How to Setup a Reef Tank - Part 2 - Aquascaping principles, Leveling, Live Rock

[@cody-zo6]

God we miss you everyday Jake! cannot image all the beautiful tanks you have through the gates of heaven!

[@rickyp8298]

You make it look so easy! I want to buy a third tank now just so i can aquascape something that makes me feel all “warm and fuzzy”. Awesome instructional Jake!

[@Courtney-Jai]

Watching your videos had a tank a few years ago, sadly lost my fish and sold the tank but uve decided to go back in with a nano these videos are pretty helpful

[@mikeachenbach5519]

Another great video. I've been away from the hobby for about 7 years but I so want to start up again and your videos show me what's new, Thanks.

[@daveaquatics7918]

Nice set up and nice rocks too. Easy to arrange corals on them

[@hightechredneck3]

Man, i literally needed this the day you uploaded this video but am just now seeing it.

[@MakerofThingss]

Shouldn't you always place rock first, and make it solid and stable, and then add sand? That way any digging fish or inverts don't topple the rock and cause disaster?

[@peach0221]

kickasssloth360 I was just about to comment this haha plus it's alot easier to scape outside of the tank

[@northeastcorals]

It's not particularly important on a scape as small as this.

[@zerberus2525]

Not only bc of fish, you get some nutrient pockets in the sand under the rocks too and in a mini system like this, not bueno...

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

I am impressed by the critical thinking everyone is demonstrating with their comments, it's truly quite commendable and I will make sure to address them in future videos.

[@eroggero]

kickasssloth360 Well I guess I won’t leave my comments since you kind of covered it LOL. My concern would be inverts or gobies digging up underneath and getting crushed or toppling something over as well as the nutrient pockets. Otherwise think the scape looks great

[@omarbut3424]

i'm getting exicited with this hobby

[@MrsGSXR11]

What brand marker are you using on the fish tank glass?

[@Harolddespui]

Puttings shims on the back of the cabinet will put a lot of weight on that side and could stress the cabinet. If i have to level a cabinet, i put a thick wooden shelf on the floor first, level that with shims, and then put the cabinet on the shelf.

[@soup6317]

No

[@eddiediederich7244]

Cool video. I used the same rocks in my tank. Great scape.

[@Guacamole44479]

Would you glue these life rock connections? If so, what would you use Jake? Thx!

[@Threedog1963]

Was wondering the same thing. I have seen people use SuperGlue Gel to attach frags to the rock. Wouldn't that work?

[@volteface69]

Merci Jake pour cette deuxième partie !!! 👍👍👍

[@leefoster4133]

Its better to place the rock first! Also its not a bad idea to place a mat under just in case members of the CUC are burrows. So, if a rock shift then it doesn't impact on glass. Which is why I think you laid the sand first. But, it is more than likely to shift if there is burrows in either case. Now you could use that proxy like material to make it permanent so it doesn't move but the down side its allot harder to change later if you don't like it or want to change the look. Then after it's done the sand goes down. Now, one of the points you made on the sand it's necessarily true. You rather have the sand even. In the 70's it was to build up the back so that the food would settle in the lower levels. That didn't really work out so it was a myth sales guys said at the time. As far as the layout, no, I didn't like it for myself. I normally do two islands: large, small and medium. This way I can place different corals so they will not be close enough to sting another one. Hard to do in a small Aquarium.

[@y.a.d1737]

I was waiting for it, 😍, u never do break my expectations!

[@V.I.Bogdan]

how much rock have actualy ended up in the tank ? 10 / 16 pounds ? hard to tell

[@Andrea_di_napoli]

Whaou incredible ! what is your playlist music so good vibe? Thank u 🙏

[@naturehdlover]

Hey hello ,i see all your video s ,nice job❤but i have a question ,i buy today this thank ,were put you the heater in this tank??

[@manuelmaldonadojr2526]

I love your show thank you show is to me.

[@chinoskiipaganchinoskii145]

wtg always on point jake 🤙🏻

[@quokkaYT]

Can we get this banger of an intro song on the newer videos, Jake and Evan?!

[@muhammadrozaini4401]

Hi.. what is the sand product name? Fiji pink or Bahamas Oolite?

[@jawadjaloudi8579]

R.I.P jack adams💔🥀

[@braveheartreefer525]

Nice set up

[@zqrc10gt]

What video do you suggest for aquascaping a larger tank? I have red sea max500 the 119 gallon display.

[@don_chuwish]

"Flush"? "Square"? Think you meant "level" ... ah got it right at the end! Overall nicely done! Good tips.

[@Collinross88]

Wel uv never worked on site lol 😊

[@nicolesworld6751]

I started a reef tank with same rocks. I notice sponges I believe sycon. Wondering how this happen. All I added was fish and copepods. Did they come in copepods?

[@stoneprone8629]

Miss you Jake, wish you were here….

[@jr8688]

Love the arches

[@julianhehanusa1060]

where to buy an aquarium? there is an online shop

[@kobonkganesha3277]

Cukup membantu.....salam from indonesia

[@luis.aceves]

Wait! SAND? What happened to all bare bottom? @reefbuilders Gripes, now I have to rethink my new build. 😆

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

This is for the new reefers who want to setup a tank quickly and they expect reef tanks to look a certain way.

[@romabe10]

Do you have a link so i can buy the rock?? please RM

[@aarronmacias9856]

Jake what frag tanks do you have and where can I buy one?

[@Threedog1963]

I thought that the general rule was 1 pound of live rock per gallon of water. Having said that, 30 pounds of rock in a 30 gallon tank was too much. I used maybe 20 pounds and it seems crowded. I thought the live rock was an essential part of biological filtration. It's been up and running for a year now with fish only and water parameters are perfect. I want to add corals and remove some live rock. Any thoughts on this?

[@prolific_breed]

The caribsea rocks look great

[@zerberus2525]

Nice setup, but whyyyy Jake did you put the rocks on the sand?? I thought you would show the correct way setting a tank like that up.

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

I think there's a case to be made for both methods - in smaller tanks with small rocks it doesn't matter as much, but I just don't want to bury too much of the rock. In larger tanks you definitely would prefer to have contact between the rock and the bottom of the tank.

[@aniafish]

Reef Builders I have always preferred it this way , particularly for small scapes

[@kingfishers79]

the warm and fuzzies ha ha awesome

[@ijennielesieur]

Late subscriber here, watching all the Nano vids backwards of course lol. Question, does the #lbs/gallon of rock "rule" not apply on smaller tanks? I want to setup a 30g and want enough Rock for beneficial bacteria without putting 30lbs of rock (likely blocking too many areas?) But it is also not a plumbed or AIO tank unfortunately, so with less Rock I'd be relying on solely sand and filter media (unless there's a product/way to convert to an AIO? where I can stash more bio media) I guess that's 2 questions. Thanks!

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

The bacteria doesn’t really need your help too much. Just create the aqua scape you want and just don’t over pack with fish and you should be good.

[@gadamwoll]

What kinda sand comes in a bucket?

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

I rinsed it in the bucket

[@DFAChris]

What was the point of the tic tac toe board??

[@cameroncarter3253]

Is this the only tank with sand in your studio?

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

Yeah, but I'm on the fence whether to keep sand in and put my blue spot jaws inside, or tank sand out and do a more typical RB style reef tank.

[@cameroncarter3253]

Both options sound good! Thanks for all the videos!

[@cameroncarter3253]

Very cool!

[@SHAUNINADINE]

Why is it so important to level the aquarium so perfectly on the floor? What would happen if it was leaning to the back a tiny bit? Serious question :)

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

A tiny bit is not that critical, and better for it to lean back so water flows towards the filter than leaning forward, high up on the aquairum glass. But the larger the tank, the more important it is to get it perfectly level to distribute the load and stresses

[@SHAUNINADINE]

@@ReefBuildersVideo thank you that makes sence

[@mrinsanitii]

Nice aquascape. When I added snails after hours of precise architectural aquascape, all my hard efforts got wrecked because that one snail decided to push the rock over... Sad life.

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

Yeah you gotta watch out about bulldozing snails!

[@Faithbleed]

Would you not recommend gluing or pinning the rocks together? With high flow and fish that doesnt looks like it will last.

[@alsfishbarn1589]

Yes

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

Keep in mind this is a smaller tank, we'll explore other techniques on future, larger reef tank builds.

[@alsfishbarn1589]

Really like the video and really everything you do haha I wish you would have done a close up of the scape and how it turned out. Also won’t the sand just settle out?

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

Stay tuned for the next parts, you'll get to see EVERYTHING and how it's turning out.

[@joannepascarella2714]

You mentioned nothing about a heater...?

[@jerryborja7021]

Thanks men your my go too. thanks for this great vids 🫡

[@NRG-ds5hc]

SAND ALWAYS LAST!

[@matsteel2292]

You look like a young Harry Hamlin.

[@yumingqiu3577]

place rock first and then sand

[@ivoatadaine1665]

👍👏👏

[@soggysox3313]

Hi

[@stevenmoreno9600]

You had to level it 😅😅

[@Alamo-cz5xc]

Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

[@Dawg99999]

RIP

[@alexissixela6914]

Aquascaping 101 rocks first then sand...

[@josephposada1830]

Must be nice to have 500.00 of rocks to work with lol

[@agropequarisempre106]

Português?😭

[@walshja81]

Was he vaxxed?

[@pavelhanula450]

Solche grossen Keile zu Hause zu verwende ist nicht besonders schlau Sorry 👎