Coral reef aquarium documentary Season 1 Episode 1
3,661 views · Published 11 April 2015 · 8:07 · Indexed 23 September 2026
Channel: LEOPAZZO TV · 2015 · Pets & Animals
75g to 125g coral reef aquarium documentary part 1 from December 2011 to current 2015 today. Music in this video is from YouTube music library. In this video I will be going over my very first Salt water coral reef fish tank that is now my 125 gallon coral reef fish tank. I will be going over several topics regarding the build and my experiences within the hobby. The video Clips in this video are from my very first YouTube video that Leopazzo every recorded and published on YouTube. Back in dec 2011. Feb 2012 and March 2012. Be sure to stay tuned and subscribe to watch the upcoming videos. Of part 1-10 for example. I am not sure exactly how many parts with be in this series of episodes but I will try and capture as much as possible and explain what I can during the timeframe of the videos. If you have any questions feel free to ask so I can be sure to cover a specific topic during another video part 2 episode 2 for example. I bought my 75 gallon in 2011 with the help of a buddy also in the hobby guided me through the important steps of keeping a reef tank. This is 1 very important step to having a successful reef tank. Is being guided in the right direction to success. I bought my used 75 gallon of a gentleman local In the area that was selling this tank. The package included 75 gallon glass tank along with wood stand and 20g glass sump with 3 chambers along with a canopy. My next step was to get it set up. Again my helpful friend came over one day and we plumbed it together. Very simple once I saw it done In front of me. Pump pushes water to tank from sump and fills tank and once tank is full it drains back into the overflow box and then down into the sump filtration system. Then once filtered through the sump, the filtered water after being cleaned via the sump it will now get pushed up via the sump pump into the main display tank. Which will be your continuous filtration cycle. I will touch base in more detail regarding the sump filtration in the up coming videos in these series of videos. In my 75 gallon tank I added approximately 85 pounds of Fiji Liverock that I purchased from my local pet shop. I paid roughly $6 a pound for this live rock. $6 at 85 pounds is roughly $500 worth of live rock alone. Recommended 1-1.5lbs of Liverock for each gallon. This is the general rule of thumb that I used to to know how many pounds of live rock I should have in my tank. As for lighting, I used what I had. Which was a brand new light fixture that cost approximately $500 that consisted of 2 at 175 watts metal halides with 12000k bulbs with external 120v ballast. Included in this light fixture it had built in combo lighting with 2 - T5 HO 54watt bulbs. 1 t5 bulb was actinic blue and the other T5 bulb is a 10000k white bulb. The light fixture I have plugged into a external timers. The timers ran the metal halides and T5 separate on different set times to come on and off so I could mimic sunrise and set set as best as I could with the equipment and lighting that I had and that was also available on the market at this time in 2011. The lights 2 T5 bulbs were set to be on for approximately 12 hours and the metal halides to be on for approximately 4-6 hours a day. With running MH they create a lot of heat and are very powerful. The heat from the MH is an issue with a reef tank. As the heat from the lights will cause the temp of the water in the tank to raise as the bulbs get so hot. As temperature is a very important factor in a reef tank and having the water temp fluctuate too much within a day can be very stressful to your fish and corals in the tank. There are a few tips and tricks to help this problem. Be sure to stay tuned for the up coming as I will be talking more about this topic. Lighting!
