5 Years of Keeping Small Reef Tanks, It's Time for Something New

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5 Years of Keeping Small Reef Tanks, It's Time for Something New

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Ай бұрын

For 5 years I've kept numerous nano reef tanks and shallow reef tanks, they were all low tech mixed reef aquariums. Over the years I've gained more experience and knowledge about keeping coral and saltwater fish.
Now, it's time to break down my 3 shallow reef tanks to build something new. I am going to build a 250 centimeter long shallow aquarium and we are going to turn in into a nature-inspired environment with lots of small nano critters such as crabs, shrimp, snails and nano fish. I'll also be using macro algae, mangroves and other plants. In this video, we talk about future plans for the fish room.
A few topics we cover in this video are:
- Fish room build
- Reef tank setup
- Shallow reef tank & nano reef tank
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@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

*I’ve had a lot of fun with this setup and can’t wait to show you what’s next! Stay tuned! 🙌*

@Knottykid Ай бұрын

Over the years people in this hobby are becoming more and more gear-head 😂 and like to complicate things just to feed their geeky side so to see someone who like to keep things simple you got my respect ✊

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

Thank you so much! The new tank will be low tech as well, no skimmers, sumps, etc. I’ll have to use more flow pumps.. so technically there will be more tech. But in terms of types of equipment it will be the same 😎

@marcopalazzo9349 Ай бұрын

I cant stand the tech part! More tech means more maintenance. Keep it simple and stupid.

@insanity4224 Ай бұрын

It’s crazy to me to use anything more than a skimmer and water changes in anything less than 300L.

@GNRLTEC Ай бұрын

This is exciting! Can't wait to see how the new project comes together!! 😀

@TheKoiPartner Ай бұрын

I’ve enjoyed all the tanks, but what’s coming next is even more exciting! Good job buddy 🎉

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

Thank you!! Yeah, it’ll be awesome! 😎

@insanity4224 Ай бұрын

Love your methodology. Interestingly it’s one that Julian Sprung has been doing for decades and I’m hoping this level of simplicity is the future of the hobby as opposed to the current equipment first approach.

@Money-Fast-Plan-a Ай бұрын

You're a true visionary! - "Success is built on diligence."

@NoelG-IRE Ай бұрын

I think the very obvious thing you see with people who start with simple systems, realise that they will need the specialised equipment to keep the tank stable. The key is to ensure you match the bioload with the tank nutrient uplift. Ultimately we all wish it was cheaper, but realistically you need the heavy equipment if you want to keep any decent size fish and corals. Anyone that thinks there is a cheat code is sadly mistaken.

@phalbaby16 Ай бұрын

I can't wait to see your new set up. I bet it will look beautiful.😊

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

I hope so too!

@TacticalReefkeeping777 Ай бұрын

So glad for you on getting a new tank can’t for the new series just started my new tank build be following along.❤🎉🎉

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

Can't wait to show you guys! It’s going to be really cool! Keep me posted on your build as well! 🙌

@jacksonsparrow8865 Ай бұрын

Im new to the channel, this fish room looks sick

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you!! There are over 100 videos of it on the channel, check it out! 😎

@OfficalCirqL Ай бұрын

i'm glad you've found something you wanted to do. its been clear for a while you've been stuck at where your at. Good luck!

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

Thank you! Im so excited! A change is good :)

@funnysods Ай бұрын

Hey Danny, I think a lot of us viewers are really excited to see the new project grow and develop over time, I know I am! Looking forward to this new journey.

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

Thank you! Stay tuned!

@IndoorEcosystem Ай бұрын

Great video as usual! Looking forward to what comes next! You inspired me to start my first reef tank and while it's been a wild ride it's super enjoyable.

@raysville7256 Ай бұрын

So looking forward to see what you will reveal. Your approach to reef keeping is keeping me interested.

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

Thank you! Stay tuned! :)

@cameroonkendrick6312 Ай бұрын

Try growing sea grass, it is a whole new adventure. There are many species that vary in size and leaf shape.

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

I want to, just very hard to get here in the EU. Even heard it’s illegal, but not sure. :/

@timg7317 Ай бұрын

The end of an 'era'! 😁 I am looking forward to your upcoming video's, sounds very promising!

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

Yep, stay tuned! ;)

@ThamuzTy Ай бұрын

Love is that

@taylormwilson1 Ай бұрын

I'm so excited my friend good for you!! Power moves 💪

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

Thanks so much!!

@ReefDork Ай бұрын

Very excited for this! Love your inspiration and the long shallow tank will look fantastic!

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

Thanks man, I really appreciate that!! 🙏

@Reefluo Ай бұрын

Can’t wait to see the new setup 🤩 Mangroves are doing good 🎉

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

Thank you!! Yes, very happy with them 🙂

@yourlocalit1701 Ай бұрын

I love your saltwater setups 😢 sad to see them going, cant wait to see the new tanks.

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

It’s going to be awesome, stay tuned! :)

@gordonellisjr331 Ай бұрын

Hello from the US. I subscribed to your channel today so I can follow along with your new venture. The new build has me intrigued as I have thought about a similar project but lacked the knowledge of how to put it all together. I am hoping to watch and learn and live vicariously through your project. Thank you for sharing..

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

Welcome aboard! The new project is going to be really interesting, stay tuned! And while you’re here, you might enjoy the older videos!

@BlueRidgeProductions Ай бұрын

You are doing what I have wanted to do for a long time. Very excited to see how it works out for you :)

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

Thank you! If you have the opportunity you should go for it as well! 😎

@emieloss7229 Ай бұрын

Looking forward to seeing the new build

@Bruno_Amaro Ай бұрын

It will become awesome, looking forward to see the final result.

@Csintra Ай бұрын

Looking forward to seeing the new setup.

@aqualabcreations Ай бұрын

So exciting!! Those fungia plates you have going on there are no joke!!!

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

They’re awesome, they are definitely coming back into the new tank! 🙌

@glub9075 Ай бұрын

I would make one really wide front to back, I love the depth and the top down lagoon look. My tank is 350x160x50cm so a little bit bigger but sort of the same just scaled up.

@walmeid900 Ай бұрын

Esse aquário ficou incrível!

@lorenzospina3174 Ай бұрын

Good luck for the new project 😉

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

Thank you! 😃

@GrahamStephan Ай бұрын

Great update!

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

Thanks Graham! I’m excited for what’s to come next! Stay tuned 😉

@scottallan6770 Ай бұрын

I can't wait for this. 👊

@simpleaquatics4262 Ай бұрын

Absolutely great video man !!!

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

Thank you! I really appreciate it!

@christianp9604 Ай бұрын

I have become really curious and am looking forward to your new project.

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

Stay tuned! 🙌

@Weird_Beard_ Ай бұрын

Very beautiful, very powerful.

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@steveneumann32 Ай бұрын

Love the plan

@trevorvanzuydam8115 Ай бұрын

Minimum equipment is a air pump. Pumping clean air from outside

@zacharylewis417 Ай бұрын

Biggest thing is biodiversity. If you want the tank to take care of itself without maintenance. You need biodiversity. I haven't cleaned my one tank in well over 3 weeks. Its crystal clear and glass is always algae free. Copepods and amphipods handle a lot of the clean up for film algae. Then you have all your CUCs. I am literally lacking algae for once in my life. I actually want some again lol.

@Ak-lv6xw Ай бұрын

cant wait!

@ravagedcore131 11 күн бұрын

Simple works best

@jennyb5660 Ай бұрын

I totally Like the style of your tanks and I‘m curious about the new project. In germany there is Neytrop, who is actually planning a mangrove project as well and he gets some mangroves by jungle leaves shop and by his friend Svens Terra-torium. Maybe they can help you with bigger mangroves. You are in the netherlands, correctly? Thats Not that far away from the western part of germany 😉

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

Oh nice! I got my mangroves from Jungle Leaves Shop as well 🙂

@tompage8674 8 күн бұрын

That is going to be a nightmare to move! Please make a video just on the moving of it!

@DannysAquariums 8 күн бұрын

Watch the video that I posted after this one, first tank down. Two to go 😎

@e_n1984 Ай бұрын

Great plan , what about canister filter i think it will help a little and it’s not heavy

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

Hmm don’t think I’ll get that for the new tank either.. but who knows! It’s going to be a pretty complicated system and I want to keep it as low-tech as possible haha 😝

@wmars4655 Ай бұрын

I'm about to blow your mind, Every beach is the skimmer think about it!?!

@S.MO.K Ай бұрын

I hit the bell Donny

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

I appreciate that! 🙌

@sandycheeks7506 Ай бұрын

What I found out is that mangroves trees eat up a lot of nutrients and very hardy to

@ThamuzTy Ай бұрын

I want expor coral if you want

@Tarmac_the_destroyer 26 күн бұрын

So I use a top fin pro series 40 or something like that but it's got a built in surface skimmer on the intake, it works very well for my 20 gallon reef tank that I started 3 months ago. But!!! You will need a wave maker this filters options for flow style is terrible so be weary of that!

@hsharmau Ай бұрын

Love from india ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@حسینفشانجردی Ай бұрын

Veryy good

@marinefalcon8996 22 күн бұрын

what is the macroalgae that you have on the left aquarium with the clownfish?

@StalwartWartyard Ай бұрын

Keep the worm rock

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

Yep.. that one will definitely get a nice spot in the new tank 😎

@o_oo_o1812 Ай бұрын

let me leave you with this quote from the fantastic jeff goldblum in a little movie called jurassic park "Your Scientists Were So Preoccupied With Whether Or Not They Could, They Didn’t Stop To Think If They Should"

@abbasalizada8990 Ай бұрын

Sieht richtig geil aus ohne Filter , wie oft musst du Wasserwechsel machen?

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

Talked about this in the video 😝 started of with weekly water changes but now I was doing just 10% once a month ;)

@wimophof4980 Ай бұрын

Geweldig idee ik heb er pas ook over gedagt maar het was buiten budget. Misschien kun je ook nog mudskippers toevoegen?

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

Zijn meer brak water vissen, dus dat gaat lastig met koraal etc. Ze zijn wel heel tof!

@wimophof4980 Ай бұрын

Mini palm misschien? Of een grot onder het land gedeelte

@user-pc7de4od1d Ай бұрын

how many liters?

@F1v30h1 16 күн бұрын

So what’s the catch? No protein skimmer, or filter. How hard is it to keep a tank set up like this?

@DannysAquariums 15 күн бұрын

No catch, indeed no filtration, skimmers, sump. I'd say setups like these are so much easier, my weekly maintenance routine consisted of cleaning the glass and once a month I did a small water change. ;)

@justme19973 Ай бұрын

Kan je zo’n zware bak op de zolder plaatsen zonder risico dat ie naar beneden komt door al het gewicht?

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

Het gewicht is over de gehele lengte van de muur verdeeld, qua lengte en hoogte is het hetzelfde als dat ik nu heb. Alleen 10cm breder. Het totaal is zo’n 400 liter. Dat kan een vloer makkelijk houden ;)

@justme19973 25 күн бұрын

@@DannysAquariums dankjewel voor de reactie, ik woon zelf in een appartement (nieuwbouw) op het eerste verdieping ben momenteel aan het kijken naar een 500l bak incl sump maar durf niet zo goed.

@RobertoCarlos-hx8wp Ай бұрын

How are you going to do with the fish? I'm thinking about changing my setup but I don't know what to do with the fish from the old setup, as I don't have space to keep both setups :/ Will you have to sell your fish?

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

I’ll keep some fish. I definitely want to keep one pair of clownfish and I’ll give the other fish to a friend :)

@zxndl Ай бұрын

First 🎉

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

Yay! Thanks for being so early, I really appreciate it!! 😎

@DokterIkanAquascape Ай бұрын

Im sad if you leave and no comeback 😊

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

Watch the video 🙃 I’m not going anywhere 😝

@stevenrichardson8328 Ай бұрын

Keep the aquariums and do your paludarium why get rid of it, impossible

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

I have no room in my bedroom for yet another tank. And like I mentioned, maintaining 3 small separate systems is not fun to me anymore. :)

@kia1034 Ай бұрын

I'm getting out of the hobby it's not working for me if you don't have money don't go around it

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

So sorry to hear that 😔

@kia1034 Ай бұрын

@@DannysAquariums I got new equipment today , not gonna give up yet , starting with80% water change , wish me luck.

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

What are the issues you are running into?

@kia1034 Ай бұрын

@@DannysAquariums my corals are melting (shrinking) , I got another light maybe it fix's that , previously I was raning diy light and the isp test shows little bet of copper and heavy metal in the water. Thank you for your concern, this is a reason to continue.

@DannysAquariums Ай бұрын

Hmm, yeah maybe the heavy metals are the main problem. What kind of corals were shrinking? You can message me any time, DM me on Instagram or email me! I always try to help out wherever I can 😊