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Monsoon Aquatics - Australia's Best Reef Tank Winner 2025 - Dwayne's 4ft Waterbox!

2

Tanks Featured

111

Minutes

2026

Released

This video tours Dwayne's award-winning 4ft Waterbox reef tank, crowned Australia's Best Reef Tank 2025 by Monsoon Aquatics. Dwayne shares his journey in the hobby, the detailed infrastructure and DIY solutions behind his successful SPS-dominant system, and showcases his vibrant corals and diverse fish collection. The video concludes with the bittersweet news that Dwayne will be shutting down the tank due to an upcoming house renovation, seeking new homes for his livestock.

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00:02:44Tank model and dimensions 00:04:02Tank age and history in the hobby 00:07:39Transition from Red Sea Max Nano to current tank 00:12:41Overview of equipment and infrastructure 00:13:04Lighting setup 00:16:04Flow pumps 00:17:10Filtration and sump design 00:20:20Dosing and ATO 00:46:59Water change and mixing station 00:55:05Frag tank tour 00:58:17Fish livestock 01:04:50Coral livestock 01:37:42Water parameters 01:40:30Future plans for the tank

The Builds

2 Tanks Featured

Every spec, brand, and livestock mention pulled from the host's narration. Click any tank tour above to compare.

Tank 01

Dwayne's 4ft Waterbox

SPS dominant

Style

33

Months Old

Waterbox 130.4

Brand

4ft x 2.2ft

Dwayne's 4ft Waterbox 130.4, winner of Monsoon Aquatics Australia's Best Reef Tank 2025, is a stunning SPS-dominant mixed reef. The tank has been running for 33 months and features a meticulously planned, mostly DIY-built filtration system housed in an external garage wet room. Despite its success, Dwayne plans to shut down the tank due to an upcoming house renovation and move, hoping to rehome his impressive livestock.

Lighting

EcoTech Marine Radion XR30 Blue Gen 6 ×2 $999.99in stock,

Aqua Illumination AI Blade Grow ×1 $42.99in stock

Return Pump

Aqua Medic

Flow

EcoTech Marine Vortech MP40 ×2 $341.99in stock,

EcoTech Marine Vortech MP10 ×2 $341.99in stock

Controller

Neptune Systems $989.99in stock

Dosing

calcium reactor

Filtration

refugium

Salt

Red Sea Blue Bucket $87.99in stock

Water Changes

Manual push-button auto water change (AWC) of 90L from 104L discharge, approximately 100L every 2-3 weeks

Feeding

Frozen food (mysis, brine, krill, reef chili), pellets (TDO, New Life Spectrum), nori, Reef Roids, Polyp Lab

Corals

26

WWC Bounce MushroomJF Jack-O-Lantern LeptoAcropora milleporaAcropora validaAcropora tortuosaAcropora tenuisAcropora microcladosAcropora 'Strawberry Shortcake'Acropora 'Walt Disney'Acropora 'Red Dragon'Acropora 'Pink Cadillac'Acropora 'Ice Fire'Acropora 'PC Rainbow'Acropora 'Tyree Pinky'Acropora 'Oregon Tort'Montipora capricornisMontipora digitataMontipora 'Red Rose'Montipora 'Green Cap'PavonaGorgonian (non-photosynthetic)Toadstool LeatherDallas ZoasBird's Nest (Pana or Histrix)Hulk TorchGold Torch

Fish

14

Yellow TangFoxfaceBlue TangPurple TangClownfish (pair)Mandarin DragonetDiamond Watchman GobyYellow Watchman GobyTailspot BlennyRoyal GrammaSix-line WrasseMelanurus WrasseCleaner WrassePajama Cardinalfish

Inverts

4

SnailsHermit crabsEmerald crabsSea urchin

Tank 02

Dwayne's Frag Tank

Frag/Growout

Style

This frag tank, located in the garage wet room, serves as a growout system for various corals, including Montipora caps, Dallas Zoas, and a large toadstool leather. It also houses recovering torches that were shaded in the main display. The tank is part of Dwayne's comprehensive system, benefiting from the same robust filtration and water parameters as the main display.

Corals

10

Montipora capricornis (Red Cap)Montipora capricornis (Green Cap)Montipora 'Red Rose'Toadstool LeatherDallas ZoasBird's Nest (Pana or Histrix)PavoniaHulk TorchGold TorchGreen Star Polyps (GSP)

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Featured products from our catalogue

Equipment mentioned in this tour that we cover in our gear catalog. Click through for full specs, retailer comparison, and where-to-buy.

Aqua Illumination AI Blade

Aqua Illumination

Mentioned as: Aqua Illumination AI Blade Grow

EcoTech Marine Vortech MP40 QuietDrive

Vortech MP40 QuietDrive

Mentioned as: EcoTech Marine Vortech MP40

EcoTech Marine VorTech MP10wQD Powerhead

VorTech MP10wQD Powerhead

Mentioned as: EcoTech Marine Vortech MP10

Neptune Systems Apex Controller

Neptune Systems

Apex Controller

Mentioned as: Neptune Systems

EcoTech Marine Radion XR15 G6 LED

Radion XR15 G6 LED

Mentioned as: EcoTech Marine Radion XR30 Blue Gen 6

Red Sea Coral Pro Salt (55 lb)

Coral Pro Salt (55 lb)

Mentioned as: Red Sea Blue Bucket

In their own words

Notable Quotes

This tank is ridiculously cool and I'm really keen to find out some of the secrets to your success and what you've gone through with infrastructure and livestock stuff like that.

I just All I heard was our daughter needs a tank.

All the smell, the mess, the noise is in the garage. And that was a that was a big relationship move I think.

I mean the tank for a long time was keeping um elk at 7.8 around there. Um more recently, I think probably because I've just been playing with things, it's gone up what 8.2 I think it's at the moment.

It's not to say that I won't you know learn from it and then do something again down the track.