A saltwater aquarium setup includes a standard fish tank and filter but uses sand or crushed coral substrate. Setup a saltwater aquarium with tips from the manager of a fish pet store in this free video on pet care.
Expert: Hunter Leber
Bio: Hunter Leber is the saltwater livestock manager at the Austin Aqua-Dome in Austin, Texas.
Filmmaker: MAKE | MEDIA
Duration : 0:1:12
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i dont know but …
i dont know but people buy corals usually
for decorations for their aquaruims. they still don’t take as much corals and corals ain’t that cheap. So people not all people have corals
thats acually true. …
thats acually true.
we are detroying our nature. Becouse beginners are no good with fish and fish die. But there are still more sw fish being born then dieng in our aquaruims
Fishes!!!! lmao!!!
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Fishes!!!! lmao!!!
americans!!!
Yes, what he is …
Yes, what he is saying is fine. A beginner can go FO (fish only) or FOWLR (fish only with live rock) and then perhaps consider moving to a reef set up (i.e. with corals) later on as they get the basics handled.
I don’t see anything wrong with what he has said, except that it’s an incredibly brief overview and thus lacking in enough detail to figure out how to get started.
Hey Hunter,
stick …
Hey Hunter,
stick to freshwater, you obviously know little about marine aquariums; “saltiness” , salinit, and the proper instrument to use is a refractometer. You need water movement, ever been diving in the ocean? Current and lots of it.
hahaha hes Alan off …
hahaha hes Alan off of the movie “The Hangover”
oh wow i was like …
oh wow i was like that place looks familiar then he says austin aqua dome i love that place i live right by it
For beginners …
For beginners instead of fish, I am sure sea monkeys are easier to care for xD
is it a good idea …
is it a good idea to use reverse flow with a under gravel filter in a salt water tank to help keep the area clean under the rocks and coral
yea you’ll be ok
yea you’ll be ok
i heard it was bad …
i heard it was bad to have sand because it clogs the filter and makes it backup or someting like that
i’m getting a Dwarf …
i’m getting a Dwarf Octopus,
thanks for helpingg.
Is this true what …
Is this true what hes saying ?
I need to start …
I need to start making vids for expert village
you don’t really …
you don’t really need susbtrate if you can place corals bits in a wet dry, below the bio balls for instance. He forgot to mentione the PH test.
hi,
i want to …
hi,
i want to convert to a marine reef tank with corals not a f.o.w.l.r tank. i have a 110 ltr tank and im going to buy a protein skimmer, 3000ltr/h wave maker and 1 white 40w T5 tube light and 1 blue T5 tube. do you think that and some live rock would be ok for filtering a tank with 3-4 fish in?..
yea jus mail me and …
yea jus mail me and ill help
im thinking about …
im thinking about getting a salt water aquarium can anyone help me out and answer a few specific questions so my fish dont die
u mite wanna add …
u mite wanna add some freshwater fish in ther too!
Hey cool thanks …
Hey cool thanks Hunter, I’m going to go buy a standard tank and filter I’ll make sure I get a different bottom substrate. While Im at the store I’ll get a hydrometer which will measure the ‘saltyness’ of the water and maybe an additional powerhead. oh no EPIC FAIL
yup they give the …
yup they give the shitest advice
I suppose you’re …
I suppose you’re correct. It sounded funny in the way I thought he was referring to it.
salinity, not …
salinity, not saltyness.
by the time the calcium based materials that aquarist use in live sand and live rock dissolve to help buffer the ph, the ph will already be too low to support most marine fish life. (maybe mollies, provided the ph didn’t drop low enough to cause aluminum hydroxide poisoning.
fishes is correct …
fishes is correct when talking about multiple species, as he was at the time
the reason people …
the reason people use live rock and sand, is because (when in good quality) the diversity of beneficial life outweighs the risk of dangerous pathogens.
it could kill of your whole tank, but if properly maintianed/set up, you should either notice/kill it before any fish are added, or only have a few fish die, because you certainly wouldn’t add all the fish at once.
anyway situations like that are rare.
bacteria can not be bought in fish stores, however a catalyzing enzyme can.