My softie tank

[.::Jun77::.]

i would like to share pictures of my softie tank.



Tank : 45 gallon (Tall) + 20 gallon sump
Tank Diameter: 18 w X 24H X 30L
skimmer: red sea prism max
Live sand aragonite- 60 lbs
Crushed corals- 15 lbs
live rock- 50 lbs
Lighting: Blue star prism pendant ( 1x175w coralvue 14k + 2x 32watts actinics) ** 4 x 65watts PC for suplemental lighting while taking pictures
Pumps: K4, rio 1200

livestock:
Pair of false perculla
six-striped wrasse
royal gramma
snails(nerith,astrea)
hermit crabs
emerals crab
feather dusters



Full Tank Shot

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Right side

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Left side

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Center

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some random shots:

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[.::Jun77::.]

some random shots

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[teddy]

Very very nice, love those orange mushrooms

 

[ironwill723]

where is the crushed coral? Under the sand?

 

[JustinReef]

Nice tank!

Those orange mushrooms are very nice.

Can't wait to see it grow in a bit more. Going to be stunning!

 

[frenchie]

very nice, tank is full of color lot of variety of color

 

[cichlid9]

That lil tank looks unbelievable..... I dont even want to go home and look at mine now

 

[.::Jun77::.]

thank you all for the nice comments.

teddy, yap got to love the shrooms, the color is cool not to mention they are generally more forgiving than any other corals.
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ironwill, yes most of the crushed corals are in the bottom, my first substrate is 15lbs crushed coral and 15 lbs fine sand. what happen is the fine sand settled in the bottom, so all the crushed corals are at the top, and as the tank matured coralline was growing at some of them and detrius is bulding up, the powerhead cant circulate at them, so what i did id add 40+lbs more of fine sand.
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reefer brandon and d. frenc- thats my main goal in this tank, keep forgiving corals and as colorful as possible. thanks.
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Justinreef, me too! can wait for them to grow, im planing to make one more rock of those shrooms, it came a long way though, i bought one head of that shroom from a reefer who collects them from the keys. let me dig the old picture;

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this is the original frag, the baby shroom is the 3rd baby it reproduced.
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ciclid9, thanks for the compliment, dont worry youre tank will be 3 times more beautiful than this tank, just be patient.

now that were looking back to memory lane, let me show you the first FTS of this tank.

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note at the FW background LMAO:lol:

 

[tbar]

Very nice tank, thanks for sharing

 

[clockwurk]

Hey Jun,
Nice tank I don't remember what I sold you ( I just remeber LR ) but it good to see whatever it was, that's it's now in a great home. Hope all is well with you and your family.

 

[think_tink13]

I love your tank! I would love to have that much color in mine!

What are the corals in picture 5 and 6 of the very first post?

 

[ekr]

very nice tank and good selection of color.

 

[CatBrat]

Nice lil tank! Man those orange shrooms are awesome!!

 

[.::Jun77::.]

heya dex, i got frags of zoos from you, and you gave me free LR. , are you still keeping zoos? hows the upgrade? what other softies do you have? i need to get some more frags from you,maybe in the next frag swap?

think_13, its a green toadstool and green sinularia(i think). thanks

ekr and catbrat, thanks

 

[mnherper]

great tank.

 

[clockwurk]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14663443#post14663443 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by .::Jun77::.
heya dex, i got frags of zoos from you, and you gave me free LR. , are you still keeping zoos? hows the upgrade? what other softies do you have? i need to get some more frags from you,maybe in the next frag swap?

ekr and catbrat, thanks

I'm not keeping zoos anymore, atleast barely any. About 2 months ago bristle worms started eating my zoos. Since they normally don't do that, I never imagined it was them. But now I know for sure but it was too late. I lost most of them. I started my collection again but I'm keeping it minimum. I have the hybrid ppe, nuclear greens, purple deaths.

Luckily nothing else was effected but I started keeping mostly lps now like chalices, acans and favias.

As at as the upgrades, no ugrades yet just new lights ( tek 5 ). But I'm in the market for a solana. Just waiting for a deal.

Again Jun, nice tank hope I see you on the next frag swap if you need anything let me know.

 

[vtysl]

Nice and very colorful. Those red mushrooms are wicked!!!

 

[tangtang clown]

 

[singold]

Nice...I like the green polyp leather!

 

[.::Jun77::.]

mnherper, thanks!

dex, i did not know that bristle worm can do that! i saw my peppermint chow down those worms, but you know some peppermint might do harm than good, hit or miss IMO. good luck in the solana, thanks for your help

tangtang, thanks for sharinf the pics

singold, me too! cant wait for them to grow