264 GALLON (1000l) COLD WATER Aquarium setup + Underwater footage from a local dock

[@kennethjanczak4900]

Great tank setup.... Thanks for taking the time to make the video and share it...

[@cloudy1317]

Really underrated channel that deserves more attention, keep up the good work!

[@ColdwaterTanks]

Thanks for the motivating comment! I really appreciate it! :) Hope you'll enjoy what's to come as well!

[@travistaylorphoto]

Really enjoyed this one. I’m excited to see all of the inhabitants

[@ColdwaterTanks]

Glad to hear that! I'm pretty excited myself! There's some cool critters coming!

[@SherryG1]

Thoroughly enjoyed watching the set up process! Loved the notes about what you learned and what you would have done differently, sand first, some water then rocks, then more water. Also, the big crab you released was hilarious, playing dead all the way to the ocean floor. Thanks for your content, Simon!

[@ColdwaterTanks]

Thanks Sherry! Biggest take away for me is probably that planning before doing is a very good idea, hehe... Yeah, I'm was wondering if something was wrong with that one until it finally "landed".. A crab big on drama! 😄 You're very welcome! Glad you're enjoying it!

[@anthonyrector8183]

Really cool video. Glad I found this channel. I'm really interested in seeing how the ecosystem of this tank turns out.

[@ColdwaterTanks]

Thanks! Glad you're enjoying thde channel! Hopefully the tank will work out as planned..

[@mitchl5220]

This is such an exciting project I can't wait to see what you decide to stock it with!

[@ColdwaterTanks]

Glad you think so! I still haven't decided on everything tbh, but the first couple of critters are pretty cool!

[@andrewarmstrong5248]

Had a sea tank 30 yrs ago with octopus cod flat fish used a beer chiller and double glazed the tank to stop condensation great hobby .

[@fastihavet]

Looks great! 4 degrees without supplemented cooling sounds amazing! I've never really been below 12 degrees i my tanks. The sandbed looks cool, that could be an awesome habitat for a lot of smaller critters. I've kept green crabs a few times and would not really recommend them. They are hardy, active och do some really cool behavior. But they are super aggressive, grows quickly, can capture and kill most fish and they are true escape artist. They will not stay for long in an open tank. The only one I kept for more than a month I had a fully sealing coverglass with a 1 kg rock on top.

[@ColdwaterTanks]

Thanks! Yeah, my basement is pretty ideal for this. I've had down to 4C during winter, and up to 18C during summer in my tanks there, which is almost identical to the surface temp around here. Only problem is, the temp in the room is the same, so it's not really a comfortable environment for me to sit and enjoy the tanks during winter, hehe.. Yeah, I'm hoping there will be a lot of different tiny critters living in the sand. Hopefully I can see some of it up against the glass. I suspected as much about the green crabs tbh... I'm sure it would probably be best for it to have a tank of its own if one was to keep a bigger one.. I did not think they were that good at escaping though, hehe..

[@TheBarnett8]

It was great seeing the underwater footage! I would love seeing scuba footage if you could manage that!

[@ColdwaterTanks]

Glad you enjoyed that! I have some pretty cool underwater video to come soon. I don't dive though, so I can only manage video where I'm on dry land I'm afraid, hehe...

[@agathacathartese7041]

this is gonna be good

[@ColdwaterTanks]

It better be after all the hard work filling this thing up, hehe...

[@JAdams-jx5ek]

Looking forward to seeing the results! Looking great so far

[@ColdwaterTanks]

Thanks! I think it'll be pretty cool in the end tbh! 😄

[@CoralReefkid]

I do really like this concept and your approach. I’m really excited to look for another video on it!

[@gearoidosullivan356]

fantastic project. Can't wait to see what you put in it, and what develops. I'm sure you'll find some interesting invertebrates in a few months time. Hopefully one of the burrowing creatures will come up near the glass so you can see them. Some polychaete worms would be cool.

[@ColdwaterTanks]

Thanks! I'm quite excited about the first couple of creatures tbh, hehe. I hope so! I'll be adding whatever I can find of small critters for the sand, but yeah, there should be some interesting stuff appearing by itself eventually for sure! Can't wait to see what that will be!

[@jcjcj.]

I loved the underwater footage

[@ColdwaterTanks]

Thanks! There's some cool underwater footage to come in future videos!

[@ivancardenasikeda784]

Beautifull aquarium

[@ColdwaterTanks]

Thank you! Glad you liked it!

[@robertforrest7956]

That'll be awesome once it's set and running good. 👍🏻

[@ColdwaterTanks]

Thanks, I think so too tbh! 😁

[@amazingaquaticsandexotics3030]

great scape. excited for the stock

[@ColdwaterTanks]

Thank you! I'm pretty excited myself tbh, hehe.

[@williampark6103]

Just joined. Always wanted to do this but don’t live by the coast.

[@ColdwaterTanks]

Glad to see you here! It's a lot of fun. Maybe you'll find yourself by the coast at some point, so you can give it a shot.

[@starlars2006]

Love your videos! Keep up the good work!

[@ColdwaterTanks]

Thanks a lot! Glad to hear you're enjoying the videos!

[@barleyarrish]

wow! it's happening, cool or what...

[@ColdwaterTanks]

Thanks! I think this will be fun from now on! Collecting the sand and water is one part I'm glad I'm done with tbh, hehe... How did your collecting trip go btw?

[@barleyarrish]

@@ColdwaterTanks A little disappointing Simon, in that, though I found many lovely animals, the only ones I kept as suitable were two prawns which greatly impressed me with their colouration, and of course some trial seaweed. I will return however as I'm certain that more will turn up as spring hastens on. There were hundreds of squat lobsters of all sizes, Topknots, Butterfish, Cornish Suckers, Worm pipefish, 3 Bearded Rockling, Painted Topshells, Snakelocks Anemone, Red Speckled Anemone, Blenny's. One Topknot was a good 10 cm's a handsome beast. I took some video of the location when I get a chance to shoot some video I'll post. Busy in the Garden at the moment. My friends boat goes in next month, and I might get a chance to try some trapping.

[@ColdwaterTanks]

@@barleyarrish Oh, That sounds like such an awesome bunch of critters though!! Not everything cool is a good fit for a tank though, I know that, hehe.. Sounds like a spot with a lot of potential at least, with that much life even this early. Beaches/rockpools tend to be somewhat dull and "lifeless" during winter in my area.. No rush! Is it nice enough to do outside gardening over there already? Here there's basically a snowstorm raging outside atm... Going to be well into the negative degrees here next week, even on the coast.... What are you going to be trapping for btw?

[@barleyarrish]

@@ColdwaterTanks I would really love to trap some leach's Spider Crab as they tend to live under and amongst the tentacles of Snakelocks anemone's, which is dead cool, and that is number one target species. Another thing I would like to try is to put a suitable rock down for a couple of months and see what has landed... Perhaps you could give that a try the results might be interesting?

[@ColdwaterTanks]

@@barleyarrish That sounds brilliant! Hope you'll find that crabby! Would be great in you'd tank I imagine! That sounds like an interesting idea. Just put it in the water, and take it up once in a while to see the changes! Think I might try that!

[@eborge86]

Fantastisk spennende🙌

[@ColdwaterTanks]

Takk for det! Tror det blir et interessant prosjekt! :)

[@canaccount7568]

Love this video! What kinda filtration are you using?

[@locomotivebreth1910]

Is your tank acrylic? Beach sand often contains magnetic particles which may scratch acrylic when using a magnetic cleaning tool..

[@glossonema]

would it be possible to house some kind of shoaling fish in a tank this size?

[@englishfishkeeper2007]

yesss that sounds cool

[@ColdwaterTanks]

Oh, I would love that tbh! Not sure what that would be though, that's small enough, and that I'd be able to catch...

[@alicichlid6805]

We get shoals of sand eels in the summer in the uk, not sure how easy they are to keep though?

[@englishfishkeeper2007]

@@alicichlid6805 quite difficult I think, they don't acclimatise well and need cold, oxygen rich water

[@alicichlid6805]

@@englishfishkeeper2007 He's got the cold oxygen rich water! I can imagine them being fairly fragile however they do seem to survive for short periods of time in rockpools

[@LongNguyen-hn6eg]

More 10 likes my friend 🦀

[@ColdwaterTanks]

Thanks mate! 😁

[@Moontanman]

Too bad those of us who keep cold water tanks cannot trade specimens between us. I'd love to have some squat lobsters! or a small wolf eel!

[@ColdwaterTanks]

True, that would be fun! Squat lobsters are among the critters I see most of... I've never seen a juvenile wolf eel though. That would be awesome indeed!