INSANE TWENTY GALLON REEF TANK!! *BEGINNER FRIENDLY??*

[@KoiBoy6]

Not just beginner, but in general. Was told to go big when I got in the hobby and started a WB 130.4 and hated keeping it up. Closed it up and did the WB 25g and its little work and pure enjoyment. I don't ever see myself doing a reef in a bigger tank again.

[@fatheadedfish]

Same here. I had exact same WB frag tank. Now have 20 cube. Much better.

[@Reefspidey]

Same here, I dropped down to a 25 and a 20 AIO and now they've been going for almost 6 years. I was never a fan of the "start big" advice

[@BonesSaw1979]

I’m at a 75 after 10-20-45 and it’s the most I can handle and enjoy.

[@rudra7615]

With the tech today, I think smaller/nano tanks are the way to go for beginners. If you can master it, you can handle a big tank.

[@rudra7615]

100% the secret to this tank is the amount of water changes..no skimmer either? Deffo water changes.

[@scorn556]

As someone who worked retail in a saltwater lfs, I tried to never give the go big advice. I liked recommending 20 to 40 gallon tanks because even though there can be more swings, when something goes wrong it's not as much of an uphill battle to correct. It seems like beginners stay in the hobby longer if they get a couple easy wins at the beginning!

[@WorldWideCorals]

That’s great advice! Thank you for watching!

[@Donkor640]

I feel the same way. I started my first saltwater tank 17 years ago and I was told bigger is easier, but that’s only half the story. Big aquariums cause as many problems as it solves IMO. First off the price of everything is bigger, and realistically it just gives you more room to build bad habits. When I set up my first Pico-Reef I realized that, it’s almost comically simple and cheap! I didn’t need supplements or any fancy gadgets because I just did a daily 1 Liter water change. The biggest challenge was choosing corals that wouldn’t outgrow the tank too quickly.

[@sgbbco3981]

One of the best videos put out by WWC and he did an amazing job explaining everything. More content please! Keep up the great work.

[@WorldWideCorals]

Thank you so much! More content coming your way!!

[@SiliconvalleyScapes]

I've watched this video like 3 times just to observe the coarl placement in a smaller tank, absolutely phenomenal inspiration for any one with a smaller tank! Wow!

[@WorldWideCorals]

I am thrilled you got inspiration from us!! If you ever need help with anything just let us know.

[@berndlosert3691]

The most beautiful 20 gal reef tank I have ever seen. Congratulations.

[@WorldWideCorals]

Thank you

[@AD-HVAC]

You need to make more content my dude. I don’t mind Vic either but the way you deliver information and opinion is great. Thanks for taking the time.

[@WorldWideCorals]

Thank you for the feedback! More content coming your way!

[@gmdiaz007]

Really nice tank. It goes to show anything is possible as long as you’re willing to put the work in to keep it. The rock work is awesome and helps to fit lots of coral

[@WorldWideCorals]

Thank you!!! We appreciate it!

[@demariosreefaquarium7475]

Simply spectacular. The colors pop ,I had to put on my 😎.

[@WorldWideCorals]

Haha! It’s blinding! Thank you for watching!

[@potsmokeris]

This tank is simply awesome! Wow! Rockwork is dope and coral selection and their placement is fantastic. Thanks for sharing this beauty! I wish I had a tank like this: beautiful and healthy.

[@WorldWideCorals]

It’s definitely achievable!! Thank you for watching!

[@plew2629]

Great Job Leah! More videos and highlights of the employees who grind all the time and less Vic! :)

[@WorldWideCorals]

Awesome idea!! Our employees work really hard to make it happen!

[@Red-357]

That’s a stunning tank. I started in the reef hobby back in 2003 (20 years ago) but when I had a tank crash, I got out. Just recently I started thinking about setting up another little tank and ran into this 20g tank. It’s amazing. Real nice corals.

[@WorldWideCorals]

Sorry about your original tank😔 You have our vote of confidence for starting again!

[@INFINITYGLOBALinc]

Josh is the best in the business!! Super cool chill guy in person 😎 💪 🇺🇸

[@WorldWideCorals]

So nice of you! Thank you for watching!!

[@Cappa4343]

Excellent job in this video Josh thank you ! I started the adventure and jumped the gun..began with a 32 bio..4 days later bought a 92g Reefer (Manhattan Aquariums) not thinking I could get the look I just saw in this video. Once I can stabilize the reefer, I’m gonna tackle the nano. More content like this (types, growth, placement, feeding) you guys are great!

[@Imperius_GG]

What a great tank. I’m just about to start my first reef in a WB 25G after 15 years in freshwater this is the type of content I need. Would love to see an update on this one.

[@dennisscott6413]

Excellent display of corals on this tank. It gives me hope & inspires me continue with my little 13.5 Fluval tank.

[@WorldWideCorals]

Don’t give up!! Grab some good quality test kits and test weekly. You got this!

[@hotmess3421]

Super nice, I have a 20gal Max Nano and removed my skimmer 3 weeks ago. World of difference, the tank with weekly water changes have made my Corals look much better. I've added about 1 1/2lbs of Biohome Ultimate Media and also turned whites completely off as well. Cycle up to 80% blue and the corals have responded and look great. This video made me smile knowing I'm on track and didn't need all the side equipment. I also had a canister refugium and took that off as the tank numbers were ZERO. Way to clean per-say. Again great video and I just subscribed

[@WorldWideCorals]

We appreciate it!! Happy to hear your tank is doing great!!

[@stevolam182]

I just set up my first reef, and I’m glad I watched this video. This was such an amazing thing to see! What a beautiful reef!

[@RobBoryckiGolf]

Beauty tank for sure. The waterbox 20 cube is a gem

[@WorldWideCorals]

Thank you so much!! ❤️

[@jules2545]

What a gorgeous tank, I have my cube in my front room. I had to change the stock pump as I found it a tad noisy, but it is a great tank. In fact I love the WB so much I purchased one of their frag tanks. I have a very low fish stock, my filtration is simple for both tanks filter wool and bioballs on the cube and a roller mat and bioballs on the frag tank.

[@kennethstone4590]

There’s no one way to do anything “,. Best advice ever!! Everyone should what’s necessary to their own tanks survival

[@Dd-760-]

Awesome tank. Out of curiosity What are the nitrates and phosphates on the tank?

[@WorldWideCorals]

For almost all of our display tanks, we like to keep the nitrates around 10-20 and phosphates below 0.1

[@IntoTheReef]

I heard something about Chandlers rock structure. Did you guys have them custom make the aquascscape or did you guys make it?

[@jasonlazore497]

Makes me happy knowing that with my current 40g breeder set up running on a canister filter that without a skimmer amazing coral growth and coloration can be achieved without having to go to the extreme with equipment. Hopefully one day I'll have my 210g set up so I can expand my coral collection particularly my blue ridge coral.

[@WorldWideCorals]

Can’t wait to see that new dream tank!! Thank you for watching!!

[@soflofan]

Josh is the man! Always so helpful.

[@WorldWideCorals]

We appreciate it!! Thanks!

[@rupidoo]

Amazing Cube 20. Do you happen to have a pic of the rock scape before all the corals went in?

[@inthemoney8944]

Ive had a red sea max nano for two years now and i have seen incredible growth. Achieving stability is easier with a nano tank imo

[@WorldWideCorals]

Easier to manage! That’s awesome to hear!

[@chamoyuan24]

hello while using uv sterilizer 24/7 did you recommends used brightwell microbacter7 ?

[@Sandyp22]

Josh !!!! You rock brother !!!!

[@WorldWideCorals]

He said thanks!!

[@joesanzo7260]

Going to switch to your SPS template that has all blues for the 2nd half of the day. I have a T5 hybrid with 4 bulbs paired with 4 xr15 g5 pros. How long would you run the t5s for and whicj bulbs would you recommend to use?

[@WorldWideCorals]

We don’t use much t5s, but since they’re are more of a supplement, just get one that would complement your tank. The time where the whites are on is when you can put the t5s on. So the rest is just pure blue and coral pop!!

[@adroc31]

id love to see what the tank looked like with just the rock in it. great scape. any chance there's a build thread for it?

[@WorldWideCorals]

The tank itself has been there since opening, fortunately, there are a lot of KZbinrs that came by to check out the tank in its early years! That’s probably the earliest we could go haha. thank you for watching!

[@3sxp]

Such a great video. Thank you for this. I've been in freshwater and am getting started with a reef tank, converting my IM 30L. This is amazing inspiration. I'm not gonna go this deep yet so I'm not sure I'd say "beginner friendly", ha! But the inspiration of just taking care of things and putting in the thoughtfulness and effort is something beginners really benefit from, for me anyway. Thank you!

[@onemillionshare]

Just followed, liked. Your video just amazing !! About to start doing my first tank !! Keep giving us great content.

[@philipcousins7550]

Awesome tank such a work of art , can I ask what your doing for filterration other than filter socks and water changes truly inspirational

[@WorldWideCorals]

Nothing other than that my friend. We keep it simple!!!

[@tonyanania159]

Amazing!! How do you keep the pistol shrimp from burying the corals in the sand!?

[@WorldWideCorals]

Luckily we never had much trouble with that 😁

[@adamsiders3236]

What kind of goniopora is at 9:15?

[@ManiacalMangoes]

My Waterbox peninsula 25 is coated with GHa that I’ve been manually picking out day after day! That said, my Kenya tree I got from you all and my chalices are thriving. My Hollywood stunner is prob 8x the size of when I got it, my Kenya tree is probbaly 20x the size and has dropped 2 babies. My GSP are doing great as is my Xenia!

[@WorldWideCorals]

That’s great to hear! As for algae, pull as much out as you can manually, keep on top of your nitrates/phosphates, and grab yourself some blue legged hermits!!

[@jessethereefer3402]

By chance do you have a pic of when it was just live rock. I would love to see to give me ideas. Such an amazing tank

[@Jessica-xr3yi]

Nice tank!! My husband Philip is showing me all your cool videos ! Also nice seeing you at RAP

[@maikhessel8282]

Respect. Much different species in a small room. Not natural but absolut amazing collection of corals. I like IT when the tank is overloaded. IT IS Like Art to scape this coral world.

[@WorldWideCorals]

It is like art!! Thank you for watching!!

[@devachapman6315]

what a great tank! love it. question for you Josh, I thought the cords on the mp10/40s needed to up on top of the unit?

[@karljoseph4766]

A very good example of Beautiful small reef tank 🪸 bravo 👏

[@danchac01]

Wow the little tank looks amazing ❤

[@WorldWideCorals]

Thank you so much!!

[@LegendaryCorals]

Absolutely beautiful reef tank

[@WorldWideCorals]

Thank you!!

[@MrKea009]

Please keep giving updates on this tank.

[@WorldWideCorals]

Will do!! Thank you for watching!!

[@MrMangoHaze126]

I’d like to know what she uses in her filtration chambers such as mechanical and media filter. I noticed the tank is really clean and there’s no sign of algae. Thanks

[@MFoster392]

Shes doing an amazing job on this

[@WorldWideCorals]

She is!! We appreciate you watching!!

[@johnblaze5252]

Wish I could have seen underneath & the dosing cycle.. I’m trying to get there.

[@WorldWideCorals]

Good luck with your tank!!

[@saltwaterandlime]

Do the gobies and pistol shrimp bother the coral on the sand bed at all?

[@SlashPlatinum]

I have them and they don’t bother the coral at all they kind of just stay under there rock they live under and don’t bother anything they’re really peaceful in my

[@WorldWideCorals]

We don’t have any issues regarding that… thankfully!

[@CartersToyBox357]

hahaha I Love my Blue Stripe Pipe fish..... even with him being super super sneaky, wen he finally comes out into view I get so excited lol

[@WorldWideCorals]

That’s awesome!! Glad you’re enjoying your tank!

[@MrKea009]

I have a red sea Max nano with a reefled 50. If It like running only bleu, I have to put them at 100 or lower? And for how many hours?

[@marcopalazzo9349]

That pipefish! Is it OK with that mp10? I really really want one for my tank but I basically said no because of the mp10 in my tank

[@WorldWideCorals]

We never had an issue, but just to be safe, it doesn’t hurt to put a guard on it!

[@marcopalazzo9349]

@@WorldWideCorals decided against a pioedish as my EVO 13.5 has so many pods and I don't want them to be eaten by the pipefish. I'll just stick to my 2 clownfish.

[@lazarogonzalez4537]

I have a 34 gallon bio cube should I take the skimmer out

[@SlashPlatinum]

Wondering the same thing

[@WorldWideCorals]

It all depends on what your nitrates and phosphates are telling you. If you find your tanking is running too clean, you can definitely take it out :) the main key is to make sure it’s not running too clean!!

[@TheSelectFewco]

Man where did you guys get that custom cabinet?! Would love that for my waterbox 20!

[@ScottyR951]

What about the Jason Fox Raja rampage?

[@allenr81]

Where did you get the radio light holder? I need that!

[@jakobvigstrom50]

Question about this lighting profile - Josh says in the video it’s 41% overall intensity, but when you download the profile from the WWC site and import it looks more like 60% overall intensity with the schedule at 100%. Which is right? 🤔🤷🏼‍♂️

[@charlesthomas8407]

Bay what’s the light schedule I just bought a xr15

[@mccfan11]

Leah is awesome!!!

[@WorldWideCorals]

She’s amazing!!

[@richardmaurer3883]

What intensity percentage did you set the light?

[@rlemburg]

I think he said blues at 100, violet at 100 and UV at 50. I believe he said 41 intensity overall

[@MrKea009]

And no single minute white?

[@RADENGUNGBOYKINS]

coral banded shrimp fine with other shrimp?

[@chris4xtreme]

What nitrate and phosphate levels does she run on this tank?

[@jmanrambo5144]

really cool man . im a beginner and going to soon get my stuff together for a reef tank.

[@jakehiggs9354]

Awesome tank! How long has it been running?

[@WorldWideCorals]

Over 3 years :)

[@TattooedDancer91]

Awesome, more videos like these please :D

[@WorldWideCorals]

You got it!! Thank you!!

[@indyfosho5458]

Anyone else taking notes to make that same exact setup? 😂 man, ive always have done freshwater. This is tank is beautiful!!! How long has this tank veen going since the start? I want to start a salt....

[@Sukhumvit1]

What a beautiful tank

[@volteface69]

Magnifique aquarium, bravo !!!👏👏👏

[@WorldWideCorals]

🤘🤘🤘

[@MatthewVella-q8u]

What pump are you using in that tank?

[@frankrodriguez4491]

What were the light settings?

[@porboi1]

7:30 mark

[@jameswithers3066]

Is it ok to glue raja rampage to the back wall?

[@fahdder]

I wonder if there are any tanks out there where people stock a single species of coral to mimic a section of the ocean floor.

[@JayVaughan298]

How would this lighting translate to Ai prime 16? Just set one up in my Waterbox 20

[@WorldWideCorals]

You can mimic this lighting schedule by downloading one of our AI presets on our website :) worldwidecorals.com/pages/led-lighting-presets

[@MrKea009]

What are the parameters? Po4,No3,...

[@gregoppman9470]

@WorldWideCorals I am a newb and just bought a 10g peninsula style tank to get my feet wet with. As far as live stock: I want to have 2 clown fish Can I do a wrasse or a goby or both in the 10g too? Want to fill it with corals like Leah too. Have plans to go slow with cycling for first two months after the ammonia is down I am going to add copepods with phytoplankton with clean up crew. After that add in the clowns then other two fish if possible.

[@_Bassfaster_]

How long is the tank light on for ?

[@WorldWideCorals]

We usually run our lights for around 10 hours

[@ericpeterson4657]

Beautiful

[@WorldWideCorals]

Thanks for watching!

[@Burritosarebetterthantacos]

I want a reef tank but dont want my house to be blue...is there a light that doesnt spread like this?

[@WorldWideCorals]

would also come down to the size tank you are looking for, the lights we would recommend is Radion,AI and Dalua

[@josean_rp]

Just amazing!

[@israelgonzalez9277]

What kind of salt is used here?

[@maj301]

Have you guys got a way to help someone duplicate this system?

[@onemillionshare]

Does anyone have a step by step guide to start ( making the first cycle, what to do everyday, week, montlhy ) etc...

[@peruly150]

Would love to see the Scape build if there’s one

[@djyoung7164]

What controls algae’s

[@WorldWideCorals]

Keeping the nutrients at an acceptable level, a good clean up crew, and regular maintenance like water changes and cleaning the glass!

[@domiforever5586]

Hey, what Generation of Radions is this?

[@WorldWideCorals]

Gen 5 lights

[@domiforever5586]

@@WorldWideCorals thanks for your answer! I currently have a comparable 20g AIO and Im thinking about getting a G6 Pro. Do you think the Intensity needed is comparable? Dont want to push them to 60% or more Total Intensity to get annoyed by the Fan

[@WorldWideCorals]

@@domiforever5586 How is the coral doing as of right now?

[@domiforever5586]

@@WorldWideCorals they proably need more light (are extending to the light) but cant give them with my current Lighting. Thats why im thinking about getting the XR 15

[@christianstaton6989]

What sand is this ?

[@RiggsDotMov]

that's exactly how I look at reefing im not doing anything to hurt any living thing in my tank but I am a scientist at heart so I go about reefing a lil differently

[@WorldWideCorals]

That is what makes it so unique!

[@jaywbus]

another winning video. thanks wwc team!

[@WorldWideCorals]

Thanks for watching! Stay tuned for our new video this week!

[@Poseidonsreef]

Im bout to purchase the 36 gallon max nano peninsula by Red Sea anyone got advice for me

[@xisotopex]

could someone do a list of all the stock in the tank, pretty please?

[@WorldWideCorals]

We will pass that request along

[@sunnygoold9449]

the perfect video

[@WorldWideCorals]

Thank you!!!

[@weneversleep08]

Update on this tank?!

[@Utubereefer]

I love WWC

[@WorldWideCorals]

We love you!!!

[@Utubereefer]

Got a tour of the farm when I took the family to Disney…. You guys are the best

[@MumRah]

GD! 2 water changes a week? wow, I defiantly don't have time for that.

[@walshja81]

Can someone throw me a ballpark estimate as to the total cost to replicate this tank? I'm talking equipment, fish, and coral. Everything. My guess would be $2500

[@Jarrett_-xz7nb]

I would get absolutely torn to shreds if most of the community knew how I was running my 75 mixed reef tank😂

[@Tokyblaze]

Mine looks like 20 but they say 16 us

[@raulmedina6223]

Where can I get her schedule? Thank you

[@roboTR4SH]

This is the creepiest youtube comment.

[@oldschoolnewventure845]

cudos to the creater

[@Botzz28]

I disagree… white light is extremely important for the corals. In fact I think that you get better growth under whites. Everyone should at least run the whites 4 hours a day.

[@theurbanartist775]

But white light doesn’t penetrate in the ocean so those corals only have blue light to grow from 🤔

[@Botzz28]

@@theurbanartist775 jus because it’s not true in the ocean doesn’t mean it’s bad for our aquariums. They have done studies on it. Especially specifically SPS. White light give the most growth.

[@eduy17]

Dude, there has to be a good $2k worth of corals in that tank

[@WorldWideCorals]

there is some nice stuff for sure.