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    Welles’ Stunning 250g Beijing Reef Captured on Film

    Large mature corals. Elegant and natural aquascaping. Stunning colors. There’s really not much else to say about Hu Haiwei’s reef which is one of the best in the world. Hu, better known as Welles,  uses 3 x 400w XM 10K metal halides to pop reds and yellows, while also packing enough PAR and blue wavelengths [...]

    January 8, 2010
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    The Drop Off LPS Reef of Mariusz

    We previously showed you Mariusz’s sun coral dominated LPS reef aquarium. Since then Mariusz has been working on an upgrade, but he did not want your typical rectangular or cube tank. Given his taste in azooxanthellate corals he opted for a split level, drop off tank to mimic a reef wall. The aquarium is roughly [...]

    December 10, 2009
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    HD Camera Captures Pieter 6m’s Stunning Curved Glass Reef

    Pieter van Suijlekom is better known in the reefing world as Pieter Six Meter for his stunning 1,500 gallon, 6 meter curved glass display tank. This aquarium was constructed using 2 sheets of 12mm glass that were bent in a large oven separately and then bonded using a special resin. This labor intensive process is [...]

    November 3, 2009
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    Chingchai’s Latest HD DSPS 1200g Reef Video

    Here’s the latest video update of Chingchai Uekrongtham’s world class 1200g SPS reef. It has now been filled with corals and fish from his previous tank–including rare fish such as Centropyge interupta, Centropyge respendens, Zebrasoma gemmatum, and Pseudanthias ventralis. Well done Ching, you’ve raised the the bar for aquarists around the world.

    October 29, 2009
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    Krzysztof Tryc’s Vivid ZEOvit Reef in HD

    Krzysztof Tryc’s reef was previously featured as a ZEOvit Dream Tank of the Quarter, and rightfully so. Krzysztof has the  Polonia reefing touch as we’ve seen from some stunning reefs coming out of Poland that have the shared trait of utilizing ULNS and T5s. For an article I wrote for the Japanese magazine Marine Aquarist [...]

    September 22, 2009
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    Thor’s Bonsai Inspired SPS Reef Tank Revisited

    Thor’s reef was the first top selection ever on GBD. It set the tone for the aquariums we have since featured, while highlighting the importance of aquascaping. Thor has maintained this beauty and further improved upon it by removing some fast growing tangs and improving the coral scape. We love the way the Scolymia australis [...]

    September 18, 2009
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