|
| |
|
|
| |
 |
|
8 Comments | Leave Comment
|
| State: None/Other |
Country: |
 |
Great Britain |
|
| |
| Rank: |
#1 out of 0 reef tanks worldwide |
| |
(rated this year: view this month's top 10) |
| Ratings: |
8.00 |
| Number of Votes: |
219 |
| Photo Caption: |
my tank (Jan 08) |
| Quote: |
Its not what you got,its what you do with it |
| About Yourself: |
keeping marines fro about 16 years,likes photgraphy and hanging around fish shops with muppets. |
| Advice: |
read,read,read |
| Fish Kept: |
Pair sargassum triggers,achilles tang,yellow tang,purple firefish,mandarin,peacock wrasse,kole tang,2 anthias,2 chromis,flame angel,cleaner wrasse, |
| Plants Kept: |
various sps,LPS including 2 elegance and a scolly |
| Tank Size: |
210 |
| Description: |
5 by 30 by 30,ati 250 skimmer,400 watt electronic halides blv lamps,2 80 watt actnic t5,schuran jetstream 1,ghl profilux,2 6100 streams,haliea chiller,OR 6500 return,300 watt heater |
| |
|
|
|
| |
 |
|
7 Comments | Leave Comment
|
| State: Michigan |
Country: |
 |
United States |
|
| |
| Rank: |
#2 out of 0 reef tanks worldwide |
| |
(rated this year: view this month's top 10) |
| Ratings: |
7.88 |
| Number of Votes: |
655 |
| Photo Caption: |
Main Tank: 225gl Starphire (60Lx36Wx24H) Euro-Braced Reef Tank
Water Movement: TUNZE 6100 Stream, SEIO 1500, One Aquaclear 270 Powerhead
Main Pump: Sequence DART
Skimmer: Deltec AP851
Calcium Reactor: GEO Calcium Reactor
Main Lighting: Two 250 watt Metal Halide housed in Lumenarc III Reflectors
Bulbs: Two XM 10K 250 Watt SE - Three 140 watt VHO (Two Uri Actinic, One Actinic White)
Ballasts: Two Hellolights ARO PRO Series Ballasts M58
Sump: 45gl sump, 4 cups of carbon changed every month. Small Refugium in sump.
Top Off: Tank is topped off with Kalkwasser using a Deltec KM500 Kalk Stirrer
Water Parameters:
• Calcium: ~ 400 PPM
• Alkalinity: ~ 7.5dKH
• Specific Gravity: ~1.026
• pH: ~ 8.23
• Temperature:~ 77.4º - 79.0º
• Nitrate: Undetectable
• Phosphate: Undetectable
|
| Quote: |
none |
| About Yourself: |
www.Thesunnyreef.com |
| Advice: |
If I were to give anyone words of advice I would tell them to be patient, good things take time to develop.
Too many people rush into things and fail to allow their aquariums to reach their full potential.
Read as much as can, books and forums are great tools. This hobby has many great people ready and able to answer almost all questions thrown their way. So if you’re unsure about anything please ask. Hopefully as the years pass this hobby will become more accessible; with new technologies developing rapidly it’s an exciting time to be in this hobby.
|
| Fish Kept: |
1 Naso Tang
3 Yellow Tangs
1 Kole Tang
1 Blue Tang
1 Fox Face
1 Copperband Butterfly
4 Lyetrail Anthais (1 male, 3 female)
1 Blue Devil Damsel
|
| Plants Kept: |
Acropora:
Pink millepora
Lemon Lime millepora
Multi-color millepora
Blue tenuis
Tricolor
Valida
Blue humilis
Green Slimer
Blue Slimer
Purple Monster
Becker Blue Tort
Yellow Tort
Blue tip Stag
Purple Stag
Sky Blue tipped aspera
Purple and blue rubosta
Teal Corallites nobilis
Purple tip deswali
Glowsticks and sapphire kimbesis
Montipora:
Orange capricornis
Green capricornis
Orange digitata
Green digitata
Purple digitata
Barney purple encrusting
Blue polyp encrusting
Orange encrusting
Green and orange polyp encrusting
Other Corals:
Pink pocillopora damicornis
Green Pink pocillopora damicornis
Green Star Polyps
Zooanthids (assorted colonies and colors)
|
| Tank Size: |
225 |
| Description: |
Main Tank: 225gl Starphire (60Lx36Wx24H) Euro-Braced Reef Tank
Water Movement: TUNZE 6100 Stream, SEIO 1500, One Aquaclear 270 Powerhead
Main Pump: Sequence DART
Skimmer: Deltec AP851
Calcium Reactor: GEO Calcium Reactor
Main Lighting: Two 250 watt Metal Halide housed in Lumenarc III Reflectors
Bulbs: Two XM 10K 250 Watt SE - Three 140 watt VHO (Two Uri Actinic, One Actinic White)
Ballasts: Two Hellolights ARO PRO Series Ballasts M58
Sump: 45gl sump, 4 cups of carbon changed every month. Small Refugium in sump.
Top Off: Tank is topped off with Kalkwasser using a Deltec KM500 Kalk Stirrer
Water Parameters:
• Calcium: ~ 400 PPM
• Alkalinity: ~ 7.5dKH
• Specific Gravity: ~1.026
• pH: ~ 8.23
• Temperature:~ 77.4º - 79.0º
• Nitrate: Undetectable
• Phosphate: Undetectable
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
 |
|
9 Comments | Leave Comment
|
| State: None/Other |
Country: |
 |
Italy |
|
| |
| Rank: |
#3 out of 0 reef tanks worldwide |
| |
(rated this year: view this month's top 10) |
| Ratings: |
7.85 |
| Number of Votes: |
262 |
| Photo Caption: |
After 6 months.. |
| About Yourself: |
35 years old, live in Como, George Clooney's holiday place ;-) |
| Advice: |
Read, read and read!
Patience and passion. |
| Fish Kept: |
1 Gramma loreto
2 Ocellaris
1 Pseudochromis Fridmani
1 Pseudochelinus Hexataenia
1 Centropyge Acanthops
2 Chromis Viridis
1 Synchiropus splendidus
2 Anthias Squamipinnis
1 Neocirrithes Armatus
2 Pterapogon kauderni
1 Ecsenius bicolor
1 Zebrasoma Veliferum
2 Chromis Vanderbilti
1 Valenciennae Strigata
|
| Plants Kept: |
Too much to write here ;-)
Some acropora, seriatopora, pocillopora,montipora,briareum, favia, sabella spallanzanii, echinopora,etc etc
|
| Tank Size: |
100 |
| Description: |
This time i would like to make a "natural" tank, so corals are the same that in my old tank i haven't put any new coral (only 2 - 3), only more space. In this last times i like "free tanks", not a wall with corals and corals..
Tank120cm x 70cm x55 cm
2 tunze 6100 with multicontroller and 1 nanostream 6045. SkimmerATI 200, Calcium reactor LG 1400 (made in Italy ;-) )
1 lumenarc III and 1 lumenbright with 2 IceCap 250W and 1 lamp XM 10.000 °K and 1 giesemann 12.500 °K, 3 t4 24W sfiligoi pure actinic |
| |
|
|
|
| |
 |
|
3 Comments | Leave Comment
|
| State: California |
Country: |
|
United States |
|
| |
| Rank: |
#4 out of 0 reef tanks worldwide |
| |
(rated this year: view this month's top 10) |
| Ratings: |
7.83 |
| Number of Votes: |
100 |
| Photo Caption: |
WE PURCHASED EVERYTHING IN OUR TANK FROM JEFF'S EXOTIC FISH IN COSTA MESA (714) 540-0880 THEY ARE VERY KNOWLEDGABLE AND CAN GET YOU STARTED EVEN IF YOU JUST WANT A LITTLE NANO TANK. THANKS GUYS!!!!
Full view of tank with more added and re-arranged (6/22/08) |
| Quote: |
It can be so hypnotic to watch them for hours on end |
| About Yourself: |
A very costly hobby, but one we can always do together |
| Advice: |
My husband had a reef tank years ago. We just started up a new one again a several months ago and absolutely love it. It is a great hobby you can do together. Flow ! Flow ! Flow and lots of live cured Rock!!! Salinity and temperature, because one wrong element can ruin your tank. We feed alot so all of our starfish live for several months, also not everyone can keep a flame angel, coral beauty, purple and yellow tang together in the same tank so luck was on our side |
| Fish Kept: |
WE PURCHASED EVERYTHING IN OUR TANK FROM JEFF'S EXOTIC FISH IN COSTA MESA (714) 540-0880 THEY ARE VERY KNOWLEDGABLE AND CAN GET YOU STARTED EVEN IF YOU JUST WANT A LITTLE NANO TANK. THANKS GUYS!!!!
Scissortail Goby, coral beauty, naso tang, purple tang, yellow tang, blue tang, flame angel, purple firefish, six line wrasse, corise yellow wrasse, corris orange wrasse, leopard wrasse, pink skunk clown, percula clown, sweet lips clown, bigmouth spotted jawfish, lawnmower blenny, 2 stripped cleaner shrimp, royal gama, anemone crab, emerald crabs, dozen or more starfish (I love color), greek goddess slub, leaf fish |
| Plants Kept: |
WE PURCHASED EVERYTHING IN OUR TANK FROM JEFF'S EXOTIC FISH IN COSTA MESA (714) 540-0880 THEY ARE VERY KNOWLEDGABLE AND CAN GET YOU STARTED EVEN IF YOU JUST WANT A LITTLE NANO TANK. THANKS GUYS!!!!
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 |
| Tank Size: |
60 |
| Description: |
WE PURCHASED EVERYTHING IN OUR TANK AND OTHER ITEMS FROM JEFF'S EXOTIC FISH IN COSTA MESA (714) 540-0880 THEY ARE VERY KNOWLEDGABLE AND CAN GET YOU STARTED EVEN IF YOU JUST WANT A LITTLE NANO TANK. THANKS GUYS!!!!
(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 |
| |
|
|
|
| |
 |
|
13 Comments | Leave Comment
|
| State: Michigan |
Country: |
|
United States |
|
| |
| Rank: |
#5 out of 0 reef tanks worldwide |
| |
(rated this year: view this month's top 10) |
| Ratings: |
7.83 |
| Number of Votes: |
469 |
| Photo Caption: |
New Lighting |
| Quote: |
none |
| About Yourself: |
www.Thesunnyreef.com |
| Advice: |
If I were to give anyone words of advice I would tell them to be patient, good things take time to develop.
Too many people rush into things and fail to allow their aquariums to reach their full potential.
Read as much as can, books and forums are great tools. This hobby has many great people ready and able to answer almost all questions thrown their way. So if you’re unsure about anything please ask. Hopefully as the years pass this hobby will become more accessible; with new technologies developing rapidly it’s an exciting time to be in this hobby.
|
| Fish Kept: |
1 Naso Tang
3 Yellow Tangs
1 Kole Tang
1 Blue Tang
1 Fox Face
1 Copperband Butterfly
4 Lyetrail Anthais (1 male, 3 female)
1 Blue Devil Damsel
|
| Plants Kept: |
Acropora:
Pink millepora
Lemon Lime millepora
Multi-color millepora
Blue tenuis
Tricolor
Valida
Blue humilis
Green Slimer
Blue Slimer
Purple Monster
Becker Blue Tort
Yellow Tort
Blue tip Stag
Purple Stag
Sky Blue tipped aspera
Purple and blue rubosta
Teal Corallites nobilis
Purple tip deswali
Glowsticks and sapphire kimbesis
Montipora:
Orange capricornis
Green capricornis
Orange digitata
Green digitata
Purple digitata
Barney purple encrusting
Blue polyp encrusting
Orange encrusting
Green and orange polyp encrusting
Other Corals:
Pink pocillopora damicornis
Green Pink pocillopora damicornis
Green Star Polyps
Zooanthids (assorted colonies and colors)
|
| Tank Size: |
225 |
| Description: |
Main Tank: 225gl Starphire (60Lx36Wx24H) Euro-Braced Reef Tank
Water Movement: TUNZE 6100 Stream, SEIO 1500, One Aquaclear 270 Powerhead
Main Pump: Sequence DART
Skimmer: Deltec AP851
Calcium Reactor: GEO Calcium Reactor
Main Lighting: Two 250 watt Metal Halide housed in Lumenarc III Reflectors
Bulbs: Two XM 10K 250 Watt SE - Three 140 watt VHO (Two Uri Actinic, One Actinic White)
Ballasts: Two Hellolights ARO PRO Series Ballasts M58
Sump: 45gl sump, 4 cups of carbon changed every month. Small Refugium in sump.
Top Off: Tank is topped off with Kalkwasser using a Deltec KM500 Kalk Stirrer
Water Parameters:
• Calcium: ~ 400 PPM
• Alkalinity: ~ 7.5dKH
• Specific Gravity: ~1.026
• pH: ~ 8.23
• Temperature:~ 77.4º - 79.0º
• Nitrate: Undetectable
• Phosphate: Undetectable
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
 |
|
Leave Comment
|
| State: California |
Country: |
|
United States |
|
| |
| Rank: |
#6 out of 0 reef tanks worldwide |
| |
(rated this year: view this month's top 10) |
| Ratings: |
7.80 |
| Number of Votes: |
50 |
| Photo Caption: |
Left view of tank (7/08) |
| Quote: |
It can be so hypnotic to watch them for hours on end |
| About Yourself: |
A very costly hobby, but one we can always do together |
| Advice: |
My husband had a reef tank years ago. We just started up a new one again a several months ago and absolutely love it. It is a great hobby you can do together. Flow ! Flow ! Flow and lots of live cured Rock!!! Salinity and temperature, because one wrong element can ruin your tank. We feed alot so all of our starfish live for several months, also not everyone can keep a flame angel, coral beauty, purple and yellow tang together in the same tank so luck was on our side |
| Fish Kept: |
WE PURCHASED EVERYTHING IN OUR TANK FROM JEFF'S EXOTIC FISH IN COSTA MESA (714) 540-0880 THEY ARE VERY KNOWLEDGABLE AND CAN GET YOU STARTED EVEN IF YOU JUST WANT A LITTLE NANO TANK. THANKS GUYS!!!!
Scissortail Goby, coral beauty, naso tang, purple tang, yellow tang, blue tang, flame angel, purple firefish, six line wrasse, corise yellow wrasse, corris orange wrasse, leopard wrasse, pink skunk clown, percula clown, sweet lips clown, bigmouth spotted jawfish, lawnmower blenny, 2 stripped cleaner shrimp, royal gama, anemone crab, emerald crabs, dozen or more starfish (I love color), greek goddess slub, leaf fish |
| Plants Kept: |
WE PURCHASED EVERYTHING IN OUR TANK FROM JEFF'S EXOTIC FISH IN COSTA MESA (714) 540-0880 THEY ARE VERY KNOWLEDGABLE AND CAN GET YOU STARTED EVEN IF YOU JUST WANT A LITTLE NANO TANK. THANKS GUYS!!!!
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 |
| Tank Size: |
60 |
| Description: |
WE PURCHASED EVERYTHING IN OUR TANK AND OTHER ITEMS FROM JEFF'S EXOTIC FISH IN COSTA MESA (714) 540-0880 THEY ARE VERY KNOWLEDGABLE AND CAN GET YOU STARTED EVEN IF YOU JUST WANT A LITTLE NANO TANK. THANKS GUYS!!!!
(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 |
| |
|
|
|
| |
 |
|
1 Comments | Leave Comment
|
| State: California |
Country: |
|
United States |
|
| |
| Rank: |
#7 out of 0 reef tanks worldwide |
| |
(rated this year: view this month's top 10) |
| Ratings: |
7.76 |
| Number of Votes: |
318 |
| Photo Caption: |
update |
| Quote: |
MINIMALIST |
| About Yourself: |
my love to the ocean and natural reefs got me into this great hobby.Many thanks to all others for shareing their knoledge. |
| Advice: |
one of the best things I started is-reeftank[for life]I have many achievemants in my life and u have to be perfectioniest to rich the highest point.Do alot of your own reaserch in every aspect.... |
| Fish Kept: |
/sorry not a fish guy.they'r all beautifull... |
| Plants Kept: |
mainly sps.w/some lps and quadr.anemone |
| Tank Size: |
110 |
| Description: |
40/24/31mix-2-250watt20k radiums-sup2 -VHO actinics-ca reactor-g-4skimmer- |
| |
|
|
|
| |
 |
|
3 Comments | Leave Comment
|
| State: California |
Country: |
|
United States |
|
| |
| Rank: |
#8 out of 0 reef tanks worldwide |
| |
(rated this year: view this month's top 10) |
| Ratings: |
7.75 |
| Number of Votes: |
351 |
| Photo Caption: |
update |
| Quote: |
MINIMALIST |
| About Yourself: |
my love to the ocean and natural reefs got me into this great hobby.Many thanks to all others for shareing their knoledge. |
| Advice: |
one of the best things I started is-reeftank[for life]I have many achievemants in my life and u have to be perfectioniest to rich the highest point.Do alot of your own reaserch in every aspect.... |
| Fish Kept: |
/sorry not a fish guy.they'r all beautifull... |
| Plants Kept: |
mainly sps.w/some lps and quadr.anemone |
| Tank Size: |
110 |
| Description: |
40/24/31mix-2-250watt20k radiums-sup2 -VHO actinics-ca reactor-g-4skimmer- |
| |
|
|
|
| |
 |
|
9 Comments | Leave Comment
|
| State: None/Other |
Country: |
 |
New Zealand |
|
| |
| Rank: |
#9 out of 0 reef tanks worldwide |
| |
(rated this year: view this month's top 10) |
| Ratings: |
7.73 |
| Number of Votes: |
641 |
| Photo Caption: |
Full reef tank pic.
Over 100 coral and 50 fish |
| Advice: |
. |
| Fish Kept: |
. |
| Plants Kept: |
. |
| Tank Size: |
500 |
| Description: |
Aquarium Profile: Main Tank: 2.4 x .850 x 720 approximately 1500 Litres Sump Tanks: Two 1.20 x .50 x .400 approximately 500 Litres 3 year old tank Filtration: Protein skimmer.. Deltec AP1004 Calcium Reactor.. aquacare Computer system.. GHL. Main Pump .. Deltec 5250, 6000L Top up.. Tunze Osmolator, IKS dosing pump Water Flow .. Tunze Streams, 4 x 6100(12000L) 1 x 6200 (20000L)
Use PRODIBIO products to reduce nutrients and improve coral colours |
| |
|
|
|
| |
 |
|
Leave Comment
|
| State: California |
Country: |
|
United States |
|
| |
| Rank: |
#10 out of 0 reef tanks worldwide |
| |
(rated this year: view this month's top 10) |
| Ratings: |
7.71 |
| Number of Votes: |
100 |
| Photo Caption: |
Every kind of fish you can think of that everyone says you can't keep together, we have in the tank |
| Quote: |
It can be so hypnotic to watch them for hours on end |
| About Yourself: |
A very costly hobby, but one we can always do together |
| Advice: |
My husband had a reef tank years ago. We just started up a new one again a several months ago and absolutely love it. It is a great hobby you can do together. Flow ! Flow ! Flow and lots of live cured Rock!!! Salinity and temperature, because one wrong element can ruin your tank. We feed alot so all of our starfish live for several months, also not everyone can keep a flame angel, coral beauty, purple and yellow tang together in the same tank so luck was on our side |
| Fish Kept: |
WE PURCHASED EVERYTHING IN OUR TANK FROM JEFF'S EXOTIC FISH IN COSTA MESA (714) 540-0880 THEY ARE VERY KNOWLEDGABLE AND CAN GET YOU STARTED EVEN IF YOU JUST WANT A LITTLE NANO TANK. THANKS GUYS!!!!
Scissortail Goby, coral beauty, naso tang, purple tang, yellow tang, blue tang, flame angel, purple firefish, six line wrasse, corise yellow wrasse, corris orange wrasse, leopard wrasse, pink skunk clown, percula clown, sweet lips clown, bigmouth spotted jawfish, lawnmower blenny, 2 stripped cleaner shrimp, royal gama, anemone crab, emerald crabs, dozen or more starfish (I love color), greek goddess slub, leaf fish |
| Plants Kept: |
WE PURCHASED EVERYTHING IN OUR TANK FROM JEFF'S EXOTIC FISH IN COSTA MESA (714) 540-0880 THEY ARE VERY KNOWLEDGABLE AND CAN GET YOU STARTED EVEN IF YOU JUST WANT A LITTLE NANO TANK. THANKS GUYS!!!!
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 |
| Tank Size: |
60 |
| Description: |
WE PURCHASED EVERYTHING IN OUR TANK AND OTHER ITEMS FROM JEFF'S EXOTIC FISH IN COSTA MESA (714) 540-0880 THEY ARE VERY KNOWLEDGABLE AND CAN GET YOU STARTED EVEN IF YOU JUST WANT A LITTLE NANO TANK. THANKS GUYS!!!!
(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 |
| |
|
|
| 1 Next 10 Last Page |
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
