Show me your soft coral tanks! Softies Stocking Suggestions
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Joe Pusdesris
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Nope, one of my other tanks.
Mel-E-Mel
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Mel-E-Mel I have socks older than many people here
:lmao:
brookers
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well actually i dont have that tank anymore, i upgraded to a 6x2x2 and went sps about 18 months ago. then after my acro wipeout in the summer i decided to go fowlr and get some bigger, more interesting fish.
i had the blue fan for about 18 months. it was growing quite well, for the first few weeks it only extended at night but after a while it would keep its polps out all day.
good luck with your tank !
The first picture was Iwasaki 15k 175w single end metal halide. By the time that picture was taken they really werent carrying thier spectrum anymore. The second picture is XM 20k 175w single end mh, maybe with t5 actinic supplement, not sure if they were on for that picture. I turned the actinics off because the tank was way too blue with them.
The mushroom on the right end of the tank is a 16in+ Amplexidiscus fenestrafer, giant cup mushroom. It out grew the tank so it is in a coral propagation system, split in half manually.
Awful picture of the split, halide glare on the topdown shot.
The base had spread onto two rocks so I ran a scalpel between them making sure to split the mouth.
What kind of lighting did you have on your softy tank ?
frenchie
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what kind of lighting do you have and how many bulbs cause that is one nice lookin softie tank.
phoenixstar89
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here's my 55g peninsula all softies and lps.
side shot
full tank shot
side shot
full tank shot
SawdustInTank
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What are you guys dosing to get that color and growth? Thanks.
twerlinich
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ADVICE NEEDED ABOUT 'SHROOMS OF ALL THINGS!
Personally love mushrooms of all varieties and have bought many colonies over the years. While EVERYONE reports that mushrooms propagate like bunnies, I have had the opposite experience. Mine die. Purples and greens seem to last well (but do not propagate) but reds and blues shrink and die within a couple weeks. I've moved them around in my established 125 gal DSP (middle, top, bottom) -- but the reds and blues consistently expire. 1/3 water changes are performed monthly. Water chemistry, per the guy who performs them is "perfect". My critter population includes 1 percula, 1 powder blue tang, 1 flame angel, 1-flame hawk, 1- long nose hawk, 1 large old velvet damsel, 2 wrasses plus a large coral banded shrimp, cleaner shrimp, a 5" green starfish, several zoas, a 5" (based) green acopora, and a host of snails. I've also found that softies of various types do not survive long. Between the consistent losses of red and blue mushrooms and the loss of other softies I am really frustrated. Can anyone help? Thanks! -- Tom
Personally love mushrooms of all varieties and have bought many colonies over the years. While EVERYONE reports that mushrooms propagate like bunnies, I have had the opposite experience. Mine die. Purples and greens seem to last well (but do not propagate) but reds and blues shrink and die within a couple weeks. I've moved them around in my established 125 gal DSP (middle, top, bottom) -- but the reds and blues consistently expire. 1/3 water changes are performed monthly. Water chemistry, per the guy who performs them is "perfect". My critter population includes 1 percula, 1 powder blue tang, 1 flame angel, 1-flame hawk, 1- long nose hawk, 1 large old velvet damsel, 2 wrasses plus a large coral banded shrimp, cleaner shrimp, a 5" green starfish, several zoas, a 5" (based) green acopora, and a host of snails. I've also found that softies of various types do not survive long. Between the consistent losses of red and blue mushrooms and the loss of other softies I am really frustrated. Can anyone help? Thanks! -- Tom
