Bring Island Life Home With a Caribbean Biome Reef Tank!

[@2milesbelow676]

This guy would have been great for carnival cruise commercials !

[@josephposada1830]

He was a schoolteacher 😂

[@lorenzospina3174]

My favorite reef the Caribbean 😍. Greetings from Italy .

[@bluefish537]

this guy brings good vibes

[@SuttenPlant]

This tank is gorgeous and I'd love to do a similar build as my first tank! Is there any way we could get an update on how the tank is doing a year later?

[@brianaltmann613]

So detailed. Looks awesome!

[@papertowel2458]

I love Algaebarn. Last order I got from them (Macroalgaes), I got Aiptasia. It's been a fun time.

[@TattooedDancer91]

everyone has aiptasia, and every tank gets them at some point.

[@papertowel2458]

@@TattooedDancer91 Yeah except I take precautions to make sure I don't get them. The one time I didn't. got it from them. They pride themselves in pest free algae.

[@ScaleTrainStation]

It will be very interesting to see how the sponges, NPS and scallops fare in this small tank.

[@peterpoop]

Why what do they usually require? Them red scallops look cool. Never seen them before. Do they do well in a normal reef lps tank

[@ScaleTrainStation]

@@peterpoop Because they are all non-photosynthetic, they require a lot of the right kind of food. This tends to either result in them starving, or the tank becoming eutrophic and overrun with nuisance algae. Perhaps things have advanced since I last had sponges and NPS coral, which is why it will be interesting to see.

[@peterpoop]

@@ScaleTrainStation ah ok thanks for the info

[@Wildlifebio]

Dead within a few weeks. This is just the youtube version of “Tanked” 🤣

[@sunnygoold9449]

Incredible Matthew - now I want one!

[@nanoaquamania]

Need a dedicated channel for 100% captive bred fishes/corals.

[@artistic_spaz3724]

The mesh on the weir is a great idea! Wish I would have thought of that before I lost my pistol shrimp and goby!!

[@keishalacounte4225]

This is what I am creating! I don’t know why the video didn’t show up for me at the beginning but I am soooo into pipefish and gorgonians

[@DanVoels]

Beautiful setup!

[@sumatevetmed1522]

Been waiting !!!!!!

[@big21o3]

That looks great!

[@duffmcgruff2831]

That is a beautiful tank 😍

[@noahhess3700]

What are the plans to keep the filter feeding and nps organisms alive? I don’t want to be critical, but I feel like this system isn’t viable long term: - wild type mollies can easily reach 3-4”, a trio in a 15g is a pretty heavy biolode. The gulf pipe will reach 7” if it can get enough food to last that long. - flame scallops have a painfully low survival rate; even in nps tanks with heavy feeding most just waste away. An organism that is beautiful, but usually condemned to a slow and cruel death in aquaria. - heavy feeding needed to support all the nps gorgs would foul the water quickly and with regularity. - Mithrax crabs will turn to predation with lack of algae to graze on. Again, I don’t want to be critical, but am concerned that this video may be misleading. Even if the community of organisms were able to coexist in such a small tank long term, the consistent feeding and high volumes of water exchanges required would surpass the ability of the average aquarist. Just my two cents.

[@CalcioFan4Ever]

I'd love to see a snowflake eel biome. Since I'm making a tank macoalgae tank just for my snowflake eel

[@Eric_Allen]

Amazing production quality. Very detailed. Beautiful tank. I love it!

[@chrisgalea7737]

This tank is so beautiful. In love with it, Matthew. I have to ask. Do you still have those red and yellow gorgonians non-photosynthetic? I know they are hard to keep. This tank has given me so many ideas now after i get my first saltwater tank set up. Thanks for all that you do. Great information in your videos.

[@thoms-zeeaquarium]

Beautiful tank Matthew! Will u there be updates? I wonder whether it is possible to have long-term success with this type of tank.

[@mryes413]

Is there any update on the Caribbean Sea tank?

[@leviclark4305]

Love this tank and would definitely like to try one like this in the future

[@YouBetterCallSaul]

Pretty crazy setup. A lot of things in this tank I’ve never seen before👍🏼 I take it the seahorse tank isn’t up and running anymore?

[@JeepinReefer406]

How about a tank update? I started a Macro tank inspired by this about a year ago, lets just say it didn't go as planned.

[@orpheus1180]

So many species in here that aren't going to last very long... porifera sp. and flame scallops, nps gorgonians?

[@ramon14me]

Great to see your back I had lost all hope when I did not see any new videos. Thank you as always your informative and honest.

[@astronomical5799]

Matthew's videos are regularly posted on the Bulk Reef Supply - Saltwater Aquariums channel.

[@airn09]

Absolutely fascinating, cant wait to spend the time to make one

[@Hozay1]

Without the mangrove, do you reckon this tank with all other algae and live stock as doable with a kessil a80? one word to describe this video..inspirational. Thank you 🙏

[@TheAlmostPanda]

I ran a similar macro tank for some time and I would say the Sun kessil a80 would be doable for a small footprint 10 gallon tank like this. Honestly, an AI Prime is overkill if you're just running a mostly white spectrum anyway. Freshwater lighting will get you further for cheaper. I Used a twinstar 600e over mine to great success(my tank was a shallow lagoon so a single a80 would've been too little). I now run a Smat Farms g5 v2 over my 25 Lagoon which is a fantastic light for the price.

[@xisotopex]

why the activated carbon continuously?

[@avatargunner6776]

What type of salt water fish are all good to put in that style of tank stock?

[@Cosigner22]

Google

[@garrettharper6046]

Is there any updates to this video??

[@abyankabir1910]

Hey, just wondering if for a 60 inch peninsula mixed reef tank should I get 2 reefbreeders photon v2 plus 50 inch or should I get one photon v2 plus 50 and and 2 reefbreeders lumen bars? It will be a mixed reef but I do have plans on turning it into a sps dominated tank. Please let me know, thank you!

[@Cosigner22]

Why not utilize the Google machine?

[@abyankabir1910]

@@Cosigner22 I’m sorry, I don’t remember asking you.

[@noahhess3700]

I started with one 50” fixture and it’s good for the moment. When my sps start to shade out the lower parts of the tank I might add some bars, but until then it’s a little overkill

[@abyankabir1910]

@@noahhess3700 hey, thanks for the reply! Just one question, how does the shimmer look? Is it too static? I was hoping you could tell me please. That is the only reason I am not sure if I should get these lights.

[@noahhess3700]

@@abyankabir1910 They have decent shimmer! It isn't the crazy shimmer that Kessils have, but I actually prefer the look as it is present but not distracting.

[@Scott-cy6zv]

Awesome Video!! When I treat my tank with Chemiclean. I know to remove my carbon and throw a air stone into the tank for more oxygen :). Matt will the Chemiclean kill my beneficial bacteria… and how many water changes will I need to do after a few days of treatment?

[@seanaustin8516]

Yes the first one and the first comment 🤟🤟❤️❤️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👑👑💥💥💥🔥🔥

[@dusk1947]

This one is cool. I love that BioTopes are starting to bleed there way into reefing.

[@laurenhepp4681]

Do you still have your seahorse tank? Would be good to get some tank updates for your other tanks. 👍

[@austinholtz349]

Mollies get way to big for a tank of that size.

[@BAYRAKTAR_MAN]

As a Floridian, the intro had me soo triggered 😩

[@BAYRAKTAR_MAN]

Never heard a steel drum hum though lol

[@mcgoo721]

Encrusting ball sponge is the worst name for anything that ive ever heard.

[@МореГродно]

When you try to put on a fake smile, you get this disgusting grimace. Why do you keep trying to fake a smile? Did someone tell you that if you fake a smile and try to talk, it will attract an audience? You've been duped.

[@rhombifer566]

Using that Sands a good way to kill your fish too don’t use it

[@Cosigner22]

LMAO... How's that? I've used it on most of my tanks.