Focus Reefing
Ready to dive deeper into the people behind the tanks? Focus Reefing is the video interview podcast that puts a friendly, humorous spin on the saltwater hobby! Skip the endless water chemistry lectures! Hear inspiring conversations with diverse reefers about their unique journeys, passion, and amazing experiences. Connect, learn, laugh, and feel the powerful community vibe. Your weekly dose of reefing inspiration starts here!
Episodes
Welcome to the Focus Reefing Podcast.
In this episode, I sit down with Dean, also known as @irishshrimpguy, to break down his 120 gallon mixed reef and how he’s transitioned from LPS into SPS over the last year.
We talk about what actually drives success in reefing, consistency, testing habits, flow, lighting, and how to avoid getting overwhelmed by too much advice early on. Dean also shares his approach to keeping things simple, dia...
What do you do when your brand new reef tank shows up and it doesn’t even fit in the freight elevator?
In this episode, JV talks with Jonathan aka @social_reefer about running a 200 gallon peninsula reef in a New York apartment and what it takes to keep a big system stable without overcomplicating it.
Jonathan shares how he got into reefing during COVID, how he scored most of his setup secondhand, and why this hobby has more ...
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Danny (@britosreef) literally walked a Waterbox 20 across NYC and took it on the subway to get it home — and that was just the beginning.
In this episode of Focus Reefing, JV talks with Danny about how his first saltwater tank became a thriving 20g nano mixed reef with a GSP back wall, smart-simple automa...
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In this episode of Focus Reefing, JV sits down with Mike (MK_Reefs) to break down what makes nano reefs succeed or crash fast—from “when in doubt, water change” to why he skips protein skimmers on nanos, how he runs a surprisingly simple 10g Waterbox setup, and how his bigger frag system supports constant growth, trades, and tank restarts.
In this episode of Focus Reefing, I sit down with Jamie, also known as @EmpireReefer, to walk through his reef system and the mindset behind it.
Jamie shares his transition from freshwater into saltwater, how he approached building his first reef tank, and the lessons learned along the way. We talk about coral placement, flow, lighting decisions, aquascaping with growth in mind, and how experience changes the way you think about equ...
In this episode of Focus Reefing, JV sits down with JT (@Hardy_reef) for a deep dive into his 210-gallon peninsula reef. JT shares his reefing journey, system philosophy, and the lessons learned from building and maintaining a mature SPS-dominant tank. We cover automation, flow, lighting, redundancy, and the mindset required to keep a large reef stable long term.
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