Cross-Tank Intelligence

What gear do
the best tanks actually use?

Brand frequency pulled from 107 tanks across 33 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.

Equipment

Brand Leaderboards

01 · Category
Lighting
15 brands
02
2
08
Hamilton Cebu
2
09
EcoTech Marine Generation 5
2
10
EcoTech Marine XR30 Generation 5
2
11
Radium 20K
1
02 · Category
Skimmers
12 brands
03 · Category
Return Pumps
10 brands
04
1
07
Abyss 400
1
08
Mag Mag-7
1
10
1
05 · Category
Controllers
8 brands
06 · Category
Salt Brands
8 brands
Instant Ocean Reef Crystals
2
02
Tropic Marin Pro Reef
1
04
Fritz RPM (blue box)
1
05
Tropic Marin Pro-Reef
1
07
Red Sea Blue Bucket
1
08
Tropic Marine Pro
1
Distributions

Tank Profile

A · Sizing
Tank Size Spread
Nano <50 gal
28
Mid 50–150 gal
10
Large 150–500 gal
9
XL 500–1500 gal
16
Mega >1500 gal
7
B · Style
Tank Type Breakdown
mixed reef
24
SPS dominant
15
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/coral farm (mixed with some SPS)
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.

zoanthids17 acropora14 ricordea11 euphyllia9 mushrooms9 lps8 acanthastrea8 montipora7 sps6 torches5 favites4 chalices3 toadstool leather3 gold torch3 frogspawn3 stylophora3 acropora millepora3 goniopora3 ricordea yuma3 green slimer acropora2 red dragon acropora2 kenya tree2 pavona2 gorgonians2 zoas2 hammer corals2 acropora tenuis2 montipora 'red rose'2 dallas zoas2 bird's nest (pana or histrix)2 hulk torch2 chalice2 rainbow chalices2 bauer bankies2 meat coral2 star polyps2 clove polyps2 mixed lps2 purple sponge2 softies2 cyphastrea2 blastomussa2 sonnelia2 leptoseris2 mycedium2 cali tort acropora1 ora yellow tip green staghorn acropora1 ora the carl acropora1 ora hawkins acropora1 ora purple plasma acropora1 ora miami orchid acropora1 ora indo purple tip acropora1 ora skyline granulosa acropora1 ora pearlberry acropora1 ora green planet acropora1 ora imperial stag acropora1 wwc yellow tips acropora1 rr pink cadillac acropora1 pc rainbow acropora1 orange dragon acropora1

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