SoloChromis
New member
I think it's safe to say that we all as hobbyists (addicts) have a vision of what our ultimate, dream tank will look like. An SPS dominated in wall, with nothing but LEDs, an acrylic peninsula tank with every rare angel you can think of or maybe its just a simple little nano tank that'll sit on your desk and distract you from getting any work done. So tell me, people of Reef Central, what is YOUR dream tank? :spin1:
For me, it would be an 10' long 800 gallon starphire peninsula tank that would separate two rooms of the house, and everything would be plumbed through the wall into a soundproof fish room, where my fiberglass raceway refugium (lit by a sunroof) would be, my quarantine tanks, my frag tank, my reservoir, my RODI unit etc. The tank itself would house a massive variety of fish, corals and inverts. Id have a large dussumieri tang as the centerpiece fish, with a fowleri, purple, black and white cheek following close behind. There would be a a group of pearly jawfish occupying the sand bed, along with a countless amount of small blennies, gobies and dragonets. For schooling fish I would have 5 pyramid butterflies, 3 stripeys, 20+ longspine cardinals, 10+ shrimpfish and a group of zebra dartfish hovering right below the water's surface. There would be a large zebra moray hidden in the cave and a queen conch plowing through the sand like a tank. For coral there would be acroporas occupying the top of the rock structures, with a fuzzy jungle of gorgonians and soft corals taking up lower space. A variety of urchins would be in charge of keeping the glass clean and a couple of anemones would inhabit the tank as well, with different species of clowns hosting each (percula, black ocellaris, orange skunk). Id have some antique bottles scattered throughout the tank where Id let corals and algae encrust and provide a home for some of the more secretive fish in the tank, like pikeblennies and basslets (took that idea from paulb's tank :beer
. Lit by LEDs and flow provided by a couple waveboxes and wavemakers :spin3: . Hope I wasn't too vague :bum:
For me, it would be an 10' long 800 gallon starphire peninsula tank that would separate two rooms of the house, and everything would be plumbed through the wall into a soundproof fish room, where my fiberglass raceway refugium (lit by a sunroof) would be, my quarantine tanks, my frag tank, my reservoir, my RODI unit etc. The tank itself would house a massive variety of fish, corals and inverts. Id have a large dussumieri tang as the centerpiece fish, with a fowleri, purple, black and white cheek following close behind. There would be a a group of pearly jawfish occupying the sand bed, along with a countless amount of small blennies, gobies and dragonets. For schooling fish I would have 5 pyramid butterflies, 3 stripeys, 20+ longspine cardinals, 10+ shrimpfish and a group of zebra dartfish hovering right below the water's surface. There would be a large zebra moray hidden in the cave and a queen conch plowing through the sand like a tank. For coral there would be acroporas occupying the top of the rock structures, with a fuzzy jungle of gorgonians and soft corals taking up lower space. A variety of urchins would be in charge of keeping the glass clean and a couple of anemones would inhabit the tank as well, with different species of clowns hosting each (percula, black ocellaris, orange skunk). Id have some antique bottles scattered throughout the tank where Id let corals and algae encrust and provide a home for some of the more secretive fish in the tank, like pikeblennies and basslets (took that idea from paulb's tank :beer
. Lit by LEDs and flow provided by a couple waveboxes and wavemakers :spin3: . Hope I wasn't too vague :bum:
