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My reef
- Thread starter Wardy
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Beautiful! The blue light really adds to the affect. It feels like the ocean!
Wardy
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A pair of spawning clownfish 4 bubble tip anemone's a crispa anemone a dwarf angelfish a lot of soft coral various snails,crabs and shrimps a few brittle starfishWow that an awesome tank! What kind of fish/other marine animals do you have in there? I want a salt water tank but they seem to high-maintenancebut yours is gorgeous!!
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I'm guessing that is around 200 gallons?
I recently ended my 30+ year association with reef aquariums. I started with a 135 gallon in the early 80s, back when "coral" was taken out and bleached monthly to make it look "good". Eventually built a 720 gallon real reef aquarium complete with a trip down to the Florida keys with a licensed collector to gather live rock off the rubble zones in federal waters. That one leaked a bit... so tore it down and built a 2000 gallon tank instead that didn't leak for over 10 years. Moved and built a 5000 gallon one (12' x 16' x 4'). (Zilla 1, 2, and 3) Went to a ton of MACNAs and a few semi-scientific conferences. Knew a bunch of the early pioneers: Bruce Carlson, Martin Moe, Alf Nielson, and many others.
If I had to do it again, I would have gone from the 135 to a 200 and held there.
No place for a saltwater aquarium where I live now in rural Missouri - about 100 miles from the nearest saltwater shop (at least I presume that town has one).
Yours is looking great! Keep up the good work.
I recently ended my 30+ year association with reef aquariums. I started with a 135 gallon in the early 80s, back when "coral" was taken out and bleached monthly to make it look "good". Eventually built a 720 gallon real reef aquarium complete with a trip down to the Florida keys with a licensed collector to gather live rock off the rubble zones in federal waters. That one leaked a bit... so tore it down and built a 2000 gallon tank instead that didn't leak for over 10 years. Moved and built a 5000 gallon one (12' x 16' x 4'). (Zilla 1, 2, and 3) Went to a ton of MACNAs and a few semi-scientific conferences. Knew a bunch of the early pioneers: Bruce Carlson, Martin Moe, Alf Nielson, and many others.
If I had to do it again, I would have gone from the 135 to a 200 and held there.
No place for a saltwater aquarium where I live now in rural Missouri - about 100 miles from the nearest saltwater shop (at least I presume that town has one).
Yours is looking great! Keep up the good work.
