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George Mavrakis

PRIVATE TOUR Inside World Famous LUXURY HOME AQUARIUM! - (12,000 liters)

2

Tanks Featured

11

Minutes

2019

Released

This video offers a private tour of David Saxby's renowned 12,000-liter reef aquarium system in London, highlighting his passion for the hobby spanning over 40 years. The tour covers the massive display tank, its extensive filtration room, and the owner's unique approach to feeding and maintenance. It also touches on the evolution of reef keeping and a vintage 1930s tank repurposed for cacti.

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00:02:22Owner's interest in corals vs. fish 00:02:41Harlequin shrimp for starfish control 00:03:09Worst tank problem: glass breaking 00:03:34Feeding routine and food types 00:03:57Nutrient removal and filtration 00:04:20Tour of the filtration room 00:06:24Water flow and equipment in the sump room 00:07:37Total system volume (liters) 00:07:55Nitrate reduction system 00:08:04Lighting setup and coral fragging 00:09:561930s Art Nouveau tank

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2 Tanks Featured

Every spec, brand, and livestock mention pulled from the host's narration. Click any tank tour above to compare.

Tank 01

David Saxby's Main Reef Tank

1056.69

Gallons

mixed reef

Style

This is David Saxby's world-famous 4,000-liter display reef tank, part of a 12,000-liter total system. It houses approximately 400 fish and a variety of corals, maintained with extensive filtration including roller mats, phosphate reactors, and a nitrate filter. The owner feeds the tank five times a day and rarely performs water changes, relying on the robust filtration system.

Lighting

EcoTech Marine $999.99in stock

Dosing

calcium reactor

Filtration

roller mat

Water Changes

rarely changes water

Feeding

Five times a day: brine, micus, roticus, cre plankton, mixed with Polyplab Polyp-Booster.

Fish

3

butterfly fishventroliscopper band

Inverts

1

harlequin shrimp

Tank 02

1930s Art Nouveau Tank

This is a vintage 1930s Art Nouveau fish tank, which the owner has repurposed to house a variety of cacti. It serves as a historical piece rather than a functional aquarium in the modern sense.

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EcoTech Marine Radion XR15 G6 LED

Radion XR15 G6 LED

Mentioned as: EcoTech Marine

In their own words

Notable Quotes

My interest was first in corals and then when the corals were growing I took on the fish but the problem with the fish is they ruined the corals.

The best control is natural control. It's the very best control.

When the glass broke. I'm sitting in the kitchen and my feet were 2 inches of water.

I mix up big cubes of brine micus roticus cre plankton and I mix them up five times a day. And I put a little bit of poly.

I don't spend hardly any time in this room today. I spend time in it, but I test products. I'll keep it safe.