125 Gallon Reef Tank System Walk Through With Chris Henry (Lets Talk Tanks)

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cool dood - 7 years ago

Intro is too damn long

Tyler Johnson - 7 years ago

ya i know bro. sorry about that

Corbin Morris - 7 years ago

If you ever start making videos again, please update on this tank!

FenderSchonJPX - 7 years ago

Worst FNG intro music ever. Nice tank though n

dudeneedmoney - 8 years ago

love that clam!

FenderSchonJPX - 7 years ago

dudeneedmoney yeah can't wait to get one some day.

TheFishTank Doc. - 8 years ago

You do need R.O water if don't want a hair algae problem. It would be a nice looking tank, if it wasn't for the hair algae.

Mikee - 8 years ago

Too much green algae.

TheDaddy2003 - 8 years ago

Tap water wtf?? Lol. I can't get over how much growth u have yet u seem to be doing the opposite to how we are told. Take your green hair algae problem. Sure sign of high phosphate yet your tanks thriving. What's your phosphate level and water parameters in general? Also I'd really love to know exactly what make and model your lighting is thanks!!

Ray Mejia - 9 years ago

Tap water? Well I should try it.

Chris Henry - 9 years ago

Thank you to everyone that has watched the video of my tank. sorry I didn't reply back to comments sooner. never thought there would be this many views.

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Bumpy lump - 9 years ago

Pretty clean!!!!

Chris Henry - 9 years ago

thank you

echo5delta16 - 9 years ago

you guys are absolutely killing me...I know you are giving out badass info but using all those acronyms and jargin that me as a new guy to tanks, keeps me lost..

Tyler Johnson - 9 years ago

It's all good buddy. I'm getting ready to travel the US and film more reefers tanks and I'll learn on making the videos a little more easier to understand. thanks for watching

Chaz D - 9 years ago

Tank's so bright he's got to wear shades :)

Chris Henry - 9 years ago

they are prescription safety glasses. my work requires safety glasses at all times so I just wear them all the time now.

Aquapparel - 9 years ago

Beautiful tank! Impressive plumbing.

Chris Henry - 9 years ago

thank you. I am a journeyman plumber so I try to make it look good.

FlyRenegade - 9 years ago

excellent video. one of the best I've seen.

Chris Henry - 9 years ago

Thanks. Tyler does good work. I was just trying to explain my setup.

Ben Fuller - 9 years ago

Hi. I'm planning to get a 240-250 litre (50/55ish) gallon reef tank. I want to put it in my upstairs bedroom as it's only place I have space for it.

My question is will there be any risk with the weight of the tank plus water plus I've sand and live rock??

With the amount of money involved particularly with reef tanks last thing I want is to splash out on it all and it causes the floor to give way. As it would not be fair on my wallet or the fish that I buy.

Any advice would be welcome. Trying to avoid the 500-1000 pound survey engineer cost

sbazain - 9 years ago

great tank love the clam keep it up.

Chris Henry - 9 years ago

thanks. the thing is huge now

shylan McKay - 9 years ago

I figured it out lol

Ashley L - 9 years ago

Your tank is awesome!! Have u ever tried using urchins for hair algae? My tank is covered in green hair algae and someone suggested urchins for it. I have a snowflake eel in my tank, so I have to watch what herbivores I can put in it.. All my crabs have disappeared

Chris Henry - 9 years ago

Thank you. Not much of a Fan of urchins. They are like little bulldozers. Always knocking things over. Just got a couple lettuce nudibranch's hopefully they will help.

Tanner Vandenbosch - 9 years ago

Awesome tank!

Chris Henry - 9 years ago

Thank you.

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Jason Walters - 9 years ago

all some set up like video

Chris Henry - 9 years ago

thanks

drdavethedude - 9 years ago

You mentioned that tap water is being used as if it`s not a problem, but perhaps that`s why the tank is being over run with bryopsis...

Tyler Johnson - 9 years ago

Watch the whole video

Shawn Johnson - 9 years ago

Thank You

Chris Henry - 9 years ago

Thanks for watching.

brsund06 - 9 years ago

Glad to see he us using a collection container with a float switch shut off. I use to run a reef octopus external and those things had a high risk to flood your floor. I loved the constancy though, you dont have to worrie about sump water height messing with the skimming performance.

Chris Henry - 9 years ago

Yeah a collection cup with a shut off is the only way in my opinion to run those skimmers. And I hate dealing with fluctuations in water levels and how that affects internal skimmers. I pull out a lot a skimate with that skimmer.
Thanks for watching.

Pat Armstrong - 9 years ago

Great video. Would love to learn more. The plumbing on that tank is amazing great job wish you could come plumb mine.

Chris Henry - 9 years ago

Thanks. I am a journeyman plumber so it's what I do.

guidedbyechoes - 9 years ago

I think the ro might help with the Algae!

Thanks for tour!

Chris Henry - 9 years ago

Yea I have been dosing mag it's over 1600 ppm currently. And cutting as much as I can off the rocks. That seems to help the most. Also added a bunch of snails and hermits and that has helped a lot as well. The stuff is a nightmare to eradicate.

guidedbyechoes - 9 years ago

Oh sorry thought it was hair algae. I hear it's difficult to get rid of. Please document what you did if you can beat it.

Chris Henry - 9 years ago

Thanks. My tank phosphates are 0 ppm and the nitrates are 0 ppm as well. I have ran gfo but it doesn't seem to help with bryopsis.

guidedbyechoes - 9 years ago

I hear people have really good results with gfo. Biopellets work really well too for dropping nitrates and phosphates. But they work so well the water is too clean to support most corals. I would suggest trying those if you ever have to battle gha.

Chris Henry - 9 years ago

Yes it might. Been running the tank with tap for 2 1/2 years and just in the last year started having problems with it. Filters are on there way and will be going back to ro soon.

Steven Maneri - 9 years ago

Great Video Guys. Kick-ass Tank Chris. Just Curious, whats the tds out of your tap-water up there in Oregon? Here in NY its about 35-40 and Im kind of tired of hooking up my RODI unit to my faucet every time and Ive been kind of leaning toward just going straight tap LOL

Chris Henry - 9 years ago

+Chris Henry so I have checked my water several times over the past few weeks and it is running around 65-84 ppm tds.

Chris Henry - 9 years ago

Not sure. I will borrow a meter and check it. I will let you know what it is when I find out.

TheRick2325 - 9 years ago

Tank is super awesome

Chris Henry - 9 years ago

Thank you.

mike paul - 9 years ago

These are the kinds of videos I like I don't care there a half hour that a in depth look of a reef tank glad I watched thank you nice tank by the way and some crazy plumbing skills wish u would have shot the frag tank inter Estes to see how it looks gods video though

Tyler Johnson - 9 years ago

+Chris Henry yes I will be back soon!

Chris Henry - 9 years ago

Thanks! I think Tyler will do another update in the future. Frag tank was just set up when we filmed. Fully stocked now so maybe sometime soon. Thanks for watching.

jeremiemcd - 9 years ago

Tank looks sick bro, that's a beast of a filtration unit, great job, looking forward to seeing more updates, thanks for sharing guys

Chris Henry - 9 years ago

Thanks man!

Tyler Johnson - 9 years ago

Thanks for the comment. Yeah i really look forward to posting updates.

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Ruben - 9 years ago

That's a beautiful reef tank. Love the sump nice plumping work. It's like a piece of art. Thanks Chris for showing use the Reef

Chris Henry - 9 years ago

Thank you.
Yeah I built the sump cause I wasn't happy with what was on the market for the price. Why buy when you can build?
Thanks for watching.

Tyler Johnson - 9 years ago

Thanks Ruben!

Chris Henry - 9 years ago

Thanks. I am in Redmond Oregon.

Janet Diaz - 9 years ago

NICEEEEE, Now this what I love watching.. I the Plumbing part... Awesome.. Hey Chris where are you located ??/ PS Great VID. Thanks Guys...

Chris Henry - 9 years ago

I am in central Oregon

Tyler Johnson - 9 years ago

Thanks Janet and lots more to come.

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