I Created a Vivid Indoor Ocean in 365 Days

The saltwater update is finally here! I've been getting requests for an update on everything since I posted the original video a year ago. I'm really excited to share the progress and hope you all enjoy it. Have a great weekend SerpaSquad!

Blue tang

You need an octopus.

Great setup for tank

Maybe you should add a sail fin tang
You made a lot of mistakes but I’m impressed

This makes me want to get my own aquarium

Can you add some sea horse to the tank?

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THANK YOU FROM ISRAEL :)

Your tank look nice. Great job on your first saltwater system. Keep up the good work

Ooh I'd love to see you do a macroalgae tank. I'm long-term very very curious if it's possible to do cheaper, low(er)-tech saltwater tanks on something like the planted tank model by combining macroalgae, corals, etc. etc.

you need a glass lid

Perc clowns normally love hammer coral. Great combo

gorgeous! I agree with you! Movement!

my friend has a saltwater aquarium, and it smells like the beach, which I'm not fond of. are all saltwater aquariums smells?

It looks more appealing to the eye than a lot of other reef tanks I've seen. I wish there were more saltwater tanks that applied aquascaping like this. I can't wait to see how you'll apply your knowledge from aquascaping in freshwater to this new medium. I think you will create some truly unique enviornments.

Can't wait for more salt water content! I have dived lots of fresh and saltwater and they are both great but coral is just not nothing like anything else.

Love seeing this 12 month update! Looks incredible. The arrow crab looks like the demogorgon from Stranger Things. Maybe a name idea? Gorgon?

Also would love to see more varieties of fish. As a scuba diver one of my favorite things to see is the active community of different species hard at work in their community.

My favorites: blue tang, yellow tang, nigel triggerfish, and royal gamma

My fav are the invertebrates as well. I’d be happy with anemones and invertebrates only. Wonderful tank - great job!

I think you have some really nice beginner and underrated softy’s in there I assume you will probably someday go with more saltwater tanks in the future. I think you may enjoy doing more species specific tanks like a clownfish nem tank and/or an algae cuddle fish tank.

You can add a clam

I am in awe….the inspiring talent and dedication to the care of these animals is incredible!!!

What a good book or playlist to learn about keeping a long term marine aquarium?

Hi Tanner, your salt water tank is beautiful. I bet your wife loves it. Will you please do a complete update of the animal room and all of the inhabitants? We would like to see how everyone is doing. Thanks Tanner.

You should definitely get some nassasarius snails they’re awesome. Also try zoanthids again or palythoas they grow and cover rocks really well. And add so much color!

Mushrooms were my jam I had 10 different varieties and they were some of my favorite corals.

You should get a tang! They're great algae eaters and your tank is big enough for them plus you can feed them nori!❤

pulsing xenia on top

How about a seahorse 😊

Absolutely beautiful. ❤

You need super high flow for Acros, so try to put them next to the powerheads in your tank

I'm so glad you include your mistakes and what you would do differently. It's good for people who are interested in starting but feel like they're not good enough. We can always learn! Even Tanner still messes up 😅❤

Everybody in there looks so beautiful!

love the video but the anemone getting drilled by the powerhead at the end was lowkey hilarious.

Video 1 of getting tanner to do a 200$ build

Very cool. You've made me pine for my reef aquarium days.

Awesome salter water build, Tanner! Well done with success even with some setbacks. I love anemones, if I did a build I'd go crazy like you did, given a younger age and larger bachelor suite.

I also want to make like this vivarium

I would like to suggest a royal gramma because they are really hardy and pretty peaceful and they also look amazing.

if NileRed studied Botany

can you add some starfish in it? amazing set up btw. 🫡🫡

🙋🏻‍♀️I have a question, if I may…
I’m doing my first custom build for my bearded dragon. Can I use acrylic paint to tint drylock? Thanks in advance!!!

Wow, the pulsing coral is beautiful!!!!

With all those perfect perches, a Hawkfish would be an awesome addition!

You should make a cephalopod enclosure

I get it that you love the GSP, and pulsing xenia, but I am telling you from experience, get them out of there and put them in their own tank. A 1-year-old reef aquarium is still in its adolescence and has a few more years to go before it can truly become an established ecosystem. I had a 120 gallon for over 15 years, and it really didn't become stable until year 3 but when it did it was a beautiful centerpiece of my home. As for your lid situation, toss that plastic in the trash and go to Home Depot and get an aluminum window screen frame and order 1/4" spacing acrylic netting and some glass lip clips for your glass size (available at a lot of online aquarium retailers, I got mine at Marine Depot); this will allow proper oxygen exchange on the water surface and allow your light to pass through without issues.

How about a long coast to reef setup one side with macro algae and other with corals anemones ,etc

why dont you say the prices of everything then the final cost, im sure people would be intrested

@serpadesign look into the mandarin goby.

They are extremely hardy and easily one of the most beautiful/peaceful fish you can add to your tank. The only downside to them and reason they don’t always do well is the general requirement of SO many copepods.

Copepods are their main source of food, biota and a few other places sell them trained to eat frozen mysis(just significantly more expensive).

Royal Gramma is a fantastic personality I would HIGHLY suggest getting one 😀 they are very reef safe and peaceful :) they like to swim upside down of shelf rocks. Great little fish!

Fair warning, arrow crabs are not safe with any fish they could potentially catch and eat

something i've wondered for a long time now is, how difficult it would be to turn a saltwater fish into a freshwater fish. Like is it possible to play God and force a saltwater fish to evolve to in order to thrive in freshwater.

great video! thanks for all you do. You're great at your job!