Actually, despite the name the tank clearly has a few soft corals, too.

Tanks like this are cleverer than they look. They’re not just pleasing on the eye — keeping the decoration in the middle like that effectively doubles the territory, and keeps fish out of each other’s sight.

The drilled rock has been pinned together using plastic rods. A fair bit of effort, but worth it!

Further reading:

1. Fluval Edge aquarium offers style in a box
2. Creating a coral bommie reef tank in a small cube aquarium
3. Pink Skunk clownfish spawning video

But that doesn’t mean such hopes aren’t right, that efforts are futile, or that this video isn’t worth sharing with as many people as you can, via your own reef blogs and websites:

Coral reefs and climate change, a message for Copenhagen.

Further reading:

1. Coral reefs recover from 2004 tsunami
2. Seacology’s Indonesia EcoReef project restores coral reefs with ceramic structures
3. Three new deep water reefs discovered off the coast of Florida

This complex freshwater system uses plants in refugiums.

Further reading:

1. Macropinna microstoma: Fish of the week
2. Video guide to setting up your first tropical fish tank
3. Amano’s nature aquarium gallery: Fish of the week

A deep sea fish with a see-through head and tubular eyes.

Further reading:

1. Amano’s nature aquarium gallery: Fish of the week
2. A tour of an unusual tropical set-up: Video of the week
3. Giant octopus eats shark: Fish of the week

Please spread the news to anyone who might care; we’re really running out of time from a biodiversity point of view, let alone global warming.

Further reading:

1. Global warming turning oceans acidic ten times faster than thought
2. Australia’s Great Barrier Reef will stop growing by 2050
3. Seacology’s Indonesia EcoReef project restores coral reefs with ceramic structures

A visit to Amano’s Japanese nature aquarium gallery

Further reading:

1. Macropinna microstoma: Fish of the week
2. Giant octopus eats shark: Fish of the week
3. Marek’s reef aquarium: Fish of the Week

Giant octopus preying on 4-foot long sharks

Further reading:

1. Octopus squeezed into a tight spot at the Boston Aquarium
2. Macropinna microstoma: Fish of the week
3. Amano’s nature aquarium gallery: Fish of the week

Great reef tank explanation: But the music is spooky!

Further reading:

1. Amano’s nature aquarium gallery: Fish of the week
2. Giant octopus eats shark: Fish of the week
3. Macropinna microstoma: Fish of the week

To learn how to add fish once your tank is ready, read Aquadaily’s article on how to set up a tropical tank. Also read our article on choosing filters.

Further reading:

1. Tropical Fish How To Guide
2. A tour of an unusual tropical set-up: Video of the week
3. Pink Skunk clownfish spawning video

Further reading:

1. Pink Skunk clownfish spawning video
2. This FOWLR offers a true slice of a reef
3. Fragging leather coral