Anyone keeping Softie tanks?
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+10 on gorgeous tank.
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Wow what awesome tanks!!! Thanks for sharing. Any secrets to keeping them stable?
2 mostly softie tanks... 6’x5’ 500g and 5’x 30” 200g
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I used to run a straight softy tank but changed to mixed reef now. Here was the tank before I made changes. Things were a lot easier then!!!
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The flow, the sway, softies steal the day! (No extra charge for the poem-- Lol).
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N0, just getting started with this tank-upgraded from a Cobalt 26 gal, just getting into the corals so all new to me.
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Awesome tank!I used to run a straight softy tank but changed to mixed reef now. Here was the tank before I made changes. Things were a lot easier then!!!
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I used to run a straight softy tank but changed to mixed reef now. Here was the tank before I made changes. Things were a lot easier then!!!
This is unreal. Pretty much the exact thing I am trying to do with my tank but on a smaller scale. I am trying to get a giant BTA ball on one side of the tank like that.
I am shooting for easy and stable.
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About 3 years old. Mostly softies. 40 breeder. Peninsula tank. T5 lighting
Gorgeous, comrade
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I have a mixed reef here but mostly softies—I love how they look...and I travel a lot so I didn’t want to go full SPS...
Is this a sunlit tank?
Love the look. How do you keep your gorgs so happy?
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Guys, really nice tanks, thanks for sharing, comrades
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It's a regular mixed reef, have a Kessil 800 that is the main light source...tank is in a cool spot that gets perfect light for about 2 hours every morning...it's the best time of the day to watch the environment in there. As for the gorgonians, I feed live phytoplankton every other day, along with broadcast feedings of Benereef and raw frozen food cubes. They seem to do very well on that combo.
I would consider myself an intermediate reefer. I have been reefing for 8 years but it's mostly persistence, not skill. After killing dozens of hard corals, having a tank wipe out due to velvet and constant algae problems in my 90, I decided to downgrade to the 30L or leave the hobby.
I'm looking for someone to learn from to ensure I can stay in this wonderful hobby for the rest of my life.
The corals you see in my tank are just the corals that have done well in my system. For every coral you see, there are 3 dead corals that I tried keep.
Here is an example of some of my problems. My Green Sinularia is having tissue necrosis and I have no idea why. I've tried increasing flow and blowing off the dead bits with a turkey baster. Won't open up at all. Used to be 3x the size with amazing extension.
I had the necrosis problem right after I got mine. Tried everything. Kept getting worse. Finally cut off the healthy parts, threw away bad and just stuck pieces between rocks. They all grew to the rocks and one dying coral became three healthy onesI would consider myself an intermediate reefer. I have been reefing for 8 years but it's mostly persistence, not skill. After killing dozens of hard corals, having a tank wipe out due to velvet and constant algae problems in my 90, I decided to downgrade to the 30L or leave the hobby.
I'm looking for someone to learn from to ensure I can stay in this wonderful hobby for the rest of my life.
The corals you see in my tank are just the corals that have done well in my system. For every coral you see, there are 3 dead corals that I tried keep.
Here is an example of some of my problems. My Green Sinularia is having tissue necrosis and I have no idea why. I've tried increasing flow and blowing off the dead bits with a turkey baster. Won't open up at all. Used to be 3x the size with amazing extension.
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