How to Set up a Saltwater Aquarium!

Building a saltwater fish tank is easy. Today, Matthew shows you how to setup your first saltwater reef tank, using his TINY Eshopps Deskmate all in one aquarium. Check it out right here to learn more!
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[sonicsbigtoe]

i'm an expert in freshwater and never touched saltwater BUT i know damn well there's no way you can do a saltwater tank in a day

[lfhywlt]

Is this an ad? Because the screen shots on their webpage for the product are from the same exact room you're filming in?

[jonmilan]

I have three tanks in my house and my little pico Deskmate is my favorite hahaha. A few upgrades I do recommend are ditch the filter sock and get a Kraken Reef cup so you can just add poly-floss and chuck it every few days and add more. The return nozzle isn't bad but a random flow generator helps. The final upgrade I made was ditching the stock light for a Kessil a80 and it will grow softies, lps, and even some sps corals. I REALLY liked the idea of regular, smaller water changes because right now I'm doing a massive water change (about 75%) once a week but the color and growth in my tank is amazing. I bought mine the day they launched them and it has been bullet proof!!!

[woute]

I’ve been watching this this guy non stop over the weekend, to figure out if I wanna convert my fresh water tank to a reef tank… almost everything he says here goes against what he tought me this weekend.
-take it slow, cycle your tank before livestock
-small tanks are not easy if you want good water quality
-clown fish are not for nano tanks

Kinda confused now, or was this just a commercial for the tank?

[FishDocGrl]

I usually enjoy this content but this is too close to a naked ad/informercial than actual fish keeping content.

[colorblindreefer]

I enjoy all the videos I don't say anything in any of them but I will on this one you are sounding like a robot instead of a person

[klazienaveen]

Yeah this has so many problems for newbys starting this hobby. It all looks great and all, but a salt water aquarium just doesn’t start in a day with a fish and a hermit crab and like 10 pieces of coral. It takes weeks to get just to the stage of adding one fish. Shame on you Brs tv

[Arnavunfiltered]

Can we add blue tang to this fish tank ??

[walkaway]

Wheres the protein skimmer ? And whats the ratio of salt how can we calculate it

[Dave_Andre]

I live in tropical country and my house is near the beach and Ive seen a ton of clownfish on it's natural habitat.
I've only seen them swim more than a feet far from its host anemone when: (1) the large female is defending its home from me, and (2) when I'm far away and they are feeding on the open column. With that being said, I dont think the tank size is a problem here (for a professional and well experienced hobbyist). What I see bad here is beginner hobbyists thinking that this would be an easy setup and be able to maintain the proper water parameter for this size of a tank especially that this video is titled "How to Set-up a Saltwater Aquarium".
Plus, I've never seen a lone clownfish in the wild. She needs a partner on a slightly bigger tank of course.

[NCBtrying]

I'm a complete beginner to salt water aquariums. How do you make the salt water? Like what is the ratio and is there any special salt/water?

[crimzton]

Four gallons is NOT big enough for one clownfish. Many people recommend 10+ gallons, 6 being the minimum. Do not get a 4.5 gallon tank for your clownfish if you want to get it. It will just end up being harder to maintain than the correct size for a clownfish. Do your research.

[joehebert]

Why not share the actual final cost instead of a nebulous, nonspecific reference to "a few hundred dollars"?

[noonefamous]

What lighting do you use. I know the corals need special lighting.

[emblake]

Lovely green bubble algae under mushroom at 3:59

[NinjaSushi]

Change the ceramic balls out to a 30 PPI sponge for beneficial bacteria growth.

[sgboon]

Do we need a Protein Skimmer for this setup?

[bajiyaa]

Can corals survive in a small fish tank? I mean how do you feed them? And can’t they survive without water currents?

[nsb_reefs]

Sounds like chat GPT is on BRS pay roll now.

[gailnosbaum]

As much as I like the idea of this. I find it hard to think it is that easy. Especial when All the information that I have been told was you can not add corals until the tank is mature.