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Unread 06/19/2017, 07:34 AM   #1
FinnCole
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Post your dream tank here

Ok so I am going to try and start a trend in this forum post your dream tank so basically on this thread post about what your dream tank would be the only rules are
1) Your stocking list has to compatible
2)The tank has to be saltwater
No other rules the tank can be as big or as small you want
I will start with my tank
5000 gallons fish only system
20 metres long 10 metres tall 10 metres wide
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10 long spine porcupine puffers
10 striped burrfish
5 dogface puffers
10 narrow line puffers
5 star and stripes puffers
3 golden guinea fowl puffers
2 normal guinea fowl puffers
1 mappa puffer
1 starry puffer
1 common porcupine puffer
5 black blotch porcupine puffers
10 volitan lionfish
1 emperor angel
1 giant moray
2 dragon morays
10 snowflake morays
5 zebra morays
5 Picasso trigger
5 Niger trigger
1 blue tang
1 naso tang
10 stonefish
10 sea goblins
25 golden dwarf morays
2 maroon clowns
8 foxface (2 of each kind)
15 russels lionfish
3 panther grouper
1 queen angel
1 French angel






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Unread 06/19/2017, 01:26 PM   #2
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Did you mean 500,000 gallons? That's more like what 20 x 10 x 10 meters would be...


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Unread 06/19/2017, 01:29 PM   #3
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Did you mean 500,000 gallons? That's more like what 20 x 10 x 10 meters would be...
So how big would 5000 gallons be ? I am ok with having 500k glon tank

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Unread 06/19/2017, 02:17 PM   #4
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5000 gals would be a little over 4 x 2 x 2 meters


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Unread 06/19/2017, 02:22 PM   #5
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My dream tank would be one that accommodates all of my fish wishes but doesn't rule my life. Entering data into the dream-tank-calculator results in 407.5 gallons.


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Unread 06/19/2017, 02:36 PM   #6
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My dream tank would just be one I could keep adding to every now and then. Fish, coral, whatever I want, and not worrying about running out of room for a long time.


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Unread 06/20/2017, 02:03 PM   #7
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One I don't have to maintain...


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Unread 06/20/2017, 02:36 PM   #8
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A 8 foot by 8 foot by 3 or 4 feet tall cube tank. So some where around 1400 to 1900 gallons. Ive always been a fan of a tank with a lot of depth to it and with a tank with those dimensions you would have 8 feet of depth to look at from any viewing window.


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Unread 06/20/2017, 02:52 PM   #9
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I'd want a pool sized outdoor reef tank / pond which I could snorkle in. One side would be a giant panel which would be view able from my downstairs living room. And yes, I'd have a fulltime maintenance technician.


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Unread 06/21/2017, 12:46 AM   #10
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I'd want a pool sized outdoor reef tank / pond which I could snorkle in. One side would be a giant panel which would be view able from my downstairs living room. And yes, I'd have a fulltime maintenance technician.
I want to build one of them is real life only on a smaller scale

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Unread 06/21/2017, 01:49 AM   #11
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Dream tank would be a 240 gallon Reef Tank.

Will house my current Fish:

2 blue Throat Triggerfish

2 Pyramid ButterflyFish

1 Fire Clownfish

1 Mandarin Dragonette

I would add:

3 More Pyramid Butterflyfish

1 Purple Tang

1 Regal Tang

1 more Fire Clownfish

1 Ribbon Eel

I feel like this tank would be adequate to add whatever fish I would be interested in presently and the future. Also the biggest tank I could handle that wouldn't be a 2nd job.


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Unread 06/21/2017, 07:11 AM   #12
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8x3x2 Caribbean biotope with a shallow area on one end that drops off after a 1.5 feet. The shallows would be 6-8 inches deep and have a mix of smaller stomatopods. The deeper area would have some sea grass here and there as well as a few gorgonians. It would be for a yellow stingray


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Unread 06/21/2017, 04:43 PM   #13
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800g in-wall, low-tech, natural seawater, sunlit starphire glass softy reef w/ a fish room.

Filtration : Large self-cleaning protein skimmer of some kind

Flow : Tunze Waveboxes & Vortech MP60s to create a standing wave in the tank. All display tank equipment will be out of the view of the spectator since the viewing window won't expose the entire interior of the tank

Control & Automation : Tunze Osmolator and Neptune Systems Apex controller

As far as the livestock...

Fish :
(1) Yellow Longnose Butterfly
(2) Marginalis Butterflies
(1) Caribbean Longsnout Butterfly
(1) Mitratus Butterfly
(6) Milletseed Butterflies (C. miliaris)
(25) Longspine/Glass Cardinals
(12) Resplendent Anthias
(12) Azure Damsels
(3) Bellus Angels
(2) Majestic Angels
(1) Blueline Angel
(1) Regal Angel (Red Sea)
(2) Black Ocellaris Clowns
(2) Percula Clowns
(6) Orange Skunk Clowns
(1) Midas Blenny
(1) Yellowfin Fairy Wrasse
(3) McCosker's Flasher Wrasses
(1) Leopard Wrasse (female)
(1) Starck's Damsel
(1) Annulata Damsel
(6) Rolland's Damsels
(1) Zebra Moray Eel
(2) Marine Bettas
(1) Jackknife Fish
(4) Flame Angels
(3) Potter's Angels
(1) Deborae Angel
(2) Mimic Filefish
(2) Fathead Sunburst Anthias
(2) Spotted Mandarin Dragonets
(1) Purple Tang
(1) Black x Scopas Hybrid Tang
(1) Scopas Tang (yellow morph)
(2) Red Sea Mimic Blennies
(4) Kamohara Fang Blennies

Invertebrates :
(2) Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
(2) Blood Red Fire Shrimp
(60+) Serpent Stars
(2) Bubble Tip Anemones
(4) Derasa Clams
(3) Maxima Clams
(100+) Nassarius Snails
(30) Fighting Conchs
(6) Common Sea Stars
(2) Red Fromia Sea Stars
(3) Sea Cucumbers

Coral :
* Assorted Photosynthetic Gorgonians
* Assorted Leather Corals
* Xenia
* Green Star Polyps
* Knopia
* Assorted Euphyllia
* Blue Ridge Coral
* Red Montipora
* Duncans

Rock & Substrate :
400lbs+ of sparse, arching rockwork composed of Caribbean farmed *live* live rock and a couple inches of mixed Nature's Ocean live substrate.

... Simple, fish-centric, and somewhat self sustaining (or as self sustaining as you can get with a tank)


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Unread 06/21/2017, 07:53 PM   #14
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20' Long X 4' Deep X 6' Tall Acrylic

Tangs, Butterflies, Chromis, Anthias, Clowns etc.


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Unread 06/21/2017, 08:10 PM   #15
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Dream tank, nothing crazy, maybe 300-500gals. BUT, always always have the newest most up to date model of equipment being swapped in.


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