40 Gallon Breeder Reef Tank

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Toua Thao - 9 years ago

Nice!

SummonTank - 9 years ago

stunning scooter blenny

Harry creasian - 9 years ago

It's a scorpion i think..

Kyle Schies - 9 years ago

The plant at 1:39 is a weed it will take over a tank in no time keep it well trimmed

Steve Rooke - 9 years ago

Looks great!!

ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 10 years ago

pulsing xenia is the devils coral, will grow like a weed and take over , cant stand that stuff

Robandoban - 10 years ago

Very good looking tank.

James Peters - 11 years ago

i want to run a reef of similiar size and sump. i own a manufactured home and im afraid its load with weigh too much. any insight?

Albert Terell - 11 years ago

What plant is that in the tank

jetstream01 - 11 years ago

I wanna say around 50-60lbs. All got transferred to my 135.

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Tom Luu - 11 years ago

how many lbs of rock is that jet? really nice tank bro

jetstream01 - 11 years ago

He's a FuManchu lion, so he doesn't get very big. This is fortunate, because he would definitely eat any invert or fish small enough to fit in his mouth. That being said, he never harmed one creature (other than the ghost shrimp I fed him) in that tank.

lances352 - 11 years ago

Have you had any problems with the lionfish harming any inverts?

915Mang - 11 years ago

NICE

jetstream01 - 11 years ago

@Brian Millsaps Having a small fish in a small tank doesn't cause them to have ich. This fish had ich because the store I got it from is notorious for their fish having ich. It was a very new addition as of this video and lived for several months after before succumbing to the damsels harassment.

Brian Millsaps - 11 years ago

Your angel looks like it had a serious case of ick..I'm sure the damsel constantly attacking it didn't help with its immune system getting used to your tank. I once tried a bristletooth tang in a 40 breeder and even though it was only about 1.5" long the tank still isn't large enough.

jetstream01 - 11 years ago

@redham05 That would be a fu Manchu lionfish.

James Cunningham - 11 years ago

great reef, what is the name of the fish at 2.08?

jetstream01 - 11 years ago

The key to success with angels and a reef tank is to kept them very well fed. I never had this angel pick on anything, but he died not too long after the video due to the damsels attacking him constantly.

Constantino kokkinidis - 11 years ago

Thank for the reply, one last question do you get the emperor picking at coral from time to time like some of the dwarf angels

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jetstream01 - 11 years ago

Thanks. This tank has since been upgraded to a 135 and is now the sump (check out my other videos!). The coral at :17 is a pulsing xenia. Fairly common coral that lots of people will often give away for free. The emperor angel is fine for this size of tank as long as you get it as a juvenile. People will tell you it gets too big for this tank-which is true-but it takes at least a couple of years for it to grow up.As long as you have a plan to move it to another tank in the future you're fine.

Constantino kokkinidis - 11 years ago

Very nice reef you got, is the emperor angel fine in this size tank and could you tell me the name of the coral in the front at .17

Mansa Musa - 11 years ago

In a 40b? Skip the tang, diamond spot SLEEPER gobies will starve in that tank or just ruin the sandbed and any corals on it. Stick to shrimp and perching gobies. HTH.

Tristan J - 11 years ago

yeah im getting a tomini (7 inch max) and yellow (8 inch max) tang with a pair of clownfish, diamond spot goby, rayal gramma and tail spot blenny now :)

Mansa Musa - 11 years ago

Naso tangs get pretty big, aka bigger than 11 inches.

Mansa Musa - 11 years ago

Annnd FAIL! New game I play with reef noobs

Tristan J - 11 years ago

you can't keep a blue and yellow tang and a puffer in a 40 gallon, even if they are the fish from nemo

kmayberry5263 - 11 years ago

you should get the fishes - brown puffer, orange stripe clown, blue tang, yellow tang, large red shrimp, and a starfish :3

Tristan J - 12 years ago

so if i dose every day it won't run out of the calcium, alkalinity ect.

Tristan J - 12 years ago

yeah i'm getting them asap (as small as possible lol) the smallest i can get is yellow tang: 1-2 inches blonde naso tang: 3-4 inches. but i think they grow pretty quickly? probly if you give them alot of food options and healthy food, thats what im gonna try to do :)

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Tristan J - 12 years ago

yeah thanks - i will be dosing every day though

jetstream01 - 12 years ago

Also, if you get the tangs small, it will take 4-5 years for them to out grow a 90 gallon tank, so don't be too worried about it.

jetstream01 - 12 years ago

Sounds like a good plan. Only thing is, I went the no water changes route for a while and my parameters stayed in check...but all those essential minerals and elements the corals need get depleted over time. This includes calcium, which is going to be used A LOT by your SPS. If your calcium drops, it affects your alkalinity. So you will either have to dose all kinds of things, or just invest in an RODI like I did and do water changes.

Tristan J - 12 years ago

*continued* so, i will plan to have the 6 fish and replace the tangs every 1-2 years (or when the yellow tang gets to 7-8 inches and the blonde naso gets to 9-11 inches) with lots of SPS and a few LPS with acans, and NO water changes (unless needed) because of all these benificial things and no overstocking, i won't have to do water changes :)

Tristan J - 12 years ago

yeah, i have done a crap load of reasearch and this is how i am planning to do it: a yellow tang, blonde naso tang, royal gramma, clownfish pair, neon goby, small amount of fish = the 1 inch per 5 gallons fish rule (18 inches for 90) so with 6 fish, not overstocked, a great skimmer, a 40 gallon refugium/sump,miricle mud and a deep sand bed in the sump and main tank, and at least 60 pounds of live rock, 500w of metal halides and a chiller, ATO and reef keeper lite plus. so, (will continue comment

15290calvo - 12 years ago

oh well cool tank i love it

jetstream01 - 12 years ago

Actually, the best tank I've ever seen in person is a 90 gallon SPS/high dollar LPS, and it has two full grown tangs living in it in addition to a small yellow tang. I think if you start them off young in the tank and they grow up in it, they are generally fine. The fish do create accidental frags a lot though haha

Tristan J - 12 years ago

oh ok - that sucks about the damsel -_- i am setting up a 90 with 2 tangs, i think they grow fast though?

jetstream01 - 12 years ago

It's a 40 breeder I think it was 3ft.

jetstream01 - 12 years ago

It will get to big, but it takes many years for that to happen. When it finally does, you either get a bigger setup or give it away to someone with a bigger established tank.

jetstream01 - 12 years ago

The tank has been upgraded to a 135 gallon reef for a long time. See my other videos. But yes of course you need to have a long term plan when placing small versions of large fish in aquariums. Just remember-they take YEARS to get big, so you can have small tangs or angels in small tanks as long as when they get big you either give them away or get a bigger tank. Besides this, the angel was killed by the stupid damsel after this video was taken.

jetstream01 - 12 years ago

Started from scratch and yes it had a sump. Check out the other video I have about the technical setup.

MaxAndStuff - 12 years ago

did you start from scratch and does it have a sump/

Tristan J - 12 years ago

ur removing that angelfish when it gets larger right?

Tristan J - 12 years ago

it's an emperor angelfish juvinile, they grow way way to large for this aquarium

15290calvo - 12 years ago

That angle will get too big for your tank

idkwhereiamhelp1 - 12 years ago

what is the white and blue fish with the circle stripe pattern called? it's beautiful.

tom - 12 years ago

Oh sorry. But your dwarf lion fish looks very nice

jetstream01 - 12 years ago

I started with a 4 bulb T5HO fixture that I later modified to make a 6 bulb fixture. I was able to keep any kind of coral I wanted in there and even saw a lot of growth on my SPS. This tank is now my sump in the 135 reef! Check out my other videos.

jetstream01 - 12 years ago

Yep when this video was taken, I had just added most of those LPS corals so they weren't quite used to the tank and lighting yet.

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tom - 12 years ago

Not to be mean or anything but all your LPS don't seen too hot.

Mamba144 - 12 years ago

I hope that's not true, i used conditioned tap water (with salt added of course) for my tank that is done with the cycling process (no animals yet) and my nitrate, nitrite, and ammonia are all zero, also the salinity, alkalinity and ph are all great, I have ordered lighting and it's coming soon, but I'm hoping my first inhabitants will be fine, I'm not sure whats wrong with tap water, but if theirs anything wrong with it, please tell me before i put inhabitants in the tank (its a 40 gal breeder)

michael xenakis - 12 years ago

Just wanted to say emperor angelfish are the best fish in the world. I remember when i first bought mine he was eating on day 1 and on day 3 he was coming up to the glass whenever I walk by. He's a 5 inch adult.

John Breeson - 12 years ago

hey love the tank! I'm planning on setting up a 40 gallon breeder, would a quad t5 be enough light for most corals on a 40 gallon breeder? how important is it to have a the algea section in the sump?

IdTapThat4Life - 12 years ago

Can you send me the specs on you sump and how you did the PVC on the return pump I want to switch from hose

jetstream01 - 12 years ago

No anthelia definitely does not need strong lighting. I have never been a fan of power compact and I'm not really a fan of LED lighting either, but that's not to say they don't work. However, which ever lighting you chose, the anthelia will do fine. I actually ended up giving away the anthelia in my tank because it was taking over everything. Even in my new 135 gal tank, there are still little heads popping up everywhere!

jetstream01 - 12 years ago

Thanks! This tank is now the sump for our 135 gallon. Only tips I can give ya are ALWAYS USE RODI WATER! And make sure it's from a good source. I'm confident that's my #1 secret to success. I have never put any water besides RODI in my tank. And keep up with water changes and have a good skimmer. If you do all three of those things you will be successful! Good luck PM me with any questions you may have.

Evan Lumpkin - 12 years ago

Hey man first of all love the tank! Im wanting to do my own 40g tank and just wanna know if you have any tips and if you can lead me in a direction to start.thx.

jeramie james - 12 years ago

Ive always seen people have 40 breeders but was always scared about levels and one of my corals nuking the tank. So i always stayed 55 and above with atleast a 20 long sump. My last tank was a 72 bowfront with a 20 long sump. Lighting was t5HO 2 10000k and 2 actinics with blue leds. Dual Koralias #6 with a smaller cheapo oscilating power head pushing behind the rocks. 80 pounds of fiji with a 4 inch sand base. Only thing i didnt like and had to modify the crap out of was HOB my overflow box

jeramie james - 12 years ago

Nice setup! I think im going to start another tank and run with a 40 breeder pre drilled. With a tank that small how hard is it to keep your levels just right? Love the lawnmower blenny too .... they are my favorite addition to any of my tanks. They are like the dogs of the saltwater world lol running around eating every bit of algae they can find and they are curious lil guys. Plus mine would sit at the front of the tank and just look at me when i would wipe it down lol.

AllAlaskan907 - 12 years ago

40 gallon breeder is the size, I have one that is specifically an aquarium but I have seen 40 gallon breeder tanks there were meant for Reptiles and were labeled "Not an Aquarium" so keep that in mind. the Exo tank you have may not be the best choice to use for an aquarium. I would measure the thickness of the glass. My 40 gallon breeder aquarium has 1/4 inch thick glass.

Brittany Brown - 12 years ago

what kind of live rock do you have and how many pounds of it do you have?

Hector Aramburo - 12 years ago

I Love O.O

jetstream01 - 12 years ago

@scrom29 Unfortunately the fu manchu recently died of starvation due to a stupid mistake I made. Otherwise, the fish was the best I've ever owned. He never bothered any other tank mates and had a great personality. I wouldn't put any other lion in a reef tank because lion fish no matter which species will eat anything living that is big enough to fit in their mouth. In the Fu Manchu's case, he will not likely get big enough to eat anything other than a ghost shrimp or krill.

scrom29 - 12 years ago

how does your fu manchu lionfish do with the clowns? Im thinking of starting an Indo-Pacific reef tank, and was wondering since larger lions go for little fish too.

jetstream01 - 12 years ago

@clav2 Thanks. Nothing special done for the coralline algae. I just used 2 or 3 rocks that were covered in it to start the tank from the beginning and it spread on its own.

clav2 - 12 years ago

.Your tank is awesome man....is there anything special you did to get the purple algae to start growing on the live rock

blindaero - 12 years ago

@my2clownfishrule All Glass makes a Marine rated version of a 40 breeder as well. They are used quite often in fish breeding...which is where the name came from. But you are right...the reptile versions are not made with high strength silicone bonding agents and will burst seams if you fill them all the way.

jetstream01 - 12 years ago

@my2clownfishrule Not sure if it was "meant" for aquarium use or not, but I've done nothing to reinforce the tank in any way, and in fact know several people who have 40 breeder reef tanks. Never had a problem! I can see your cause for concern tho, as the tank doesn't have a middle support across the top.

muffemod - 12 years ago

Solid.

Billie Lewis - 13 years ago

how many lbs of LR is in there? great tank BTW, i ahve a 90 gallon, vids on my page

jetstream01 - 13 years ago

@BigSkrufAudi Not sure what exactly you're referring to, but regardless I attach all my corals with superglue gel.

Paul Staudinger - 13 years ago

how did you get the coral on arches like that

jetstream01 - 13 years ago

@babybabygirll Yep you are right-but they don't ALWAYS pick on corals. That goes for all angel fish-some individual fish do pick on/eat coral, others don't touch them. It sucks that juv emp. died because he never ever bothered corals, and the bi color angel I have in there now totally bugs all the coral :/

jetstream01 - 13 years ago

@wpsnowboarder The Moon Atomic by Angels and Airwaves :)

jetstream01 - 13 years ago

@ilikespam9002 Not sure which one you're referring to, but the mushroom is a ricordea, the green furry one is green star polyp, and the pink tentacly one is anthelia (a weed like coral that grows like crazy).

rami badreddine - 13 years ago

do u think the emporor would have out grown th at tank quickly

jetstream01 - 13 years ago

@ramibadreddine I didn't get rid of it. The damsels killed it. Shame-it was a very well behaved fish.

rami badreddine - 13 years ago

why did your get ride of the Emperor Angel

Afrankiewicz - 13 years ago

How much did it cost for the corals

jetstream01 - 13 years ago

@maybeshewill13 I just posted the video on my tank setup. Check it out!

jetstream01 - 13 years ago

@bucholtz1983 Sump video is up finally!

Steve Francis - 13 years ago

Yes, please tell us more about your sump setup! Would love to see a video on that!

Sean Bucholtz - 13 years ago

@jetstream01 Awesome! I'm looking forward to it. I plan to convert my fresh water 40 gallon breeder tank, into a saltwater setup as well. I'm a total beginner though.

jetstream01 - 13 years ago

@bucholtz1983 Yes, I will do a video of the sump setup. Give me a few days though-I was planning on doing an update video for the tank. Keep an eye out I will include something about the sump in there.

Sean Bucholtz - 13 years ago

Could you do a quick video of your sump setup?

jetstream01 - 13 years ago

@NEY310LA How long has your tank been set up? Trust me, this tank went through its fair paces of having algae and diatoms. However, they have never been as severe as what most people see because I have only ever used 100% RODI water. NEVER tap water. If you would ask me one single piece of advice to give to new reefers, I would say to use only RODI water. It eliminates a lot of the problems you would normally face.

jetstream01 - 13 years ago

@rostibluh You could probably keep the lionfish in a 20 long, as they don't get much bigger than 3-4 inches. However, it would be better to keep him in at least a 40. Keep in mind when you're shopping for one that you ask what he eats-mine only eats LIVE ghost shrimp. That's it. Nothing else. Which is why it's kinda a pain in the ass to have him but he's my favorite fish so he gets the extra effort.

Patrick Murphy - 13 years ago

Very Nice Tank, How do you like the Urchin skimmer?

jetstream01 - 13 years ago

@ben11vick I never had any problems with him nipping on coral. I had him for about 2 months before a blue/yellow tail damsel harassed him to death :(

Carlos Gonzalez - 13 years ago

Thanx!

jetstream01 - 13 years ago

@Berserker1400 Thanks. It's called The Moon Atomic by Angels and Airwaves

Carlos Gonzalez - 13 years ago

nice Reef Tank and whats the name of that song

Alex Bautista - 13 years ago

awesome tank dude...check out my vids rate,comment and suscribe

austinfuzz - 13 years ago

I would love to have a 40B. Maybe later in life. I just started a 14g biocube, so we will see where that takes me. Very nice looking tank.

jetstream01 - 13 years ago

@muffemod Thanks!

muffemod - 13 years ago

Started my tank 14 days ago. Yours looks so good. Very inspiring.

jetstream01 - 13 years ago

@lswishe Thanks for the comments! The goby jumped out :( lol he decided to commit suicide because I was trying to trap him and put him in the fowlr. You notice Maria has made like 1 inch of new tube since I moved her there? She is hecca growing its sweet.