just getting started. One thing of note, near me (East coast Scotland) at lot of the dedicated reef shops are closing down due to energy costs and lack of customer disposable income which is a real shame. This leaves only the larger lower quality stores with poor fish health and crap selections of corals. I've recently had to start buying online for the first time.

@PazLeBon 2 жыл бұрын

no customer disposable income but youve done6 kin a few months,wtg. and this guy, tens of k. sounds like lots of disposable income out there? or some people are just lacking sensitivity

@davidmurphy4672 2 жыл бұрын

I stopped water changes and that saved me a lot of money in salt and water. I just dose stuff now.

@PazLeBon 2 жыл бұрын

@@davidmurphy4672 if cant afford to do tthe hobby properly (10c litre) get another hobby.do you keep your dog in a bird cage?

@davidmurphy4672 2 жыл бұрын

@@PazLeBon Birds and fish are the same they fly and swim miles and miles but we keep them in tiny ass cages I agree haha.

@davidmurphy4672 2 жыл бұрын

@@PazLeBon Clownfish do not go long distances but tangs do. Clownfish just chill on their anemone and chill all day. I think they are reasonable to keep same with Bengaii cardinals capitvley bred. It takes a lot of work re-creating the ocean moon in a reef tank.

@GenePlotkin 2 жыл бұрын

The initial setup is expensive for sure. However, my ongoing maintenance of the tank is fairly minimal as far as expenses. Fish food. All for Reef and two part, salt, carbon, RODI refills and electricity. I also replenish the cleanup crew every few months. There is no limit on how much you can spend, but you can also get away with just a few hundred bucks per year if you leave things alone and have a thriving reef.

@MrDon967 2 жыл бұрын

ya my guess is once the initial fish n corals r added maintenance cost gets cut in half if not more

@PazLeBon 2 жыл бұрын

there would be no reef stores if it really cost thousands that is ,simply unafffordable for 95% of hobbyists. funny how folk spending tensofkpretend tey achieved something, when the same couldbe done 20x cheaper.Id say its an epic fail

@MrDon967 2 жыл бұрын

@@PazLeBon exactly my setup cost les then half for a 120g system then what most youtubers r spending on a 40g system

@PazLeBon 2 жыл бұрын

@@MrDon967 theres no need for it, tho its a free world. can alienate newbies tho

@davidmurphy4672 2 жыл бұрын

@@MrDon967 I think it depends on how you run your tank.

@aaronfoss8956 Жыл бұрын

Time for a bigger tank 🙂

@RobBoryckiGolf 2 жыл бұрын

Lol too funny Alex

@kengilmore4384 2 жыл бұрын

Hey. So glad I found you. I just had a 75 gallon salt water aquarium handed to me. It is a mess. I've been raising cyclids for years but never salt water. It has two clowns and a dusky brown tang in it. The nitrates are off the chart. The fish seem healthy. I have cleaned it as much as I dare for fear of crashing it. Can you please help

@ReefDork 2 жыл бұрын

Too broad a question to answer on here. Get yourself on a forum and post some photos 👍

@fishlegend2536 2 жыл бұрын

A hobby is something anyone is willing to give away all their money for!

@TomoBishBosh Жыл бұрын

Might be a silly question, but why have both a skimmer and the red sea filter roller?

@ReefDork Жыл бұрын

They do different jobs for me, although there's some crossover and they both reduce excess nutrients.

@sampaul4545 2 жыл бұрын

Sir are you used which barnd fish food?

@ReefDork 2 жыл бұрын

Gamma mysis

@NoelG-IRE 2 жыл бұрын

I can’t believe you told people how much we spend on this stuff. €6K into my latest build @ 4 months 🤣

@justacat2318 2 жыл бұрын

I'm studying 1st year in marine science and volunteered to take care of the 'Aquarium room' of the uni with a couple of friends and seniors, I still have no experience in saltwater aquarium whatsoever, so I can only do some simple tasks, any advice on cleaning the glass and feeding a blue surgeon?

@ReefDork 2 жыл бұрын

Tunze care magnets are very good for cleaning algae off glass. The tang will appreciate nori

@StubbyAcro 2 жыл бұрын

Roughly speaking, how many cuc inverts do you have in your tank?

@ReefDork 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely no idea! I have a blue tuxedo urchin, anywhere between 5 and 50 turbo snails and a load of freebies like asterina stars, bristle worms and so on

@smokeandkippers 2 жыл бұрын

£40 - £50k 👀👀👀👀 Legendary

@rich5649 2 жыл бұрын

40-50k……😅 Surprised it’s not more with all the multiple light configurations you’ve had….!! Love your videos, informative unbiased and funny 👍 I’ve just started accumulating equipment in sales etc to keep costs down for my build come next year.

@EIY_Kumar 2 жыл бұрын

The light from 28 months to 36 months was the best in terms of showing colour on camera

@ReefDork 2 жыл бұрын

Evergrows and I think Orphek blue plus...

@nimal_r 2 жыл бұрын

Agree! 36 months mark was just 👌

@marbles351 2 жыл бұрын

Must be time for a new main tank soon?

@ReefDork 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe in a year or two...

@marbles351 2 жыл бұрын

@@ReefDork I would really like to see a top KZfaqr like yourself do a drop off tank, I think you could do something really special with one.

@tukanxx 2 жыл бұрын

Hi. Can you list the names of your all fishes? Mainly would like to know the name of the wrasses. Thanks

@ReefDork 2 жыл бұрын

Radiant wrasse Silver belly wrasse Fox face Da Vinci Clownfish x2 Randall's goby Scarlet hawkfish Longnose hawkfish Pygmy perchlet Royal Gramma Yellow wrasse Jawfish Falco Hawkfish Copper band Starry blenny White tail Kole tang

@kawaiizombiegal 2 жыл бұрын

16 fish in 100 gallons is actualy quite a lot

@christerpedersen8920 2 жыл бұрын

I'm using kalkwasser and can highly recommend it! Cheap, easy to use and with several benefits. Looking forward to hearing your long term experience with it👍 But, how are those Reef Factory lights from some videos ago working out for you?

@PazLeBon 2 жыл бұрын

i got the chinese version of the flare bars, i.e same leds etc. 50quid each.nice pop

@jhaych 2 жыл бұрын

I've spent about 4000 pounds on my 3 month old 780 litre system. I thought that was bad enough haha. No harm when it's your passion.

@MrDon967 2 жыл бұрын

my 454l system 1 year+ cost $4k so far new system fish included :D

@jhaych 2 жыл бұрын

@@MrDon967 mines without fish and coral!

@MrDon967 2 жыл бұрын

@@jhaych damn boi 3 months still no fish howcome

@jhaych 2 жыл бұрын

@@MrDon967 I have fish just didn't include them within the 4k

@MrDon967 2 жыл бұрын

@@jhaych hehe nice my tank budget asf only expensive thing rn r 3 purple tangs

@TwoScottishReefers 2 жыл бұрын

Does that cost include the monthly electricity bill needed to run it? 🤔🤫

@ReefDork 2 жыл бұрын

It includes salt, dosing liquids etc etc but not electricity. So maybe double it 😂

@NoelG-IRE 2 жыл бұрын

I would actually like someone to work this out. Calculating power usage is difficult with so many variables. I’m guessing you would need an apex or similar and even at that you would need to track it for at least a year without any changes. I currently have 3 tanks with 22 plugs. 16 of these are on my reef tank and technically 18 if you count the heater and fan being plugged into the temp controller.

@TwoScottishReefers 2 жыл бұрын

@@NoelG-IRE its very easy to track it. All you need is a power monitoring plug that will track the kwh used. I have got one and it cost me £10. My tank was costing £40 a month in electricity before the uk energy price hikes. Its probably closer to £70. And is due to increase again in October.

@NoelG-IRE 2 жыл бұрын

@@TwoScottishReefers thank you! I’m splitting mine off 3 sockets so would need 3 separate plugs. Starting to think I don’t want to know the answer now 🤣🤣🤣

@TwoScottishReefers 2 жыл бұрын

@@NoelG-IRE yeah you would need to have it all coming from one wall socket. However your heater will likely be biggest drain, then your lights and then powerheads.

@serkyt 2 жыл бұрын

I have had to stop the vid just 2 mins in. Not sure how much longer that Foxface is going to live without sufficient food.

@ReefDork 2 жыл бұрын

I'm working on that...

@artistic_spaz3724 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like my tank costs me money every time I look at it!

@tashdog1 2 жыл бұрын

There comes a time in people's life's when they need to stop building their system and not keep changing it, and sit back more.

@PazLeBon 2 жыл бұрын

absolutely ridiculous amount to spend for what is essentially anaverage (ina good sense) small tank. havingsaid that I was shocked that my 120 gallon cost as much as 2k .My budget version cost only 500euros.You must be doing things wrong somehow, why admit to such madness?haha;)