What about Geographic specific reef setups?

Is there such a thing as a Reef tanks set up to accomodate a "geographically " correct? type of reef?

For example, The Great Barrier Reef, or like a Red Sea reef?

Does anyone have any links relating to this or can recommend a book? Is anyone doing this?

Pros....Cons....?

 

BL,

I think that instead of being Geographic specific that most reefs are different by their physical shape.

http://www.uvi.edu/coral.reefer/structre.htm

The three main types appear to be:

Fringing reefs, Barrier reefs and Atolls

Maybe an internet search on those terms will scratch your itch

John

 

Thanks John! I was more curious about if the Animals are the same from area to area....

Like, do the same corals grow in the Atlantic and the Pacific, or are they different. What about fish.... How about Macroalgae......

I guess I am just weird. All my parrots, when I had more than one, were all African parrots......So I thought perhaps a reef setup of "native" to each other flora and fauna... ;D
Call me crazy [smiley=dizzy2.gif] [smiley=loco.gif]

 

OH! My apologies, I thought you meant the aquascaping of the tank

That's actually a very good question, let's see what we can find

John

 

BL

An excellent all 'round book that touches on this subject is Tullock's 'Natural Reef Aquariums'

John

 

TY John! I am surfin the net here and can't find anything....
I will pick up that book. It has been recommended on this site by others as well as a good all 'round book ;D

 

Have a look at Fishbase http://www.fishbase.org/search.cfm

You can search by region

John

 

Here ya go ( it will take a while to load )

http://www.fishbase.org/Country/Cou...sttimeout=9999&Country=036&group=Reef

All the fish associated with coral reefs in Australia ( from the fishbase website )

Now we just need the same for corals etc

John

 

COOL! I am already in love with the Cockatoo Waspfish.....
but, alas....it is a "dangerous, venomous" fish......
TY so much! I don't know how you find these things.! I been lookin and lookin ;D ;D

 

No worries.

Here's one on coral, but I think it is only on CD  


http://www.aims.gov.au/pages/cbase.html


John