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Rated #1: jksmith69
State: New Hampshire
Country: United States
Rank: #1 out of 1576 Saltwater Fish submitted all-time;
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Submitted: 03/01/2014
Ratings: 8.87
Number of votes: 47
About Yourself: I like having a fish tank, it's almost an addiction for me. I have to stop by a fish store almost every time I pass one. I also am a photographer, so taking pictures of my fish is a challenge that can be worth it in the end...
Tank Size: 45
Advice: Start out with something small and simple. Then slowly work to something bigger. My first tank was a one gallon hex over twenty years ago, and I started with zebra danios and gold fish
Description: Mandarinfish or Mandarin Dragonet (Synchiropus splendidus)
Rated #2: gotareef
State: Maine
Country: United States
Rank: #2 out of 1576 Saltwater Fish submitted all-time;
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Submitted: 05/19/2010
Ratings: 8.08
Number of votes: 13
About Yourself: I have been keeping sw tanks for 9 years. I curently have 3 peaceful reef tanks and a 47g column scorpion fish reef tank, and 4 tanks for my clownfish breeding projects, 3 tanks for culturing rotifers,tigger pods,and grass shrimp
Fish Kept: helfrichi firefish, maine blizzard clowns(platinum variant), pair of warpaint gobies, cleaner shrimp peppermint shrimp fire shrimp grass shrimp
Corals/Plants Kept: acans 3 kinds 19 colors, clove polyps, ausi platygyra, ausi favid's, ausi open brain, purple duncans,
Tank Size: 28
Advice: take your time and lots of reading is a must
Description: leaf scorpion
Rated #3: Tenshoa
State: Florida
Country: United States
Rank: #3 out of 1576 Saltwater Fish submitted all-time;
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Submitted: 07/17/2014
Ratings: 7.96
Number of votes: 48
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 Kept: ORA
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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
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JF Bloodshot Zoas
JF Jackolantern Lepto
JF Punk Rocker Zoas
Cornbred
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CB Rock Star Zoas
CB Inferno Insano Favia
Reefraft
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Orange Passion Acro
Vivid
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Rainbow Acro
Tyree
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Steve Elias Stag
Blue Chalice
Zoanthids
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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
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Teal Acro
Green Lantern
Bonsai
Red Millipora
Similar to ORA Chips
Teal/yellow fuzzy
Wild Caught
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Extra long polyp teal Milli
Aquaculture SPS
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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
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Toadstool Mushroom
Blue
Red
Orange Ricordia
Teal/yellow Ricordia
LPS Corals
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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
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WWC Rainbow Chalice
Tyree (?) Blue Chalice
Clams
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ORA Blue Maxima
ORA Purple Maxima (?)
Others
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Kenya Tree
Sun Coral
Clove Polyps
Rainbow Cloves
Green Star Polyps
Pulsing Xenia
Scleronephthya
Anemone
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Orange Rock Flower
Rainbow Bubble Tip
Tank Size: 105
Advice: It's an obsession
Description: Mandarin
Rated #4: stgawne
State: Michigan
Country: United States
Rank: #4 out of 1576 Saltwater Fish submitted all-time;
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Submitted: 03/01/2011
Ratings: 7.83
Number of votes: 18
About Yourself: Switched a tank from freshwater to saltwater about 10 years ago and added lots of expensive fish that I couldn't afford...Dumb idea...great tank...sweet fish...couple days later...NO sweet fish...I still had the tank and no money for new fish. START SLOW only put fish in you can afford to loose if something goes wrong...which it will if its your first time.
Fish Kept: Queen Angel, Harlequin Huskfish, Picasso Trigger, Niger Trigger, Lunar Wrasse, Snowflake Eel, Green Wolf Eel (orange female), Foxface, Naso Tang, Bristle Star (over a foot across), long spine urchin, and a Tiger Cowrie snail.
Corals/Plants Kept: ahhhhh...those are expensive...maybe later....I do have algae growing :~)
Tank Size: 180
Advice: ADD FISH SLOWWW...START WITH CHEAP FISH YOUR FIRST TIME DOING SALTWATER...STOP...DON'T RUSH!!! That's the best advise I can give.
Description: Lion Fish
Rated #5: joey87
State: None/Other
Country: Australia
Rank: #5 out of 1576 Saltwater Fish submitted all-time;
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Submitted: 01/24/2013
Ratings: 7.82
Number of votes: 34
Fish Kept: Black and White Ocellaris Clownfish, Sailfin Tang, Green Reef Chromis, Dispar Anthias
Corals/Plants Kept: Heliofungia
Favia
Bubble coral
Tongue coral
Tank Size: 53
Advice: Do your research, don't just blindly follow what your local aquarium employee says is best for you
Description: Black clownfish
Rated #6: AdamLewicki
State: None/Other
Country: Poland
Rank: #6 out of 1576 Saltwater Fish submitted all-time;
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Submitted: 05/07/2010
Ratings: 7.79
Number of votes: 19
Tank Size: 540
Description: macro1
Rated #7: Squeaker
State: West Virginia
Country: United States
Rank: #7 out of 1576 Saltwater Fish submitted all-time;
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Submitted: 01/21/2014
Ratings: 7.73
Number of votes: 41
Fish Kept: Porcupine Puffer, Porcupine Puffer
Corals/Plants Kept: None
Tank Size: 100
Advice: Know what your doing.
Description: Volitan lionfish
Rated #8: JoeBellz
State: Connecticut
Country: United States
Rank: #8 out of 1576 Saltwater Fish submitted all-time;
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Submitted: 04/27/2011
Ratings: 7.72
Number of votes: 25
Quote: go slow, let it grow
Fish Kept: Fish:
1 Banggai Cardinals
1 Harlequin Tusk (Aussie)
1 Ocellaris Clown
1 Coral Beauty Angel
1 Royal Gramma
1 Flame Hawk
1 Yellow Watchman Goby
1 Pearly Yellowhead Jawfish
1 Mandarin Dragonet
1 Green Clown Goby
Clams:
1 Maxima Clam
Inverts:
3 Rose Bubble-Tip Anemone
1 Cleaner Shrimp
40 Nassarius Snails
30 Blue-legged Hermits
20 Tropheus Snails
15 Astrea Snails
Equipment:
70g (30x30x18) cube w/ corner-flo
60lbs Fiji Live Rock
60lbs Aragonite sand
eShopps RS-100 sump
Mag 9.5 return pump
Reef Octopus NW-110 Skimmer
300w Fluval E Heater
Lumenmax 2 Pendant
Galaxy select-a-watt ballast 250w/400w
Radium 20K 250w bulb
Tunze 3155 ATO w/ 10g reservoir
1 Banggai Cardinals
1 Harlequin Tusk (Aussie)
1 Ocellaris Clown
1 Coral Beauty Angel
1 Royal Gramma
1 Flame Hawk
1 Yellow Watchman Goby
1 Pearly Yellowhead Jawfish
1 Mandarin Dragonet
1 Green Clown Goby
Clams:
1 Maxima Clam
Inverts:
3 Rose Bubble-Tip Anemone
1 Cleaner Shrimp
40 Nassarius Snails
30 Blue-legged Hermits
20 Tropheus Snails
15 Astrea Snails
Equipment:
70g (30x30x18) cube w/ corner-flo
60lbs Fiji Live Rock
60lbs Aragonite sand
eShopps RS-100 sump
Mag 9.5 return pump
Reef Octopus NW-110 Skimmer
300w Fluval E Heater
Lumenmax 2 Pendant
Galaxy select-a-watt ballast 250w/400w
Radium 20K 250w bulb
Tunze 3155 ATO w/ 10g reservoir
Corals/Plants Kept: Corals
Torch Coral
Duncan Coral
Frogspawn Coral
Sinularia Leather Coral
Multii-colored Mushrooms
Hairy Mushrooms
Pom Pom Xenia Coral
Cabbage Leather Coral
Red Montipora
Green/Purple Star Polyps
Torch Coral
Duncan Coral
Frogspawn Coral
Sinularia Leather Coral
Multii-colored Mushrooms
Hairy Mushrooms
Pom Pom Xenia Coral
Cabbage Leather Coral
Red Montipora
Green/Purple Star Polyps
Tank Size: 70
Advice: Research, Patience, & Responsibility
Description: My Mandarin Dragonet
Rated #9: jcziegle
State: Iowa
Country: United States
Rank: #9 out of 1576 Saltwater Fish submitted all-time;
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Submitted: 12/04/2011
Ratings: 7.71
Number of votes: 24
Quote: I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.
-Winston Churchill
About Yourself: By reefality.com
Fish Kept: Fish:
2 tomato clowns, 1 niger trigger, 1 six line wrasse, 1 pink spot shrimp goby, 2 pajama cardinals, 3 green chromies.
Inverts:
1 skunk cleaner shrimp, 1 coral banded shrimp, 50 hermit crabs (red &blue leg mix), 1 sand sifting starfish, 20 various snails
Corals/Plants Kept: Coral:
Blue mushrooms, green mushrooms, brown mushroom, 3 zoanthid mats, 1 fifty plus head duncan, 3 various leathers, 1 frogspawn frag
Plants:
None.
Tank Size: 65
Advice: Don't overcomplicate. Make sure to populate your tank with useful livestock (reef cleaners)!
Description: Pink spot shrimp goby
Rated #10: luisgon
State: None/Other
Country: Puerto Rico
Rank: #10 out of 1576 Saltwater Fish submitted all-time;
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Submitted: 06/07/2009
Ratings: 7.7
Number of votes: 27
About Yourself: I have 4 aquariums- 125 reef, 55 planted freshwater, 12 Aquapod in my office, 3 gallon cube reef.
20 years + in the hobbie.
Fish Kept: Yellow tang
Blue tang
Tomato clown
Six line wrasse
Coral beauty angel
Percula clowns-2
Pseudochromis Diadema
Corals/Plants Kept: Frogspawn
Hammer
Colt
Gorgonians
Brains
Leathers
Zoanthids
Clove Polyps
Waving Xenia
Green Star polyps
Cabbage leather
Kenya tree coral
Blue mushrooms
etc.
Tank Size: 125
Advice: Patience and perseverance are the must important keys to success.
Description: Blue Tang