Top 41 - 50 Reef Tanks 2008
Rated #41: 120 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: Clive
Country: Canada
Rank:
#41 out of 254 Reef Tanks submitted 2008
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Submitted By:
Clive on
Ratings:
5.86
Number of votes:
160
Fish Kept:
2 yellowtail / purple damsels, 1 Atlantic Blue Tang, 1 Yellow Tang, Coral Beauty, Royal dotty back, mated pair of Bangai Cardinals, 2 black & White Saddleback clowns and 1 Foxface Rabbitfish.
Corals/Plants:
Various zoos and palys.
Various Acros.
Green open Brain, Pink doughnut, Clams, mushrooms, hammer coral, frogspawn, a large Devil's hand, Anthelia and many more.
Tank Size:
120 gallons
Advice:
Take it slow and get the right equipment for you plan on having in your set-up. Slow and steady wins the race.
Description:
My tank.
Rated #42: 75 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: Hutin
Country: United Kingdom
Rank:
#42 out of 254 Reef Tanks submitted 2008
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Submitted By:
Hutin on
Ratings:
5.86
Number of votes:
164
Fish Kept:
Yellow tang, 4 clown fishes (2 black 2 orange), 1 blue tang, 1 rock beauty, 1 pseudochromis, 1 copper banded butterflyfish, 1 potters angelfish, blue green chromis
Corals/Plants:
mostly soft coral and some blue, orange and pink sponges
Tank Size:
75 gallons
Advice:
Patience... don t believe everything the shops tell you. They try to sell you anything and nothing!!!! Dont be impulsive and always get a second source of information! Don t forget fishs and corals are very precious living creatures.
Description:
300l reef tank
Rated #43: 80 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: Charlie
Country: United Kingdom
Rank:
#43 out of 254 Reef Tanks submitted 2008
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Submitted By:
Charlie on
Ratings:
5.82
Number of votes:
191
Quote:
Overpromise under deliver
About Yourself:
Started out with tropicals then tried marine 3 months to date, love marines however take up a lot of time & can be expensive but a lot more satisfying than tropical.
Electrical engineer by trade & love the chemistry of it all.
Fish Kept:
2 yellow tangs, 1 regal tang, boxfish, 1 sailfin tang, 1 redhawk wrasse, 3 chromis, inverts, sps corals
Corals/Plants:
sps corals
Tank Size:
80 gallons
Advice:
Take your time, its very easy to get carried away with fish & inverts and stock too many too quickly, my advice is 1 fish per week & check the water conditions so as not to overstock.
Description:
tank after 3 months
Rated #44: 14 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: Paul
Country: United States
Rank:
#44 out of 254 Reef Tanks submitted 2008
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Submitted By:
Paul on
Ratings:
5.82
Number of votes:
177
Fish Kept:
2 - O. Clowns
1 - Sixline Wrasse
3 - Sexy Shrimp
1 - Pom Pom Crab
assorted cleaning crew
Corals/Plants:
Striped Aussie acanthastrea lord,
Superman Micromussa,
Red Blastomussa,
Elegance Coral,
Frogspawn ,
Sun Polyps,
Montipora Cap.,
Blue/Greem Acro frag,
Zoanthids - 11 different colonies/colors,
Assortment of mushrooms,
Neon Green Hairy Mushroom,
Assorted Ricordias,
Green Star Polyps,
Encrusting Gorgonian,
Tank Size:
14 gallons
Advice:
Research!
Description:
Full Tank Shot
Rated #45: 250 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: Eric Kovalsky
Country: United States
Rank:
#45 out of 254 Reef Tanks submitted 2008
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Submitted By:
Eric Kovalsky on
Ratings:
5.82
Number of votes:
11
About Yourself:
I'm a physician and only got into the hobby a year ago. Taking care of this tank is like a second full time job, but I (usually) enjoy it. Reproducing a small piece of the ocean here in our desert home makes for a fascinating display, and it has been very eductional for my wife and two young daughters as well as myself.
Fish Kept:
Four surgeons (sohal, chevron, yellow, pacific blue); moorish idol; copperband butterflyfish; our angelfish (mated bellus/ornate pair, pygmy flame, regal); four anthias (hawaiian bicolor harem); eight fairy wrasses (hawiian flame pair, rhomboid pair, lineatus pair, red margin male, scottorum male); two lined wrasses (mystery and four line); two flasher wrasses (blue and McCloskers); three leopard wrasses (african, potters, common); six blennies (midas, lawnmower, segmented sailfin, starry, tail spot, red spot); two clownfish (mated ocellaris pair); four chromis (blue-green); two dragonets (green mandarin, psychedelic mandarin); three gobies (randalls, yashia pair); three pajama cardinalfish; flame hawkfish; fuzzy dwarf lionfish; two dwarf golden moray eels; blue spot jawfish.
Corals/Plants:
Too many too count, lots of SPS, LPS, and soft plus rose anemone, clams, xenids, gorgonians, sponges, tunicates, sea apple, etc. There are a lot of aposymbiotic (i.e. non-photosynthetic) corals in this tank which are difficult to keep alive. Many of them, like the blueberry gorgonians and sun corals, are fed nightly. Except for the protein skimmer, there is no mechenical filtration. This provides a good environment for all the filter feeding animals, along with use of the Zeovit system which supplements bacterioplankton. With all the feeding of corals and the numerous predators, and a lot of hungry fish, my nitrates run high -- about 25ppm. I used to stress about this, but no longer since the animals all seem happy and are very colorful.
Tank Size:
250 gallons
Advice:
Plan on spending a lot of time and a lot of money if you want to have a nice tank! Research everything and plan on spending months to years planning a large reef system.
Description:
Full tank shot
Rated #46: 46 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: Mary Catherine
Country: United States
Rank:
#46 out of 254 Reef Tanks submitted 2008
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Submitted By:
Mary Catherine on
Ratings:
5.79
Number of votes:
196
About Yourself:
I'm a 2nd year Architecture student at Louisiana Tech University. I've always wanted a saltwater fish tank since before I can remember, so I finally got one about a year ago.
Fish Kept:
3 Green Chromis ( The 3 Stooges), 1 Purple Tang (Wilma), 1 Bicolor Blenny (Benny), 1 Psychedelic Spotted Mandarin (Foxy Cleopatra), 1 Marble Starfish (Pebbles), 1 Sandstar (Digger), 2 Black and White False Percula Clown Fish (Bonnie and Clyde)
Corals/Plants:
2 Frogspawn (Red and Green), 1 Frag, 1 Open Brain Coral, 1 Leather Toadstool, 1 Devil's Hand, 1 Torch (white), 1 Green Star Polyp, Zoas (super green & pink), Several Feather Dusters, 1 Hawaiian Feather Duster, 1 Purple Tip Anemone, 1 Rose Tip Anemone, 1 Green Bubble Tip Anemone, Several Green Mushrooms, 1 Clam
Tank Size:
46 gallons
Advice:
Never assume you know how to do something.. ask someone first..
Description:
Most recent update of my whole tank!
Rated #47: 58 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: james
Country: United States
Rank:
#47 out of 254 Reef Tanks submitted 2008
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Submitted By:
james on
Ratings:
5.77
Number of votes:
182
Fish Kept:
banna wrase, tank raised maroon clown, coral beauty, cleaner shirmp, coral banded shrimp, tuxedo urchine, emerald crab
Corals/Plants:
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 gallons
Advice:
keep your water clean.
Description:
My 58 gallon, 15 year old tank
Rated #48: 55 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: raven
Country: United States
Rank:
#48 out of 254 Reef Tanks submitted 2008
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Submitted By:
raven on
Ratings:
5.76
Number of votes:
161
Quote:
"life is like a videogame everyone must die sometime"
About Yourself:
i got into the hobby because of lion fish. i saw a movie with one in it when i was about 7 and have loved them ever since. i like trying to do what im told is not posibol. that is y i make high agretion reef tanks.
Fish Kept:
lion fish, groupers, tangs, scorpien fish, clown fish, ells,well ill make it shourt been in the hobby for 7 years
Corals/Plants:
i dont even know mostly polyps and leathers(stonys are scary)
Tank Size:
55 gallons
Advice:
dont over do it right off the bat. start slow and dont git mad if you have a little bad luck. it will all work out in time.(p.s. try not to git fish that eat each other)
Description:
this is what my reef tank looked like in its prim but hair alge has killed just about everything:(
Rated #49: 30 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: pixil101
Country: Canada
Rank:
#49 out of 254 Reef Tanks submitted 2008
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Submitted By:
pixil101 on
Ratings:
5.76
Number of votes:
160
About Yourself:
New to the hobby. This tank was started Dec. 07!
Fish Kept:
Mated Pair Golden Stripped Maroon Clowns, Purple Orchid Dotty Back, Mandarin Dragonet
Corals/Plants:
Torch coral, Colt coral, Pink tipped Frogspawn, Green Brain coral, 2 cat's eye corals, Hammer head coral, mushrooms, Blue Indo-pacific Gorgonian, Orange carnation coral, blue and orange sponge, various types of polyps and a Purple Tipped anemone!
Tank Size:
30 gallons
Advice:
Take the time in the beginning.
Description:
This is my 30 G tank almost one year into it.
Rated #50: 20 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: CHUNKS
Country: United States
Rank:
#50 out of 254 Reef Tanks submitted 2008
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Submitted By:
CHUNKS on
Ratings:
5.74
Number of votes:
187
Fish Kept:
5 green cromis, purple firefish, clown goby.
Corals/Plants:
Zoos, rics, assorted musrooms, clam, coco worm, star polyps, red cap and green monti.
Tank Size:
20 gallons
Description:
20LONG