I was 12 years old when I started watching your videos, now I’m 24 in the Marine Corps still watching your videos. Gotta setup that 180 gallon like you said. I’m dropping $12k on a custom 235, doing it correctly with a deep sand bed like you said in a few months. Gotta come back to the screen man.

WOW MAN! That is one serious set up, I can only imagine the thought, and the trial and error that went into your sump/Refugium. I am buying extra power heads based on this video alone! I generally assumed manufactured systems are designed to function as installed, I can see there is always room for improvement more clearly now. Thanks, I will keep watching!!

About a year ago you inspired me to get a reef tank, now the time has come and I get to re-watch all your videos to make sure I get all those tips. Thanks for the inspiration, good luck with man and keep your head up!

I have a 2 inch sand bed a 1 inch of miracle mudd and have been testing the water every other day and it been spot on not a glitch I added a yellow tang sailfin tang and hippo with a coral beauty with a cleaner shrimp and this tank is kicking ass and taking names these fish love this tank I cant wait to add corals I wanna thank you for all your informational videos you can never share and learn to much from each other

I made some buttery popcorn to watch this.

thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.

I'm re-entering the saltwater hobby after 40 years. Your videos have really helped me catch up. Appreciate all your hard work.

mate! i just had an anemone die which led to a nutrient spike leading to algae growth! My system was tarting to look really bad but thanks to my phosphate reactor I am back in control and just wanted to say that my entire tank apart from some extra automation was modeled on your set up! I have 26 fish and my nitrates are at 0.3ppm! I never has a a fish tank before and thanks to you i was able to jump straight in to reef keeping! Love your detailed advice and owe you all my enjoyment and success!

Love it.

Watched the video again and picked up another tip. I had a brand new Maxi-Jet 400 just laying around so I added it to my first chamber of the sump. In power head mode, the output was only 110GPH. Although it moved the detritus around significantly, I decided to configure it as a circulation pump. In that mode, the output is about 500GPH. Now that first chamber almost looks detritus free! I ordered some Chemi-Pure elite and it will be in my sump on Thursday. Thanks again for the tips!

Thank you so much for this detailed video. It truly helped me understand the importance, purpose and setup of each section of the sump/refugium. Your videos have helped take the guess work out of moving from our 28g Nano to a new/used 85g drilled tank. Nice work! :)

Hi Steelo, I am just getting in to the salt water hobby and I can't tell you enough how helpful your videos have been! Even though a lot of this stuff in over my head and I will most likely start with a fish only system you have still been a huge help! So once again thank you for all you do!

What a coincidence, I was only saying to my girlfriend last night that I haven't seen any vids posted by newyorksteelo in ages which is unusual because he usually has plenty to talk about. Another great vid, keep it up buddy.

neebie reefer here just wanted to say that there is so much imformation in your videos im really learning a lot and getting some great ideas on building my sump n setting up 90g tank keep up the good work and hope u will be posting more vids too

Another amazingly informative video AJ!! My 210 has been up and kicking some serious booty for 6 months thanks to ALL your help and info.

NEWYORKSTEELO IS THE MAN!!!!! I have learned tons from you every video is so detailed its amazing to me how much you actually want people to have sucess. Thanks man KEEP THEM COMMING BRO!!!

Wow, that was really helpful. Thanks for breaking down the complexity of the reef setup into understandable pieces.

Hey Steelo! Thanks for the video! I have this exact setup! I started out with a bundle of cheautomorpha and it grew and grew like no tommorrow! It did that until it filled the refugium entirely! I realized after some time that this was not healthy to the system and I removed it all! I took a small clean lighter green cutting and put it back in the tank!

steelo, mate, love your videos! stumbled across a few of your 90gal videos and bought myself a 300L tank and am about to set it up within the next week, exciting stuff. i've been coming back and checking your channel every few days and haven't seen any new tank updates. hope everything is well and i'm looking forward to more videos. you tha man!

Very informative video. I'm actually in the midst of setting up my 90 gallon and this video answered every question I had about setting up my refugium.

Great video! you explain things in detail and that make it better than most of the videos out there. I'm very novice but feel educated now. thank you for sharing.

I also think that because newyorksteelo has a DSB and refugium the bio pellets are unnecessary because the system can process the nitrates anyway and the tank is balanced and mature. Good work NYS. Fantastic tank..

Thanks, watching your videos really helped steer me from a wet/dry to a sump/refugium.

yep ,,, steelo knows his stuff that's for sure . good work steelo .

Hey Newyorksteelo, I have not commented on your channel in like a year and a half but I really hope all is going well and I wanted thank you for teaching me so much about this hobby. My eagerness to learn about biological ecosystems took me to the level of actually studying biology in college. I am actually moving soon so I will be building a 75 gallon reef tank. Probably is going to take me around 6 months to plan it to what I want it to be exactly. I still have my EV180 and light fixtures and reactors, etc. Can not wait to start this build. Hope you post a video soon man, I know you got a lot going on in your life but you are the one who inspired me to pursue biology and become a biologist. just want you to know that you actually made a pretty big foot print in my life.

Yup all I use is flexible tubing, much easier to setup and a lot better flow. I built my own sump with acrylic and love it!! Nice video

What's up Steelo. Just getting back into salt and your videos are a great help. Built my own overflow and sump with refugium. Watching your vids makes it easier to understand how it all works. Keep it up. Appreciate all your knowledge.

I honestly like seeing the sump and equipment used to run the tank more than I do the tank it's self I like gear but I am on a budget so I do a lot of diy stuff again love that your back best reefer on KZfaq can't wait to see what tank you just git and how you set it up I am setting up my bio cube 32 again it's going to be a Franken Stian tank till I can get my dream tank

Great vid Steelo, good to see your're still posting. The tank is looking excellent!

hey love your videos and the grea wealth of knowledge you contribute to this wondrful hobby I have been in for one year !i started out with a 90 and am in the process of building a 150 with the exact same set up sump refugium you have once i have it up and running i will post ome pics thanks again forallyour great educational videos i am 54 and had fresh water tanks as a kid always dreamed of building a beautiful living reef aquarium !! living the dream,,,,,

Excellent videos. I love KZfaq . I would never be able to gather info as good as yours up here in Windsor,Ontario,Canada, with out it. Keep up the good work Steelo.

Long awaited..a new video from Steelo

I love all the videos you have done so far, very helpful as I want to start a marine reef tank one day in the future. At the moment I only have a 250L freshwater with BGK and a Fire Eel and a 150L discus tank but the reef tank is my ultimate goal in fish keeping. Keep up the awesome videos !

Hi Steelo Heard you helping out some lovedones through some tough times, I think of you with high hopes and best wishes keep up the good work, whichever or however it materializes. Thank you! You have helped me, right when I was starting and needed it most man.

Wow Bro.... No water changes. I'm extremely impressed Sir

What an awesome video Steelo! Can't wait for the Radion update and review !

thanks for the reply. i subbed about 2 months ago, and i have watched most of your videos. when you have a video that got over a hundred thousand views and you take the time to reply to most, if not all comments. man that really means alot. thanks

I should of watched your maintenance videos before I even bothered you lol. I've been playing with this hobby on off for 10 years but this is my first refugium on 220g wall mount dream install by the way BIG props on the kinky tubing recommendation made my life much easier the has cycled I have a cleaner crew doing work I added a 3 to 4 in sand bed to the main tank with 100 lbs of live rock and 100 base rock below in the refuge I have a reef octopus 5000 external on a eshopps refugium

Nice to see you making videos again. Feels like it been a while

thanks for clearing that up! guess thats why you are the man with the smooth voice with a nice fish tank haha.

No water changes still? Excellent videos. I watched 4 videos so far. Great job sir.

Ok perfect !. Thank you Steelo !... I will get my hands on a mag 12... I always keep re-watching your videos, iam trying to get close to how you are running yours. Have a great Sunday..

Im so glad to see u back,really loved the vid, really informative :) I wanna thank you for putting in the time and effort to bring your unique points of view and open our eyes to new things in the hobby. Glad to be sub :)

Watch your videos. Stay awesome. keep up the great work. by next summer i will be getting into salt side of the hobby as well.

Finally, I get the time to watch this extremely informative video. Thank you for showing us the update. Thank you for experimenting with the DSB in the refugium and helping your subs achieve the best for their systems. It's about time for my twelve month maintenance and I will be moving some things around, namely the live rock. So the LED over the fuge is better than what you were using earlier? Great video, thumbs up!

My AC will be on basically 24/7. So I'm soo happy you say that cause I've been pricing chillers and holy moly!!!! Hubby is about to spaz with all the power usage I'm about to be using. I'm definitely going to have to figure out how to not trip the power since the AC is super powerful.

Wow, a year and a half without a water change, that must be nice.. but that sump is nice, i got the trigger system sump/refug just because i seen your video a while back and i'm glad i got it, it is sweet, i think people are more interested in that than they are with my display tank. Thanks for the video..

No worries. The question appeared here several times but I am glad you finally got your response. most questions wont show up until I get around to answering them.

To help keep flow from the return pump up where it should be all you have to do it glue 2 45 deg angles together to get ur 90 and it will keep ur flow up.... Good video looking forward to part 2. Keep it up

That tanks lighting is sick waiting on my kessles now hope they look that good

Ok thanks for the quick reply! Im so sorry to hear about your mom. She is in my prayers! You are such a great guy and I hope everything gets better soon! -btw im only leaving another comment because I dont know how to reply to your previous message.

Hay, great video. Helped me out alot. I just plumbed my first sump ever and its working great. All I have in it is a MTC Protein skimmer at the moment. I have a section for a refugium and you explaining what should actually go in it is great. Im also going to have to put some maxi jets in there as well. Thanks so much for your help

Thanks for the video!! The filtration and a perfect spot for your skimmer. Adding live rock within your sump you will produce a idea bio system.

Thank you. I am going in reverse working a 6gal pico for my first tank, but am looking at a 60gal cube, and I would like to be able one day to model your successes, keep up the good work!

thanks a million. the info is greatly appreciated. i will definitely keep watching, and plan on starting a big 120-150gal tank modeled after your 90 but am forcing myself to wait until i watch all your videos and get all the correct info so i don't make any more mistakes as i did in not having the right depth and grain size in my biocube. again a million thanks

Thank you so much for the video, far and away the best and informative video that I have seen!

Ok thanks. The key is for me just not to ever disturb it no matter what correct? Thanks again for the help ive been watching your videos for a long time

I hope you are ok in this storm mate. I'm in Brisbane Australia watching the news. Hope all is well

Thanks steelo. Your help is very much appreciated by me and I'm sure all other subscribers!

Thanks for all you have done in helping others and I am sure you are going to continue. I am going to continue to watch and learn.

Just started watching a short time ago my friend . Very informative , and easy to understand. Thanks for all your help. I am still gather information to avoid mistakes.

Hi Steelo, Mick from uk reasonably new to marine (two years now) . Fantastic videos , very educational really good thanks.

Great video and I always enjoy watching your videos, Last week I shut down my 120 Gal oceanic tech tank and upgrading to bigger tank...

Good vid as normal it's funny that you done this vid as I was torn between PVC pipe & flexies I always found that PVC is a lot noisier than flexies because of the 90 degree bend good to see you again

I love how you actually reply to people that comment! =P please keep up the good work and Ill stay tuned!

Great detail, much appreciated. I will be adding in a powerhead into my first chamber. And another circulation pumps in the last. I still do like my sock though..i have them at easy access. Cwc.

I always learn something that I can apply to my own setup. I liked using Chemi-Pure Elite in my Biocube and couldn't figure out how and where to use it in my current 60gal cube setup. I will get a couple of bags and place them in the first chamber of my sump with my protein skimmer. Thanks as always! See you on Facebook.

thanks newyorksteelo this video came out just in time I just ordered my overflow box and all the plumming for my first refugium that is all diy.

I just took over a 120 gal Fish Only tank and the sump that came with it was 2 chambers, 2 drain hoses in filled with bio balls then it emptied to chamber 2 where 2 mag 9.5s sent it right back up like a boomerang. I took a lot of notes now tomorrow I'm gonna take my old 55 gal tank and try to make this setup. Thanks for the video!! PROPS!!

Hey Mr Steelo ! Long time no vid .. :( Missing your talks and experience sharing .. I set up a test tank with refugium as per your instructions and it has been working great .. Recently I started developing a really good friendship with an owner of a exotic fish store, I told him all about you and your advice + youtube channel , and how I use you as my "go-to" in regards to marine tanks .. But now here's the thing .. He showed me his filtration system that he has for his +- 15 000g store.. #1

Very very nice video MrSteelo Looking forward to part 2

Great video, thanks for sharing. I have an eshopps gen3 r-200 with the protein skimmer in the third chamber, I think I might cut our the filter sock are in the first based on your video. Sadly my protein skimmer pours micro bubbles into the DT.

Great setup! I just viewed you review of the sump refugium. I was in the Saltwater Reef Aquaria for 7 years about 6 or so years ago. It is unreal how far the technology and transfer of information has come today. Compared when I started 13 years ago basically the stone age lol and very unforgiving(However I was very proactive ). Your vids are very detailed, which is a good thing, and informational. I am planning on getting back into the hobby and will subscribe TY!

Your Videos are amazing so much information regarding the sump.

HEY STEELO YOU HAVE TO MAKE MORE VIDEOS MANG STARTING TO REALLY GET BORED WATCHING KZfaq, WITHOUT YOUR VIDS.

I love your vids. You inspired me to get a marine reef aquarium. Thank you for everything

Outstanding! Thank you for sharing!

Great Video and great answers to all the people questioning your expertise! Thanks to your advice I will be removing my live rock rubble in the bottom of my Refugium. I wll

I always learn so much when I watch your videos and I like the way you explain things too. Keep doing what you doing.

Thanks steelo I thought that wasn't right. Have a good weekend

for me the best video you have released to date that's why it's now in my favorites

great video steelo,been hanging for a new 1

Hi, Steelo, I am new to you channel, and I thank you for taking the time for your walk through on things. I have the same sump and starting to plumb a 120 with dual corner overflows. I will be using the AquaC EV-180 in mine so I see we have the same taste in equipment lol. Keep doing the vids and informing, its great.

Can't go wrong with the info in this video, THUMBS UP!

Great video. Keep em comin. Waitin for video #2

Thanks that makes since. I do have a tunze 6195 that I can run on the other side of the tank and save up for a couple of months. Thanks ur knowledge is top knock.

Keepm Coming Bro!!! I will definetly be taking your advise by adding a couple of maxijets in my sump to suspend the detritus.

Hey steelo thanks for all the videos they have been both interesting and educational!

great job on the sump, very instructive.

Awesome vid Steelo! As always, very informative & educational. I'm starting up my reef and will use many of the ideas you have incorporated into your system. Love the trigger sump - a must get for me. One idea I was thinking about was to add some baffles in the bottom of the fuge area to prevent the miracle mud from moving around too much. Thanks for helping all of us reef rookies out! BTW, sorry man, native NYer here but I cannot root for the Knicks after LinGate went down. :)

@newyorksteelo getting it tomorrow and ty I am so excited

Absolutely fantastic video Steelo. Well worth the wait. Stay cool bro.

I enjoyed the video bro, can't wait for part two. I'm very interested because I have a hob refugium, plus your nano tank looks awesome. Thanks

Yess, finally a video! lol Great explanation video steelo, as always. Keep it up!

More videos! Your system is awesome!

Tank looks great man!!! Good video too, real informative!!

Cool, thanks! I'll keep checking your vid's. Thanks for taking the time to put them up and for the quick reply.

Love the work you do. Keep up the great work new York steelo

Great video and info!

Thanks for sharing your knowledge of reef filtration. Two thumbs up!!