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We are delighted to announce that the Reef of the Month for May, 2019, belongs to @reef jacob. He has a build thread--which is always fun to read--but it wasn't until we started talking to him that we realized the extent of his accomplishments. There is no shortage of serious reefers here on Reef2Reef, and there are lots of beautiful tanks to consider for a Reef of the Month. But there are some very unusual things about @reef jacob. Not only does he have a beautiful reef, but it's only two...

We are delighted to announce that the April, 2019, Reef of the Month belongs to @AlexandrFeist. Alex has an excellent build thread which you may want to read. As you'll see below in photos, Alex has an extraordinary reef tank. All of the photos shown below are courtesy of @AlexandrFeist, ©2019, All Rights Reserved. This Reef of the Month was a bit more challenging than usual to put together because the story of Alex's tank below has been translated from Russian to English. Since Alex...

New Tank is UP and Running Photos are courtesy of and used with permission from @Mike Paletta, ©2019, All Rights Reserved. It is now six months and counting, and the new tank(s) are coming along nicely. As I noted in my earlier articles, the setting up of my new 500-gallon tank was not just going to be about the 500, but there is also a 90-gallon frag tank and a 44-gallon nano tank attached to it via a common sump. Despite my poor timing, with Fiji and Indonesia both shutting down, it...

Display Tank. Photos are all courtesy of @samparker, ©2019, All Rights Reserved. We are delighted to announce our March 2019 Reef of the Month belongs to our forum member, samparker, from Australia. samparker has a beautiful reef which you will see below. Sam has six tanks plumbed together in a daisy chain. He uses an automatic water change setup that moves a little water from one tank to the next 155 times a day. Main display - 850 litres Soft Coral tank - 130 litres Frag tank 1 - 250...

Drum Roll Please! We will be bringing back Reef of the Month starting right now. It is with great pleasure and admiration that Reef2Reef awards Michael J. Cuttone from New York our Reef of the Month Award for January 2019. Mike's forum name is MJC, and his build thread can be found here. Below you find out all kinds of information about Mike's tanks and overall system and some exquisite photos. You can read his comments and advice, and savor his humility. Congratulations, Mike...

Name: Christopher Kriens R2R Build Thread: Chris’ algae farm (ELOS 160) • Introduction • Thanks for the honor of nominating my tank for the Reef Spotlight! There are so many great tanks on the site, a number of which have inspired aspects of this build. This system is still quite young, not yet having reached the two year mark and I’m sure there are plenty of changes and challenges to come. I got my start in the hobby in 2010 with a used 90 gallon tank as an indoor winter project. The...