These are my top 10 reef aquarium hacks. Did I leave your favorite off the list? Share your best reef hack below!

Why would anyone dislike this. It's just helpful innovative and inexpensive tips for christ sake!

Best video production in the “reef industry” your polished content, doesn’t go unnoticed... at least not by me.

No one makes videos like Than @Tidal Garden The effort and time spent making these videos is much appreciated Keep up the good work! Kind regards

Earwax removing tool is amazing for cleaning .

My god!!! The makeup brush tho!!! Perfect!! Been fighting trying to keep my zoas clean and not hurt them through a nasty algae bloom I’ve been fighting a couple weeks now

The makeup brush is such a great idea! But for anyone who doesn't know a thing about makeup it holds lots of oils and gross stuff in brushes even after washing so a new one is worth it you can get them cheap anywhere!

Good list, thanks Than. I'd like to add: - ice (to dislodge an anemone foot from LR) - paper towels (for cleaning the outside of the DT) - a stool (easy to move, good for height to siphon things)

I use a digital food thermometer to check the aquarium temp. I also use the Zeiss lens wipes from walmart to clean the exterior glass of my tank -- leaves no streaks and gets it crystal clear! Also, the egg crate diffuser comes in handy for making a cover for your tank that still lets the light and air through. If you go on a trip for a few days and want someone to feed your fish for you, you could leave dry food like flakes and pellets in a 7-day pill box that has the exact amount of food you want delivered. There are even AM and PM pill boxes in case they need to be fed twice per day.

for sound deadening. Egg crate foam. it's super cheap and easy to put up and take down. I would consider putting some on your walls and even ceilings. you could also hang them from the ceiling. you could take the acrylic crates for the lighting and glue or eve zip-tie the foam to them. the acrylic usually comes in 2x2 or 2x4 foot panels. whatever you do don't put in a drop ceiling. they are dusty and in a humid environment the grid will rust unless you spend a ton of cash on the all aluminum grid.

Great list! Aside: I despise the Oxo turkey baster for reefing as it always lost a seal. Kent Marine had one that did the trick.

That bunch of bananas in the back

I love blasting my live rock with the turkey baster

I love you man! Thank you so much for spending the time to do this video and going the extra mile, I couldn't even imagine how hard it is to make a video like this, it seems like a lot of effort, please keep educating us, thank you again, I just want to let you know we appreciate you, please don't stop, we see you, Lol.

Excellently done and informative. The quality of your videos is impeccable and very well edited. Thank you for putting together a professional video.

Great advice for those new to the hobby 👍

Very Helpful!

Makeup brushes is a new one for me! Great list.

Good stuff ill have yo remember all of them when I start my salt tank.

Great video Than! Thank you for all the great tips.

Favorite channel!!!!!!! Out of all!

The tools and the food totes are going to be a + for me.. thanks brother... 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

great job !!! thanks again Than

Awesome examples!

Very good video! Very useful, even for freshwater.

Great video like always thank you so much

Great everyday “real world” tips!

Thanks a lot for the carving tools recommendation. I have some encroaching montipora to deal with.

great video! thanks!

Thankyou! I am going to go and get some silicone mats now, vibration sounds drive me crazy!

Great video 👍Thank you

Great video thank you

Great video!!!

Awesome video 👍👍

Great video 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇬🇧

Great way to get the most out of these items..

The coolest guy in the hobby 😎

awesome tips

Mr clean magic eraser- best algae pad ever! plain ones only!

Bro, you make some of the best videos on the net! Wished they were a bit longer and more in depth though.

great video

This was a good list, Than. And I appreciate how you film and edit your videos. That’s why I’m subscribed to your channel. 👍🏻

Good tips some new some old but all good

Thank you

Awesome video! You have a subscriber 😁👍🏻

Very nice, am missing the manatee tail tools, but I think my wife have / had them somewhere. Thank you! Good video

Light diffusers are also good at keeping rocks off the glass, or making more intricate aqua scapes. I also use Mr Clean Magic Erasers for a good glass scrub, when I use razors it gets everything floating and messy- just be sure to use the original and not one with any added cleaners.

I use that same carving set.

I have a acrylic rod "Coral feeder"with a bulb that i like a lot better than the turkey baster i have. It's about 2ft long and more useful.

Any tips for reducing trickle noise? Where I get the most is from my main return where it enters sump/water sock.

zip ties are a must have for life.

Good info Than...

Fantastic videos thank you so much for sharing your knowledge I have a suggestion for a alternative to the make up brush many artist brushes are made of natural materials which are inert and really hang onto their bristles quite well they come in so many different textures and some are very soft and some are slightly stiff or they could be used for so many different applications such as a fan brushes could be used to gently get down in between cracks and crevices I love to use artist brushes there also longer and sometimes easier to manipulate also in the arts section of your local craft store artists use wooden tools to stir and manipulate their paint or to scrape and various other applications these little wooden tools come with so many different shaped heads flat heads and pointy heads and the like they’re incredibly useful and some of them are quite disposable so if they get doll or become less useful you can just toss them and get a whole new bag for really cheap

You can use your zoom on the phone for better magnification.

Those are “Clay” carving tools... they work great 👍🏽

The clock/timer function on phone. I use mine every water test. Don't trust yourself to count properly, especially the "tricky" ones like Red Sea Mg test requiring 15 seconds x 5.

Kebob sticks! lol

Time for that maxspect glue gun as an upgrade to that dollar store glue gell

i use turkey baster to help upright astrea snails.

Citric acid is good for cleaning pumps,screen wipes for the glass

leather jacket Than.... I like

I have a ton of oxo containers, I got them from Costco.

Will you please suggest any Loctite glue against Super Glue. As super glue is not available here in India .

I was getting sick of running extension cords from every power socket in my house so I just went and bought a single powerboard.

Great Video and I got an A. The black wire ties are outdoor rated and should hold up better in the greenhouse

Great video! Thanks and btw you're very handsome XD

A glass wiper is so good at cleaning outside glass.

from now on i am going to use make up brushes !!

What is the coral at 4:25

Advice.. only the black name brand cable ties are uv resistant.. if exposed to UV buying the proper cable ties matters greatly. You’re talking .10 more a tie for 100x longer use. It’s one thing that’s not really worth cheating out on. On pumps and powerhead cleaning.. no need to scrub with vinegar water solution.. plug them in and let them run in a bucket and they self clean. I’ll add you can also put other equipment in with pumps and clean both at same time again wo scrubbing. I missed in the video of you said the right mix ratio.. but 2/1 makes quick work and a small rubbermaid tote packed with all equipment and few power heads or pumps will work wonders in short time. I then drain and fill with regular tap water and use same method to rinse..

5:30 for a rap

LOL@ 9:57 "I can probably show you that in B Roll" --que NOT showing it... lol ...It's okay, I know what a manatee's tail looks like ;)

Hey than, I’m setting up my first reef tank and I’m relatively local(25min) I would apreciate it a lot if I could explain what I plan on doing through call or something like that and seek your expert guidance!

Razor blades. Tooth brush. Rubber bands. Tupperware.

Bad advise, do not take anything makeup related from your partner! Just buy your own 😆 .... Awesome video!

why not buy bigger tubes of glue? surely you could save $/oz that way

I stopped using vinegar and switched to muriatic acid. Vinegar is too expensive to keep buying, just buy some muriatic acid and dilute it; one jug will last a year.

carving clay is what those tools are for

How about something everyone uses but shouldn’t: Stainless Steel hose clamps (always rust)😂

Than what’s up with the bananas 🍌 😂🤣

That super glue can you apply it under water?

Its not 4 wood woorking its for clay, wax or other soft things

#1: Oxo turkey baster #2: Oxo drying mats #3: Carving set #4: Makeup brush #5: Oxo Pop-up Containers #6: Vinegar #7: Camera #8: Zipties #9: Super glue #10: Egg crate

I recently heard vinegar is a no no. It penetrates plastics and will eventually destroy pumps and wave makers. Citric acids or even muriatic acid diluted is a better safer choice. Here's the article....

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I’m trying to find videos which identify hitchhikers that come along in your tank when I set up my first saltwater tank I purchased live rock from the store I got everything on that live rock from sea stars to shrimp to these crazy brown worms with feathery faces I can’t identify these worms they’re definitely not bristle worms which is what everybody usually suggest they look a lot more like an earthworm or even a bloodworm but they aren’t blood worms if anybody has some references that they could steer me towards that might have the taxonomy of various types of sea worms it would be greatly appreciated they tend to move along the surface of the sand and sometimes bro down into the sand and also occupy holes in my live rock they appear to eat brown diatoms I have taken pictures of them to my local hobby shops and no one can tell me what they are some people say they think that they’re perfectly fine and others say that when they become large they could become predatory and I are to remove them now my young daughter is enamored with them however and just thinks they’re the greatest things so if anyone could advise me so I don’t have to break her heart by taking these creepy worms out of the tank I would really appreciate it

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Don’t use vinegar!!!! Citric avid is way better

Panty hose are great as media bags. Is that too old school? Do women even wear panty hose anymore?

sir pls make video in english

Just spend the money on UV rated zip ties. Problem solved.

Go back.

You’re trying to be American. When will you return to Burma ?