AquariumArtsLogo Views of Mike Kuffner's Reef Aquarium

A 90 gallon custom built into the wall in a remodel, Mike's tank has a CPR© 194 wet-dry, with a Rio© 2100 and a venturi protein skimmer in the sump(with most of the bio media removed),3 Maxijet© 1000 Powerheads in the tank, and a DYI calcium doser. Lighting is an Aquarium Arts panel with waterproof endcaps, 2 110 watt VHO 48" fluorescent bulbs (Superactinic©, Aquasun©), Icecap© Model 430 electronic ballast, and a timer.

Most of the livestock in the Kuffner Family's system, including these colorful mushrooms and the button polyp on the left, came from Aquarium Arts who also provided 2 percula clowns, a blue hippo tang, a Midas blenny, and 4 cleaner shrimp Aquarium Arts' birthday present for the Kuffners' daughter.


A pink serpent star and a pink leather coral (Sarcophyton sp.) shares the tank with dozens of other corals, urchins, a spotted serpent star, turbos, and scarlet hermit crabs.

Fifty pounds of cured live rock ("the nice stuff in the pics") from Aquarium Arts are prospering under the new lighting system.

Another view of Mike's tank.

A closer look at the Sarcophyton

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