Top 1221 - 1230 Reef Tanks All Time
Rated #1221: 14 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: Erin
Country: United States
Rank:
#1221 out of 1410 Reef Tanks submitted all-time
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Erin on
Ratings:
3.86
Number of votes:
244
Quote:
"Only bad things happen quickly in a reef tank." --a very patient man
About Yourself:
Stumbled into a marine fish shop, picked out a couple pieces of rock, a damsel, crab, shrimp and feather duster; when the guy rung me up and told me my total was $160 I literally thought he was kidding. It took about thirty seconds of him staring at me with a straight face for me to get that it was not a joke. It has been all downhill ever since ;)
Fish Kept:
breeding ocellaris clown pair (2 years), juvenile ocellaris, peppermint shrimp, 6 blue leg hermits, 2 scarlet yellow face hermits, 3 astrea snails (stocking 1 per gallon is a sure recipie for starving snails!), 3 nassarius snails, misc hitchiker snails which breed constantly, and one bumblebee snail which I have had since I began the hobby in June of '03. I think he will never die.
Corals/Plants:
green sinularia, pink kenya tree, finger leather, pink anthelia, brown button polyps, green ricordea, green star polyps
Tank Size:
14 gallons
Advice:
Stock your tank according to how much time money and effort you want to invest in your reef. I have fallen into the trap of buying animals that need to be fed specialized diets or that need frequent feedings when my time wont allow it (or my tank can't process the resulting amount of waste efficiently!) If you arent going to do the required maintenance to keep the water just so for the animals then don't buy the animals that are high maintenance (anemones, sps, etc) You can do a reef that is fairly low in cost and very low maintenance if you do not overstock. And don't think that overstocking or overfeeding won't catch up with you in a bad way! Be patient, let your tank achieve its own balance slowly; don't just throw it all in and hope it all works together. Reading about this hobby is vital, but it is also fascinating and fun and you will feel good about "knowing before you go." Take your aquarium books with you when shopping for new purchases; this will help you avoid impulse/inappropriate purchases. And buy the best equipment your budget will allow or else I guarantee you will be buying twice.
Description:
14g oceanic biocube reef
Rated #1222: 24 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: Josh
Country: United States
Rank:
#1222 out of 1410 Reef Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By:
Josh on
Ratings:
3.86
Number of votes:
188
About Yourself:
Just started 4 months ago... Learnig everyday
Fish Kept:
Percula Clown, Possum Wrasse, Coral Beauty, Diamond Watchman Goby
Corals/Plants:
Bubble Coral, Turtle Weed, Sebae Anemone
Tank Size:
24 gallons
Advice:
Read Read Read
Description:
24gal Nano cube(4months old)
Rated #1223: 70 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: Brian
Country: United States
Rank:
#1223 out of 1410 Reef Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By:
Brian on
Ratings:
3.85
Number of votes:
181
Quote:
A man has to know his limitations. Clint Eastwood
About Yourself:
My dad first started my interest when I was 10 and he bought me my first tank. It was freshwater and I loved breeding guppies and swordfish. I gradually switched to saltwater as new technology improved the ability to keep saltwater aniamls alive. I have well over 25 years of aquarium keeping and consider myself an experienced aquarist.
Fish Kept:
My critters: 2 firefish gobies they are a mated pair. A six-line wrasse. A mean little skunkback psuedochromis. A true percula clown mated to a false percula clown. My odd couple. A bi-color angel. A yellow-tail damsel. A pixy hawkfish. A scotter blenny.
I have 1 anemone crab lives on a rock anemone. 1 urchin crab. 2 blue legged hermit crabs. 1 coral-banded shrimp and a few snails.
Corals/Plants:
Corals : Frogspaw which the clowns are hosting in. Torch coral. Orange/golden acropora. Plating montipora. Neon green candy cane coral and blue center candycane coral. Spiny pectinia coral. A beautiful piece of neon green coral that appears to be encrusting. Hawaian fetherduster. Tan and green neon kenya tree. Toadstool leather and an umbrella leather. Yellow polyps and green buttom polyps. Green zooanthids. Red mushroom green mushrooms. Solid green star polyps. Neon green with white center star polyps. Yellow sponge white sponge and purple sponge all thriving and growing. 5 different rock anemones. 1 mini-max carpet anemone. Keato, featherbladed calupra, and halimeda macroalgea.
Tank Size:
70 gallons
Advice:
Read read read. Then find someone with experience and pick their brain. Listen to what worked for them and what didnt. Through it all you will still learn the most from trial and error but you can save a lot of time and money by listening to veteran aquarists.
Description:
70 gallon mixed reef tank
Rated #1224: 55 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: Justin
Country: United States
Rank:
#1224 out of 1410 Reef Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By:
Justin on
Ratings:
3.85
Number of votes:
384
Quote:
I don't like quotes.
Fish Kept:
Freshwater: Lima Shovelnose Cat, Polypterus (Bichir), Needlenose Gar, Moonlight Gourami, Silver Tipped Shark, Pictus Cats
Saltwater: Yellow Tang, An assortment of damsels, I recently hatched a Banded Cat Shark in my aquarium, serpent star, brittle stars, clownfish
Corals/Plants:
Blue Sponge, Fox Coral, Clavularia Star Polyps, Feather Duster, a small fragment of acropora which is going great, anenome for my clownfish
Tank Size:
55 gallons
Advice:
Read a book: The Marine Aquarium Problem Solver
Description:
55 Gallon Saltwater Tank
Rated #1225: 60 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: 6564
Country: United States
Rank:
#1225 out of 1410 Reef Tanks submitted all-time
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6564 on
Ratings:
3.85
Number of votes:
190
About Yourself:
I am new to the hobby. My tank is currently going through a fishless cycle and it seem to be going on track. I will add more photos as soon as i get fish.
Fish Kept:
none yet
Corals/Plants:
just live rock
Tank Size:
60 gallons
Advice:
new hobbyists
Description:
Two 30 gal saltwater tanks connected together with two swimming tubes
Rated #1226: 36 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: tyson
Country: United States
Rank:
#1226 out of 1410 Reef Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By:
tyson on
Ratings:
3.84
Number of votes:
287
Quote:
say what again
Fish Kept:
Hippo Tang, Clown, Green Chromis, Puffer
Corals/Plants:
Elegance Coral, Some Grassy Stuff
Tank Size:
36 gallons
Advice:
just do it
Description:
day light tank
Rated #1227: 75 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: micheal
Country: United States
Rank:
#1227 out of 1410 Reef Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By:
micheal on
Ratings:
3.83
Number of votes:
260
Quote:
none
Fish Kept:
yellow tang, kole tang, two clowns, royal granma, spotted mandarin, and a cleaner shrimp
Corals/Plants:
leather coral, tourch, xenia, green polyps
Tank Size:
75 gallons
Advice:
find a good fish only pet store to buy from and get advice from when you come in to problems. do not go to pets mart or aney of the other big chain pet stores.
Description:
75 gal, 80 lbs live rock, 90 lbs live sand. fish are a yellow tang, kole tang, two clowns, spotted mandarin, and a cleaner shrimp.
Rated #1228: 20 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: chuck
Country: United States
Rank:
#1228 out of 1410 Reef Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By:
chuck on
Ratings:
3.83
Number of votes:
218
Quote:
Patience is a virtue espicially when in reef tanks- Chas Enselein
About Yourself:
I got into this hobby about 3 months ago through a friend at work and my uncle. Its kind of expenssive but it is so worth it i will always have a reef tank now. I am 18 yrs of age holding a lead stock postion at petsmart.
REEF TANKS ROCK!!
Fish Kept:
Watchmen goby, Fire fish, 3 blue/green chromis, 2 peppermint shrimp, 6 mexican turbo snails, 6 hermit crabs.
Corals/Plants:
Only one small frag of neon green zooanthids =( I am in the process of buying more.
Tank Size:
20 gallons
Advice:
Put your lights on a timer it makes life so much easier and read read read read READ its the key to success. Buy Good Live rock.
Description:
More color
Rated #1229: 29 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: Roger
Country: United States
Rank:
#1229 out of 1410 Reef Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By:
Roger on
Ratings:
3.82
Number of votes:
390
Quote:
Reefing is a cash cow
Fish Kept:
2 clownfish
1 Kaudern's Cardinal
1 Royal Gramma
1 Clown Goby
Corals/Plants:
Corals:
Yellow Fiji Leather
Green Button polyps
hairy mushroom
Green Star Polyps
Toadstool
Torch
Green Finger leather
Tank Size:
29 gallons
Advice:
Do alot of research and go slow
Description:
My 29G tank at 1yr 4 months
Rated #1230: 65 Gallons Reef Tank
Username: MaiNPhRaMe
Country: United States
Rank:
#1230 out of 1410 Reef Tanks submitted all-time
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Submitted By:
MaiNPhRaMe on
Ratings:
3.82
Number of votes:
199
Quote:
I can't believe how much I love just staring at my tank.
About Yourself:
I am an acoustical test engineer so I study sound. I will be making noise literally this year by testing aquarium equipment and pumps for sound.
Fish Kept:
5 Blue Green Chromis, 2 Ocellaris Clowns, and a bunch of hermits and snails
Corals/Plants:
Just intruduced an Atomic Green Zoanthid colony with 80+ polyps. I will add more within the next month.
Tank Size:
65 gallons
Advice:
Dont believe everything you hear. Ask lots of questions and challenge the answers by asking others. You could spend all the money you want and have the best equipment made but the very best investment will be your mind.
Description:
Its been 1 month and I cant wait to add more specimens, slowly.