Top 51 - 60 Reef Tanks 2009

Rated #51: 46 Gallons Reef Tank

Rated #51: 46 Gallons Reef Tank - 46 Gallon Bow mixed sps, lps, softies, zoanthid and mushroom reef with 35 corals total, purple serpent star, peppermint shrimp, emerald crab, various blue legged crabs and astrea snails. Fish - Solarensis Wrasse, Oscellaris Clownfish, Bicolor Blenny, Green Spotted Mandarin. 65 lbs of LR and 15lbs of LS. 2 x 150 watts of 14,000K Phoenix bulbs Sunpod. Aqua C Remora Skimmer, 3 Hydor Koralia 1's.
Username: thunder
Country: United States
Rank: #51 out of 152 Reef Tanks submitted 2009
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Submitted By: thunder on
Ratings: 5.7
Number of votes: 154
About Yourself: Stay at home Dad taking care of my 4 year and 15 month old boys. I love design and color and I use this with aquascaping and placement of corals.
Fish Kept: 4Fish - Solarensis Wrasse, Oscellaris Clownfish, Bicolor Blenny, Green Spotted Mandarin
Corals/Plants: Mixed sps, lps, softy, zoanthid and mushroom reef with 35 corals total
Tank Size: 46 gallons
Advice: You will only learn what works and what does not with experience
Description: 46 Gallon Bow mixed sps, lps, softies, zoanthid and mushroom reef with 35 corals total, purple serpent star, peppermint shrimp, emerald crab, various blue legged crabs and astrea snails. Fish - Solarensis Wrasse, Oscellaris Clownfish, Bicolor Blenny, Green Spotted Mandarin. 65 lbs of LR and 15lbs of LS. 2 x 150 watts of 14,000K Phoenix bulbs Sunpod. Aqua C Remora Skimmer, 3 Hydor Koralia 1's.

Rated #52: Reef Tank

Rated #52: Reef Tank - My small tank full of goodies :) 

Its not a big tank, 2ft high, 2ft long, 1.5ft wide.
Username: nathan
Country: Australia
Rank: #52 out of 152 Reef Tanks submitted 2009
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Submitted By: nathan on
Ratings: 5.66
Number of votes: 138
Quote: ...
About Yourself: I luve moddified cars & bikes, enjoy the beach, snorkeling, loud music, skateboarding, snowboarding & lots more
Fish Kept: good stuff
Corals/Plants: even better stuff
Advice: dont rush
Description: My small tank full of goodies :) Its not a big tank, 2ft high, 2ft long, 1.5ft wide.

Rated #53: 110 Gallons Reef Tank

Rated #53: 110 Gallons Reef Tank - 110 G Mixed Reef Tank
Username: Ratha
Country: United States
Rank: #53 out of 152 Reef Tanks submitted 2009
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Submitted By: Ratha on
Ratings: 5.64
Number of votes: 147
Quote: Setup Costs $$$, Maintaining Costs $$$, Enjoying a beautiful piece of living art you created: PRICELESS
Fish Kept: Blue Tang, Fox Face, Chromis, Diamond Goby, Ocellaris Clown, Anthia, Yellow Tang, Flame Angel, Firefish
Corals/Plants: Candy Cane, Brain Corals, Monti Cap, Green Star Polyps, Hammer, Torch, Various Mushrooms, Various Zoas, Large Toadstool Leather, Button Polyps, Pagoda, Yellow Colony Polyps.
Tank Size: 110 gallons
Advice: Nothing good happens overngiht, so take your time.
Description: 110 G Mixed Reef Tank

Rated #54: 125 Gallons Reef Tank

Rated #54: 125 Gallons Reef Tank - My reef tank after 9 months
Username: Mark Unger
Country: United States
Rank: #54 out of 152 Reef Tanks submitted 2009
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Submitted By: Mark Unger on
Ratings: 5.62
Number of votes: 161
Fish Kept: Fox face called Spicy Tuna Two clown fish called Miso & Ginger Green Choris Wrasse Six Line Wrasse
Corals/Plants: A bunch, lost track :(
Tank Size: 125 gallons
Advice: Its a hobby for rich people like yachting.
Description: My reef tank after 9 months

Rated #55: 90 Gallons Reef Tank

Rated #55: 90 Gallons Reef Tank - 90 gallon reef tank established january 09
Username: tatted4ever
Country: United States
Rank: #55 out of 152 Reef Tanks submitted 2009
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Submitted By: tatted4ever on
Ratings: 5.61
Number of votes: 167
Quote: I need more coral!!!
About Yourself: I am fairly new to the hobby of reefkeeping about 6 months into it. Have made a fair amount of mistakes to learn from. But i have had plenty experience with freshwater more specifically cichlids.
Fish Kept: Currently no fish due to a recent ich outbreak. But i do have a maxima clam, cleaner shrimp, 2 peppermint shrimp, countless turbo snails, and 10 red legged hermit crabs.
Corals/Plants: I mainly am keeping sps, but i have xenia pom poms and a frogspawn. Of course I have some zoas at the moment. I plan on having a wide variety of zoas in the future.
Tank Size: 90 gallons
Advice: Everybody says have patience, but im saying have deep pockets.
Description: 90 gallon reef tank established january 09

Rated #56: 130 Gallons Reef Tank

Rated #56: 130 Gallons Reef Tank - davids 130 gallon reef
Username: david
Country: United States
Rank: #56 out of 152 Reef Tanks submitted 2009
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Submitted By: david on
Ratings: 5.58
Number of votes: 156
About Yourself:
Fish Kept: hawiian naso tang, blue hippo tang, flame angel, coral beauty, royal gramma, diamond goby, fire goby, mandrin goby, false percula clown, sixline wrasse, longnose hawkfish, 4 green chromis. cleaner shrimp around 5 to 6 hundred snails and crabs( some store bought but most hitch hikers). serpent star, sandsifting star.
Corals/Plants: mushroom leather, pagoda, pineapple, star polyps, zoanthid polyps(red, blue,green), mushrooms, goniopora, montipora capricornus, frogspawn, torch, hammer, anchor, kenya tree, xenia, anthellia.
Tank Size: 130 gallons
Advice: patience is key
Description: davids 130 gallon reef

Rated #57: 75 Gallons Reef Tank

Rated #57: 75 Gallons Reef Tank - .
Username: nwoods
Country: United States
Rank: #57 out of 152 Reef Tanks submitted 2009
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Submitted By: nwoods on
Ratings: 5.58
Number of votes: 146
Fish Kept: Yellow tang, sailfin tang, snowflake blenny, koran angel, niger trigger, five green chromis, three percula clowns, green mandarin, orange spotted goby, six-line wrasse, purple firefish goby, three yellowtail damsels, two pajama cardinals, bangai cardinal, royal urchin, spiny urchins, feather dusters, flame scallop, tridacna clam, emerald crab, pompom crab, peppermint shrimp, lots of hermit crabs and snails
Corals/Plants: Anthelia, toadstool, pulsating xenia, watermelon mushrooms, green hairy mushrooms, orange ricordia mushrooms, green goniopora, torch coral, green star polyps, gorgonian, trumpet coral, pink lobo, colt coral, green buton polyps, flower anemone, bubbletip anemone, beaded anemone, red zoanthids, carnation coral, pink hammer, christmas tree worm rock
Tank Size: 75 gallons
Advice: .
Description: .

Rated #58: 14 Gallons Reef Tank

Rated #58: 14 Gallons Reef Tank - My First Reef Tank ( 10 Month Old Bio-Cube 14 )
Username: john
Country: Canada
Rank: #58 out of 152 Reef Tanks submitted 2009
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Submitted By: john on
Ratings: 5.58
Number of votes: 184
Quote: Definition of a Reef Tank : Glass box used to make money disappear
Fish Kept: Pare of true percs (clowns)
Corals/Plants: Mixed reef ( softies, zoos, LPS, SPS )
Tank Size: 14 gallons
Advice: Read, Read, Read, Don't be worried about mistakes its how we learn!
Description: My First Reef Tank ( 10 Month Old Bio-Cube 14 )

Rated #59: 90 Gallons Reef Tank

Rated #59: 90 Gallons Reef Tank - This is my 90 gallon reef tank.Running for about a year and a half.
Username: David
Country: United States
Rank: #59 out of 152 Reef Tanks submitted 2009
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Submitted By: David on
Ratings: 5.57
Number of votes: 166
Fish Kept: African midas,Blue tang,blue and stiped damzells,sailfin tang,flame angle,coral beauty,two dimond gobys and a couple of cleaning shrimp.
Corals/Plants: Two hammers,two flower pots,Bubble coral,pink and green polops,Brain coral,purple plate coral,pink leather,frogsspawn.
Tank Size: 90 gallons
Advice: Read a lot of books to let you know if this is really for you.Its very frustrating at first until you get the knowleg.
Description: This is my 90 gallon reef tank.Running for about a year and a half.

Rated #60: 14 Gallons Reef Tank

Rated #60: 14 Gallons Reef Tank - 14 gallon nano tank
2 month's running
Username: katie
Country: Canada
Rank: #60 out of 152 Reef Tanks submitted 2009
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Submitted By: katie on
Ratings: 5.56
Number of votes: 151
Quote: Only bad things happen fast
About Yourself: 25 year old from Canada
Fish Kept: Skunk Clown
Corals/Plants: Candy Coral, Hammer Coral, Assorted Zoos, monterpora, umbrella coral, skunk shrimp.
Tank Size: 14 gallons
Advice: Take everything slow and do allot of research
Description: 14 gallon nano tank 2 month's running

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