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What gear do
the best tanks actually use?

Brand frequency pulled from 100 tanks across 26 tour videos. Every mention extracted from the host's own narration — ranked purely by how often each brand shows up, never paid placement. Buy links are affiliate, but that never changes the ranking.

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Equipment

Brand Leaderboards

Ranked by mentions across all tanks
01 · Category
Lighting
15 brands
★
2
02
8
03
5
04
Hamilton Cebu
2
05
EcoTech Marine Generation 5
2
06
EcoTech Marine XR30 Generation 5
2
07
1
08
1
09
1
10
1
11
1
12
Hamilton 150W 20K Radium metal halide
1
13
1
14
Current Marine Orbit LED
1
15
1
02 · Category
Skimmers
12 brands
★
2
02
Quantum
2
03
Dalua Great White
1
04
1
05
1
06
1
07
1
08
1
09
1
10
1
11
1
12
XP 8000
1
03 · Category
Return Pumps
9 brands
★
2
02
1
03
1
04
1
05
1
06
Abyss 400
1
07
1
08
Abyss AFC 400
1
09
1
04 · Category
Flow Pumps
12 brands
★
4
02
7
03
3
04
2
05
2
06
12
07
6
08
2
09
1
10
1
11
EcoTech Marine VorTech MP40
1
12
Abyss 400
1
05 · Category
Controllers
6 brands
★
1
02
1
03
1
04
1
05
1
06
Alkatronic
1
06 · Category
Salt Brands
8 brands
★
Tropic Marin Pro Reef
1
02
1
03
1
04
Red Sea Blue Bucket
1
05
1
06
Instant Ocean Reef Crystals
1
07
1
08
Caribbean Sea
1
Distributions

Tank Profile

A · Sizing
Tank Size Spread
Nano <50 gal
27
Mid 50–150 gal
9
Large 150–500 gal
7
XL 500–1500 gal
14
Mega >1500 gal
6
B · Style
Tank Type Breakdown
mixed reef
22
SPS dominant
11
planted freshwater
5
LPS
3
FOWLR
3
freshwater
3
Zoanthid dominant
2
LPS dominant
2
Acanthastrea dominant
2
Acropora dominant
1
soft coral and macro algae dominant
1
natural reef
1
SPS / stony dominant
1
Frag/Growout
1
Mixed
1
low-tech planted freshwater
1
nature aquarium
1
paludarium
1
saltwater
1
Iwagumi planted freshwater
1
shallow planted freshwater
1
hardscape only freshwater
1
coral holding
1
frag
1
Acanthastrea and Goniopora dominant
1
Anemone dominant
1
high-end coral backup
1
chalice dominant
1
frag tank
1
Euphyllia dominant
1
Livestock

Most-Mentioned Corals

Bigger chips = more mentions across the library.

zoanthids16 acropora13 ricordea10 mushrooms9 euphyllia8 acanthastrea8 montipora7 lps6 torches5 sps4 favites4 toadstool leather3 gold torch3 stylophora3 goniopora3 ricordea yuma3 chalices2 zoas2 acropora millepora2 montipora 'red rose'2 dallas zoas2 bird's nest (pana or histrix)2 hulk torch2 rainbow chalices2 bauer bankies2 meat coral2 star polyps2 clove polyps2 mixed lps2 purple sponge2 softies2 cyphastrea2 blastomussa2 sonnelia2 leptoseris2 mycedium2 australian scolies1 bauer bankies (wellsophyllia/bowerbanki)1 bubble corals1 pearl berry acropora1 jf flame acropora1 leprechaun beard acropora1 acropora robusta1 acropora microphthalma1 flower pot corals (goniopora)1 gorgonian1 xenia1 acropora toraki1 blue spruce acropora1 acropora florida1 static shock acropora1 australian blue stag acropora1 sandals acropora (jake adams)1 reef gen blueberry acropora1 milka stylo1 red dragon acropora1 oregon tort acropora1 pink stylophora1 staghorn acropora (fields of it)1 green slimer (acropora yongei)1

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