Large Reef Tank System

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Alex Correa - 6 years ago

Best lights ever!

Alex Correa - 6 years ago

Go halides again! You won't be disappointed.
I went LEDs and back to my old lights after 8 months.
Sorry, no comparison!!! Halides all the way for a 400gal!

Matt B - 6 years ago

Alex Correa Think I am going to build a 750 gallon in the future. I have the tank already..... just need to make up my mind. If I do set it up those 400's will be going back on with my radions supplementing.

Eddy Ortiz - 7 years ago

I subbed to your channel I used to have a reef tank 125 but had to move and now have planted aquariums and a small pond! Thanks.

Eddy Ortiz - 7 years ago

Awsome reef I watched the whole video and love the creative idea with the barrels tank is gorgeous the Flame Hawk is a cool dude.

Aslam Abraham - 7 years ago

Man this a beaut Matt.

God Ink - 7 years ago

Wow. Nice!

Babak Morshedizadeh - 7 years ago

Where was the membrane for your RO/DI?

Matt B - 7 years ago

Babak Morshedizadeh It is laying on top of the vertical filters. In the white canister behind the gauge and tds meters.

Jeff Roberts - 8 years ago

Beautiful tank. I'm new the hobby and hope to one day have a great setup like this of my own! Nice video.

Eyesick Aquariums - 8 years ago

nice tank

Joe DOES200 - 8 years ago

Wondering how you managed to have more than 2 clownfish in your tank without incident?

andrew the og gansta - 7 years ago

Joe R i was wondering the same thjng

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MoneyMarcMes - 8 years ago

What an awesome setup!

Robert Salinas - 8 years ago

Wow nice SPS growth.. Are you using algae turf scrubber? Biopellets? Do you use sea salt mix or pacific seawater?

Jared Bell - 9 years ago

Love how the rabbitfish and tangs just follow him across the tank

Beetlesgonefishin - 9 years ago

Really cool set up , the results are in the display , very nice !

WAZZA - 9 years ago

Awesome tank, thanks for showing it

ryandeo82able - 9 years ago

Your tank is Beautiful and bad ass setup

brandon may - 9 years ago

beautiful tank!

happy93384 - 9 years ago

Where did u get the tank and stand from and cost

Maxwell Campolattaro - 9 years ago

Beautiful tank.

seven seas aquarium pros - 9 years ago

Nice!

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Patrick's Dive and Reef - 9 years ago

Great tank! Keep up the good work!

StudioReef - 9 years ago

thanks for the tour :)
Subbed and thumbs up from here

AustralianLeprechaun - 9 years ago

This is what I want!

Imran - 9 years ago

Any update on the sleeper gobies and clearing up the water? If cleared, how long did it take? I had a diamond goby that jumped out and always caused a sand storm. I swore to never get a sand sifting goby again. Really cool fish but hated the sand everywhere.

Josue Carro - 9 years ago

You have a great set up here and your tank looks amazing!

Astro theultimate - 9 years ago

Those sps are so beautiful!

Bryan Bullen - 9 years ago

Do your black clowns get on with the orange ones I won't to do that but my shop said they will fight if I add black ones thanks

Buddy Sheroka - 9 years ago

Nice tank man happy reefing

iBedtime - 9 years ago

This makes me want to spend a ton of money haha. Awesome Tank!

Garry Thomas - 9 years ago

Thank you for sharing. A very nice set up.

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Dee From Brooklyn - 9 years ago

I never get enough of looking at this tank. Nice

Matt B - 9 years ago

Thanks......I will soon do a update.

ps2cho - 9 years ago

how long did it take the green slimer to grow from the pinky size to that?

Matt B - 9 years ago

Im not exactly sure on the time but if I had to guess I would say 4 years. I have now since logged the new corals added with pictures and dates.

Etienne StjeanduCouteau - 9 years ago

Tripod. Buy a tripod. Maybe a 25. dollar outlay.

Etienne StjeanduCouteau - 9 years ago

What's with the walking around the halls and rooms toward the tank with the camera still running? Can't the new generation find the "pause" button? EDIT, edit, edit.

Ward Culver - 10 years ago

Very Nice!

Bechertanks - 10 years ago

why didnt i see this earlier?

DONFREDO - 10 years ago

Brilliant video, a great advert.....about all the reasons not to keep a reef set up. The complexity and the amount of equipment is just nuts, and leaves little room to actually enjoy the fish and corals.

Etienne StjeanduCouteau - 9 years ago

It's like driving a Unimog. Pretty much appeals to the Engineer in all of us,
with no concern that it's actually a useful truck. More gears and levers than
necessary. Looks like a well thought out system as the goal is self regulating.

Canitolindo1 - 10 years ago

Who and why would someone click they don't like this smh

Cycnoches2012 - 10 years ago

very clear, well thought out, beautiful!
thanks for sharing!

prozack12 - 10 years ago

One of my favorite tanks

DiepBlueC - 10 years ago

Man what a great tank and setup. Nice detailed video, healthy corals. Terrific job!

sdaftermath123 - 10 years ago

i thought butterfly's aren't reef safe? i didn't get one yesterday because of that,. also, how did you get black and false percula's to share a tank together?

Jeff Platteter - 10 years ago

nice.

SeanJones25SJ - 10 years ago

Great looking tank. Metal Halides + VHO is the best combination of lighting in my opinion.

Glenn Guarin - 10 years ago

Just beautiful. Nice video.

Chris Radici - 10 years ago

Do you ever get salt settling at the bottom of the drum? If so, ever think about putting in a hydro pump?

oren22fl - 10 years ago

This is some tank setup.... well thought out. I hope to have a 300+ tank setup someday. I can only guess how much all this cost. If you can give a round about guess I'd appreciate it.

Geoffrey Higham - 10 years ago

wow your tank is incredble. i love all the diy

BulkReefSupplyCom - 10 years ago

this is a stunning tank. fact thaat it has been up less than two years makes it even more impressive!

Mann Lock - 9 years ago

+BulkReefSupplyCom He said in the video that the stuff come out of his other tank and in a previous comment mentions the green slimer was 4 years of age so one can only assume that a lot of the larger corals are 3 to 4 years old in a 2 year old tank.

Matt B - 9 years ago

THANK YOU!!

sdaftermath123 - 10 years ago

for real. i have been doing this for 10 years, and i don't even have enough light power to keep hard corals.

Peter Cook - 10 years ago

Very well thought out and setup well, I have a similar size tank except its only 2 and half feet wide

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charles shieler - 10 years ago

why do you like hard coral so much (im just inquiring not being a douche)

baseballhunter42 - 10 years ago

Beautiful tank, would love to have a monster build like that. Seems like you have everything planned out really well. IMO a well planned system will always be more successful than something just thrown together, no matter how much experience.

Unique Marine Aquaculture - 10 years ago

beautiful set up!! who build your tank?

Denise Perry Williams - 10 years ago

Awesome tutorial!

Kevin Gilmore - 10 years ago

Great fish room and tank specimens, but please,.....when you record video, do not pan so fast & don't go back & forth. Slow and steady my reefer friend.

Matt White - 10 years ago

I cant comprehend whats going on under his tank lol and the fact that his girlfriend got him a skimmer for Christmas is awesome lol

JOHN HILL - 10 years ago

This is definitely one if not the best setup for a system this size I have ever seen!! I am getting set to setup my new 150 and learned a lot from this.

Phoenix320 - 10 years ago

What a phenomenal set up! Very well thought out, great aquascape, beautiful coral selection, and a dream to look at. Hopefully I have 1/10th the tank this is someday!

cjzambito1 - 10 years ago

nice setup

SirThomas Brown - 10 years ago

whats the size of this tank

thor slayer - 10 years ago

awesome tank my man!

Thomas Baker - 10 years ago

Awesome set up.

R Thompson - 10 years ago

Very nice tank and excellent and informative walk thru of the whole system. I think I'll try your filter sock idea :).

Darth Wader - 11 years ago

Beautiful tank and well thought out setup!!!

Papa Rocks - 11 years ago

, I like the extra over flow for your skimmer

LuisM. Hdez - 11 years ago

Great set up. The tank looks beautiful.

Ruben - 11 years ago

Oh and the tank looks very good and a nice automated system to run it. Really nice bro.

Ruben - 11 years ago

Is that roll up garden hose safe for drinking water cause some of these hoses leak toxins into the water especially when there is water left in the hose for any length of time.

Dee From Brooklyn - 11 years ago

Very well planned filtration system. I put leds over my refugium area and they are not half as good as the old shop light was... Lol NIce Tank

JOURDAN LOPEZ - 11 years ago

Not bad at all friend, keep up the good work !

bpalme - 11 years ago

Great tour! Thanks. Beautiful tank.

Alex Lachino - 11 years ago

You sir own my dream tank. .. Really amazing set up you have...

BigDeeZiy - 11 years ago

Nice tank homie like your water change system!

Don Lewis - 11 years ago

Bad ass set up bro!!!!

klok95330 - 11 years ago

sick set up brotha!

ArcAngel9008 - 11 years ago

Beautiful Reef!

tfpjr - 11 years ago

Thanks for sharing your tank! Very nice.

fallrivermikey79 - 11 years ago

Dude your my hero great job!

Matt B - 11 years ago

Volume 2 coming soon guys. I have kinda been shy to share but I will update soon on the tank.

Russel4973 - 11 years ago

Excellent set up. I'm thinking of doing the same thing for the return manifold. Do the shutoff valves stick too hard when you try and control them on the manifold?

MrDLR74 - 11 years ago

You design this setup?

gmoney1961 - 11 years ago

Awesome setup

Swainy - - 11 years ago

Very very nice , thanks for sharing.

ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 11 years ago

BEST SYSTEM IVE EVER SEEN BY A MILE, DID U FIND OUT WHAT HAPPEND WITH THE SPS MATE ?

sea buzz - 11 years ago

dude thats one hell of a nice tank man ! my god !!

Dmitry Tumanov - 11 years ago

This one amazing setup you got there and such a great explanation. Thank you sir.

cynxmhon - 11 years ago

Damn man!.......so jealous, nice job!

dm002a8686 - 11 years ago

Awesome setup m8. Stunning tank.

grahamyodude - 11 years ago

Can you give and estimate on how much much youve spent on the entire set up over time? Im talking fish, rock coral, equipment, tank itself, etc.

Joe Blow - 11 years ago

Solid..dude I dig your setup..

Pmoneysimpson Rc flying - 11 years ago

I'm getting a 50 gallon tanks

Pmoneysimpson Rc flying - 11 years ago

Awesome

NetGawker - 11 years ago

Damn man...............damn. Really nice

knowledge BOMB - 11 years ago

where is Large Reef Tank System vol. 2 ?????

knowledge BOMB - 11 years ago

ur tweeking

Joshua - 11 years ago

That's an amazing tank! I noticed you were using a canon to film the video. I'm sure you know this but it was out of focus at some points because I don't believe they autofocus! Not trying to be mean or anything just letting you know you can manually focus to give us an even better few of your beautiful tank. btw, did you figure out what happened to you sps!?!? :-/

Reef90 - 11 years ago

Dude! Nice job. Not one single detail has been overlooked. Impressive ingenuity and reeling ability!

VascoFL - 11 years ago

One word: outstanding!

Irosh Bandara - 11 years ago

Hi mate, where your golden head sleeper goby sleeps. Are they digging holes under the live rock? Thanks

Matt B - 11 years ago

But unfortunately I have had a massive crisis with the tank and my sps has suffered severely. Water test are good and everything seems to be running great as usual. I still trying to figure out what happened. I will keep y'all posted

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Matt B - 11 years ago

Thanks for all the compliments guys!!! The kalkwasser line is about 1 1/2" above the first chamber in the sump. It does from time to time get clogged. I just wiggle it to break up the kalkwasser in the line.

TheJohnny220 - 11 years ago

Wow what a set up

TerraReef Aquariums - 11 years ago

Nice tank! Is your Kalkwasser line submerged at the end? Or does it get salt splashed on it? I may eventually jam if it does.

justintryba - 11 years ago

This is a great setup you have wish I could do something like this

illmanner415 - 11 years ago

Nice set up,and beautiful tank...

Wesley Forbes II - 11 years ago

Beautiful tank!

Carl Robert - 11 years ago

Man Impressed every time Matt, excellent video!!!

Matt B - 11 years ago

If you watch the video again at 10:21 the white pvc pipe on the right side of the sump is the skimmer's return to the sump.

Matt B - 11 years ago

The dosing pump went out shortly after this video. BRS sent me a new one under warranty and the new one is dead silent. I guess as time went by I never realized how much louder it got. The temp is weird as my 180 required a chiller but where this one sits in the house it is under my ac vents for the living room. I guess the ac keeps the temp in check and with it being such a large amount of water the lights really don't get to heat it up as fast as say a 100 gallons.

hai vang - 11 years ago

It much quiter than those dosing pump. Just a though, thanks

hai vang - 11 years ago

Tank looking good, where is your output from your skimmer drain to? Cant see it from the angle of your stand. I just got the xp3000 ext and was just getting ideas on how to properly plumb it. Btw, how do you keep the temp down with all those halide wattages? No chiller? Also try the tunze ato

Matt B - 11 years ago

Thanks!

Matt B - 11 years ago

I use 3-400 watt metal halides with Radium 20K bulbs. Also run two 72" super actinic vho's. I just added a 48" Current USA deep blue led actinic to add more of a pop to the corals. I will do another video on the lights and the mp-60's I added as well.