What is a Coral Reef Aquarium?
The “Reef Tank”. Ahh yes, we all are mesmerized by their beauty. The coral reef tank is an approach to aquarium keeping in which one can house living corals in a captive environment. The environment is generally made up of what is called “live rock” as opposed to the deco-corals and artificial decorations that are used for “fish only” aquariums. These aquariums are one of the most challenging types of aquariums for even the advanced aquarium keeper and will require a host of equipment that your typical “fish only” tank will not need. Corals are generally sold as “hard/stony” or “soft” corals and can be mixed in varying degrees. In the coral reef tank the corals and invertebrates are the main focus and the tropical marine fish are secondary. In the reef tank there will usually be included a variety of other invertebrates as well such as: snail, crabs, starfish, anemones, sponges, algae, tropical shrimp, and many other coral reef dwellers which are an important part of creating the coral
