MikeC's SOFTY TANK

toadstool_paradise · Sep 22, 2020

Sad to see this tank go, inspired me to do a soft coral dominant tank. Your tank was the best I had ever seen.

secret_reefer337 · Sep 22, 2020

Wow! Sad to see you go, your tank is the reason I set up a softy tank. But anyway, good luck and hope to see you again here.

oneilwiz · Sep 22, 2020

MJC said:
I have made a personal decision to brake my tanks down and exit the hobby.

A good friend and expert reefer summed it up perfectly buy saying

" Sometimes in life you have to let go of what you love In order to start the next chapter"

This really hit home and has helped me greatly.

I have made this decision to go out on top,(I Don't mean to sound pompous, but by "on top" I mean the best that I could ever imagine my tank to be) Every thing was still very healthy and happy in my tank.

This decision is under my control rather than an unfortunate incident or situation.

I want to thank everyone I ever met in this hobby who has helped me in any way over the years. Please know It is greatly appreciated and I hope I was able to do the same in return.

Most of my coral are sold or pending locally and I will not be shipping them to anyone under any circumstances.

My tank impressed me and in the end that is what was important.

If anything ells I hope I was able to share and spread some love,beauty and appreciation for the soft coral reef tank.

~Best wishes to all

MikeC

Sad to see you go Mike but THANK YOU for the inspirations. Do what is best for you.

ramona · Sep 22, 2020

MJC said:
I have made a personal decision to brake my tanks down and exit the hobby.

A good friend and expert reefer summed it up perfectly buy saying

" Sometimes in life you have to let go of what you love In order to start the next chapter"

This really hit home and has helped me greatly.

I have made this decision to go out on top,(I Don't mean to sound pompous, but by "on top" I mean the best that I could ever imagine my tank to be) Every thing was still very healthy and happy in my tank.

This decision is under my control rather than an unfortunate incident or situation.

I want to thank everyone I ever met in this hobby who has helped me in any way over the years. Please know It is greatly appreciated and I hope I was able to do the same in return.

Most of my coral are sold or pending locally and I will not be shipping them to anyone under any circumstances.

My tank impressed me and in the end that is what was important.

If anything ells I hope I was able to share and spread some love,beauty and appreciation for the soft coral reef tank.

~Best wishes to all

MikeC

The Champions go out on top! Wish you the best!

Ramona

TUSI · Sep 22, 2020

MJC said:
I have made a personal decision to brake my tanks down and exit the hobby.

A good friend and expert reefer summed it up perfectly buy saying

" Sometimes in life you have to let go of what you love In order to start the next chapter"

This really hit home and has helped me greatly.

I have made this decision to go out on top,(I Don't mean to sound pompous, but by "on top" I mean the best that I could ever imagine my tank to be) Every thing was still very healthy and happy in my tank.

This decision is under my control rather than an unfortunate incident or situation.

I want to thank everyone I ever met in this hobby who has helped me in any way over the years. Please know It is greatly appreciated and I hope I was able to do the same in return.

Most of my coral are sold or pending locally and I will not be shipping them to anyone under any circumstances.

My tank impressed me and in the end that is what was important.

If anything ells I hope I was able to share and spread some love,beauty and appreciation for the soft coral reef tank.

~Best wishes to all

MikeC

This hobby is definitely loosing an icon. You might have taken the tank down but the tank will always be remembered and talked about. Mike I can only say one thing, I am going to miss you but I am also great full that I met you through this hobby. You are a gem of a person. I wish you and your family all the best of luck on your next journey and I will always be here for you with any help you might need. Thank you always brother

MJC · Sep 22, 2020

TUSI said:
This hobby is definitely loosing an icon. You might have taken the tank down but the tank will always be remembered and talked about. Mike I can only say one thing, I am going to miss you but I am also great full that I met you through this hobby. You are a gem of a person. I wish you and your family all the best of luck on your next journey and I will always be here for you with any help you might need. Thank you always brother

Thank you my friend that means the most ❤

KingTideCorals · Sep 22, 2020

An end to a legendary tank...

Thank you for all the inspiration, soft corals will forever be the best.. thank you for reminding me this through your tank. Best of luck Mike

D E N I N O · Sep 22, 2020

You're tanks going to inspire me for the rest of the time I have left in this hobby.

It's an absolute masterpiece, thank you for sharing it!

It's going to be talked about long after you break it down.

dricc · Sep 22, 2020

I have been waiting many years to set up a tank again. I was going back and forth on what kind of tank I wanted to set up. Thanks to you it's a softy dominant tank. You have inspired many. I wish you the best. Thanks for everything

kzitzman1 · Sep 22, 2020

MJC said:
MikeC's SOFTY TANK

I must say I couldn’t be happier with my decision to convert to softies.

After having my sps dominant tank for 2 years and loosing it to flatworms needles to say I was pretty bummed out.
I made up my mind to start over with a upgrade(because that was the excuse I had lol ) and also a Qt tank.

That was all set up and chugging along with some wonderful help from my fellow reefers that provided me with great frags to get me back on my feet(Thank you all you know who you are.
Unfortunately one night RTN set in

All the while I still had some LPS and zoos that made the transfer and everyone that saw the tank being re-created always mentioned what wonderful movement my gonipora had and didn’t seem to notice the sps with the new growth lol.

Now I understand that the novices would say that but the truth was I enjoyed the movement so much better myself and I think I was caught up in the Social Stigma that soft corals are for beginners, easy and not taken seriously amongst the “real reefers”
Now don’t get me wrong i love and respect a well maintained sps tank but Im also not embarrassed to say Im proud of my non stresful Softy tank

Hope you enjoy the photos AND MY WORK IN PROGRESS.
I would also love to hear from other soft coral lovers.

We have always preferred LPS and softies over SPS corals. We are in the process of setting up our new Red Sea Reefer 450 and decided to upgrade specifically for the ability to do more corals. We really like the mushrooms, leathers and hammers, torches, etc.

danieyella · Sep 22, 2020

Gorgeous! I tried and tried acans & sps and my tank just wouldn't let me do it. I stumbled across someone's softy tank in the forum and realized they're absolutely beautiful and I made the switch as well. Mostly softies, some blastos, and a few acros that decided they do want to live here long after I considered them dead. I regret nothing. Mine is still filling in and not even half of what you're at.

Sebastiancrab · Sep 22, 2020

MJC said:
Update video

Absolutely gorgeous!

Patientman · Sep 22, 2020

SALUTE! You have giving us all inspiration and something to try and achieve ourselves! Thank you so very much for sharing the experience with us!

NM All beach no ocean · Sep 22, 2020

MJC said:
MikeC's SOFTY TANK

I must say I couldn’t be happier with my decision to convert to softies.

After having my sps dominant tank for 2 years and loosing it to flatworms needles to say I was pretty bummed out.
I made up my mind to start over with a upgrade(because that was the excuse I had lol ) and also a Qt tank.

That was all set up and chugging along with some wonderful help from my fellow reefers that provided me with great frags to get me back on my feet(Thank you all you know who you are.
Unfortunately one night RTN set in

All the while I still had some LPS and zoos that made the transfer and everyone that saw the tank being re-created always mentioned what wonderful movement my gonipora had and didn’t seem to notice the sps with the new growth lol.

Now I understand that the novices would say that but the truth was I enjoyed the movement so much better myself and I think I was caught up in the Social Stigma that soft corals are for beginners, easy and not taken seriously amongst the “real reefers”
Now don’t get me wrong i love and respect a well maintained sps tank but Im also not embarrassed to say Im proud of my non stresful Softy tank

Hope you enjoy the photos AND MY WORK IN PROGRESS.
I would also love to hear from other soft coral lovers.

Absolutely stunning tank!

Smarkow · Sep 22, 2020

MJC said:
I have made a personal decision to brake my tanks down and exit the hobby.

A good friend and expert reefer summed it up perfectly buy saying

" Sometimes in life you have to let go of what you love In order to start the next chapter"

This really hit home and has helped me greatly.

I have made this decision to go out on top,(I Don't mean to sound pompous, but by "on top" I mean the best that I could ever imagine my tank to be) Every thing was still very healthy and happy in my tank.

This decision is under my control rather than an unfortunate incident or situation.

I want to thank everyone I ever met in this hobby who has helped me in any way over the years. Please know It is greatly appreciated and I hope I was able to do the same in return.

Most of my coral are sold or pending locally and I will not be shipping them to anyone under any circumstances.

My tank impressed me and in the end that is what was important.

If anything ells I hope I was able to share and spread some love,beauty and appreciation for the soft coral reef tank.

~Best wishes to all

MikeC

Congratulations, you have a lot to be proud of and I think we all can respect the decision. I hear you on going out on top!!! That must be an awesome feeling. Lots of joy and inspiration from your build.

JCOLE · Sep 22, 2020

Hate to see you leave but I agree this is the best way possible. You are doing it the right way. Walking away with success and no regrets. That's the way I would want to go out.

Much respect and best of luck to your new chapter!!

J’s reefreturn · Sep 22, 2020

MJC said:
MikeC's SOFTY TANK

I must say I couldn’t be happier with my decision to convert to softies.

After having my sps dominant tank for 2 years and loosing it to flatworms needles to say I was pretty bummed out.
I made up my mind to start over with a upgrade(because that was the excuse I had lol ) and also a Qt tank.

That was all set up and chugging along with some wonderful help from my fellow reefers that provided me with great frags to get me back on my feet(Thank you all you know who you are.
Unfortunately one night RTN set in

All the while I still had some LPS and zoos that made the transfer and everyone that saw the tank being re-created always mentioned what wonderful movement my gonipora had and didn’t seem to notice the sps with the new growth lol.

Now I understand that the novices would say that but the truth was I enjoyed the movement so much better myself and I think I was caught up in the Social Stigma that soft corals are for beginners, easy and not taken seriously amongst the “real reefers”
Now don’t get me wrong i love and respect a well maintained sps tank but Im also not embarrassed to say Im proud of my non stresful Softy tank

Hope you enjoy the photos AND MY WORK IN PROGRESS.
I would also love to hear from other soft coral lovers.

Tank is rad, great job

samnaz · Sep 23, 2020

Man this was one of my all time favorites no contest. Opened my eyes to a whole new world. Sad to see it go but more so grateful to have enjoyed it along the way. Thank you!