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01/25/2014, 11:33 AM | #1 |
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80 Gallon Soft Coral Dominated
Recent video of my 80 gal softy dominated reef:
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01/25/2014, 11:36 AM | #2 |
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Beautiful tank! Thanks for sharing!
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01/25/2014, 01:52 PM | #3 |
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thanks!
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01/25/2014, 04:54 PM | #4 |
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Very nice tank! How many bulbs and what wattage are your T5's? It looks great!
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01/25/2014, 08:49 PM | #5 | |
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I'm running 6x39w T5HO. It's a TEK fixture with 2 ATI true actinic, 1 ATI Fiji purple, 1 ATI coral+, and 2 Geismann 6000k midday bulbs. 8 hour photoperiod. It's a little more yellow than you usually see these days, but the softies look great. Running this bulb combo has the added benefit of photographing exactly how it appears in real life! |
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01/26/2014, 04:32 PM | #6 |
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really nice tank .i like the way that yellow leather stands out from the pinks etc and the flow looks good
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01/26/2014, 04:37 PM | #7 |
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Nice, enjoyed watching your healthy system......music too
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01/26/2014, 05:08 PM | #8 |
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Awesome tank. Would love to have space for a tank like this.
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01/26/2014, 05:58 PM | #9 | |
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01/26/2014, 07:09 PM | #11 |
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As soon as I saw the title of this thread, I was hoping it was going to be your tank. I saw your tank in some other thread a while back. Definitely one of my favorite tanks of all time and am glad to see its doing well. I usually am a fan of the bluer look but I think the softies look really good under your bulb combo. Everything just looks healthy and thriving.
I have a couple of questions if you dont mind. What happened to that huge ball shaped frogspawn you used to keep on the left? It looks like its still in your avatar pic? How often do you run carbon with a softie tank like yours? Do you get any shadow problems since the fixture your using is shorter than your tank length? Thanks and great tank! |
01/27/2014, 06:13 PM | #12 |
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I still can't believe you fragged up that huge frogspawn! Tank still looks amazing, but that frogspawn really set it apart, IMHO!
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01/27/2014, 08:44 PM | #13 | |
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The cool part of all this is that the frags (120+ heads!) sold for enough to finance a nice LED fixture for my tank. I've been wanting to try out LED for a while; we'll see how it goes-the softies really seem to like the T5's. |
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01/28/2014, 08:30 PM | #14 |
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beautiful....my favourite part is the gorg...i have the same one...
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01/29/2014, 06:32 AM | #15 | |
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I haven't seen too many Corky Finger Gorg's, if you have one I'd love to see it! Here's a few close-up shots of mine from November last year: |
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Anyway, the ends of the tank are a little darker, but it's barely noticeable. I ran some PAR numbers a while back and the sandbed on the ends was around 75 while the middle of the tank was around 150. I do run carbon, but I use a small amount. Usually around 1/4 cup of ROX 0.8 in a TLF reactor. I think it's the 10 gallon weekly water changes that help with the soft coral toxins, and the fact that the colonies all grew up together (almost everything you see in there started out as a 1" frag and has grown out together) Thanks for the compliments! |
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01/29/2014, 08:28 PM | #17 |
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Very nice and peaceful!!
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01/31/2014, 09:37 AM | #20 |
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Alright, who's gonna frag their gorgs and send me a piece? I have a few different gorgs now, but none are as full as yours are! They look awesome!
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02/28/2014, 09:25 AM | #23 |
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Nice job! I'm a softie fan as well and you did a nice job with making a natural looking lagoon aquascape.
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10/25/2017, 08:33 AM | #24 |
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Is this tank still running? Got any update pics?
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