Designer Clown Fish, Anemone & LPS (ROCKPOOL EP3) 

👇👇MD MERCH CLICK HERE👇👇: FULL SHOP: md-fish-tanks.creator-spring.com So it's a bit scary doing all this for the saltwater tank especially now on my own, but learnt all about freshwater before so I'll apply the same learning pattern to saltwater. So far it's going really well and the fish look amazing as well. Equipment (all links affiliate): LED FLOODLIGHTS: US amzn.to/3m3cEz9 UK amzn.to/3orIdRv GOOD BUDGET LIGHT:: US amzn.to/2MDfjk1 UK amzn.to/3iYlfQQ SMALL HANG ON BACK FILTER: US amzn.to/2Mw63OO UK amzn.to/39rx3b5 NANO INTERNAL FILTER: US amzn.to/3oxGBWm UK CANISTER FILTER: US amzn.to/3iNeVtW UK amzn.to/2Fo774a GOOSENECK CLIP ON LAMP: (similar as product is now discontinued) US amzn.to/2IlwLVA UK amzn.to/2LNat13 MINI WATER PUMP: US amzn.to/2oAmf5y UK amzn.to/2mjHDez TANKS: US amzn.to/2SOocHG UK amzn.to/2SPA24i STRIP LED LIGHT: US (similar) amzn.to/2SNgbm7 UK amzn.to/2Fn9aW1 ASTA LED LIGHT: US amzn.to/3k9EmpY UK amzn.to/3p5XUPY AQUARIUM RACKING: Shelving: US amzn.to/2SrYZ5k UK amzn.to/2GFWKJ2 AIRPUMP (FILTER SYSTEM): US amzn.to/31z8FA9 UK amzn.to/37GIoUa FILTER SPONGES: US amzn.to/3dQLUfM UK amzn.to/3dS2k7K MEDIA BAGS: US amzn.to/34Kaf2N UK amzn.to/3lAj3z1 STAINLESS LILY PIPES: US amzn.to/2FqHpvR UK amzn.to/2RlfrnC BOWL AQUARIUMS: US amzn.to/2M4FwFO UK: amzn.to/2Vx73CL API® products Subscribe to API on RU-vid: ru-vid.com USA consumers purchase API products on Amazon: www.amazon.com/stores/page/2193F555-CE5F-4A6B-BDC4-F315CB7F175D?channel=MDTanks UK consumers purchase API products on Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/stores/page/25663644-6C8C-432C-9E6A-0A85082C3E3C AQUARIAN® products Follow AQUARIAN on RU-vid: ru-vid.com/show-UCNxaNWKoWr_ztSgXgPj9r8A Purchase AQUARIAN products here: aquarian.co.uk/where-to-buy/ AWESOME MEMBERSHIP COMMUNITY ru-vid.com/show-UC3uQXzXSPspf2LoGdtYGiHwjoin FOLLOW MY INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/md_fishtanks/ FOR BUSINESS ENQUIRIES: admin@mdfishtanks.com #plantedtank #aquascape #mdfishtanks

I Love the amount of speculation in the comments, what actually happened is I caught MD going behind my back to Adam's shop without my knowledge and I felt betrayed! Before you all think this is real I am definitely joking!!!

I look forward to Adam quitting his job to work for MD before leaving to run his own RU-vid channel. Top bloke!

MD moved fast with Adam. Matt's side of the bed isn't even cold yet.

Try feeding your nem with a piece of prawn. You’ll see it close completely and then when it reopens it will look ace. Your clowns will eventually host it. It takes a while. My female took a year to realise what it was, she invited the male in and they never leave it. I’ve actually got 14 nems as they divide a lot. Good work MD, good emphasis on the slow rate of setting up a marine tank. It’s so important, too many people rush it to the detriment of the creatures they’re trying to keep. 👍

Gonna be awkward when he’s with Adam in the studio and Matt comes by to pick up his things 🫢

I miss Matt. I knew it was too good to be true here on earth to have such a fun duo!

I’m 2 months into my first SW Tank, I’ve kept fresh water for about 20 years. Had a massive scare with my 2 clownfish on my 2nd day of having them, they were both laid on their sides! I thought OMG my water needs testing but I didn’t appreciate that they were both sleeping 💤. Every morning when I come downstairs they’re both asleep on the sand 👍 like you I’m learning as much as I can. Great series for a new starter to follow.

I checked the comments for similarities between Matt and Adam. I wasn't disappointed 😂😂

Its like watching a divorced parent dating again it doesnt feel quite right :(

Is Adam an actor playing matt?? If so he has absolutely nailed it 😂

I like the new Salty Matt

matt and adam are so similar in their mannerisms 🤣🤣

Everything looks new and prestine which is exciting. Continue updating about this tank also during down times like dinos, cyano and green hair algae outbreaks.

I know nothing about saltwater tanks ... I'm enjoying seeing the process and now all the little corals, fish and creatures that you are adding.

I love watching this and learning about salt water. I can't believe how great it looks already!

Thank you, thank you, thank you, MD! You put a smile on my face during a dreary day! I miss Matt but am keeping my fingers crossed you will still collaborate with him once in a while.

I hope MD and Matt make a new extra channel with them both as one, could be Md & Matts adventures😊

I'm enjoying this little series! Clowns are such cool fish with extra quirky personalities. No freshwater fish comes close. Bettas are up there but they are sadly solo fish.

Goodbye Matt... Hello Adam! 😂

MD telling us about his enema 😂

This tank build is a great example for beginners to dip their toes in. I've had a saltwater tank and I think I prefer fresh for the plants but this is a nice step by step as it grows and matures.

I like the new guy

Adam just saw his new career walk through that shop door lol

I miss fish shop Matt to help you with saltwater. As a Reefer myself.

I feel like I need to delete my browser history now in case Matt sees.

I finally got the ok to set up an aquarium at my job. So we went with a 20 gallon long with sand as the substrate. We plan on a planted tank with guppies and one betta. I've had fish for 21 years, watching you with the aqua scapes has inspired me to no degree. The girls in the office are just as excited as I am. Thank you for your videos, you and Mat both have taught me new things and I'm passing the knowledge on to those I know.

MD I'd be terrified to do a salt tank. I'm glad you're doing it so I can at least enjoy the process. 🎉

I think there's always room for another fishy friend... :) I enjoyed watching this one. Nice seeing MD travel back to a shop again to pick out some new fish.

SaltyShopAdam RU-vid channel in the making. The MDverse just got bigger

I must say I was cringing (in a lighthearted way) a little while watching the first episodes, but you seem to be learning fast! Couple things I noticed for anyone new to saltwater: - RODI water quality is measured in TDS which stands for Total Dissolved Solids and means all elements combined , and not PPM which is a way to measure the concentration of a specific element. A good thing you did is flush the system before adding to your container to reduce TDS, not many new reefers do that! - I see you have a second inlet hole to the back chamber (circular thing) at the bottom of the tank, I would find a way to plug that to force all the water to get filtered by the media by entering in the top inlet (that's me though, not totally necessary!) - Your Duncan coral is an LPS like you stated and uses up elements like calcium and alkalinity to grow, but one single LPS that size won't use much. I would not change my water change regimen for one stony coral as this could potentially cause more problems than good (this could potentially bottom out your nutrients and cause nuisance algae like cyanobacteria or worse, dinoflagellates, to take over the tank). - Get yourself a water bottle ATO or a proper ATO unit, super important to maintain proper salinity for the health of the corals. Evaporated water will cause not only the salinity to rise, but also the concentration in alk, calcium, magnesium and other elements which could upset the inhabitants. My main tip would be to test nitrates and phosphates once or twice a week and not worry too much about the rest. If both or one of these bottom out to 0, I would dose an additive to increase the value (between 0.01 - 0.1 ppm phosphate and 5-20 ppm nitrate is fine, don't chase numbers, as long as you have some of both you are fine). Feeding will naturally increase them but in a Nano tank this size, overfeeding will also cause problems, hence why I suggest dosing as it is easier to control. If you have too much nutrients, your water changes will take care of it. Keep it up! 😁

MD, absolutely stunning small salt tank, beautiful corals! More videos please! ✌🏼

That gorgeous little fish in the tank with the two clowns you chose us STUNNING! Two-tone fish; front half is a very loud fuchsia, back half is an intense neon green!!! I hope you get that little guy!

Oh man! How did I miss you were working on a salt water tank!?!? Super exciting!

Matt, Loving the content, all these years of great builds you have shared Im so thankful. You personality is what keeps people coming back. I have to be honest Im glad its just you again. I like Matt for specials but I felt like we lost something when you did everything together rather than gained. Hopefully you guys can have collabs between your chanels and we can go back to the great balance you once shared.

The tank is so simple to look at, but way too complicated to achieved. Great going.🐟

Those clowns are so cool MD! Good choice! I love everything you picked out. It’s a great little tank.

A-ne-MO-NY. Mony. Not enema :D Beautiful tank!

You should move the Xenia further away from the anemone. They grow really fast and the anemone with start to sting it

This reef series is what we needed. Hes about to be addicted. Cant wait to see how he scapes his reef tanks now. If he puts any energy into it like his planteds, its a wrap!

A good way to tell if something isn’t right in the tank is to look at the coral and see if there closed and not open like normal

The new Matt?

I set up my tank around the same time as yours! So it’s cool to see us both learn and put fish and coral in at the same time. Happy Reefing!

Yes Xenia can be a “weed” but it can be managed. The easiest way to manage it is with a set of curved aquascaping tweezers. Just grab a stalk close the base and pull up at a bit of angle and it will peel right off the rock. If you grab further up it will just tear and leave the base which will re-grow. I don’t have it in my large reef, but in my nano I confine it to one side of my rockwork with this method.

Very nice, getting into salt water seems scary and daunting but you are making it possible with all of the information :)

If you're filling your RO water into other canisters , it's a good habit to do an ICP control of the water in the canisters. There have been quite a few cases on Yt where people had their tanks almost crash or algae explosions and it turned out that their canisters/jeerycans were leaching zinc and some other stuff into their supposedly clean RO water

I've been watching for years, I've always known you'd have coral 🪸. The possibilities with salt water and your love for the scape will be an amazing combination. 🐟 🐠

like we have a new "matt" friend 🤣😂

The tank is looking great!!! An ATO was one of the best purchases I made for my saltwater tank. Helps keep the salinity more stable.

WOW! THIS IS JUST... AMAZING!

@MDFishTanks you should look into sexy (not a typo!) shrimp as a new critter for your tank, interesting little guys!

This is really fascinating MD 🙂Can't wait to see how this tank develops, the ltitle crabs are so cute and the paired fish are lovely. Very interesting to change from freshwater with everything including the corals being creatures!

Just set up my first adult fish tank (I had one when I was 10 that was the pink gravel/glow fish combo you would expect a ten year old without RU-vid to pick). Scape and plants are in and growing! Clean up crew and some schooling fish to start coming soon.

waiting for the future build where MD, Matt, and Adam are all cohabiting a huge studeo together 😅

An auto top off is a great investment and a net lid is better for light transfer.

I love the new additions to the salt water tank. Well done MD

I had a couple saltwater tanks too a while back and my favorite animal was those hermit crabs. They move around so much and look pretty cool. The fish are cool too I guess ;-) For other small critters check out some of the small starfish, they usually come on liverock and unexpected additions, and sea-cucumbers are so cool too. A nice shrimp in that tank would be nice also. The tank is looking great though and good luck with its progression.

Love the build, saltwater tanks are so interesting to me! Im hoping for more turtle tank vids as i would love inspo for my own turtle tank! Keep slaying these aquariums!

Really cool. Have never attempted saltwater but just might have to give it a try. Who doesn’t want to keep a pair of clownfish? 😊

I have a 300 gallon acro tank ,she is about 4 years old. I thought it would take forever to have enough fish and grown out acros. Lol. Saltwater teaches time and patience. I think your tank will turn out beautiful. ❤

It's so interesting and attracting that if I would have money I would have again marine, coral tank. You can watch everyday corals, fishes, improve maintaining the tank, learning and watching every day new things and corals how they try grow if there is everything good , if not, You can wonder, try to do something to be better - and this is one of the keys - always is something to do, to watch. Good luck.

The API Saltwater test kit has a lot of the same tests that the Freshwater kit has. You'll want to get the API Reef Master test kit to test for calcium, kH, and phosphate. Both kits have a nitrate test.

I absolutely love it already, those fish are adorable. Keeping a saltwater tank is outside my budget right now, but one day I would love to own one. Until then, I will enjoy watching yours developing and learning more about this side of fish keeping. 😊

What a fun video!! I am so glad that you decides on the Designer Clown Fish; they are gorgeous!! I don’t know anything about saltwater fish etc. so this is so interesting. Love it. Thank you for sharing your journey back into saltwater fish, etc.

Love it, Love it, I really enjoyed this update, I had a salt water like you many years ago, but never went back due to time, kids etc, but really thinkking of doing another one now. beautiful fish. well done.

Adam explains things very well he should start a channel to :D . very nice vid

I miss seeing you guys together. The banter is great.

There’s a fish you can get that cleans off the clowns and it normally has some nice colors to it so I’d definitely look into that. it can eat pest off them

Hey buddy, I'm sure you trust your friends at the LFS, and their tank water. However, it is generally a good practice in saltwater to avoid adding LFS tank water to your tank. Parasites are super common in the reef tanks. I have done it both ways, with no problems before. It only takes once though. Just food for thought - a practice that I like to think helps protect my tanks. Anyways, enjoyed the video man.

Feed thoes corals! They will appreciate small pellets, and frozen. Watching my duncan, and anniname grab hold and eat food is satisfying. Will help your anniname split/grow also.

That tank is gorgeous! Starting to regret picking up a cheeky cheap Fluval Evo, now!

Wow! I don't know anything about saltwater but I've seen clown fish, of course, and these are gorgeous! Plump and healthy looking and so dramatically patterned! Loving your selections, MD. Hope this tank continues doing so well for you:)

Congrats on the new lil friends!! I'm waiting for my first saltwater tank to cycle so I can get some clowns too, great to be on a similar journey together 😄

Nice to see you found a way to do a blue n white set up 👍

Oh man, I love those Royal Grammas we had those one Guam in our tank as well as a Melanurus Wrasse. That was the nice part about living just a few miles from the beach is when we wanted fish we just went down and caught them.

Hey MD…. Started watching your Chanel when you only had 30k subs, got into marine a few years back and your now up to 801k - amazing - congrats! So glad you’re finally into marine. You definitely need an auto top off to keep your salinity stable. Stability is vital in keeping a marine tank (I’ve learned that the hard way!) Definitely replace the lid with netting, you’ll have more evaporation but that plastic will diffuse the light too much for when you get into harder corals like torches and hammers in the future. Even your nem may need more light. Good luck, looking forward to following this build..

You can use an auto top off, or if you want to do it on the cheap a gravity fed bottle filled with RO. Now that you have a nen and other corals you will want to keep your salinity a little more stable.

Used to keep marines, getting very tempted to start again watching this.

Well done video! Locked me in the whole time!

I am so glad that you are doing saltwater. The only thing l have to watch is see MD do a planted monster fish tank with Arowana, peacock bass, gars, african tiger fish, stingrays and many more. Keeping my fingers crossed that day will happen.

MD CONGRATS LOVE your SALT WATER TANK!!!!

“We’ve got an enema” - haha have we now 😂

❤❤❤. Well done MD! I really enjoyed this and am looking forward to seeing this project thrive! Fran, Staten Island, NY. 😊

As a long time freshwater fishkeeper with 0 saltwater experience, im sharing this new experience with you haha. It looks good I like the idea of a large cube tank

Fuffin awesome MD. Love this salt water setup and I cannot wait to see what you do with the other salt water tank.

We are both about the same into salt water at the moment. I got my stock in about a week ago! Good to see. Duncan is SUPER forgiving. I have 2 polyps a bit higher up as the centerpiece coral and its doing very well, opened up huuuge! I would suggest a favia as a nice big donut you can have down on your sand. I have one thats doing great with a beginner too

Hosting sometimes happens and sometimes doesnt. Also its pretty normal for clowns to pick a spot in the tank to live and rarely leave it.

Please MD, buy an auto top up. That much evaporation on a small tank will cause salinity fluctuations and stability is everything! Plus it makes life easier. Just a tip from a new-ish reefer who has learnt this the hard way Also, I know you're sponsored by API, but please ditch that master test kit and buy some Salifert test kits (or Hanna KH/Mg/NO3) for use off camera, the accuracy isn't good enough on the API.

This was fun! I've never had a saltwater, maybe one day!, but I enjoy learning about it as you do.

Brilliant mate... I love seeing the progression and the process of a Salt Water aquarium... I can see myself perhaps trying a SWT soon... Very impressed with MDs patience with this tank... Love it bro... Those Clowns are insane... 😍💙💯😎🤙

Gorgeous tank! Can't w as it to see it blossom🙂💙🐡🐟🐠

That was so informative. I know absolutely nothing about saltwater tanks. I, like you, thought of the anemones as plants, not living things. Although plants are living things. Very beautiful set up you have going. I am looking forward to seeing the saltwater tank progress!

Very nice assortment of saltwater fish there. Wonder what they’re feeding the Moorish Idol and a few of the other fussy, coral-polyp feeders(?) Check out a pair of Harlequin Shrimp, they look like Orchid Mantids; white with big lavendar spots outlined in electric lime green. They are specialty feeders (though not a problem) and a pair will breed (mine did, and often. Tomato, Skunk and Sebaceous Clowns pair with anemonies fastest. Those look like Maroon Clown morphs; very cute but can also be quite aggressive.

Your excitement makes me smile 🙏💖

Stunning well done ❤

I love them!

Gorgeous! I can't wait to try my first salt tank!!! ❤❤❤ You are my guru!!!

YAY! We have new Matt!

I really love it. Saltwater is my favorite tanks. When you said they would look better in a 8ft tank, it came to my mind, that you have an empty one :) I will recommend you to feed them the Nutramar Ova Fish Food, the corals really love it, and don't forget their trace elements. Thank you this video

It's going to look amazing when it's full grown. I always wondered how it is to have a tank with real corals in it instead of fake ones. What better environment you could possible make in a tank for those fish. I hope to see some collab with Matt again in the future. Also it would be nice to hear his stand of view in this matter. The way it got along gives room for interpetation of all kind of wild stories. I'm sure you guys wont get worried about it but it could breed some wrong opinions between some viewers, you both don't deserve that.