Soft Coral Dominated Tanks... Let's See 'em

[SCUBASTEVE3610]

Here is my tank before I removed all the sand

 

[qwuintus]

Looks messy, but it's a young tank

 

[Yanni]

70g. 36x18x24

 

[RBU1]

 

[Paul B]

 

[biecacka]

Scuba, do you have a current pic of your tank?
What size is it and what do you have for water flow
Corey

 

[brad65ford]

does anyone have a softy bare bottom tank? or is it kind of an oxy moron?
corey

Great question, I've tring it for the passed 6 months but I've seen not much growth with all my softies, my guess its I stripping the nutrients since I shiphon all detritus every other week. Sucks, I was told sand/substrate will cause old/tank syndrom and crash in time so I went with BB. Went well for the first few months but I've seen a decline mostly with my zoa's. I'm thinking about adding sand but I don't know what type is the best for low water flow?

 

[biecacka]

Any thoughts on brad65ford's ideas of no luck w BB softy tanks
Corey

 

[brad65ford]

Any thoughts on brad65ford's ideas of no luck w BB softy tanks
Corey

Thanks for trying for me Cory. I've read that having sand creates a sink which I believe turns the detritus into nutrients/beneficial bacteria for softies. Ive also learned that a sand bed can lower alk / calk but doesn't seem to be as needed with softies compared to sps's. Though I have seen some bb softies/zoas tanks working well but I don't know their setups. Having a bb tank without a sump, overflow and no sand IMO isn't easy but what do I know for some it's to easy lol.

 

[brad65ford]

not mine but I love the simplicity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PKjd-TA1kM

 

[nameissoftlover]

not mine but I love the simplicity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PKjd-TA1kM

no filters except the coral, that tank is impressive....to say the least

 

[iLLwiLL]

Here is a halfway decent pic of mine, the corals are still getting adjusted to the 250w halides over their old T5's.

~Will.

 

[GauteG]

I guess I should rather post this here....
This is from my 500 liter ~ 130 gallon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR-2hMJw7uY

 

[brad65ford]

Very nice, What are those ball thingys?

 

[brad65ford]

I guess I should rather post this here....
This is from my 500 liter ~ 130 gallon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR-2hMJw7uY

Probably one of the nices tanks I've seen posted in a while. Would love to know about your setup. Very nice!

 

[GauteG]

Thanks.
The "ball thingys" were just some socks with some coal and rowaphos, I forgot to take them out before filming. Unfortunatly I don't have this setup anymore, since the aquarium released 20% of the water onto the livingroom floor 3 days before I took of for my Eastervacation to Indonesia. I managed to save more or less everything, and sent them on vacation to a friend of mine's tank. Then it was insurance company, drying the floor etc before take off.... Had already bought a new tank, so I will go and pick up my new 720 liter ~ 190g on Sunday, set it up, let it stabilize for a week or two, and then off to get the babies back home... :dance:

 

[lawndude]

 

[lawndude]

http://s915.photobucket.com/albums/ac358/Lwnman/?action=view&current=zoas006.jpg

 

[brad65ford]

Looking very good lawndude! how long she been running?

 

[lawndude]

The Elos has been running since Feb 2010.It is getting ready to come down and a 75 edge rimless is going into its place.It will be 75 gallons of softies.