OH NO! I was hoping the Fluval was going to be seriously expensive, a cost that i couldn't justify, but it's REALLY reasonable! Here we go again.

Really looking forward to this series. I Have kept tropical for many years now, and have been really wanting to get into a reef setup. I didn’t want to through a load of money at it with limited experience so this setup, and your expert advice should see me through that first initial period. 👍

I know absolutely nothing of the nano reefs, yet I found this very special. I really enjoyed the video and have become interested. Thank you. Regards Gareth Wiltshire.

This all sounds like great advice keep them coming Stuart

Great video Stuart! Can't wait for a next episode! Thank you!

I'm new to the hobby so looking forward to the series 😃

Can't wait to get started 😁

I have a 13.5 evo and love it.

Outstanding work great content

Beautiful tank man, can't wait to get my own:)

Fantastic video! Great content! 👍

That's a clever way to "drip" acclimate those Occelaris. They're cute, too.

Just looking at changing from planted freshwater to saltwater! This series is going to help me massively as this is the tank I’m after

Really like your vid alot of good info need too keep watching just got a red sea max 230d second hand your vid is helping 👌

Great video, I am going to be buying the evo 52l very soon,i had already decided this before watching because there is nothing else close for the value apart from the fluval flex of courseso I cant wait to watch the rest of the series.

Love this nano reef

Are you still in the hobby mate? Thanks for an update if so!

This is great! Keep it up. I have a handful of freshwater tanks, one of them being the fluval 15 gal (Americans... Ha) and I think I'm gonna get this one for my first saltwater.

Eheim compact 1000 pump fits perfect and doubles the LPH output

Iv been looking at getting a marine tank for ages now and not pulled the trigger yet because I wanted to do it right, I'm looking at getting the spec 60 marine version, just because its got them few extra litres on this one, is there an heater that the temp can be easily seen on from across the room? I'm also looking at poss upgrade the lights to the one with Bluetooth so can use app and have loads of different light settings in the future 👍🏻 would be nice to go all techi at some point ... Great videos can't wait to follow u more and get going, think I might pull the trigger on tank right now and start buying things bit by bit for a while

Hi is there any way to remove the sump part to run an external filter and get extra space for the tank? Thanks.

What books do you recommend for a beginner? I just ordered my tank after watching all your videos. You are fascinating.

And I cant help loving yer accent :))

Great video. When can we be expecting the next video? Thanks

I wish common people here in the U.S. were as committed and willing to put the work into maintaining aquariums such as yourself. You will find goldfish in 1 gallon bowls left and right around here. Of course the people who actually research these things sustain healthy aquariums, but a sad amount of people go off of myths and lazy habits.

Do you need an aquarium that was built for saltwater? Or could I use a Fluval Flex 15 for a couple clownfish?

I didn't think nano reef kits were around 16 years ago 🤔

I'd love to setup a reef tank, but know I wouldn't be able to maintain one. I love the aesthetics, but care more about the fish's life. Sadly, unlike a lot of people who put their bettas in vases.

i actuly ended up braking dawn my 8x2x2 moved every thing in to nanosmore tanks but found lot beter to maintain few nanos than big reef looking starting anuther nano been looking this but not shore do better now for pice ad like same thing but tad bigger?

Hi everyone, can someone please guide me on how much sand should I buy for this tank.

Price aside, what's the reason you wouldn't recommend a protein skimmer?

Indubitably.

How much sand required of Fluval 13.5

Dumb question but since I never had one: does that type of filter (the black box behind your tank) have an electrical cord?

Are there other lights? Can the light be run on a timer?

Well I just ordered the spec 60 marine... 150 from maidenhead aquatics... oh well ha

Silly question, could you have a 'live' nano reef without the fish. The live reef looks really colourful without them.

How tall and wide is it?

Are you able to use Coldwater in this tank also?

which maidnhead aquatics do you go to

You think he’d advocate quarantine then after running an aquatic shop, no straight from the bag Into the tank, bad habit that will end very badly one day

Stay far far away silicon split at side in less then 6 months and fluval will not honor warranty

Just basically stole this tank for 50 bucks from a guy on Craigslist. Gonna get pops into the hobby with this tank and your videos so he can enjoy his own now instead of showing up at my place.

Never trust any shop, any aquatics centre, anyone.. that that fish invert or coral isn’t coming into your home with a parasite or pest, people need to learn the fundamentals of fish keeping before going into this hobby because they want a pretty glass box in there house, I’ve done it and got the T-shirt, went bounding in spent £100’s of pounds on fish and introduced white spot to my 500 litre tank, luckily I saved half the fish and treated but that tiny clown of piece of coral can undo all your hard work if you don’t follow quarantine procedure, it does take the fun out and costs a bit more on extra kit but it will save you headache and time in the long run, all fish should be treated in copper (seachem cupramine) to 0.5 concentration on arrival, a hanna checker is the only accurate way to test for this daily throughout, you should hold this concentration for 14 days, the concentration should also be ramped up slowly as per seachems recommendation, maintain water quality checked especially ammonia everyday throughout, have facility to mechanically filter the water and aerate heavily, I always employ a skimmer in a quarantine tank and the addition of an air pump, copper lowers absorbed oxygen, if fish are struggling with copper or showing signs of I’ll health pull them out into a no copper tank, this method requires you to have two tanks ready to go one treatment tank for copper and one non copper so you can be ready to take a fish out if required, only ever quarantine one fish at a time, I generally arrive fish into an observation tank (non copper) for a week or two sometimes just to make sure the fish are feeding and settled before starting copper treatment, after copper I then revert fish back to the non copper tank (after full water change and thorough cleaning for a further 30 days observation before the fish even enters my main tank, corals get isolated in a coral only grow out tank for 76 days after being coral dipped and removed from shop frag plugs, inverts also get quarantined exactly the same for 76 days

The pump is absolute rubbish