Top 11 - 20 Reef Tanks 2011
Rated #11: 58 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: Bobby
Country: United States
Rank:
#11 out of 106 Reef Tanks submitted 2011
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Submitted By:
Bobby on
Ratings:
6.39
Number of votes:
162
Quote:
Can't stop what's coming, can't stop what's on its way.
Fish Kept:
PB Tang, Maroon Clown, 6 Line Wrasse
Corals/Plants:
Xenia, Frogspawn, GSP, Kenya Tree, Leathers, GBTA, Pipe Organ, Brain, Xmas Tree, Monti Caps...
Tank Size:
58 gallons
Advice:
QUARANTINE EVERYTHING!!!
Description:
58 gal mixed reef, around 1 year old...
Rated #12: 29 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: Brandon Lane
Country: United States
Rank:
#12 out of 106 Reef Tanks submitted 2011
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Submitted By:
Brandon Lane on
Ratings:
6.34
Number of votes:
155
Quote:
There's always room for more coral!
About Yourself:
I dove into this hobby about 2, 1/2 years ago after nagging my wife relentlessly. My other tanks include a Biocube 14 and an Oceanic 76 gallon half-circle.
Fish Kept:
Carpenter's Flasher Wrasse, Banggai Cardinalfish, Percula Clownfish
Corals/Plants:
Welso Brain, Open Brain, Long Tentacled Fungia Plate, Various Zoanthids, Trumpet colony, blue Anthelia orange Monti Caps, orange Monti digitata, various birdsnests, various Acroporas
Tank Size:
29 gallons
Advice:
Online resources are unlimited for this hobby. Read a ton before you set up a tank.
Description:
Full tank shot
Rated #13: 200 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: Francois
Country: South Africa
Rank:
#13 out of 106 Reef Tanks submitted 2011
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Submitted By:
Francois on
Ratings:
6.29
Number of votes:
147
Quote:
a reef tank is like driving a car, if you go to fast you will crash...
Fish Kept:
3 yellow tangs, 2 sailfin tangs, 1 purple tang, 2 regal tangs, 1 vlamingi, 1 shoulder tang 1 powder blue tang, 1 blonde naso tang, 1 scopas tang,2 skunk clowns, 2 tomato clowns, 2 occelaris clowns, 2 manderins, 1 scooter goby, 1 goldface goby, 1 sixline wrase, 2 purple dottybacks, 1 royal dottyback, 1 coral beauty, 2 green cromas, 3 skunk cleaner shrimp, 3 fire shrimp, blue knuckel hermits
Corals/Plants:
sps, leathers, anemones, mushrooms etc...
Tank Size:
200 gallons
Advice:
Google everything, read read read, you will never know enough... Regular water changes, ro/di water, good lighting, good flow, biggest skimmer you can fit...I run a good UV sterilizer and Ozone on timers, never lost a fish or a coral...
Description:
My reef in the making
Rated #14: 75 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: rob pascoe
Country: Wales
Rank:
#14 out of 106 Reef Tanks submitted 2011
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Submitted By:
rob pascoe on
Ratings:
6.25
Number of votes:
154
Fish Kept:
List coming soon.
Corals/Plants:
List coming soon.
Tank Size:
75 gallons
Advice:
It's not as hard as you think.
Start slowly and do your research.
Description:
My reef
Rated #15: 30 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: john
Country: Canada
Rank:
#15 out of 106 Reef Tanks submitted 2011
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Submitted By:
john on
Ratings:
6.23
Number of votes:
150
Quote:
were gunna need a bigger boat!
About Yourself:
Got into the hobby from my place of work, we sell both freshwater and saltwater products. Have owned only small tanks this 30 gallon is my largest so far and a 65 is in the works. Once I went saltwater I lost all interest in my freshwater cichlids as it seems much more interesting and awarding to experience keeping a reef aquarium as in a sense it is your own small ecosystem.
Fish Kept:
Yellow watchman goby,3xgreen chromis, 2xpercula clownfish, coral beauty angel
Corals/Plants:
Staghorn, purple acropora, green acropora, orange ricordea, green ricordea, pulsing xenia, blue xenia, green zoa's, orange zoa's, green hairy mushrooms, staghorn, green torch coral , green star polyp, open brain, pink goni, orange cerianthus tube anemone, rose bubble anemones, green bubble anemones, blueish purple torch, assorted mushrooms, toadstool leather
Tank Size:
30 gallons
Advice:
Patience is a virtue when begining your first saltwater tank do not rush.
Description:
30 gallon beauty, plenty of stock for a small tank :)
Rated #16: 70 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: Joe B.
Country: United States
Rank:
#16 out of 106 Reef Tanks submitted 2011
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Submitted By:
Joe B. on
Ratings:
6.22
Number of votes:
147
Quote:
go slow, let it grow
Fish Kept:
Fish:,
1 Banggai Cardinals ,
1 Harlequin Tusk (Aussie),
1 Ocellaris Clown ,
1 Coral Beauty Angel,
1 Royal Gramma ,
1 Flame Hawk ,
1 Yellow Watchman Goby,
1 Pearly Yellowhead Jawfish,
1 Mandarin Dragonet,
1 Green Clown Goby,
Clams:,
1 Maxima Clam, ,
Inverts:,
3 Rose Bubble-Tip Anemone,
1 Cleaner Shrimp,
40 Nassarius Snails ,
30 Blue-legged Hermits,
20 Tropheus Snails,
15 Astrea Snails, ,
Equipment:,
70g (30x30x18) cube w/ corner-flo,
60lbs Fiji Live Rock,
60lbs Aragonite sand,
eShopps RS-100 sump ,
Mag 9.5 return pump,
Reef Octopus NW-110 Skimmer,
300w Fluval E Heater,
Lumenmax 2 Pendant,
Galaxy select-a-watt ballast 250w/400w,
Radium 20K 250w bulb,
Tunze 3155 ATO w/ 10g reservoir
Corals/Plants:
<u>Corals</u><br>
Torch Coral <br>
Duncan Coral<br>
Frogspawn Coral<br>
Sinularia Leather Coral <br>
Multii-colored Mushrooms<br>
Hairy Mushrooms<br>
Pom Pom Xenia Coral <br>
Cabbage Leather Coral<br>
Red Montipora<br>
Green/Purple Star Polyps
Tank Size:
70 gallons
Advice:
Research, Patience, & Responsibility
Description:
70g CUBE
Rated #17: 60 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: Mike Hoekstra
Country: United States
Rank:
#17 out of 106 Reef Tanks submitted 2011
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Submitted By:
Mike Hoekstra on
Ratings:
6.21
Number of votes:
204
Fish Kept:
Mated pair of sailfin tangs, magnificent foxface, sixline wrasse, and yellow eye kole tang.
Corals/Plants:
Many sps, lps, clams, and softies.
Tank Size:
60 gallons
Advice:
Keep it simple, take your time.
Description:
My 60 Gallon cube with SPS, LPS, Softies, and Clams.
Rated #18: 150 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: Fishguy
Country: Canada
Rank:
#18 out of 106 Reef Tanks submitted 2011
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Submitted By:
Fishguy on
Ratings:
6.2
Number of votes:
159
Quote:
Who's your daddy?
About Yourself:
I love fish! If anyone needs to ask me any questions about my tank please feel free to email me.
Fish Kept:
16 Fish Total
Corals/Plants:
200 lbs of Live Rocks and over 25 corals.
Tank Size:
150 gallons
Advice:
Patience is key to having a clean and working aquarium.
Description:
55 Gallon Salt Water Reef Tank
Rated #19: 90 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: Peter Roina
Country: United States
Rank:
#19 out of 106 Reef Tanks submitted 2011
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Submitted By:
Peter Roina on
Ratings:
6.19
Number of votes:
166
Quote:
"That's what I said setting booby traps" Goonies
About Yourself:
I am new to Salt, been playing with cichlids for a few years, breeding them, collecting beautiful ones, just had to graduate to salt. I now have 5 salt tanks, and 7 cichlid tanks. We figure, since we can't live next to the water, we'll bring it to us, a tank in every room gets us through life.
Fish Kept:
Pair Ocillarus clowns, foxface rabbitfish, yellow eye tang, firefish, chromis', target mandarin goby, derasa clowns
Corals/Plants:
Rose anemone, mixed euphelia (including octopus), mixed zoos, stoneys, toadstool, donut coral, dendro, candycane, red flowerpot, red acans, lots of maze brains, favita, etc
Tank Size:
90 gallons
Advice:
Enjoy the process. The only thing that happens quickly in a reeftank is failure.
Description:
90 gal full view, mixed reef
Rated #20: 90 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: william
Country: United States
Rank:
#20 out of 106 Reef Tanks submitted 2011
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Submitted By:
william on
Ratings:
6.11
Number of votes:
157
Quote:
i keep telling my wife it is worth it for the money she dont beleive me
About Yourself:
Well just fell in love with the display tank at the fish shop and wanted to see if I could do it and then could not stop it is a addiction just ask anyone.
Fish Kept:
Well lost about 10 fish a couple weeks ago due to a funges in tank that is why I went with the 35 Watt UV steralizer I still have 3 clown fish 3 blue damsels and a yellow tang and a elegy blenny going to start a restock soon will update you have a cleaner shrimp and coral banded shrimp and snails
Corals/Plants:
Got several corals like mushrooms.fungia.pollops.dersa clams.favia.lobophilea.colt coral green nepthea.brain Corals.perfect scolymina.candy Cain.ton of other leather corals.hammer corals.frog spawn.star pollops.acan.plate corals.bubble coral.prolly a bunch I'm missing pic is the first day I put the new halide on but that is my tank and I love it hope you do too thinking top 50 so help me out lok
Tank Size:
90 gallons
Advice:
Lots of time and money invested but well worth it.
Description:
90 gallon reef ready tank