Top 71 - 80 Reef Tanks 2008
Rated #71: 75 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: michael
Country: United States
Rank:
#71 out of 252 Reef Tanks submitted 2008
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Submitted By:
michael on
Ratings:
5.49
Number of votes:
193
Quote:
"Life is like a box of chocolates, but reefing is like actually eatting the chocolates."
About Yourself:
Helped out at an aquarium shop for about 6 months, learned a ton about reefing, from there decided that I wanted to get in to the hobby, my friend eric set up a 55 gallon marine tank, from there I had to up the anty so I went to a 75 custom tank, never looked back.
Fish Kept:
1 Hippo Tang, 1 Yellow Stripe Maroon Clown, 3 Blue/green Chromis, 1 Purple fire fish, 1 Dragon Goby, 1 Yellow tang, 2 Pajama cardinals, 1 Yellow gumdrop goby, various crabs and snails.
Corals/Plants:
Rose Bubble Anemone, Large Colt Coral, 3 clams, orange zoos, green zoos, Neon green frogspawn, Purple frogspawn, White Xenia, Long tenticle Xenia, Neon green hammer coral, Metalic orange Mushrooms, Green mushrooms, Green tip torch coral, Green Candy coral,
Tank Size:
75 gallons
Advice:
Stick with it. It can get expensive, but the money and time is well worth that first......"Wow this tank looks amazing!" or that "I have never seen this before, I didn't even know the oceans had this much life!" Blah blah blah....
Description:
Close up picture
Rated #72: 55 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: Tim
Country: United States
Rank:
#72 out of 252 Reef Tanks submitted 2008
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Submitted By:
Tim on
Ratings:
5.48
Number of votes:
187
Quote:
"go big or go home"
Fish Kept:
1 foxface / 1 green chromis / 1 yellow tang / 1 red scooter blenny / 2 firefish goby / 2 cleaner scarlet shrimps / 2 bloodred fire cleaner shrimps / about 20 turbo snails / 4 sandsifting starfish / 1 yellow stripe damsel / 1 yellow clown goby.
Corals/Plants:
none
Tank Size:
55 gallons
Advice:
Patience is the key to becoming sucessful in this hobby... and researching is important too.
Description:
feb 2008
Rated #73: 46 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: andrew celmainis
Country: Canada
Rank:
#73 out of 252 Reef Tanks submitted 2008
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Submitted By:
andrew celmainis on
Ratings:
5.47
Number of votes:
193
About Yourself:
loved the movie finding nemo
Fish Kept:
2 clowns
2 yellow clown gobies
Yellow watchman goby
Six line wrasse
Dwarf angel fish
Corals/Plants:
Big pink one i don't know the name of.
Pink Finger leather .
Pulsing xenias.
Green and Red mushrooms.
Green star polyps
Tank Size:
46 gallons
Rated #74: 33 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: Ryan
Country: United States
Rank:
#74 out of 252 Reef Tanks submitted 2008
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Submitted By:
Ryan on
Ratings:
5.47
Number of votes:
167
Fish Kept:
2x True Percula Clowns, Chalk Bass, Green banded goby, Geometric Pygmy Hawk
Corals/Plants:
LPS - Frogspawn, Hammer, Candycanes, Acans, Chalices, Favias, Scoly, etc......
Zoas - Nuke Greens, Fire & Ice, Lemon Ice, Europas, Gorillas nipples, etc.......
Derasa Clam - Owned for almost two years.
Tank Size:
33 gallons
Advice:
Read, talk to other hobbyists, read more!
Description:
AGA 33L 48x12x12 - Current Nova x2 54w T5 - False Wall -Phosban reactor - AC70 with Poly Filter and Chemipure. Tank has been up for approx 2 months.
Rated #75: 125 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: aaron
Country: United States
Rank:
#75 out of 252 Reef Tanks submitted 2008
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Submitted By:
aaron on
Ratings:
5.44
Number of votes:
178
Quote:
Expect the worse and you are Never Disappointed
About Yourself:
I have been keeping freshwater fish for 24 years, saltwater fish for about 20, and reefs for about 15 years. I still take a minimalists approach and subsribe to the theory of keeping it as simple as possible.
Fish Kept:
Percula Clown 12 years old.
Yellow Tang 8 years old.
Yellow Headed Sleeper Goby is about a year old as are the 6 Green Chromis
Corals/Plants:
Sarcophyton that I fragged about 8 years ago, Mushrooms and other soft corals everywhere that came from a small frag rocks, Torch Coral that was Fragged locally and has now split into about 8 heads.
Tank Size:
125 gallons
Advice:
Read, Read, and Read some more. Wetwebmedia has some great info on their site. Do not believe anyones advice if they are trying to sell you something.
Description:
This is the tank 4 days after setting it up May 2007. Notice sparse coral coverage. Only 2 small specimens have been added since this picture was taken: a small Candy cane coral and another tiny hard coral frag. I actually traded a bunch of stuff in this Jan. including one of the leathers.
Rated #76: 46 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: Gustavo
Country: United States
Rank:
#76 out of 252 Reef Tanks submitted 2008
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Submitted By:
Gustavo on
Ratings:
5.43
Number of votes:
197
About Yourself:
I have always wanted to have a saltwater tank.
Fish Kept:
Ocellaris Clownfish, Firefish Goby, Purple Firefish Goby, Sixline Wrasse, Fridmani Pseudochromis, Purple Tang
Corals/Plants:
Wide variety of Zoo's, Star Polyps, Red Mushrooms, Purple Mushrooms, Striped Mushrooms, Orange Ricordea Mushrooms, Purple Rcordea Mushrooms, Yellow Polyps, Candy Canes, Green Polyp Toadstool, Brain, Green Montipora, Orange Montipora, Green Frogspawn Coral,
Tank Size:
46 gallons
Advice:
Do your research and take your time. If possible have someone knowledgeable help you when starting out.
Description:
My Piece of the Ocean
Rated #77: 72 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: jerek
Country: United States
Rank:
#77 out of 252 Reef Tanks submitted 2008
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Submitted By:
jerek on
Ratings:
5.4
Number of votes:
169
Fish Kept:
1 - Dispar Anthias
1 - False Percula Clownfish
1 - Virgate Rabbitfish
1 - African Midas Blenny
1 - Bi-color Blenny
1 - Orange-spotted Goby
1 - Blue/green Chromis
1 - medium grade Crocea clam
2 - Yellow Cleaner shrimp
1 - Peppermint shrimp
1 - Sand-sifting starfish
~15 assorted snails
~35 assorted hermit crabs
Corals/Plants:
Orange/Purple/Green Digitata
Green Bali Slimer spongeoid
Green/Red plate corals
Gregorian
Fluroscent-green candy cane coral
Green Blastoid coral
Yellow button polyps
Assorted Orange, Pink, Green, blue-white zoos
Green, Purple, Red mushrooms
Green/Orange Ricordia
Rose Anenomes
Pink Birds Nest SPS
Green Pocylipora SPS
Pink Pocylipora SPS
Purple acropora SPS
Turquoise Stag SPS
Purple encrusting montipora SPS
Skeletal branching monitpora SPS
Pink/Purple Acropora millipora SPS
Purple Bonzai SPS
Red open-brain
Blue/yellow/white/pink Sponges
Pulsating Zenia LPS
Gregorian LPS
Waving hand LPS
Galaxia LPS
Tank Size:
72 gallons
Advice:
1) Be patient
2) Frequent water changes
3) Routine maintainence
4) Try not to submerse hands/arms into tank if avoidable
5) Frequent testing of water parameters
6) Start with easy-care corals/fish and ALWAYS check to make sure fish are compatible
7) NEVER buy a coral and/or fish without researching their needs first
Description:
72 Gallon Bowfront -- established 4 years ago
Rated #78: 95 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: Jason
Country: United States
Rank:
#78 out of 252 Reef Tanks submitted 2008
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Submitted By:
Jason on
Ratings:
5.39
Number of votes:
176
Fish Kept:
Jew Fish
Corals/Plants:
Everything
Tank Size:
95 gallons
Advice:
Listen to my advice when I give it - I have been doing this for 20 years
Description:
On a bad day
Rated #79: 55 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: Richard Vieira
Country: United States
Rank:
#79 out of 252 Reef Tanks submitted 2008
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Submitted By:
Richard Vieira on
Ratings:
5.37
Number of votes:
167
Quote:
Don't tap the fish tank
Fish Kept:
Blue damsel,six line wrasse, pair perculas and a purple tang
Corals/Plants:
Colt coral, green hammer, pink brain, goniopora, blue mushrooms, blue, orange, and yellow zoas and yellow and green star polps.
Tank Size:
55 gallons
Advice:
Spend the money for good pruducts, Do it right the first time, no sortcuts.
Description:
55 gal reef tank
Rated #80: 125 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: steve
Country: United States
Rank:
#80 out of 252 Reef Tanks submitted 2008
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Submitted By:
steve on
Ratings:
5.37
Number of votes:
186
About Yourself:
I AM A CARPENTER. I LOVE TO SCUBA DIVE AND GOLF WHEN I AM NOT WORKING ON MY TANK.
Fish Kept:
1 WRASSE, 2 SEBAE CLOWNFISH, 4 BLUE CHROMIS FISH, 3 BLACK AND GOLD CHROMIS FISH, 1 YELLOW TANG
Corals/Plants:
PULSATING ZENIA, FLOWER POT CORAL, OPEN BRAIN CORAL, BRAIN CORAL, LEATHERS, ANENOMES, ZOOANTHIDS, SPONGES, FROG SPAWN, HAMMER CORAL, STAR POLYPS, MUSHROOMS,
Tank Size:
125 gallons
Advice:
SAVE YOUR MONEY SO YOU CAN ALWAYS ADD MORE TO YOUR TANK
Description:
view of tank with doors of sump and refugium open