The Kaptain's 220 Reef

[Kaptain]

The Kaptain's 220 Soft Coral Reef

Hello to all. This is my 220 Soft coral reef aquarium, started about 4 years ago now, built into a wall in my basement. All the equipment and sump is on the other side in the laundry area. Some equip first:

Lighting: Aquatinics Constellation 72" T5 Fixture
Mixture of White, blue, and actinic on a 11 hour cycle

Sump: 50 gallon AGA with small fuge area

Skimmer: ASM G4+ (soon to be modded w/ mesh wheel and gate valve

Heat: 500w heater

Return: MAG 18 through an Ocean's Motion Super Squirt (Alternates out of four outlets)

Tank FLow: Pair of Modded Maxijet 1200's

Moon Lights: Fishbowl Innovations Moon Tubes

 

[Kaptain]

Pics

Here are a few pics;

Enclosure:

Full Tank Shot

Right Side

Left Side

Center

Actinic Only

 

[Kaptain]

Fish:
Desjardni Sailfin Tang
Purple Tang
Yellow Tang
Regal Tang
Male & Female Orange Anthias Pair
Male & Female Clownfish Pair
Majestic Angel
Coral Beauty Angel
Green Mandarin
Lubbocks Wrasse

Inverts:
No snails or hermits right now, as they were all consumed by a Lunare Wrasse (missed that little detail about not being reef safe!)
Will be restocking them soon.

One tiny RBTA

 

[bamachamp92]

Very nice, one of the cleanest nicest softie tanks out there IMO. I am more into sps, but this tank really shows what a nice softie tank can look like.

 

[Nate82]

that's the best softie tank i've seen

 

[revhtree]

That os one awesome tank! Thanks for sharing it with us. It is very elegant.

 

[Kaptain]

Thank you very much for the compliments guys! Its an addiction to be sure....:bigsmile:

 

[jmuzzey]

Very nice tank.

 

[Reef Pets]

I agree.

that's the best softie tank i've seen

 

[Saltysteele]

dude, that is one beautiful build! i love in-wall setups, and yours is one of the best i've seen (to my taste, anyway)

Nice!

 

[mak060]

Nice tank, really nice tank!

 

[Poseidon]

Great stuff Karl, now we need to see the guts. ;)

 

[ahayes13]

very nice tank! it is very very clean!!!! looks great ....

 

[Nate82]

just out of curiousity... did you go all softie because of the easier maintenance or because of preference? I'm guessing preference because the tank's pristine but just wondering

 

[Kaptain]

Softies were mainly out of preference...I liked to have the motion of the corals. But, they are also alot easier to maintain, I think. I travel alot for work, so I needed corals that were a little more "flexible" if the water changes went a little longer, etc. No dosing, no calcium reactor, etc. Everything is maintained very well with just the water changes.

I'll include some pics of the equipment soon, its a pretty simple setup. The main thing I like about it is the ease of acces to all the equipment.

 

[gparr]

Kaptain, terrific tank. I like the open spaces. No problems with angels nipping leathers?
Gary

 

[Kaptain]

Thanks. No problems with the angels yet (as I knock on wood!)

From what I have heard, alot of the leathers are toxic to a certain extent. The problems I have heard with the angels in general are with the SPS and some LPS. The Majestic Angel came to me because he was chowing down on someone else's sps polyps. I have a large Frogspawn, but he hasn't had any interest. I will keep an eye on him though, as his taste may change when he gets larger...we'll see. I have heard of many people keeping them for years without eating their corals at all. Lets hope. I keep them all well fed on a variety of foods, so hopefully they will be happy with that.

 

[ecotoxlady]

Gorgeous tank! Definitely one of the nicest softy tanks I have ever seen!!

 

[Reef_Master]

Great looking tank.

 

[Dace]

Dido. I forgot they even exist . Nice to see there is such a beauty out there.
Nice tank
Thanks for bringing back that good soft feeling

Very nice, one of the cleanest nicest softie tanks out there IMO. I am more into sps, but this tank really shows what a nice softie tank can look like.