2012 Top 10 Reef Tanks
Rated #1: eaze333
Rank: #1 out of 82 Reef Tanks submitted 2012
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Submitted: 01/24/2012
Ratings: 6.6
Number of votes: 103
Fish Kept: Hippo Tang, Pair of Ocellarias clowns. Red Mandarin,Psuedochrimis,Melanarus wrasse,Mystery wrasse
Corals/Plants Kept: SPS-many acropora and montipora
LPS-Elegance,acans,hammer,torch,frogspawn,chalices,favia
Softies-Tyree green toadstool,mushrooms,zoas
also have clams-crocea,maxima,derasa
Tank Size: 75
Advice: Take it slow.
Quarantine everything, it is not worth the headaches if you don't.
Description: full tamk
Rated #2: selaquaticdesign
Rank: #2 out of 82 Reef Tanks submitted 2012
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Submitted: 01/08/2012
Ratings: 6.5
Number of votes: 113
Quote: We have all the time in the world
About Yourself: I have a small company in Saint Tropez, building and servicing marine aquariums. www.aquaticdesign.org
Fish Kept: Lots
Corals/Plants Kept: Lots
Tank Size: 125
Advice: For the first year test, test and test again. Slowly does it.
Description: 125 gallon see through reef
aquarium.
Rated #3: dkerns06
Rank: #3 out of 82 Reef Tanks submitted 2012
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Submitted: 03/03/2012
Ratings: 6.23
Number of votes: 113
About Yourself: I'm 28 and going through my second tour through college. I originally started at just wanting a saltwater tank and slowly started buying more and more demanding corals so now its a full blow mixed reef.
Fish Kept: Purple pseudochrimis, flame angel, ocelaris clown, and three blue/green chromis, various crabs and snails, blue leg hermits, turbos, astreas, ceriths, bumblebees, sally lightfoot, croal banded shrimp, green brittle star, serpent star, sea cucumber
Corals/Plants Kept: purple tipped acropora, orange/green birdsnest, orange with green polyp sps (came with a crab that I bought from Liveaquaria.com), various zoas, neon green finger leather, brown button polyps, brown and green montipora, condy anemone, aussie duncans, various mushrooms and richordea, green star polyps, crocea clam, frogs spawn, kenya tree, acan lords(making a come back after looking pretty bad for a while)
Tank Size: 54
Advice: Do as much research as you can before you even start. Then anytime you do anything else (add live stock, upgrade equipment, etc...) research again. Lastly do lots and lot of research! Buy a test kit and test, test, test if you want to start getting into corals. Don't dose anything you can't test for(except maybe Reef Plus or Coral Accell, etc...). I only dose Randy's DIY Two Part Solution, Seachem Reef Plus, Kent Essential Elements, Seachem Reef Magnesium. I feed my fish mostly Fransisco Bay Brands frozen Marine Cuisine, plankton, mysis shrimp, and Spirulina brine shrimp. Also I feed them Tetra MicroCrabs cyclopese granules for color enhancement. I feed my SPS a mixture of Coral Frenzy and Kent ChromaPlex soaked in Seachem Reef Plus(that is what garf.org uses). I feed my LPS a mixture of ground up krill, ChromaPlex and Reef Plus. The fish eat about twice a day and the corals around once a week.
Description: No room!!!
Rated #4: MASTRO1
Rank: #4 out of 82 Reef Tanks submitted 2012
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Submitted: 03/05/2012
Ratings: 5.81
Number of votes: 106
Quote: YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE
About Yourself: HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR, HARD WORKING, NEW FATHER, SPORT ENTHUSIAST, OUTDOORSMAN...
WISH I COULD FISH ON MY BOAT EVERY DAY
Fish Kept: BLOND NASO,YELLOW HAWAIIAN,BLUE HIPPO,MAROON CLOWN,MIDAS BLENNY,BANJAI CARDINAL,FIRE FISH,GREEN MANDARIN,BLUE FACED GOBY,ROYAL GRAMMA,SIX LINE WRASSE,(3)ENGINEER GOBIES,(4)BLUE CHROMIS, CLAMS,(3)SHRIMP(CLEANER,BLOOD&BANDED CORAL) STARS,SNAILS,HERMITS
Corals/Plants Kept: TOADSTOOL,CONDY ANENOME,DEVILS HAND,XENIAS,HAMMER,FROGSPAWN,LEATHER,ACANS,ZOAS,DENDROS,SUN POLYPS,MUSHROOMS,FUNGIAS,BLASTOS,GEOGORGIAN,BRAINS,TUBS
Tank Size: 65
Advice: TAKE IT SLOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWW
Description: RED SEA 250 (65GAL)
PLENTY OF FISH, CORAL, AND
INVERTS...
Rated #5: Bingaman87
Rank: #5 out of 82 Reef Tanks submitted 2012
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Submitted: 01/22/2012
Ratings: 5.72
Number of votes: 116
Fish Kept: Heavy bio load I know
Corals/Plants Kept: Leathers shrooms and torch still building
Tank Size: 75
Advice: Be ready to spent sum money to start everything the right way also dont cut corners and try n cut corners you will pay for it in long run also be patient and do lots of rrasearch in the planning stages google is a life saver for questions or problems.
Description: Side shot
Rated #6: jgalvin
Rank: #6 out of 82 Reef Tanks submitted 2012
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Submitted: 02/27/2012
Ratings: 5.69
Number of votes: 117
Fish Kept: variety
Corals/Plants Kept: variety
Tank Size: 57
Advice: just do it!
Description: FTS
7 small nano fish, pistol shrimp,
cleaner shrimp, 3 maxi-mini
anemones, couple clams, many corals
Rated #7: Brandon14
Rank: #7 out of 82 Reef Tanks submitted 2012
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Submitted: 01/29/2012
Ratings: 5.65
Number of votes: 113
Quote: Nicolas Cage voice, put the bunny back in the box
About Yourself: i have a 260 gallon freshwater and i wanted to see if i could do the reef tank, i have a friend that owns a aquarium shop and he said it was easy so i tried it and here it is, and i love it.
Fish Kept: 1 yellow tang, 2 domino damsels, 3 clown, 3 sea cucumbers, 1 engineer goby, 2 pencil urchins, 1 short spiny urchin, 1 mono, 1 wrasse
Corals/Plants Kept: WAY TO MANY TO LIST BUT HERE IS SOME, hairy mushrooms, button polups, keynan tree, colt coral, watermelon mushrooms, tan mushrooms, 55 head Kryptonite candy cane, 75 head gray candy cane coral, star polups, 1 singulars, flower pot, xmas tree coral, torch coral, frog spawn 1 rock flower anenome and way to many to list, and alot that i am probably forgetting
Tank Size: 125
Advice: go slow, do research, know what you want to do before you set everything up, planning is the key.
Description: 125 reef aquarium
Rated #8: SunsetAquatics
Rank: #8 out of 82 Reef Tanks submitted 2012
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Submitted: 02/23/2012
Ratings: 5.59
Number of votes: 111
Quote: Your friends in the aquarium business
About Yourself: 480 588 5313
Tempe, AZ
SunsetAquatics@yahoo.com
Fish Kept: Saltwater and Freshwater Species
Corals/Plants Kept: Soft corals and planted tanks
Tank Size: 140
Advice: Call an expert!
Description: 125 Gallon Saltwater Tank by Sunset
Aquatics
Rated #9: Layla
Rank: #9 out of 82 Reef Tanks submitted 2012
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Submitted: 01/11/2012
Ratings: 5.52
Number of votes: 109
Quote: The living art
About Yourself: I am new to the hobby but am lucky enough to have people around me that can give me good advice.
Fish Kept: Assorted
Corals/Plants Kept: Assorted
Tank Size: 125
Advice: Keep your hands out and take your time on introducing fish. Slowly does it.
Description: Deltec 500 liter panoramic 3 monts
running.
Rated #10: Sem2086
Rank: #10 out of 82 Reef Tanks submitted 2012
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Submitted: 02/26/2012
Ratings: 5.46
Number of votes: 114
Fish Kept: Clownfish, scopas tang, scribbled rabbitfish, green damsels
Tank Size: 55
Advice: Will need a part-time job to support this hobby, very addictive!
Description: 55 gallon
t5 lighting
powerhead
filter
protein skimmer
heater
2 clownfish
tomato clownfish
scribbled rabbitfish
3 green chromis
3-stripe damsel
coral banded shrimp
hemit crew
flat anemone
assorted corals
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