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#1 out of 33 reef tanks worldwide |
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| Ratings: |
7.58 |
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5 months in the making 10/08 |
| About Yourself: |
We love living at on the beach, and we love our tank it's like having a little piece of heaven from the ocean in our living room |
| Advice: |
Keep up on your water changes. Check the temp and salinity, and FLOW! FLOW! FLOW!
What works for one person may not always wok for the next. |
| Fish Kept: |
Scissortail Goby, hectors gobby, mandarin goby, cowfish, box fish, coral beauty, clown tang, powder blue tang, naso tang, purple tang, yellow tang, blue tang, flame angel, purple firefish, six line wrasse, corise yellow wrasse, puffer, pink skunk clown, 2 percula clowns, harlequin sweet lips, bigmouth spotted jawfish, long nose hawkfish, lemon peel, lawnmower blenny, 2 stripped cleaner shrimp, royal gama, anemone crab, emerald crabs, dozen or more starfish (I love color)!!!! |
| Plants Kept: |
Purple fan coral, toadstool leather coral green plate tentacle coral, bubble coral ultra green, frogspawn fluorescent green coral, brain coral, variety of mushrooms, gorgonian, dendrophelia coral, pulsing xenia, short orange plate coral, open brain candy coral, carnations, candy coral, long green torch coral, acropora, favia, kenya tree green coral, ricordea, ultra blue maxima clams, frags, feather dusters, coco worm, hammer head bubble torch coral, colt coral , green flower pot, duncan heads, assorted zoos, green strar, and some blue sponge, blueberry fan as well |
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60 |
| Description: |
(THE KEY TO HAVING AS MANY FISH AS WE DO IS TO GET THE XTRA LARGE PROTEIN SKIMMMER)
60 gallon reef / fish saltwater tank, 2 Aqua jets powerheads with 110 Aqua pro chiller, 4 1/2 watts per gallon of compact fluorescent lighting, UV sterilizer light, 300 gallon capacity protein skimmer |
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| State: Utah |
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#2 out of 33 reef tanks worldwide |
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| Ratings: |
7.14 |
| Number of Votes: |
104 |
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main pic |
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pita papala wannanndae haha!!!!!! |
| About Yourself: |
fish |
| Advice: |
patience |
| Fish Kept: |
1 male square anthius,1 blue hippo tan, 1 naso tang, 1 rabbit fish fox face, 1 copper band, 1 damsel, 1 yellow mimic tang, |
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three types of montiporas, 1 hyndaphora, 1 green slimer, one 7 inch welsaphilia brian,5 type of zoas, 3 rose anemones, two hugexenia colonies,my personal favorite... austrialian acan lords, also austrialian duncan polyp, a rare anenome im not sure what species. i also have a couple frog spawns. 1 lobo brain, 1 open brain.also 7 different ypes of mushrooms.1 green leather, also green and brown star polyps, and 1red chalic. 1 long tentical fungia plate. two crocia clams. and 1 maze brain. |
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75 |
| Description: |
75 gallon with custom made overflow system, it has a twenty gal acrylic sump with refusium, and also a protien skimmer, and phosphate reacter. It has an orbit lighting system, two 150 watt halides and two 130 watt actinics. |
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United Kingdom |
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#3 out of 33 reef tanks worldwide |
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6.78 |
| Number of Votes: |
92 |
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My reef tank 1 year old |
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just don't rush it can be very expensive if things go wrong. |
| Fish Kept: |
pair of false percs,
yellow tang,
magenta dottyback,
a few blue legged hermits (lost count)
sea cucumber
red starfish and banded shrimp |
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see photo
There is three green bubble tips in there just started with 1 and 6 months later 3 !!! |
| Tank Size: |
40 |
| Description: |
converted jewel rio180 with t5 highlite,external ehiem canister with U.V. filter in-line,
Internal 600lph and 1200lph pumps.
plus skimmer and heater. |
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| State: Virginia |
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| Rank: |
#4 out of 33 reef tanks worldwide |
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6.60 |
| Number of Votes: |
107 |
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There are no Rules! |
| About Yourself: |
A Marine with a Passion for Marine Life! |
| Advice: |
10 Percent weekly distilled water changes. Go Small on additives. Prefer only Kalk and Iodine once/week. Buffer as needed to balance the Kalk. |
| Fish Kept: |
Tangs, Clowns |
| Plants Kept: |
Mostly SPS, Clam, Some Xenia (spread like wildflower, frag with ease) |
| Tank Size: |
75 |
| Description: |
75 Gallon Oceanic Reef Ready. Canopy Mounted Aqualight Pro Retrofit with (2-150watt Ushio 10k's, 2-96w Actinics, and 4 Lunars) 30 Gallon Oceanic Sump with (150 Pro Clear Skimmer, 25w LifeGuard UV Sterilizer, MagDrive 7 Return Pump) Tank Flow with 2-Seio 1100's. |
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| State: Georgia |
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#5 out of 33 reef tanks worldwide |
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| Ratings: |
6.60 |
| Number of Votes: |
102 |
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My 58 gallon, 15 year old tank |
| Advice: |
keep your water clean. |
| Fish Kept: |
banna wrase, tank raised maroon clown, coral beauty, cleaner shirmp, coral banded shrimp, tuxedo urchine, emerald crab |
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plate coral, two long tenticle anemone, hairy mushroom, purplegreenred mushrooms, fast pulsing xenia, sun coral, various poplups, frog spawn, bubble coral, maxima clam |
| Tank Size: |
58 |
| Description: |
all glass, 58 gallon, 15 years old. 150w MH (14K phoenix)-2x36w Actenic, wetdry sump, 3 power heads |
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#6 out of 33 reef tanks worldwide |
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6.51 |
| Number of Votes: |
88 |
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new tank pics |
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A winner never quits |
| About Yourself: |
Just the average Jo, trying to have a go down unde. 29 years of age and trying to make the best tank I possibly can. Please please please, only constructive comments or positive. Or get stuffed
Cheers |
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Please comment on any experiences you have had, every bit of help you can offer will be a great advantage to the next beginner.....( I don't claim to be experienced though, still learn something every day) |
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I currently have in my tank
Fish - 1 Blue Tang, 1 Yellow Tang, 1 Lipstick Tang, 4 Blue Chromis 4 Ocellaris Clowns, 1 Longnose Hawkfish, 2 Bar Gobys, 2 Gold Headed Sleeper Gobys, 1 Leopard Wrasse, 1 Mandarin Dragonet, 1 Lawn Mower Blenny, 1 Coral Beauty.
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Approx 130 Kgs or 285 pounds of LR. Number 2 grain white crushed coral substrate, and a tennis ball size air stone.
Corals
Numerous Amounts Of
Toadstools, Anemone, Morphs, Gonipora's, Torches, Hammers, Flowers, Daisys. |
| Tank Size: |
150 |
| Description: |
Tank size * 5ft x 2ft x 2ft, Sump 5ft x 18" x 21" Octopus HOB skimmer which is now in sump, Ehiem 2500 ltr p/h External Canister Filter, 4 - Metal Halides - 150 watt each with 14000k Bulbs, 2 Ehiem 800 ltr p/h internal Power Heads, Fluro 2 bar with Blue Actinic Grow Lights, 2 x 300 watt heaters (one just incase) 1 return pump from sump pumping at a rate of 7500 ltrs p/h. Halides running for 8 hours with the actinics running 1 1/2 hours either side of that. Also middle section of sump is a refugium, with 2 bar fluros for lighting on the oppisite hours to main tank. Caluprea growing in tank for nitrate reduction purposes. |
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| State: New York |
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| Rank: |
#7 out of 33 reef tanks worldwide |
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| Ratings: |
6.37 |
| Number of Votes: |
107 |
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50 Gallon Reef Tank - Side View |
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The fool chatters while the wise litsens... |
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Four clow fish, Hippo, Tang & Heal |
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Brain, Colt, Cup, Montipora, Gorgonia, Green Star polips... |
| Tank Size: |
50 |
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Reef Tank (50Gallons Acrylic) 36" L , 20" T, 16" W . It has One Metal H. & a 34" Strip Lights. Live Sand, about 20 + pieces of corals & fish. It been set up for 2 months...
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| State: Utah |
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| Rank: |
#8 out of 33 reef tanks worldwide |
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6.37 |
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59 |
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full view of reef tank |
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you only live once haha live it up!!!! |
| About Yourself: |
nah |
| Advice: |
lots of patience and time learn as much as possible!!!!!!! ask questions. |
| Fish Kept: |
salfin tang,watchman gobie, engineer goby, black perk and alsored true perk. and my dream fish... my mystery wrasse |
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2 torchs,1 frog spawn ,2 long tentecal plates,1 crocea clam, 3 types of zoos,1 monty encrusting,1 monty shelf coral, a green slimer, a hyndaphora . about 5 different mushrooms. two types of brains,xenia, a huge six inch welsophilia!! a coco worm, and last but not least, my aussie corals about 27 heads. |
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30 |
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its only 30 but it packs a punch! size dont matter. a variety of coral from acros to soft coral. my prize is my aussie lps. its filtered believe it or not by two 60gal. hang on the back filters, filled with live rock rubble. it has a 250 watt hqi mh system by hamilton. its been running for about four years. its my obbsession thanks for viewing. |
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| State: California |
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United Kingdom |
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| Rank: |
#9 out of 33 reef tanks worldwide |
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6.35 |
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my 60x30x24 reef tank at 19 months old. |
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i'm not a man whore....i'm a fish enthusiast! |
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now skint! to see why goto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUUND9GsTsg |
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find somebody you can trust and listen very carefully!! |
| Fish Kept: |
paired clowns, sailfin tang, fox face, firefish, chromis wreck fish, cleaner wrasse |
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mainly musrooms and toadstools, xenia (several colors) polyps, duncans, trumpets |
| Tank Size: |
330 |
| Description: |
60x24x30 reef tank 48x18x18 sump aqua maedic turbo shorty skimmer 250 mteal halide 9 internal power heads 150k live rock 5inch aragonite sand bed |
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#10 out of 33 reef tanks worldwide |
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6.34 |
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100 |
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new corals added |
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Do your research and dont go too fast ! |
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1 green chromis
1 tank raised perc
1 magenta dotty back (a big bully)
1 yellow finned damsel (not sure what type)
1 cleaner shrimp
1 red star fish
10 tiny blue legged hermits |
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1 toadstool
1 xenia
clove cora
frogspawn
small amount of feather calupera
and a few more not too sure what they are but all doing well |
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24 |
| Description: |
tank is a 24 gallon d-d nano cube with standad twin compacts and standard filtation |
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