My 400 Gallon Reef Tank

[steve bergmann]

Here is my nearly 11 year old Reef Tank :

 

[CanuckReefer]

Well...ALRIGHT!!! Beautiful job...

 

[harley32907]

Very nice!!!

 

[steve bergmann]

Well...ALRIGHT!!! Beautiful job...

Thank you!!!

 

[BaysEndReef]

Absolutely stunning! I wish I had room for a 400g!!

 

[steve bergmann]

Absolutely stunning! I wish I had room for a 400g!!

It fits between posts underneath my basement stairs. My fish room is right behind it under the stairs.

 

[HookedReefing]

I wish I could get a tank that size! Would love to see more of this tank! Great job

 

[steve bergmann]

I wish I could get a tank that size! Would love to see more of this tank! Great job

Thanks,
Not sure if I like Montipora or not. They easily get out of control. I didn't plan very well when I put some of mine in the tank. They really need to be at the bottom as far away from Acropora as possible it would seem.

 

[chrisgold]

Here is my nearly 11 year old Reef Tank :

Insane creation I love it

 

[steve bergmann]

Insane creation I love it

Thank you

 

[steve bergmann]

Thank you

The tank has been a huge benefit in getting through covid and surviving the quarantines

 

[chrisgold]

The tank has been a huge benefit in getting through covid and surviving the quarantines

Same reason i got mine a few months ago mate

 

[lavoisier]

Beautiful, an inspiration. I like your gregarious Flame Angel and you have a great collection of Damsels.

I'm curious, as your coral grew out over the last 10 years did you have to add any pumps for flow purposes? I'd love to hear and see more about your system.

 

[steve bergmann]

Beautiful, an inspiration. I like your gregarious Flame Angel and you have a great collection of Damsels.

I'm curious, as your coral grew out over the last 10 years did you have to add any pumps for flow purposes? I'd love to hear and see more about your system.

There are 3 Flame angels in the tank that spawn every night as the lights go down. They feed the Anthia's and I imagine the coral as well.

Flow is always a concern. When I originally set up the tank I should have put MP60's at the bottom of the tank. That would have made the flow much better for the tank now where the pumps are centered and towards the top. As the corals grow they tend to cut themselves off of both flow and light which causes you to have to make adjustments. Right now there are 4 mp60's providing the flow.

If I do an overhaul I will try to get two of the mp60's towards the bottom and try to open up the flow more. Acropora need lot's of flow which is hard to continue to give to them as they grow and choke themselves out.

 

[steve bergmann]

The tank 4 years ago:

 

[JumboShrimp]

Love that GSP back wall— does the Emperor Angel totally ignore it— or by now there is so much of it that he can only trim it back?

(And don’t hate me... but with all that you have going on, the Yellow Tail Damsel caught my eye— great pop of color!! Lol!!)

Beautiful tank. Thanks for sharing.

 

[steve bergmann]

Love that GSP back wall— does the Emperor Angel totally ignore it— or by now there is so much of it that he can only trim it back?

(And don’t hate me... but with all that you have going on, the Yellow Tail Damsel caught my eye— great pop of color!! Lol!!)

Beautiful tank. Thanks for sharing.

Sadly the Emperor Angel does not touch the Green Star Polyp, I have a love hate relationship with GSP. As you can see it is slowly taking over the tank. It is an original coral that was put into the tank. Worried that the GSP may eventually cause me to strip down the tank to get it out of the tank and attempt to redo the the landscaping if you will.

I love the yellow tail damsel fish. In my opinion for the $ spent the yellow tail damsel maybe the best fish out there. They tend to stay low while the Anthia's and Chromas tend to stay high. Together they make sure that there are adequate fish to look at throughout the entire tank to go along with the corals.

 

[steve bergmann]

I wish I could get a tank that size! Would love to see more of this tank! Great job

I have some older videos that I made if you would like here is a link to one: