Mixed Reef - Saltwater Aquarium - Red Sea Reefer 250 - Reef Tank Maintenance

[@jakephillips8221]

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[@NanoTankReefer]

49 - Cheers buddy, Good luck with the giveaway 🙂

[@jakephillips8221]

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[@robmoody3827]

Great video! Nice and clear with no nonsense! 👍

[@NanoTankReefer]

Cheers Rob! I appreciate the feedback 🙂

[@simongrainger2260]

Awesome mate... Love your tank

[@simongrainger2260]

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[@NanoTankReefer]

Cheers dude, it's come a long way over the past 2 years. Let's hope I can get the nano tank up to par 🤞

[@thetipsycookery8268]

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[@KreefAquariumhobby]

Oh! Looks great. 👍👍

[@NanoTankReefer]

Cheers dude 🙂

[@jaysrealreefuk]

Why have I never seen this channel. Great video and just subbed 👍

[@NanoTankReefer]

Cheers buddy, I appreciate the sub 😎

[@gavinjames1739]

Looks amazing as always dude. Keep up the good work 👍

[@NanoTankReefer]

Thanks Gav, much appreciated 😁

[@gavinjames1739]

@@NanoTankReefer Welcome mate

[@BeardedReef]

Beilliant video mate! Great to see how others do their maintenance and good to learn from it too! The tank looks absolutely stunning. I keep checking the channel as im so excited for you, almost at 1k! Can't wait to see the next update!

[@NanoTankReefer]

Cheers dude. Not long now 😁 I'm hoping it'll be either today or tomorrow 🤞🤞

[@BeardedReef]

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[@NanoTankReefer]

Absolutely 🥳

[@BeardedReef]

@@NanoTankReefer congratulations mate! Well deserved!!

[@NanoTankReefer]

Much appreciated buddy!!

[@danktanks5318]

Beautiful tank man

[@NanoTankReefer]

Thank you 🙌

[@catl1909]

1000+ subscribers 🥳🥳🥳

[@NanoTankReefer]

Thanks 😘

[@rudra7615]

You make maintenance look so easy! 1) so you don't need to vacuum sand bed nor do you need to clean your sump? Can't see any detritus, is it cause your roller takes all of it out? Amazing 2) the torque reactor is for carbon? 3) you must be a heavy feeder for skimmer and roll? Or I could be wrong Amazing tank, hope you do cover your monthly maintenance one day, and the nano tank

[@NanoTankReefer]

It's all about streamlining your maintenance schedule, it used to take me 2-3x longer but now I have a routine it's so much quicker

[@NanoTankReefer]

In the torque reactor I run a small about of carbon and GFO

[@NanoTankReefer]

The tank is currently overstocked 🙈 I'm in the process of sorting the issue but that's why the skimmer is so full. Monthly and the nano will be covered in the coming weeks 🙂

[@gleffglite4294]

Pretty neat setup you've put together, very organized, happy reefing.

[@NanoTankReefer]

Cheers mate 🙂

[@timow2308]

Why do you pump water out of the tank and out of the sump? It is the same water, isn't it?

[@NanoTankReefer]

It sure is, I like to remove half from the sump as it helps reduce any settled detritus from the sump

[@rudra7615]

Rewatching this and a question. If you are dosing and keeping things stable. Why the need for weekly water changes? Hmm couldn't you just do monthly? I mean is it cause the dosing doesn't give all of the nutrients back in?

[@NanoTankReefer]

At this point I was doing the waterchanges to manage nutrients. Since I started carbon dosing about 2 months ago I haven't done a single waterchange. It's a topic in an upcoming video 🤫

[@garyfielding2233]

Hi can i just ask is your Brute Bin the vented one?

[@camd7011]

Do you find the lid of the reactor pops off by itself? I have the same one and the lid comes off all the time then water sperts everywhere.

[@emanuelepegoraro4083]

Which light are you using?

[@bananna7465]

Hi does having your tank right by your TV distract you when watching TV ? Also do the tank lights glare your eyes when sat down ?

[@00Mass00]

I notice you have the ghl aquarium controller with KH director, and reactors to remove nutrients Why do you need to do waterchanges?

[@NanoTankReefer]

Currently to remove nitrates, the reactor removes phosphate and the waterchange removes the nitrates. The tank is a little overstocked. Given I only have a few months left in the tank I'm happy to keep up with the waterchanges

[@00Mass00]

@@NanoTankReefer Thanks for answering!

[@zhichaogong6978]

Did you modify the sump comes with RedSea, so you can use the roller mat?

[@NanoTankReefer]

Yes, the original filter sock holder was removed along with a baffle. I followed instructions from a reef2reef thread

[@iczerone2000]

Is it the camera angle or is it the Redsea Cabinet sagging?

[@NanoTankReefer]

I hope it's the angle but I'll get the level on it later to be sure 😅

[@iczerone2000]

@@NanoTankReefer from watching the video. It looks to be sagging in the middle. But I could be wrong and it’s just the camera angle. I hope I’m wrong!

[@NanoTankReefer]

You're absolutely right, it does look like it's sagging on the video. I think it's the wide angle lens distorting the image. To my eye looking at the tank it's straight. I'll definitely be double checking it now though

[@iczerone2000]

@@NanoTankReefer I hope I’m wrong. But if just incase. Contact Redsea. I saw a video and the guy’s cabinet was sagging and Redsea sent him a bracket. I just forgot which video it was.

[@77blacktrip]

Hey mate nice setup. I have a red sea reefer 250 also with a very similar sump setup. Skimmer, bio balls, clarisea, chemical doser and I also run an algae reactor. To be honest in my opinion water changes are overrated. With your filter system you could do a lot less water changes and your levels should remain the same. I tested my nitrates phosphates ammonia pH alk calcium salinity and even copper (as I have red line shrimp) every 2 weeks for 7 months without doing a single water change and my levels barely moved. Had no issues with algae either. No coral or fish loss. The only reason I did a water change eventually was because I moved house but my tank has been set back up for 4 months and I havnt done a water change since. Tested all levels yesterday and they were spot on. Just a thought anyway. I know I save a lot of money now on salt I even use the same salt as you and it's expensive! Check out my tank and sump videos if you like, I will post a new video soon of my 250 to show how much my corals have grown with 1 water change in the last 12 months... Cheers!

[@NanoTankReefer]

I very rarely do a waterchange on this tank anymore, it was drummed into my head as a new reefer that I should be doing weekly waterchanges and that's not always the case

[@innerpeacefindings671]

Can you show how you modified redsea sump and replaced it with clarisea pls.

[@NanoTankReefer]

I didn't take and photos or any footage of the mods. I followed a thread on reef2reef

[@별님달님햇님-s6i]

your LED radion? or hydra?

[@NanoTankReefer]

On this tank I'm running 2x GHL Mitras LX 7206

[@별님달님햇님-s6i]

@@NanoTankReefer I'm thinking about Radion G5 30 blue and hydra HD52 Your What's your choice? The water supply is 90 centimeters and 250 liters i I want sps

[@NanoTankReefer]

@@별님달님햇님-s6i I used hydras on this tank before the Mitras, they were great but I wanted more light spread. I also use a Radion on my nano tank, it's fantastic! If it was a decision between hydras or radions I would probably go for Radions

[@별님달님햇님-s6i]

@@NanoTankReefer Which do you think is better, Pro or Blue?

[@hkn2718]

Hello my British brother! You have all those marinepure blocks in the sump yet you siphone water out of the sump weekly, wouldn’t that defeat the purpose of the beneficial pods, bacteria etc that you’re building up in the sump?

[@NanoTankReefer]

The bio media in the sump never gets dry, the sump has a small baffle between chamber 1 and chamber 2. Even if I were to completely drain chamber 2 the first chamber would still have an inch and a half of water

[@miketube6662]

Iam after a new reactor what do u think of the nyos I do have the nyos 120 skimmer which is great 👍

[@NanoTankReefer]

I personally love the reactor, works well and it's nice and easy to switch out the media and clean

[@miketube6662]

@@NanoTankReefer what size is it i was going to get the 1 litre size so i can run carbon and rowaphos I can’t believe how much it is though bet it only cost £40 to make

[@NanoTankReefer]

@@miketube6662 I have the 1.0, for the extra it cost I didn't see the point in going for the .75 as it gave me the option to run both. Yeah, for a reaction it's mad money 🤯 works well and hasn't let me down in 2 years so I can't complain

[@miketube6662]

@@NanoTankReefer nice one ☝️

[@jason5584]

Any chance you plan on making a video how you keep your sand bed clean? Is that part of your monthly maintenance?

[@NanoTankReefer]

I certainly do, I'll cover that in a couple weeks when the monthly maintenance is due 🙂

[@jason5584]

@@NanoTankReefer That would be great! Thank you for taking the time to make these videos and share them. It's appreciated

[@NanoTankReefer]

Not a problem mate, I'm really enjoying it 😁

[@josielbarbosa6772]

Parabéns pelo reef ... Qual o parâmetros que você deixar ?

[@fishpalace]

Nice video. Cannot believe how clean your sump and tank is but not a surprise given how meticulous you are with weekly Maintenance . How long has the tank been set up?

[@NanoTankReefer]

Cheers Paul, it's not that clean. The bulk of the detritus in the main chamber gets picked up by the pump. There's a fair amount within the bio balls under the Clarisea. Whilst nutrients are in check I'll leave it be thought. The tanks been running just short of 2 years

[@grzegorzstepien1399]

Hi Mate. Im wondering why in water changeing process you dump 25L from a display tank and another 25L from a sump. It's the same water. All you have to do it's a dump 50L from display tank. Thats it. Of course you can syphon out detrithus from a sump and its a good idea to do that but with this pump you wont do this perfectly. Nice tank you got there by the way :) Best regards

[@NanoTankReefer]

It's mainly because I like to keep the water circulating in the tank whilst I do a water change. It's probably unnecessary but something I do. If I were to take the full 50L from the display the water level would fall below the gyres and I would have to turn them off. It also helps with cleaning the bottom of the sump. It doesn't do a perfect job of keeping the sump clean but definitely helps

[@aquahobby2864]

Bueatyfull tank dear❤❤💓💓 How often and how much water you change in this tank??

[@NanoTankReefer]

Thank you 🙂 Currently I am doing a 20% water change every 2 weeks

[@hoavo5576]

1st cmt

[@Redsea250]

Can I ask what are your parameters?(kh, no3,po4) And which fish have you in there? I love your tank 🥰😍

[@NanoTankReefer]

Currently parameters are sitting at: Po4 0.06 No3 15 Dkh 7.9 Ca 444 Mg 1467

[@Redsea250]

Nice, how many fish have you in there? I have the same tank, and I have 2 clownfish, 1 wrasse, 1 royal gramma, 1 blue tang, 1 blenny and 2 kauderni. I would add some new fish because I have near zero of no3 and maybe if I had some new fish I will finally raise up a little bit

[@chriswhittaker9586]

If you dose so much why do you do water changes ?

[@NanoTankReefer]

Back then it was for nutrient export

[@chriswhittaker9586]

So what do you do now ? Water changes or not at all ?

[@NanoTankReefer]

I do the odd waterchange now and then. I'm using lanthanum chloride for phosphate control and nitrates are usually within range without any interference. If they get a little high I carbon dose to bring them down

[@chriswhittaker9586]

@@NanoTankReefer how do you find you’re getting on with the lanthanum chloride ?

[@NanoTankReefer]

I've had lanthanum show up on an ICP test and have been assured by a few experienced reefers it's not an issue. My corals are unaffected but my snails don't like it. I've had to remove most of them from the system. It's great at keeping phosphates stable but honestly I'm not a fan of having heavy metals in the system long term

[@jaguaresed]

Why don't you put a cover under the tank to make the tank look more pretier

[@akvasvet]

👍

[@jaguaresed]

Wow every week? I do this every month, and only 25% that is a lot of work but nice fish tank

[@taxiforcraig]

10% in the tank and 10% in the sump

[@dustsnow666]

Please get a head mounted camera. You can pick one up for 40 bucks on eBay. I could not finish your video, mega annoying😢

[@creechenstein]

What return pump do you use with your sump?