Sentence examples for reef tank from inspiring English sources

She peered into the 20,000-gallon coral reef tank, pointing out colorful clowns, tangs and sea anemones.

He had previously set up a living coral reef tank at the New York Aquarium, but on a considerably smaller scale.

At the New England Aquarium's giant reef tank, visitors peered over the side and watched sand tiger sharks, sea turtles and tropical fish swim around a giant coral reef.

Tod Michael Volpe, an art appraiser and consultant who lives in a small studio in Murray Hill, has a five-foot-long, 150-gallon coral reef tank built into the divider between his living room and dining area.

Other galleries include the 335,000-gallon (1,270,000-litre) Atlantic Coral Reef tank, which provides a diver's eye view of tropical fish, and the 225,000-gallon (850,000-litre) Open Ocean exhibit of large sharks.

These aquariums include home or office tanks of a few gallons to several hundred gallons or more, and attractions like the 20,000-gallon coral reef tank at Atlantis Marine World in Riverhead, N.Y., considered one of the finest anywhere.

What is not in dispute is that the fishery has changed in the past two decades, coinciding with the rise in popularity of reef tanks.

Pete Kehoe, who has been collecting marine life near Key West for 35 years, recalled that after Hurricane Ike in 2008, he found one reef that had been scoured clean of blue-legged hermit crabs, which are valued in reef tanks because they eat detritus, helping to keep the coral clean.

Moreover, unlike other kinds of fish tanks, the filtration for reef tanks must constantly provide the minerals that corals consume, like calcium and strontium.

No wonder reef tanks are finding favor with Type A overachievers: A fish tank, Beck says, "holds your attention, but isn't overly stimulating, so you get a relaxation effect.

"I spend a whole lot less time with my reef tanks than cleaning out the cat litter box," says Hovanec. "And you can leave for the weekend, and the fish don't care".