Show me your soft coral tanks! Softies Stocking Suggestions

[IPT]

Things have grown considerably now. Some stuff got killed by my neglect and things (like that polyp mentioned above) growing over it or being shadowed/stung. Funny how at first we want growth, then we just want it to stay put!! I'll be moving this into a 120 soon.

 

[dmatt56]

What is the large red coral to the left of your tank?

Thanks,

Matt

 

[IPT]

It was a Colt coral that suddenly withered away.

 

[nattarbox]

Where does everyone buy their soft corals? I use Live Aquaria a lot, and they have a decent selection. Most every other site seems to be focused on SPS and Acans. My LFS never has much of anything for softies.

 

[csm]

Have you been on fragswappers to check for meets happening near you.They also have listings of local clubs.Im lucky cause the shop i deal with likes softies and frags some of his own pieces,like my green nepthia which i love.Other then that hte net is about the only suggestion i can give.Good Luck.

 

[revclyburn]

Everyone's tank are gorgeous, and Paul B, your tnak is always a winner. Still collecting from around NYC?

Got to get me one of these softie tanks, that's my plan now for my 55. Don't have time for the sps's and such. Softy are just easier, and don't require a lot of light, though I have a Tek 6x54 which is plenty I guess.

Anyway, great pics

Rev

 

[Paul B]

Still collecting from around NYC?

Thanks Rev. I know it's not as nice as many of the tanks on here but in a few months it should b finished cycling. :beachbum:

 

[revclyburn]

What you change tanks? Cycling?

 

[Flatlander]

Very nice IPT, very nice.

 

[guilloryreef]

This tank looks colorful, any retouch??

Good luck..

If the question was for me.. no retouching. Just uploaded from the camera and maybe light balancing done.

Here are a couple of pics of different areas in the tank that are not green

This gold stripes on these show up in the tank more .. don't know why the colors don't show up in pictures.

And I have to post this one.. my favorite softie.. green cabbage

 

[biecacka]

are you guys adding any supplements to the tanks?

 

[guilloryreef]

I drip alk, calc and mag to keep my parameters in line

 

[biecacka]

im currently drippin kalk. what kind of mag and alk are you using?
they all in the same drip? or 3 seperate ones?

 

[guilloryreef]

3 separate ones. I use bulk reef supply

 

[biecacka]

do you have a pic of your set up for the drip?

 

[silverfly]

Some great tanks guys. We need a softy TOTM!

 

[frenchie]

If the question was for me.. no retouching. Just uploaded from the camera and maybe light balancing done.

Here are a couple of pics of different areas in the tank that are not green

This gold stripes on these show up in the tank more .. don't know why the colors don't show up in pictures.

And I have to post this one.. my favorite softie.. green cabbage

green cabbage is hard to find, i got a small frag from buddy which is only size of dime, and its a slow grower.

 

[malawinovice]

My LPS Tank

great tank,
can you state the corals?

interested in the red/orange colors.

My softie has green with gsps, yellow/brown with leathers,

need some reds/oranges.

Thanks
and where did you get the corals?

 

[guilloryreef]

green cabbage is hard to find, i got a small frag from buddy which is only size of dime, and its a slow grower.

I agree on the green cabbage. I had a huge colony of it before Katrina took my tanks and searched for a year or better to get what I have now.

Do you find that it grows better lower in the tank? The reason I ask is I have a frag midway on the rock work and another on the sand. I think that the one on the sand is growing much better.

 

[frenchie]

i have mine down low in tank, i would raise it but it is very small and already attached to decent size rock and if i move it i take a chance of it blowing away in my tank