reef tanks
Coral habitat containers
Reef tanks are saltwater aquariums designed to house living coral and the fish, invertebrates, and other organisms that inhabit coral reef ecosystems.
Maintaining a reef tank requires careful control of water chemistry, lighting, and temperature to keep corals alive and thriving: His reef tank has soft corals, a pair of clownfish, and a cleanup crew of snails.
The hobby demands significant investment and expertise compared to freshwater aquariums.
- coralMarine skeletal formation
- saltwaterOcean water, chemically speaking
- aquariumTank for keeping fish
- anemoneTentacled polyp or bloom
- clownfishStriped reef fish, anemone symbiont
blue tang · filtration · LED lighting · polyps · calcium · alkalinity · wave maker · sump · coralline · fragging · mushrooms · dosing · water change · tang · invertebrates · cleanup crew · flow · salinity