The Ultimate Eight Foot Softie Reef

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Thank you all! Here's a pic from tonight.
 
Awesome tank insaneclownfish! Marc is right about being able to park a car on that stand. But i agree with you about having it overkill. Im paranoid about having all that water spill out on my floors.
 
The tank looks awesome! I would recommend once the bulbs have exceeded there life span to try either Geisseman or ATI bulbs and add atleast one fiji purple bulb~
 
Hey folks! Just giving this a bumps so some friends can take a look. I'm sorry I take such extended breaks from RC, but I have been so busy as of late with family, home, kids, other activities etc etc.

The tank is doing fantastic. I'll get to everyones' questions soon and post some picks of my grow out tank.

I hope everyone is well and enjoying softie land!
 
Right now I'm working on multiple projects at once. A few months ago I set up the Oceanic rimless in the small basement hallway and fed this tank directly into the main sump.

The problem is I really never wanted the tank there, so I've started a multiphase project of moving this tank and tying it directly into the system.

I'd previously used an old 400w mh pendant with no reflector on this tank, and that has been completely abandoned in favor of the two Lumenmax pendants and galaxy ballast combo I had sittin around. I took the time and hung those pendants on the other side of the basement and dropped the wires behind the wall into the furnace room.

Initially this tank was serving as an expansion tank for the main reef. About two months ago, and shortly after the last batch of pictures, I started fragging the entire tank. This was mainly to remove tons and tons of Kenya Tree frags that had popped up everywhere. I also removed some Anthelia and Cespitularia.
 
can you please tell me how u keep ur nutrients in check?
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I suppose a late answer is better than no answer. To be honest, I'm not entirely sure. Since this is a softie reef, I tend not to be obsessed about water quality. Also the entire system is probably close to 250 gallons and the moment and tied into and active refugium upstairs.

I just added another light to the fuge...a cheap Walmart reflector and floodlight. The cheato finally looks like it might be growing. I've always been a proponent of natural filtration, and the lil cube fuge is like a mini bristle worm farm for me.

You know I say that I honestly don't know fairly tongue in cheek because my MSX Cone Skimmer has been offline for probably 3 months. The plastic housing on the pump impeller shattered. I delayed about contacting Marine Solutions Inc., but when I finally did I couldn't get a hold of them for 10 days. When I finally did they agreed to cover it under warranty no prob. I still haven't gotten around to boxing the damn'd thing up(the pump) to ship back. Yes- this week definitely.

So the tank has been skimmerless for prob 3 months- it looks great....in many ways growth is better...go figure. I do the occasional water change, but I've always been bad with routines...I mean...It's REAL occasional.

For some reason I can't keep snails in my tank. I'm wondering if it has something to do with the fact bristle worms spawn so happily in my tank. I had just read somewhere that they can predate snails if they become large enough. I'm thinking of trying mexican turbos...the big ones. I've shyed away from them for so long because they're natural bulldozers, but what they hay!

I do clean the acrylic a bit more frequently now that the skimmer has been out of service, but other than that...zero ill effects.
 
Here's a quick video from tonight right after I had cleaned the tank. Just the blues..

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Thanks guys. I actually have a baby of the Fiji leather in my expansion tank. I'll let you know how it does.

So I had to throw all the lights on and take another quick video. Keep in mind I had just taken apart the far left of my tank, and all of my mushrooms are closed up and quite PO'd at me. :wildone: Hopefully the audioswap kicks in soon, because the background nonsense from the TV is a bit annoying. :p

19 Months
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