Step #1 Choosing The Aquarium & Stand: Building A Budget REEF Aquarium kicks off with recommendations for a tank and stand.!

Step #2 Basic First Steps: Where did we even start?!

Step #3 Filtration: How do you filter your reef aquarium water?

Step #4 The Heater: How to keep your reef the correct temperature?

Step #5 The Lighting: How to use a light to show off your beautiful reef!

Step #6 Water Movement: Why do corals need ocean waves?

Step #7 Making Saltwater: What do you mean I can't just put table salt in my fish tank?

Step #8 The Rocks & Sand: So what is aquascaping anyway?

Step #9 Cycling & Testing: Why should I cycle my Reef Aquarium? What should I test my Reef Aquarium for?

Step #10 Adding Fish: Give Your Fish Jobs, NOT Diseases

Step #11 Cleaning Glass: How to keep your glass looking see through!

Step #12 Water Changes: The easiest way to keep your tank clean!

Step #13 Cleanup Crew: Why does your reef aquarium need snails, shrimp & an urchin?

Step #14 Testing (yes again): Why do you need to test your reef aquarium?

Step #15 Food: Should you feed fish flakes, pellets, tablets or frozen fish food?

Step #16 Coral: Building A Caribbean Reef

Step #17 Carbon Dosing: How to control nitrates using carbon dosing in your reef aquarium?

Step #18 Calcium & Alkalinity: What does it mean to supplement a tank?

Step #19 Media Upgrades: How to get the most out of your filter?

Step #20 Fish Traps: Where to put your fish when your having issues?

Step #21 Preparing For Vacation: Take care of your reef aquarium from anywhere!

Step #22 Killing Aiptasia: How to get rid of aquarium pest!

Step #23 All About pH: Why should you care about pH? How you can measure pH? How you can fix if your pH is too high or too low?

Part#1 Choosing The Aquarium & Stand: Building A Budget REEF Aquarium kicks off with recommendations for a tank and stand.!

Part#2 Basic First Steps: Jaron recommends that, after getting the tank and stand, you get THREE MORE PRODUCTS WE DON'T EVEN SELL!!!!

Part#3 Filtration: Jaron recommends some filter products we actually sell. This includes an internal filter and an internal protein skimmer.!

Part#4 the Heater: Jaron adds a Lifegard 200 Watt Pre-Set Quartz Glass Aquarium Heater. He explains why spending big bucks on a heater really isn't necessary and demonstrates how to hide the heater from view.!

Part#5 Lighting: Jaron adds a Fluval Sea Marine 3.0 LED Light Fixture 48" and shows off the Bluetooth App.!

Part#6 Water Movement: Jaron adds two Hydor Koralia Evolution 1500 gph pumps.!

Part#7 Making Salt Water: Jaron and Kat make saltwater using RO water, five gallons jugs, a small Lifegard powerhead and a MarineAndReef.com REEFractometer.!

Part #8 Rock & Sand: Jaron adds both live and dry rock to the tank, cements it in place, and adds the sand and water.!

Part #9 Cycling & Testing: Jaron talks about what to expect when cycling a tank and how to test to be sure your tank is ready for fish.!

Part #10 Adding Fish: follow Jaron to the Aquarium Arts store in Mesa where he picks out his first fish for the aquarium.!

Part #11 Cleaning Glass: Jaron recommends and demonstrates three key tools for cleaning your aquarium glass (& other interior surfaces) effectively.!

Part #12 Water Changes: Jaron explains how small, weekly water changes are the key to maintaining your aquarium.!

Part #13 Cleanup Crew: Jaron introduces the cleanup crew. He adds nassarius snails, a black sea urchin, trochus snails, and cleaner shrimp. He explains the jobs each of these cleanup crew members perform and why he chose them!

Part #14 Testing (yes again): In Part#14 of our 30 episode series on Building A Budget REEF Aquarium Jaron explains which tests are the most important after cycling your reef tank, and before adding corals. He explains the importance of measuring alkalinity, phosphate and nitrate, and demonstrates the use of a Hanna Alkalinity Checker.

Part #15 Food: In Part#15 of our 30 episode series on Building A Budget REEF Aquarium, Jaron explains why he uses pellet, tablet and frozen foods, and why he avoids flake foods.

Part #16 Coral-Building A Caribbean Reef: In Part#16 of our 30 episode series on Building A Budget REEF Aquarium, Jaron adds the Caribbean coral and anemones. He gives advice on where to purchase coral and how to attach coral.

Part #17 Carbon Dosing: Jaron explains carbon dosing through using a combination of Prodibio Bioptim (a nutrient source) and BioDigest (a bacteria source).

Part #18 Calcium & Alkalinity: Jaron explains the use of Fauna Marin Ready2Reef to provide calcium and maintain alkalinity. This one part additive does everything that the two-part additives have been doing for decades, but it does it on a different way which Jaron explains.

Part #19 Media Upgrades: Jaron adds Sera Crystal Clear and Blue Life Pro Clear FX media to the Tunze Filter in order to improve the chemical filtration and trap more of the fine particles.

Part #20 Fish Traps: Jaron shows how to build and set an IceCap Fish Trap. The fish trap is needed to trap and isolate some wrasse and damsels in a tank where a clownshish became sick with Marine Velvet.

Part #21 Preparing For Vacation: Jaron automates the water top off and fish feeding functions in his office aquarium. Experience has taught him trusting anyone to feed the fish and top off the water can be a recipe for disaster.

Part #22 Killing Aiptasia: Jaron goes on a killing spree. He goes at our aiptasia infested BioCube with the four best methods for eliminating aiptasia.

Step #23 All About pH: Jaron explains what pH is, why it is important, how to test pH, and what to do if it's too high or too low.