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Reef aquarium with colourful corals and small fish under blue water (cropped and resized) SGR Unsplash License Unsplash
Saltwater aquarium set in a wooden surround, with a blue tang swimming over coral-covered rock (cropped and resized) Robert Nunnally (gurdonark) CC BY 2.0 Flickr
Rows of light fixtures mounted above a large aquarium tank, with pipework behind (cropped and resized) Don McCulley CC BY-SA 4.0 Wikimedia Commons
Live rock covered in pink and green coralline algae on a white sand bed (cropped and resized) Nat Tarbox CC BY 2.0 Wikimedia Commons
Two orange-and-white clownfish swimming in an aquarium (cropped and resized) William Warby Unsplash License Unsplash
Clownfish sheltering among the tentacles of a purple sea anemone (cropped and resized) David Clode Unsplash License Unsplash
Long curved aquarium window showing a rock wall covered with corals (cropped and resized) David Clode Unsplash License Unsplash
Zoanthid polyps glowing blue and red under actinic aquarium lighting (cropped and resized) Robert Howie CC BY-SA 2.0 Wikimedia Commons
Skimz SC255 protein skimmer in clear acrylic, shown as an example of an in-sump skimmer (cropped and resized) Skimz CC BY-SA 4.0 Wikimedia Commons
Yellow tangs swimming above purple and green corals in a reef aquarium (cropped and resized) Cole Bryant CC BY-SA 4.0 Wikimedia Commons
Many different large-polyp stony corals growing side by side in an aquarium (cropped and resized) David Clode Unsplash License Unsplash
Handheld refractometer with its daylight plate open, used to measure salinity (cropped and resized) Fernando G. (FGM) CC BY-SA 3.0 Wikimedia Commons
Reef aquarium with anemones, branching corals and small fish at a public aquarium (cropped and resized) Zibenthius CC BY-SA 4.0 Wikimedia Commons
Handheld refractometer lying on a white surface (cropped and resized) CEphoto, Uwe Aranas CC BY-SA 3.0 Wikimedia Commons
Hand-drawn pencil sketch planning an aquarium, sump and plumbing layout (cropped and resized) J Wynia CC BY 2.0 Flickr
Ten-gallon nano reef aquarium with a clownfish, live rock and a sand bed (cropped and resized) aquarist.me CC BY 2.0 Wikimedia Commons
Piece of live rock covered in red and yellow coralline growth inside an aquarium (cropped and resized) Coughdrop12 CC BY-SA 4.0 Wikimedia Commons
A royal gramma and a Banggai cardinalfish swimming above a sand bed (cropped and resized) Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK CC BY 2.0 Wikimedia Commons
Brightly coloured open brain and other stony corals in a reef aquarium (cropped and resized) David Clode Unsplash License Unsplash
Yellow tang swimming over a clean white sand bed beside dark rockwork (cropped and resized) Houss 2020 CC BY-SA 4.0 Wikimedia Commons
Emerald crab feeding on green hair algae growing over aquarium rock (cropped and resized) aquarist.me CC BY 2.0 Wikimedia Commons
Reverse-osmosis water filter mounted on a wall, filling a blue storage container (cropped and resized) Parostoteles CC BY-SA 3.0 Wikimedia Commons
Handheld refractometer, the tool used to measure aquarium salinity (cropped and resized) CEphoto, Uwe Aranas CC BY-SA 3.0 Wikimedia Commons
Skimz SC165 protein skimmer, an example of the in-sump skimmers used on reef aquariums (cropped and resized) Skimz CC BY-SA 4.0 Wikimedia Commons
Molly Miller blenny resting on a white PVC fitting in a quarantine aquarium (cropped and resized) Coughdrop12 CC BY-SA 4.0 Wikimedia Commons
Diagram of the marine ich life cycle: theront, protomont and tomont stages around a yellow tang (cropped and resized) Jellyfishgirl CC BY-SA 4.0 Wikimedia Commons
Green branching coral with pale tips growing among purple coralline rock (cropped and resized) David Clode Unsplash License Unsplash
Torch coral tentacles with glowing tips under blue aquarium lighting (cropped and resized) PilarMeca CC BY-SA 3.0 Wikimedia Commons
Small coral frags mounted on plugs and arranged on a plastic grid rack (cropped and resized) Robert Howie (rmhowie) CC BY-SA 2.0 Flickr
Copepod photographed under a microscope against a black background (cropped and resized) Andrei Savitsky CC BY-SA 4.0 Wikimedia Commons
Tangled green strands of Chaetomorpha macroalgae (cropped and resized) Daderot CC0 1.0 Wikimedia Commons
Close-up of the ridged surface of a stony brain coral (cropped and resized) David Clode Unsplash License Unsplash
Dome-shaped stony corals on a sand bed in a reef aquarium (cropped and resized) David Clode Unsplash License Unsplash
Blue-and-yellow spotted wrasse swimming over a green brain coral (cropped and resized) David Clode Unsplash License Unsplash
Dense group of corals in a reef aquarium with a small clownfish above them (cropped and resized) David Clode Unsplash License Unsplash
Assorted colourful corals photographed against a dark background (cropped and resized) David Clode Unsplash License Unsplash
Cluster of Aiptasia anemones on rock; Aiptasia are a common reef aquarium pest (cropped and resized) Diego Delso CC BY-SA 4.0 Wikimedia Commons
Pipework, valves and filter vessels above the coral reef tank at a public aquarium (cropped and resized) Don McCulley CC BY-SA 4.0 Wikimedia Commons
Zoanthid corals with bright centres photographed under blue light (cropped and resized) Alex Damske Unsplash License Unsplash
Hermit crab climbing on rock beside coral polyps (cropped and resized) RevolverOcelot CC BY-SA 3.0 Wikimedia Commons
Close-up of the rounded tentacle tips of a bubble-tip anemone (cropped and resized) Nhobgood Nick Hobgood CC BY-SA 3.0 Wikimedia Commons
Newly set-up aquarium with pale rockwork arranged on a sand bed (cropped and resized) Megan Smith (meganleigh) CC BY-SA 2.0 Flickr
Branching coral frags and a green coral colony growing on a frag rack (cropped and resized) Robert Howie (rmhowie) CC BY-SA 2.0 Flickr
Blue tang and foxface rabbitfish swimming among corals in a reef aquarium (cropped and resized) CHAD WINDHEIM Unsplash License Unsplash
Small reef tank with clownfish swimming among anemones under blue light (cropped and resized) Theo Laflamme Unsplash License Unsplash
Coral aquarium with branching Acropora colonies and a butterflyfish (cropped and resized) WolfmanSF CC BY-SA 4.0 Wikimedia Commons
Toadstool leather coral (Sarcophyton) with its polyps retracted and a clownfish beside it (cropped and resized) Josuevg CC BY-SA 3.0 Wikimedia Commons
Light fixtures suspended above the coral reef tank at a public aquarium (cropped and resized) Don McCulley CC BY-SA 4.0 Wikimedia Commons
Frogspawn coral (Euphyllia divisa) colony with purple-tipped tentacles (cropped and resized) Gdiggers CC BY-SA 3.0 Wikimedia Commons
Several marine fish, including a Moorish idol and butterflyfish, swimming near rockwork (cropped and resized) David Clode Unsplash License Unsplash
Group of soft corals and polyps growing on rock in a reef aquarium (cropped and resized) David Clode Unsplash License Unsplash
Reef aquarium rockwork planted with pink, green and purple corals (cropped and resized) David Clode Unsplash License Unsplash
Branching Acropora coral colonies growing in an aquarium (cropped and resized) Dieter Karner CC BY 2.0 Wikimedia Commons
Nano reef aquarium with a central rock island, corals and small fish (cropped and resized) Treetopz CC BY-SA 4.0 Wikimedia Commons

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