Describe your "Dream" Tank

[vetteguy53081]

Many of us love our tanks and there are Many beautiful tanks on this site. When we got into this hobby, we envisioned what would be our dream tank.
Describe what your dream tank would look like and what size it would be.

Will be interesting to see some of the responses and descriptions given and will inspire the many new members that have joined recently

 

[livinlifeinBKK]

About 100 gallons or so...not too enormous or anything, one specimen of every Fromia genus starfish, a few Linckia species, Acros like strawberry shortcakes, pipefish, a male Ostracion meleagris Boxfish (those are the blue ones), and I'm sure I'd find new things to add now and then!

 

[livinlifeinBKK]

If you can't tell, I would like an "echinoderm themed" tank! That would be incredible!

 

[Lavey29]

Any one of the Tank Of The Month beautiful displays we see here.

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

Well, since u asked…I’d step out of my open concept master bedroom and onto the connecting exterior patio. Greet the morning w a nice stretch, giving thanks. Then take a few steps, where the powder white sand wraps around my feet and slowly wade out into it, the crystal clear blue water of my natural reef. Island life.

 

[nuxx Verified Sponsor]

Feel like my last tank was pretty close...

Probably would have changed to low iron glass, have it two feet longer and a two feet wider. Height was the max I could deal with and I'm 6'3.

Also, needs somebody to take care of it

 

[ReeferHD]

probably a 40 - 70 gallon lagoon with a variety of uncommon toadstool corals and euphyllia, lots of unique invertebrates. maybe a pair of orange spotted filefish too.

 

[Jeremy_d]

Polo Reef haha

 

[thomas_neil]

Vectors in floor shark tank (except a reef tank) from Despicable Me

 

[Aquariumaddictuk]

8ft pennisula tank with some elevated, minimalist rockwork & a group of moorish idols.
That is all.

 

[Dburr1014]

6' dropoff tank. Checked last year at $10k
It's nice to dream.

 

[Gtinnel]

If we’re talking completely unrealistic then definitely Andrew Sandlers 17,000g tank.

If we’re talking realistically something in the 10’x3’x2’ range. With primarily sps on one side and lps on the other. As far as fish go I don’t want anything out of the ordinary. A fish room with the sump and all equipment would be great. Trying to fit all of my equipment under the tank has gotten old.

 

[Reefing102]

Well, since u asked…I’d step out of my open concept master bedroom and onto the connecting exterior patio. Great the morning w a nice stretch, giving thanks. Then take a few steps, where the powder white sand wraps around my feet and slowly wade out into it, the crystal clear blue water of my natural reef. Island life.

The truth right here! ^^^^

But something that’s more attainable would be something around a 200 gallon shallow reef (72x36x18). Where I could hopefully design something similar to a trench style reef (I know a member used to have one back in the day but I can’t think of their name but think they were in Portland Oregon) basically the aquascape designed so it’s on two sides with sand down the middle. Kinda like this:

 

[JoJosReef]

Custom aquarium from Glass Cages @Joe Glass Cages

84"L x 36"W x 18"H ~235gal
(24"H could be considered, but I like to be able to reach the bottom easily)

AIO

Wait, what? 235gal AIO?

Yup! A display refugium and AIO sump will be partitioned from the main display. Refrigerator, dosing, ATO, nest of wires and all testing and fish junk in the cabinet below. Emergency overflows in the display and refugium into sump. No floods unless seams break and no hunching over in a cabinet to mess around with stuff!

Here's the concept:

Main display: 72"L x 36"W x 18"H ~200gal
Refugium: 12"L x 12"W x 18"H ~10gal
Sump: 12"L x 24"W x 18"H ~20gal

Weirs along acrylic wall will allow water flow from display into refugium, refugium overflow into sump, returned to display. No pipes.

 

[JayM]

Dream tank would be something you’d see at a public aquarium. 10’s of thousands of gallons.

Realistically, I’ll likely nearly double the size of my 80 gallon in the next year or so.

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

Well, since u asked…I’d step out of my open concept master bedroom and onto the connecting exterior patio. Greet the morning w a nice stretch, giving thanks. Then take a few steps, where the powder white sand wraps around my feet and slowly wade out into it, the crystal clear blue water of my natural reef. Island life.

 

[Raul-7]

Something like Polo Reef but on a smaller scale. Like 12'x12'x6'.

I really love deep aquariums and think the fish do as well.

 

[CoastalTownLayabout]

Ocean frontage East Indo, natural seawater back yard lagoon with paddle out channel to a barreling reef break.

 

[littlefoxx]

Many of us love our tanks and there are Many beautiful tanks on this site. When we got into this hobby, we envisioned what would be our dream tank.
Describe what your dream tank would look like and what size it would be.

Will be interesting to see some of the responses and descriptions given and will inspire the many new members that have joined recently

Honestly I used to love the idea of a huge colorful reef (much like yours vetteguy) for my dream tank. But now Im looking at my 125 with my amazing fish and starting to get the hang of which corals Im good at keeping and I couldnt be happier! Only “dream” fish I am missing is an emperor angelfish. Maybe when I upgrade my tank as my fish grow I will add one but for now I would say my dream tank is in my home currently

 

[kevgib67]

Something over a 100 gallons, fully automated with auto wc so don’t have to lug up buckets from the basement. Fully mixed tank with some larger fish than I have now.