Top 10 Reef Tanks All Time

Rated #1: 180 Gallons Reef Tank

Rated #1: 180 Gallons Reef Tank - 180 Reef with various Hard and Soft Corals. T5 lighting Only.
Username: Michael
Country: United States
Rank: #1 out of 1403 Reef Tanks submitted all-time
Submitted By: Michael on
Ratings: 7.4
Number of votes: 233
Quote: Be patient and let it Grow
About Yourself: Fun, Hard Working, Perfectionist, if its worth doing its worth doing better than normal.
Fish Kept: Sailfin, Purple Tang X3, 5 Yellow Tangs, 1 Marroon Clown, 1 Christmas Wrasse, 1 Yellow Wrasse, Vlamingi Tang, Blue Jaw Trigger, 3 Soldier Bar's, Coral Beauty, Fox Face, Long Nose Butterfly, Virgate Rabbit Fish, Copperband Butterfly, Hawaiian Naso Tang, among many others...
Corals/Plants: Too Many to mention...heck I don't even know all the names.
Tank Size: 180 gallons
Advice: Take the time to read in depth Before you begin this hobby and find very good Teachers (Thanks to Richard, Greg, Kim, and Kevin) Special Thanks to Seachem. Enjoy the hobby on a day to day basis and treat your Aquarium as if it were a Machine that needs constant maintenance. Hard work and persistence are a must in this hobby. There are also NO Short Cuts or Quick Fixes in this hobby!
Description: 180 Reef with various Hard and Soft Corals. T5 lighting Only.

Rated #2: 105 Gallons Reef Tank

Rated #2: 105 Gallons Reef Tank - Updated Pic
Username: Pete
Country: United States
Rank: #2 out of 1403 Reef Tanks submitted all-time
Submitted By: Pete on
Ratings: 7.33
Number of votes: 339
Fish Kept: Ocellaris Clownfish, Black Ocellaris, Royal Gramma Basslet, One Spot Foxface, Midas Blenny, Tomini Tang, Green Mandarin, Blue Hippo Tang, Cleaner Goby,Yellow Coris, Firefin
Corals/Plants: ORA ----------- Red Planet Bird of Paradise Pink Stylophora Joe the Coral Green Gecko Green Birdsnest Green Bali Slimer Blue Hawkins Echinata Cali Blue Tort Miami Orchid Tri-Color Valida Borealis pearl berry Jason Fox ------------ JF Bloodshot Zoas JF Jackolantern Lepto JF Punk Rocker Zoas Cornbred ------------ CB Rock Star Zoas CB Inferno Insano Favia Reefraft ------------ Orange Passion Acro Vivid ----------- Rainbow Acro Tyree ------------ Steve Elias Stag Blue Chalice Zoanthids ----------- Lunar Eclipse Eagle Eyes Sunny D's Keds Reds Utter Chaos Halle Berries Fruit Loops Nuclear Green Palys Dragon eyes Jason Fox Punk Rockers Rastas Cornbread Rockstars Blue Hornets Red Hornets Jason Fox Bloodshots Magicians Mariculture SPS ------------ Teal Acro Green Lantern Bonsai Red Millipora Similar to ORA Chips Teal/yellow fuzzy Wild Caught ------------ Extra long polyp teal Milli Aquaculture SPS ------------ Strawberry Fields Dark Green bushy acro Blue/purple acro Yellow Millipora Dark green/red Millipora Green Ultra Acro Tri-color stag Green stag Blueberry acro Purple Bonsai Orange Montipora Setosa Red Montipora Cap Ultra Green Montipora Cap Mystic Sunset Montipora Fu Man Chu Acro Efflo Mushrooms ------------ Toadstool Mushroom Blue Red Orange Ricordia Teal/yellow Ricordia LPS Corals ------------ Green Frogspawn Aussie Gold Torch Green Hammer Red Cynarina Green Alveopora Pink Alveopora Red Goniopora War Coral Favia Duncan Red Acans Christmas Tree Acans Aussie Elegance Trumpets Aussie Red/Green Blasto Chalice ------------ WWC Rainbow Chalice Tyree (?) Blue Chalice Clams ------------ ORA Blue Maxima ORA Purple Maxima (?) Others ------------ Kenya Tree Sun Coral Clove Polyps Rainbow Cloves Green Star Polyps Pulsing Xenia Scleronephthya Anemone ------------ Orange Rock Flower Rainbow Bubble Tip
Tank Size: 105 gallons
Advice: It's an obsession
Description: Updated Pic

Rated #3: 90 Gallons Reef Tank

Rated #3: 90 Gallons Reef Tank - Reef it
Username: John
Country: New Zealand
Rank: #3 out of 1403 Reef Tanks submitted all-time
Submitted By: John on
Ratings: 7.32
Number of votes: 404
Fish Kept: Silver Zebra Angel
Corals/Plants: cryptocoryene
Tank Size: 90 gallons
Advice: Just do it
Description: Reef it

Rated #4: 75 Gallons Reef Tank

Rated #4: 75 Gallons Reef Tank - My 75g before I lost it due to the hurricanes
Username: Jose
Country: Puerto Rico
Rank: #4 out of 1403 Reef Tanks submitted all-time
Submitted By: Jose on
Ratings: 7.31
Number of votes: 396
Quote: ...
About Yourself: Funeral Director and frustrated pilot converted into an aquarist
Fish Kept: Blue tang
Corals/Plants: Mixed between zoas, SPS and LPS.
Tank Size: 75 gallons
Advice: Plan and search!!!
Description: My 75g before I lost it due to the hurricanes

Rated #5: 100 Gallons Reef Tank

Rated #5: 100 Gallons Reef Tank - After 6 months..
Username: Marco
Country: Italy
Rank: #5 out of 1403 Reef Tanks submitted all-time
Submitted By: Marco on
Ratings: 7.3
Number of votes: 218
About Yourself: 35 years old, live in Como, George Clooney's holiday place ;-)
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
Corals/Plants: Too much to write here ;-) Some acropora, seriatopora, pocillopora,montipora,briareum, favia, sabella spallanzanii, echinopora,etc etc
Tank Size: 100 gallons
Advice: Read, read and read! Patience and passion.
Description: After 6 months..

Rated #6: 20 Gallons Reef Tank

Rated #6: 20 Gallons Reef Tank - 20 gallons. Full tank shot.
Username: Dan K
Country: United States
Rank: #6 out of 1403 Reef Tanks submitted all-time
Submitted By: Dan K on
Ratings: 7.29
Number of votes: 310
Fish Kept: Midas Blenny, Black and White Ocellaris Clownfish, Six Line Wrasse
Corals/Plants: Sps. Lps. Softies. Frogs.
Tank Size: 20 gallons
Advice: Patience. Research. Planning.
Description: 20 gallons. Full tank shot.

Rated #7: 90 Gallons Reef Tank

Rated #7: 90 Gallons Reef Tank - My two years old reef tank.
Username: Oscar Caldera
Country: United States
Rank: #7 out of 1403 Reef Tanks submitted all-time
Submitted By: Oscar Caldera on
Ratings: 7.28
Number of votes: 380
Corals/Plants: Euphillias, acros
Tank Size: 90 gallons
Advice: Good idea to try every kind of coral at the beginning, to choose which is your favorite kind. I started loving LPS and now I'm moving to SPS.
Description: My two years old reef tank.

Rated #8: 200 Gallons Reef Tank

Rated #8: 200 Gallons Reef Tank - 200 Gallon Reef Tank
Username: Tom Klebosky
Country: United States
Rank: #8 out of 1403 Reef Tanks submitted all-time
Submitted By: Tom Klebosky on
Ratings: 7.28
Number of votes: 222
About Yourself: I have been a part of the reef culture for over 15 years. This is my second reef tank. I started with a 75 gallon tank in which I learned a lot before having the luck of getting this 200 plus tank. My original goal when I set up this micro reef was that every coral could be reproduced providing tank raised, hardy and colorful corals to the hobby. The tank has been successful to that goal.
Fish Kept: Yellow Tang, Flame Hawk, Chromis, Clown Fish, assorted damsel, Rabbit Fish Other invertebrates: Cleaner shrimp, chestnut cowrie, royal urchin, blue linka starfish, snails, black brittle star
Corals/Plants: Platgyra (Brain), Yellow Sinularia, Colt Coral, Euphyllia (Frogspawn, Anchor varieties), Capenella, Sarcophyton, Caulastrea, Anthelia, green star polyps, Assorted mushrooms, lobbophytum, Turbiania, Yellow Polyps
Tank Size: 200 gallons
Advice: Research as much as you can and have a plan. Try not to do things on the fly and think through what you need to do to be successful with anything you will have in your micro reef. This tank has been up and running since 2003. Most of the corals are a number of generations from the originals. Most of the fish are 8 to 12 years old. Growth in the tank is very fast and corals must be harvested every 6 to 12 months to prevent over crowding.
Description: 200 Gallon Reef Tank

Rated #9: 210 Gallons Reef Tank

Rated #9: 210 Gallons Reef Tank - my tank (Jan 08)
Username: alfie
Country: Great Britain
Rank: #9 out of 1403 Reef Tanks submitted all-time
Submitted By: alfie on
Ratings: 7.27
Number of votes: 268
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.
Fish Kept: Pair sargassum triggers,achilles tang,yellow tang,purple firefish,mandarin,peacock wrasse,kole tang,2 anthias,2 chromis,flame angel,cleaner wrasse,
Corals/Plants: various sps,LPS including 2 elegance and a scolly
Tank Size: 210 gallons
Advice: read,read,read
Description: my tank (Jan 08)

Rated #10: 220 Gallons Reef Tank

Rated #10: 220 Gallons Reef Tank - yoda's tank
Username: mathew
Country: Canada
Rank: #10 out of 1403 Reef Tanks submitted all-time
Submitted By: mathew on
Ratings: 7.24
Number of votes: 193
Fish Kept: lots
Corals/Plants: too many to name
Tank Size: 220 gallons
Advice: read a lot before you start.
Description: yoda's tank
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