10 Gallon Saltwater Reef Tank

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Deon 0026 - 6 years ago

Red cap monte!!! I need lol

Nadi Mian Reefer - 6 years ago

I don't have words how good these corals are in health and shape

Kitty Moore - 6 years ago

Nice tank :)

luridhue - 6 years ago

what light do you use? the actinics look amazing!

John Madlos - 6 years ago

I am using the SB Reef Lights Sprite Gen1 with an orange gel filter.

Mac - 7 years ago

Nice tank. Can you share how you made your auto top off? I want to use the idea for dosing. Thanks.

John Madlos - 7 years ago

I made 2 videos about it on my ideas, you can simply modify it to your liking :)
The first link is simpler and more manual
the second link is with a digital timer. Use a good timer so that it doest fail. I still need to buy a new timer as it keep resetting on me on the OFF position, at least its on the off right? lol.
Just be careful if you dose it because it might clog overtime if not maintained.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpb3NO-uigs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3C9ciG-Ykk

Robert Ellis - 7 years ago

Nice Tank...

starwind aquariums - 7 years ago

and some say a 10 gallon is no good

Nick Nathu - 7 years ago

#goals

Brian Buchert - 7 years ago

Nice video

10. comment for 10 Gallon Saltwater Reef Tank

Ben S - 7 years ago

Exquisite job

Eli Alaniz - 7 years ago

What kind of light are u using

John Madlos - 7 years ago

Im using SB Reef Lights Sprite or sBox Sprite Reef Nano in their website

Alt Protestant - 7 years ago

beautiful corals! so Amazing, I have an 8 gallon reef tank in cycle and this video gave me good ideas for my tank :D

Alt Protestant - 7 years ago

John Madlos :D

John Madlos - 7 years ago

Thank you. That's awesome! :D best of luck

Dani Wornath - 7 years ago

so do i understand it right 10 gallons equals 37 liters ? sry iam from europe :D BUT it looks bigger to me .

John Madlos - 7 years ago

+Dani Wornath yes your correct. 37 liters. Its a standard 10 gallon that you will find anywhere. Yeah alot of people think its bigger, i think its because of my aquascape and the amount of rocks that give that wierd illusion.

EDK ReefMeister - 7 years ago

dude, Your tank is perfect. gj!

ItsMalek - 7 years ago

what lights do u have wow the colors

John Madlos - 7 years ago

I am using SB reef lights Sprite. Thanks :)

Reefing with Reefer - 8 years ago

very nice

Jason Walters - 8 years ago

what is that orange coral in the middle or is that a sponge

John Madlos - 8 years ago

Jason Walters it is a monti cap

Aquarismo - 8 years ago

a beautiful aquarium, I liked a lot, thank you for sharing, I Subbed, visit my first aquarium, and give me your opinion

John Madlos - 8 years ago

Thanks and I will :)

Northwestern Reefer - 8 years ago

Nice tank! I have subbed to your channel.

John Madlos - 8 years ago

Thanks :) Subbed back too

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Heavygun1450 - 8 years ago

What filtration are you using for your tank?

John Madlos - 8 years ago

I am using an Aquaclear 110 with a DIY intake, inside I have my Polyester Batting that I cut up for the mechanical filter, I have seachem de*nitrate for my extra biological filtration, Cheato algae, and a little GFO in a mesh bag.

TOM REEFMAN202 - 8 years ago

Nice. what's ur maintenance like?

John Madlos - 8 years ago

TOM REEFMAN202 definitely worth the try

TOM REEFMAN202 - 8 years ago

+John Madlos nice... I'm looking to do a ten gallon myself..this is really amazing

John Madlos - 8 years ago

TOM REEFMAN202 i do water changes about 2.5 gallon once a week (clean the glass, siphon the top of the sand, etc) , I have a DIY filter polyester batting that I change change every 1~2 days, refill ~2 cups of RO/DI daily for my DIY Auto top off, dose 5ml of Esv 2 part daily, turkey blast my cheato every time it gets full of algea about ~4 days.

Alan Parr - 8 years ago

Question John..., I am about to set up my 1st 10 gallon saltwater tank and everyone has told me.., one lb of rock for every gallon. Your tank appears not to do so. What is your advice on amount of rock pounds per gallon? For my 10 gallon tank.., I think 6/7 lbs is fine. I want fish to hv room to swim. Thx John

John Madlos - 8 years ago

Hi Alan, good luck with the new set up :) this is also my 1st saltwater tank.
Everyone have a different preference or guidelines for a number of rock pounds per gallon.
To be honest, I do not know how much lbs of rock is in this tank. I went for the aquascape that I like in this tank that wasn't a big wall of rock or being too crowded. Since I only have 2 clownfish and 1 cleaner shrimp in this tank, I wasn't worried about the surface area/bioload ratio although I have a little bag of seachem de*nitrate in my filter just in case. My advice is just to do what makes you happy in your tank such as aquascape, what corals you want in your tank, and fish selection.

Apple Hoe - 8 years ago

Dude your a professional

John Madlos - 8 years ago

shaun eaton Thank you :)

Alan Parr - 8 years ago

Just wanted to say..., really nice nano tank. One of the nicest nano's I hv seen. Beautiful colors and also like how you added at end of video, what you are using. Thx

Steve Dang - 8 years ago

Nice I have a heater and it up to 80

John Madlos - 8 years ago

Yeah my tank went to 81 one night when the weather was hot but it was fine. I used to have it around 79. As long as its stable and not over 86 then i think its fine.

Steve Dang - 8 years ago

Hi what is the temperature of the reef

John Madlos - 8 years ago

Steve Dang for this tank I have it between 77°F - 78°F for most of the time.

Rafael Higonnet-Faithfull - 8 years ago

Stunning

Deepak Srinivas - 8 years ago

can u make a video on diy top up equipment....thank u

John Madlos - 8 years ago

by the end of this week i should have it up

John Madlos - 8 years ago

sure man.

30. comment for 10 Gallon Saltwater Reef Tank

John Madlos - 8 years ago

Thanks man

arenalarmyof2 - 8 years ago

what wavemaker do you use?

John Madlos - 8 years ago

+arenalarmyof2 np

arenalarmyof2 - 8 years ago

thanks bro

John Madlos - 8 years ago

I currently use 2 Hydor Koralia 240 nano. one of each side and alternating 1h on&off. In this video i only used 1.

Eddie's Reef Aquaria - 8 years ago

Hi John, First I want to thank you for subscribing to my channel as I too watched yours and also did. I find your tank Great looking with healthy corals and a lot of detailed information about the build. Eddie of Eddie's Reef Aquaria

John Madlos - 8 years ago

Thank you man. I really like your tank too and especially that dosing video you did. I am slowly improving my build too. Someday I will make an update on my tank and the equipment :)

MannyFresh1x - 8 years ago

How are the coral living if you don't dose the tank with anything?

MannyFresh1x - 8 years ago

+John Madlos Oh alright just wondering if I could have saved money on the chemicals. And wow but they seem to be doing fine without you dosing.

John Madlos - 8 years ago

Yeap, I am currently using Reef Crystals. Reef Crystals are formulated for LPS/SPS corals vs Instant Ocean are more for fish only tanks or corals that don't demand high levels of those elements. Depends on the tank too on what corals you got if you need to dose. I just realized that I need to dose after testing my parameters today hehe.

MannyFresh1x - 8 years ago

+John Madlos So the salt you use makes it so you don't have dose them with anything?

John Madlos - 8 years ago

They are doing fine even I don't dose anything, just water changes every week. I might buy Red Sea Coral Pro Salt mix instead of Reef Crystals when it runs out. I am currently experimenting just now on Seachem Reef Plus if they react better or worst.

Dustin Traynor - 8 years ago

What do you have your lights dialed in at and how long do you run them each day?

Dustin Traynor - 8 years ago

+John Madlos Great, thanks.

John Madlos - 8 years ago

For now I have 40% Blue (4th marker) and 30% White (3rd marker) for the SB Reef Lights. I run them for 8 hours white and 10 hours Blue. I am slowly increasing the intensity slowly each week and see how the corals are liking it because I had the lowest setting for almost 6 months and didn't realize it was low.

Francisco Gozon - 8 years ago

Very nice!

John Madlos - 8 years ago

Thanks man

Mr. Gilly - 8 years ago

what kind of power head are you using?

John Madlos - 8 years ago

Thanks man

Mr. Gilly - 8 years ago

+John Madlos everything looks awesome. Good job!

John Madlos - 8 years ago

On this video I am only using one hydor koralia nano 240. I added an extra one last month.

Robandoban - 8 years ago

What pump are you using on the tank? I have a couple larger tanks (40-90gal) and I'm going to be setting up a 10gal soon but I don't know which pump I should get yet.

John Madlos - 8 years ago

In this tank I have a modified aquaclear 110. When I started, I bought some pvc pipes from home depot and drilled like a couple holes in it to have reduced flow or there will be a sandstorm in the tank. When the sand became more dense I added a Hydor Koralia Nano 240. Then I added one same one on the other side when corals got bigger. The pumps would alternate every hour or so.