I've worked in the aquarium industry in a bunch of roles so take my advice fwiw. 1) Consider a protein skimmer. 2) Only top up with RO water,particularly if you have rays. 3) As others have suggested, some smaller scattered rock outcrops on the right side will make things look more natural. 4)A big school of Chromis or even better, some of the simpler Anthias species would look amazing. 5) Orphek's Amazonas LED pendants would light your tank perfectly.
Love it, and I agree, put a lid!!! Then you can fill the water to the top and it will look better, fish can’t jump out, and will keep parameters stable! Can’t wait to see the future of this pond - and channel.
I would definitely frame the outside pond, it would look so good! Start with a frame and fill it in with some nice fence pickets ! It would look killer guys ! Love how it came out btw ! Keep up the good work !
Stocking ideas for this massive saltwater tank? A couple of triggerfish, a couple of parrot fish, a couple of angelfish, a big spiny lobster, a couple of big tridacna clams, a pink-footed sea cucumber, several cleaner wrasses, several cleaner shrimps lots of cerith snails, lost of scarlet hermit crabs, a big conch snail, lots of macroalgae and a bonnethead shark.
triggerfish and parrot fish will eat the clams ( also the clams need tonnes of calcium and high lighting) the sea cucumber, cleaner shrimp and hermit crabs. the bonnethead sharks get a metre long so too big. Also probably 1 cleaner wrasse because they need to eat constantly and they pick things off other fish which could stress the other fish out if they are constantly being picked at by tonnes of cleaner wrasses.
You should fill it up higher and add a ton of the bottles beneficial bacteria in the bottle to get that filter re seeded. When it sits everything died and is super toxic,need a few back washes and the BB to bring it back to life. First fish should be some Grunts or any cheap fish to cycle it. Then catch and release them. Looks great a couple big chunks from the place will be cool on the right,not the little pieces.
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I would try to add some rocks onto the wall of the tank, more like a professional aquarium. While it might be more permanent might work well, could be some sort of cliff-like thing overhang which fish really like The sand does make it look quite a lot better too!
Maybe some more rock, but if get rays(like the one you saw out by the dock)you want open areas to. Fish-bright and colorful, corals and so on! It’s amazing what you guys catch out there in the wild. Loved the video guys-can’t wait to see what you’re gonna do next!
I suggest you mount the multi directional out take in the front right corner of the pond this will hide it better and still give decent flow to the pond.
Congrats on your nice set up fishguys… Would be good to start with a school of blue/green chromis… They will cycle the pond and at the same time will be future fishes to lure the bigger ones to come out to eat and not just hide in the rock structure… Looking forward on your next video.. Keep up the good work… Regards from Singapore 🇸🇬…
A big school of look Downs first. I would put a surface skimmer off of your intake line and make a pvc diy surface skimmer too. And that way you can set your height and you'll know where to set the sensor for ato. And for lighting just get four or five decent-sized Radeon lights and hang them above the pond spread out. You're going to want something with blue light for saltwater just to bring those colors out better in your fish. A lot saltwater fish have iridescence under blue light.. special your angels.
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Will my advice is start downloading up with local fish you know hit the inlet and see what you can bring in and who knows you might be able to get that big angel fish in a couple of small parrot fish to get in there
You should add more rocks on the right side for sure.. and if possible build some kinda cave/rock system that blocks the view from the window of the flow system.. obviously dont block the pipes flow but like build the rocks in a way that u still have good flow but without having to stare at pvc pipe.
Hanging a light from the ceiling might be a little difficult due to the position of the garage door. Other than that I think it's looking great. Have you thought about exhaust fans for when the garage door is closed? The humidity level will be rather high and could lead to mold and mildew on the walls and ceiling. Great job guys! Looks amazing!
i think it would be nice looking if you would add more stone structre to the back of the sturcure thats in so that it would be ab big cave. you could put little led spots in the cave with the corall glue. nature has al lot of cave. a lemon shark would be sleeping in a cave or under a cave legde :)
Guuuyyyssss looks awesome! I can't wait to see it clear and full of life! The only thing I can think of is maybe you can find some sort of live plants for it? I'm sure after fish go in it'll be more vibrant but I feel like it needs some extra umph if that makes sense XD besides that looks awesome. If you decide to go for another rock structure on the right I think that'd look good too!
I love how you explain why you’re doing something, especially the carbon! Will look at adding some to our tanks Have you thought of a few salt water plants at the bank or near the coral
Omg, That looks so good already. I still say you need a Morish Idel. I wish I could have one, Sadly I can't so I have a school of Heniocus banner fish. The closest thing I can get to it. Love you guys. Keep up the great videos.
You should watch Paul Cuffaros videos and get some ideas from him he is also from Florida and i have been watching you guys and him from garde 8 and i have now graduated school 😂lol and why i ask you to see his videos is because he is also has many saltwater ponds he customly built and he can give you ideas for what fish to put in and im hounered to be a fish guy and gollow you along your awesome journey in youtube thanks for all of the hard work and teaching us about fish and the ocean you are much appreciated and i hope you dont put big predator fish since there is so much more reef fish you guys can put in (see pauls vid and you will understand) there are many different types of tangs ,angel fish ,clown fish,zebra eels and so much more you can put in.....cant wait for the next video !
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You should build a rock colom in the middle of the rock area. Also, you should make the outflow piping go side to side and then put Tpipes through it(T--T-+-T--T) and after put the tripe out holes on the Tpipes so it simulates waves you also now have the issue of the water distribution since it should make even as it can be in flow
Try checking out carab sea. They have rocks that can b assembled for reef structure. Like a modular type of rocks for reef structures. Check it out you will get satisfied on what they have... And its a lot cheaper that natural rocks but looks better and natural.
I think the structure is good the way it is it's not overbearing they're still hide spots but you got a lot of swim space I think you're going to need that swim space
Carbon is not the best to have translucid water I think you must get an UV filter for this job, in salt water a « proteine skimmer » is I think a must have too, good luck!
For a light just get a regular heavy duty light fixture that you can hang from ceiling, by some blue actinic and white bulbs. Try to look for a 4 bulb 8ft fixture. Shouldn’t be to expensive.
I don't think you guys need more rock, but the rock structure should have been directly the middle of the window so that larger fish could swim all the way around it and it would've eliminated the massive blind spot on the left!
Have you see Paul Cuffaro's newest video about building his rock reef? Very interesting regarding glue, putty, etc. and locking the bottom stones in place.
love the content been watching you guys for over 2 years i also follow Paul C. He is also building a saltwater tank at about the same stage as you guys. Why not offer a friendly challenge to Paul and allow us fans to pick the best-designed pond .....
You definitely need to get rid of some of that pvc make it more flush to the wall it'll look better and they don't need to be as deep into the pond plus shortening it uo making it flush to the wall will change the jet angle so it doesn't blow at the sand at all
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