How about this DOUBLE drop off reef!?

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[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Nice. It certainly makes it clear the fish like deeper water or lower light (unless they are gathering for feeding time). :)

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Dang that's amazing!

 

[Salty1962]

Awesome!

 

[Duke4Life]

Nice. It certainly makes it clear the fish like deeper water or lower light (unless they are gathering for feeding time). :)

This is something I've been debating for a few days. Like during the day will fish migrate shallower to feed, etc., and go deeper to sleep.

 

[Djkris]

I would be interested in the dimensions of the tank. What is the depth? That is awesome!!!

 

[1979fishgeek]

That is amazing! Stunning! Me want!

 

[R_C]

Looks great!

 

[danangelo]

Very nice would be cool to see a build thread on this. I like to see how it all started.

 

[ReefBuzz]

Very nice! Always been a fan of the dropoff tanks

 

[Craigwood]

I think I just let out a little bit of wee.

 

[firstlight10]

Very unique! Be interested in learning more about it.

 

[fizzy]

Hi all, this is my small nano reef drop tank that i made.

 

[Richard60]

That is cool would like to know how it was done

 

[taricha_94]

Wow I never even thought of doing something like this.. These drop offs are amazing!

 

[redsoxbill]

Very interesting concept, wonder how the flow is in this shaped tank.

 

[Neptune1707]

I actually gave a previous R2R member a hard time about his drop off tank....only because in my "artistic" nature, it didn't seem like a natural type of design. I didn't like the hard edge of the tank and what it took to make a drop-off tank. But I'm changing my opinion about it. I think with the right amount of coral it does give a true since of a "cross-section" of a reef from shallow to deeper areas. With that being said, I would not advise an amateur to take on this type of design...as lighting for these various levels will take a TON of thought and planning for your corals. Overall I'm sure the fish will love the various depths and perhaps feel more natural to them. My only concern with livestock is the length/depth of the tank for larger livestock like Naso Tangs, Unicorn Tangs etc. I still fell a hard horizontal long tank is ideal for these wide open swimmers IMO. :-)

 

[Zero Nitrates]

Beautiful reef!

 

[ReeferMaddness843]

Woooooooooooow!

 

[Rjramos]

I saw just 2 things I didn't like... Asterinas. Hopefully they are the non-coral eating kind.