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Alistair Dyer - 7 years ago

Great video!

Will Godfrey - 7 years ago

I live in Mansfield OH and trying to start mine!!

Travis Graham - 7 years ago

Great interview. Thanks Dustin.

PinMasterDaddy - 7 years ago

Great videos always Dustin! Entertaining and informative. Keep up the good work.

Corey Hart - 7 years ago

I am in the process of beginning my Saltwater tank. Are there any books you could recommend for me?
This information was definitely very helpful

Juan Santiago - 7 years ago

Can a yellow tank live comfortably on 60 gallon tank?

Dustin's Fish Tanks - 8 years ago

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Krity Kat - 8 years ago

I must be doing something right, lol. I do have a 20 gallon. however I started out with live crushed coral and sand and a starter biological additive. Cycled the tank for 2 months, then added 2 damsels. continued with them until 6 months. then added 2 clowns. thinking of adding coral. this video was very informative. the water changes does throw me off as I'm a massive water changer in my 60 gallon freshwater with my python. the once month at 25% in the saltwater is working great though. I've actually ran the tank on a hob filter. upgrading to a canister because I have an issue with salt creep. hoping it's an easy transition. I don't plan to add more fish other than maybe some clean up crew. so I think I'll be ok with the size tank.

Sir Ratman - 8 years ago

The outtro music was louder then Kents voice at the end

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Sir Ratman - 8 years ago

Dustin: Hello Kent hoe are you?
Kent: Hello viewers how are you?

restorationsolution - 8 years ago

good video

Tank On Cleaning - 8 years ago

I use the Continuum products in my F/W tanks. I think it's great stuff, but it's so damn expensive here in Australia. But it works much better than any others I have used!
Thanks for the Video Dustin!

lou9294 - 8 years ago

thanks for sharing

Tin 4705 - 8 years ago

I had four fish in my 29 gallon and they all did fine

Steven Harden - 8 years ago

Clownfish are damsel fish. another good starter fish would be green chromis. I would do corals before an anemone. Anemones seem to be really sensitive. good beginner corals would be star polyps, Kenya Trees and mushrooms. a good aquarium salt would be reef crystals or Red Sea. I personally use reef crystals and have had fantastic results. you also want to have a bunch of Hermits and maybe a emerald crab AKA clean up when you start your tank to help it cycle.

Parker Alwan - 8 years ago

I think this guy is delirious. How can he expect a person to wait 6 months to put coral in. If the water quality is good and the right conditions are met there ain't a problem. And how is a person that is just "testing the waters" so to speak going to be able or willing to afford a 55 gallon reef tank. Well over a thousand dollars. And you do not want anemones around coral and you sure as heck don't add them in before you do coral. Hello physiology...

MsArtemis01 - 8 years ago

Going to New York Reef a Palooza. Should be fun. Can't wait to see you there.

Marisa S - 8 years ago

Can you set up a salt water tank without using anything harvested from the oceans? I have wanted to do salt for ever but i only ever see that the fish and corals are normally harvested from the ocean instead of bred/grown in captivity. I love the salted tank but something seems to cruel to me about taking fish out of the ocean and sticking them in a small box... like a billion gallons versus 200 gallons, is no comparison, and coral takes so long to grow that harvesting is killing reef systems in the oceans. Would love to know what species are doing the least damage to the ocean!!

jayme alcay - 8 years ago

don't buy damsels for your reef tank they are aggressive and can bully an other fish to death start with one maybe two clowns if your tank is big enough clownfish are hardy fish

jayme alcay - 8 years ago

+Marisa S true :) it's do hard to catch them to

Marisa S - 8 years ago

He said once the tank is cycled you would probably want to bring the Damsels back and then get clown fish, i guess it depends on your LFS though :)

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Eddie CHrome - 8 years ago

i started a saltwater tank about 8 months ago... its not to hard just keep up with the water changes....

Lawrence Bader - 8 years ago

0:13 I'd love to "clean her tank" ;)
btw, congrats on your new pond. It's sick!

DFRDRIFTPIG - 8 years ago

What's your name on Instagram

Dustin's Fish Tanks - 8 years ago

#dustinsfishtanks

The Graceful Savage - 8 years ago

is your pond ready to rock and roll with big fish yet?

Sre_ Rich - 8 years ago

I pused perfectily at 00:13 ;)

bogdan19902 - 8 years ago

I love my planted tank , never felt the need to start a saltwater tank.
P.S - Can`t wait to see your pond with fish man , its gonna be awesome!

TAYLORMANIA - 8 years ago

Thank you for the informative vids. You're great :)

thomas bowen - 8 years ago

that is an amazing pond

ASTCify - 8 years ago

There'll be a DJ at a fish show? Hope they play an opera singer or Steve Tyler singing that glass-shattering high pitch noise ;)

Damo - 8 years ago

Wu Tang.......That's a nice 'gravel pit' you've got behind you there.
Hehe.
Top video as per.

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Ozrealix - 8 years ago

If I can go there I WILL definitely go there.... :'(

FeedThatReefAddiction - 8 years ago

Coral first then anemones! They need more stability and an established tank

SachiMochi - 8 years ago

good video. A suggestion, when you are asking a question, keep it simple and straight forward. I noticed you are repeating the same thing multiple times in the same questions. e.g. what about maintenance and water changes of salt water aquarium? I heard "maintenance" and "water changes" 3 times in one question.
Other than that, keep up the good work. I like your content.

Dustin's Fish Tanks - 8 years ago

Thanks- I hardly interview anyone. I did get a tad wordy- tank on

Justin B. - 8 years ago

silly question but I have absolutely no salt experience. how do you add anemones if they sting you ha?

garretts91 - 8 years ago

While Mr.Kent is way more knowledgeable than I am I disagree on the subject of tank size. Most people don't want to spend the money on a 55g or larger to start off when it may just end up on craigslist a month later. A good 55g setup can cost thousands. I started a 15g 6 months ago and have had great success.. As long as your well versed in taking care of a planted tank you can transfer that husbandry knowledge to reef keeping. I do recommend doing a lot of saltwater research first. Once you get the hang of it its pretty easy. Just remember, nothing good happens quick in a reef tank. Wait months to add fish/corals and don't rush anything.

Java02 - 8 years ago

most folks have lackluster husbandry very likely for a disaster to happen with a rook

CJ'S AQUARIUMS - 8 years ago

Your coming to my city?! Stay out of the west end of the city... Louisville ain't the safest place. Do you know if they are having any coral shows anytime soon here?

Jason Doucette - 8 years ago

that is a sweet looking pond man, love the waterfall and rockwork!

johnvuu - 8 years ago

what about live rock? would live rock be a replacement for that bottles bacteria?

quepiid - 8 years ago

I recently started a saltwater tank. I fucked up and got a mandarin. He will only eat live foods. But my tank is small so i have to breed Copepods in a buckets. But before him the salt tank wasn't that bad. Just water changes are a pain in the ass.

Ruben - 8 years ago

Those were some great tip man. Another good thing to do is have as much live rock in your tank and sump meaning more is better remember thats part of your filtration. Thanks for sharing bro.

Sicklidz1337 Kewl - 8 years ago

Cool Video

FlipGaming - 8 years ago

I am in the plans of starting a salt water tank currently. Unfortunately I do not have the money or space for a 55 so i am going to take a shot at a 20g nano. I have no issues with keeping up with maintenance so I think I should be okay with a light bio load and no corals for a few months.

FlipGaming - 8 years ago

+garretts91 oh yeah I heard. Figured I would just want to avoid the pests that can come with buying second hand live rock. I plan on keeping the bio load low as well (2 clowns, shrimp and one other fish). By the time the dry rock becomes live I'll have the money to buy a few corals :p

garretts91 - 8 years ago

sure nothing wrong with dry rock. It will just take a bit longer. Things take time with saltwater. Good your going to take it slow!

FlipGaming - 8 years ago

+garretts91 I was going to use dry rock with a live rock seed just due to price along with live sand. I am just going to take it slow with this one.

garretts91 - 8 years ago

I started with a 15g 6 months ago. I've had no major issues. I also have planted tanks. Just be religious about the maintenance and you'll be fine. Get a nice sand bed put down and use at least 1lb of live rock per gallon. I'd also wait a few months to put any livestock in.

thrallingFRglory - 8 years ago

Too bad most of the fauna in the saltwater hobby is wild caught. Its the only thing keeping me from starting a saltwater system.

muffemod - 7 years ago

The amount of wild caught is insignificant. Doesn't even make a dent in the ocean. Do they even teach maths in HS anymore?

EighthNotch - 7 years ago

Sorry man, Most fish are NOT captive bred.

dsinsocal - 7 years ago

There are several fish that are bred in captivity now, and there are also a few sources of rock that are mined from underground (ancient reef rock) that don't impact the ocean habitat.

Additionally, even the live rock pulled out of the ocean is almost always just rubble that has broken off the reef by storms and other natural erosion. I don't believe people are actually out there with hammers knocking off chunks of the existing reef.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/aquarium-fish-supplies.cfm?c=15+1500

Parker Alwan - 8 years ago

+Nature's Finest mollies cannot sustain the saltwater environment for more than a few months. And they have made leaps and bounds about having the animals grown in a man made hatchery. It all just depends on what you buy. There are many laws and regulations when it comes to collecting live specimens. The more common the fish the higher the chances of having a home grown fish. Clowns are almost always bred in captivity. Start with those other than mollies, and corrals are typically fragged over and over again. This makes it more sustainable.

Nature's Finest - 8 years ago

yeah a lot of the animals is taken from the ocean. including the rock which also destroys there habitat. I did not know this when I started that they caught and took almost everything from the wild. very few fish are actually bred (if that's how you spell it) and inverts (corals ext.) might be fragged (again maybe spelt wrong). but so much is from the wild for that supply. which is why I will put mollies in mine. I already have things growing and some fish but no more taking from the reefs. only home made rocks

eric j - 8 years ago

I had a saltwater tank for years man and used mb7, all his phytoplankton series my corals loved it , reef code a and b, vitamin c, coral amino, bio fuel, and his lugol's and coral restor , his products are by for out of everyone else's league.

Jorge Figueroa - 8 years ago

Love me some salties! I like the direction this guy takes. The thing about him saying to wait six months before adding inverts is becuase around 6 months most people grasp what they are doing with the tank and what it takes to have inverts...

Aquatic Tanks By MJ - 8 years ago

I would like to know about brackish tank turning my 36g into a high brackish tank with molly and hermit crab any info will be helpful

sagar chande - 8 years ago

hey I have discus fishes in my tank..which other fishes should I buy? please suggest

Neon Tetra Aquarist - 8 years ago

Cardinal tetras

Shuaibby Baby - 8 years ago

tetras and rams

eric j - 8 years ago

never used continuum but brightwell products are the best and I have used many others, they are more consistent through each product.

Dustin's Fish Tanks - 8 years ago

Guy is a wiz man- I assume you have read the back of the labels on the stuff. Wow . What Brightwell stuff do you use?

Dustin's Fish Tanks - 8 years ago

First

Aron van Milaan - 8 years ago

Goddamnit..

Randy Orton The Viper - 8 years ago

+Dustin's Fish Tanks Are their even a fish such as called freshwater great barracuda(I mean can we even put a great barracuda in freshwater(Freshwater Barracuda)?