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| State: Oregon |
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#21 out of 1144 reef tanks worldwide |
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| Ratings: |
7.38 |
| Number of Votes: |
143 |
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august 2009 photo of 180 gallon pentagon corner mixed reef aquarium |
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"I don't think the heavy stuff is gonna come down for quite a while" |
| Advice: |
Be careful when starting this hobby. It could change your life.... |
| Fish Kept: |
Purple tang, 2 Bartletts anthias, 3 sunburst anthias, X-mas and leopard wrasses. Blue jaw trigger (male), flame angel, blonde naso tang. |
| Corals/Plants Kept: |
3 year mixed reef with wide variety of zoos, softies, montis, acros, ricordia, and large polyps corals. Starting to collect blastomussas |
| Tank Size: |
180 |
| Description: |
My reef tank is a 180 gallon corner pentagon which has 48" sides and just under 60" across the full face. Lighting is provided by 2 x 400 watt 14K metal halides run on a pfo ballast and 4 x 95 watt VHO bulbs, 2 x actinic blue and 2 x actinic white bulbs running on icecap 600 ballasts. I have a central overflow running to a 35 gallon sump with a precision marine bullet 2 skimmer and a precision marine calcium reactor. The return is a Iwaki 55rlt pump through a 1" sea swirl. For added water movement, I run a closed loop driven by a Dolphin Ampmaster 3000, and a Vortech MP40 pump. All cooled by a Prime 1/3 hp chiller (summer primarily). |
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| State: California |
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#22 out of 1144 reef tanks worldwide |
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| Ratings: |
7.38 |
| Number of Votes: |
932 |
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My 225 gallon SPS dominated Mixed Reef |
| Quote: |
Only bad things happen quickly in a reef tank. |
| Advice: |
Go for Stability in water parameters. |
| Fish Kept: |
Naso Tang
Sailfin Tang
Blue Pacific Tang
Blue Lined Tang
4 False Percs
2 Cinnamon Clowns
1 Flame Angel
1 Rabbitfish
1 Purple Pseudochromis
2 PITA yellow chromis
4 Lyretail Anthias |
| Corals/Plants Kept: |
Mostly SPS
some LPS |
| Tank Size: |
225 |
| Description: |
LeeMar tank 72"x30"x24"
3 400 watt Metal Halide in Lumenarc III reflectors. 20k Radiums on PFO HQI ballasts. 320 watts URI Actinic 03 VHO on IceCap Ballasts. Bubble King 300 internal protein skimmer. MRC CR6 dual calcium reactor. Zeovit nutrient reduction and supplementation. |
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| State: None/Other |
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#23 out of 1144 reef tanks worldwide |
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(rated this year: view this month's top 10) |
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7.36 |
| Number of Votes: |
722 |
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I cant fit anything else in here ! |
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an idea without action is only a hallucination |
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dont give up. |
| Fish Kept: |
too any to count |
| Corals/Plants Kept: |
too many to count |
| Tank Size: |
300 |
| Description: |
big |
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| State: Virginia |
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United States |
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#24 out of 1144 reef tanks worldwide |
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7.31 |
| Number of Votes: |
143 |
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Full tank shot of 75gal tank. may 08 |
| Quote: |
There is no tomorrow |
| About Yourself: |
Father |
| Advice: |
Slow Down |
| Fish Kept: |
Lots |
| Corals/Plants Kept: |
Lots |
| Tank Size: |
210 |
| Description: |
more later |
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Sweden |
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#25 out of 1144 reef tanks worldwide |
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(rated this year: view this month's top 10) |
| Ratings: |
7.31 |
| Number of Votes: |
899 |
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My 100 gallon (375L) reef tank. |
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Itīs only common sense but common sense is not that common |
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Take your time before getting into this hobby. Read books and make sure you get the right equipment from the beginning. Knowledge will save you a lot of money and headache in this wonderful hobby.
The most rewarding part of this hobby for me is to be able to breed marine fish. I breed the Banggai Cardinal which is a great fish to start with and this species is sadly also threatened in nature because of our hobby.
Happy reefing! |
| Fish Kept: |
Fish:
1 Blue powder tang (Acanthurus leucosternon ), 1Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens), 7 (Pterapogon kauderni), 2 Cleaner Gobies (Gobiosoma spp), 1 Blue-green Chromis Viridis, 2 Common clown fish (Amphiprion ocellaris), 1 Bicolor Blenny (Ecsenius bicolor).
Invertebrates:
20 Trochus snails
1 Tuxedo urchin (Mespilia globulus)
1 unidentified crab
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| Corals/Plants Kept: |
Sps, Lps and soft corals. Some macro algae. |
| Tank Size: |
100 |
| Description: |
Dimensions:
Length: 47 inch (120 cm)
Depth: 20 inch (51cm)
Height: 24 inch (62cm)
Equipment:
2 Tunze stream 6060, 1 Tunze wavebox, Deltec mce 600 external skimmer, T5 6x54w ATI active cooling, Tunze Osmolator Universal 3155, DIY LED moonlight.
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Australia |
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#26 out of 1144 reef tanks worldwide |
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(rated this year: view this month's top 10) |
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7.31 |
| Number of Votes: |
287 |
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my tank |
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A winner never quits, but gets poor in this hobby |
| About Yourself: |
Just the average AUSSIE, trying to have a go down under. 30 years of age and trying to make the best tank I possibly can. Please, only constructive comments or positive. Or get stuffed
Cheers |
| Advice: |
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) |
| Fish Kept: |
our fish
7 chromis
1 yellow tang
1 blue tang
1 lipstick tang
1 leopard wrasse
3 clown fish
1 long nose hawkfish
2 golden head gobie
1 dragonet
1 lawnmower blennie
1 dotty back
2 bar gobies
1 nigger trigger
1 snowflake eel
1 coral banded shrimp
1 coral Beauty |
| Corals/Plants Kept: |
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: |
185 |
| Description: |
Tank size * 5ft x 2ft x 2ft, Sump 5ft x 18" x 21" Octopus HOB skimmer which is now in sump,1 Ehiem 2500 ltr p/h External Canister Filter, 4 - Metal Halides - 150 watt each with 20000k Bulbs, 2 Ehiem 800 ltr p/h internal Power Heads, Fluro T5 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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Canada |
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#27 out of 1144 reef tanks worldwide |
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7.29 |
| Number of Votes: |
299 |
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Reef tank |
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Only bad things happen quickly |
| About Yourself: |
I am 26 years old living in ontario. I started in this hobby over 2 year ago and began with a 20 gallon nano and moved up to a 90 gallon and have plans for a 180 gallon in the future. I find this hobby very relaxing and fun to work with. |
| Advice: |
Research everything and take your time. Minimum 10% water changes per week with the use of a RO/DI system |
| Fish Kept: |
Sailfin Tank, 2 Hippo Tangs, 4 chromis, 3 clown fish, sandsifting goby, dwarf lion fish, purple fire fish, lawn mower blenny, scooter blenny, manderin goby, |
| Corals/Plants Kept: |
Mostly Lps with softy and sps aswell. Hammer coral, fox coral, frogspawn, yellow tip torch coral, several umbrella leathers,candy coral, assorted zoos, plate coral, large colt coral,brown gargonian, purple gargonian, pulsating xenia,green stripe mushrooms, hairy mushrooms, green metalic coral, feather duster, acropora, derasa clam, 3 maxima clams. |
| Tank Size: |
90 |
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This is my 90 Gallon tank.(48"lenght,24"high,18"deep all glass aquarium. I am using 324 watts of T5 high output lighting. I have 3 hydor power heads in the main tank for 2500 GPH of movement plus 700 GPH return pump and maxi jet 1200 for a total of 3500 GPH in main tank. There is a 25 gallon tank underneath tank for the sump which hold phosphate reactor with phosban amd corallife protein skimer for 220 gallon tank. 48 watt tek T5 lighting used underneath tank to grow macro algae. Tank parameters are Ph 8.2, alk 10DKH, amonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 0, Phosphate 0, Calcium 450, salinity 1.025 and temp at 78 C. |
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| State: New Hampshire |
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#28 out of 1144 reef tanks worldwide |
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| Ratings: |
7.28 |
| Number of Votes: |
128 |
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This is my 210, hope you like it |
| Quote: |
Got Whiskey? |
| About Yourself: |
Chillin |
| Advice: |
Patience |
| Fish Kept: |
Blue Spot Jaw
Hippo Tang
Foxface
Chrmois
Clowns
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| Corals/Plants Kept: |
Several....come on meng |
| Tank Size: |
210 |
| Description: |
210g 2*2*6 and 70 Gal Fuge
Tunze 9015 Protien Skimmer
3 250k MH and 8 T5 custom designed with
Lunar Similator -
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| State: Georgia |
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United States |
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#29 out of 1144 reef tanks worldwide |
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7.27 |
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1089 |
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125G Mixed Reef |
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John 3:16 |
| About Yourself: |
Pastor |
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Take it slow! Get on a good reef froum and read, learn, ask, and read some more. There will be up's and down's in this hobby, but it is worth it. Make sure you price check on your equipment. Usually the net is so much cheaper. |
| Fish Kept: |
Naso Tang
Regal Tang
Kole Tang
Mated Pair Percula Clowns
Skunk Clown
Madarin Dragnet
Scooter Blenny |
| Corals/Plants Kept: |
Sps, Lps, Zoanthids |
| Tank Size: |
125 |
| Description: |
125g 6ft Mixed Reef Tank 200lbs LR
3 x 250w Metal Halides 15k XM Bulbs
220w URI Actinics
MR2 Dual Beckett Protein Skimmer
Kalk Reactor
Tunze Auto Top Off
Seio's and Maxi Jet's for water flow
Phosoban Reator
Aquacontroller Jr for Equipment Control |
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| State: Florida |
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#30 out of 1144 reef tanks worldwide |
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7.27 |
| Number of Votes: |
529 |
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my reef tank |
| About Yourself: |
10 years freshwater 3 years reef tanks |
| Advice: |
patience everything will clear up once the tank is established and the key to success is water changes gl |
| Fish Kept: |
i red sea sebae clownfish 1 purple tang i midas blenny 1 lawnmower blenny 1 sixline wrasse 1 peppermint hogfish |
| Corals/Plants Kept: |
lps/sps |
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90 |
| Description: |
90 gallon custom reef 40L X 26 D X 20 H
29 Gallon sump/fuge euroreef cs80 protein skimmer queitone 6000 return pump 2 250 w metal halides reefflux 10 k 2 39 watt t-5s tru actinics pacific coast 1/10 hp chiller |
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