First Reef

oolichan · #1 07-26-2009, 10:56 PM

Great post Myka.

I am mainly interested in corals, I have some pretty amazing FW fish and the real draw to SW for me is reef.

I'll think I'll stick to 24" long and deep because it fits my space perfectly and will look custom but I'll go deeper, over 20". Lights for a 24" length seem to be fairly reasonable as well and I have a buddy that sells T5 fixtures.

Definately won't go centre overflow, that's come through loud and clear.

Navarchus · #2 07-27-2009, 02:59 AM

well myka.....

No problem there.....

No problem there either

oolichan · #3 07-27-2009, 03:40 AM

That first tank is unreal. What size is it?

Pazil · #4 07-27-2009, 03:52 AM

With the aquascaping that I have done in my cube.... my 4 tangs never have to turn around like they do in a narrow longer tank..... They can just swim around the towers and continue along thier way.... I really think that the longer tank is better thing is not always true.

Coleus · #5 07-27-2009, 03:59 AM

This hobby is so addictive is all I can say. Especially coral for me
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Myka · #6 07-27-2009, 01:30 PM

Navarchus, with those photos are you trying to prove that shallow tanks can have good aquascaping? If so, personally I don't like the style of either of those tanks. Sure the corals are great, but I just don't like the look of them. I think they are boring (aside from the corals obviously). I just prefer taller tanks, with a nice big viewing glass on the front.

It's all personal taste though as I said above:

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Originally Posted by Myka

Really it comes down to figuring out what you like, and what you want out of it.

That first one is obviously an advertisement photo for Reef Builders, you can tell it was just setup since there is no discoloration in the sand at all (even along the glass), and no coralline growing anywhere. It's too clean to be "real". Lots of nice corals though.

This is a cube I quite like, but I can't remember the dimensions. I find the style of this one much more interesting than the ones Navarchus posted. The tank is "crazy4acros" on Reef Central, he has a hournal thread on it if you want to search for it. It is fairly large though.

Navarchus · #7 07-27-2009, 01:58 PM

just Teasing you

kien · #8 07-27-2009, 05:38 PM

In my opinion, this is one of the questions where, you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't! Bigger is better, but not always. For example, check out the Buy/Sell section. Tonnes of people dumping their systems! They are either upgrading to bigger ones because they started out too small, or just outgrew what they initially thought was "big enough". Or, they are getting out entirely because it is either too much work, they're bored, or whatever. My advice would be to get whatever your time and money can afford today since you are uncertain what your future reefkeeping endevour is going to look like.