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What are the most popular saltwater fish in reef tanks?

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This ranking counts live tanks in the ReefBay app that list each species, not sales or search volume. A species counts once per tank.

Method

  • Source: tank profiles and logs created by ReefBay app users. ReefBay is a reef aquarium app for iOS and Android.
  • Excluded: deleted tanks, deleted accounts, ReefBay staff and test accounts.
  • Counted: saltwater tanks that list at least one species of this kind. A species counts once per tank, whatever the quantity.
  • Only library species count. Custom entries typed by users are excluded.
  • Nano = 30 gallons or less. Large = more than 100 gallons.

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ReefBay. "What are the most popular saltwater fish in reef tanks?" . https://staging.reefbay.com/stats/popular-fish

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