razarmi Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 My 40g breeder reef aquarium. The tank is a little over 2 years old. SPS seems to be all the craze today, but I really enjoy the beautiful shapes and movements of soft corals. I've found that the feeding requirements, flow rates, and water conditions for soft corals, clams and LPS corals complement each other nicely. You can find a hires photo here. Close up of the Goniopora, Green Nepthea and Sarcophyton. My Pygmy Waspfish (Hypodytes rubripinnis). One of my favorite fish for the nano-reef. Hardy and small, the Pygmy Waspfish is a beautiful and interesting reef resident. I've had mine for close to two years. Here's a photo of the tank when I first set it up, two years ago. My main source of filtration is a GAC reactor and Chaeto. I do not run a filter sock and the protein skimmer stays off most of the time. Here is more info on the tank. Feel free to contact me if you have questions/comments rodney@azarmi.com - 40g breeder (36x18x16) - 4x36" Current T5 fixture with ATI Blue Plus, GE 6500 and ATI Aquablue bulbs - Brightwell two-part, 200ml per week and small amounts of Iron and Iodine supplements - 5 gallon water change per week with Tropic Marin salt - 15 gallon sump. No sock (got tired of cleaning it), Bubble-Magus NAC6 skimmer (removed skimmer), small GAC reactor and ball of chaeto with LED light. I do not run the skimmer often. - Tunze Silence return pump . I run the return pump at the lowest setting, about 250 gph. I find a slow flow through my sump improves skimmer production and saves energy. - (2) Koralia nano 400 in tank for flow. - I feed my fish and corals twice a day. I feed PE mysis, cyclop-eeze and brine shrimp. I usually turn my return pump off for an hour and let the food circulate through my tank to feed my corals. I target feed PE mysis to my larger LPS corals. The Xenia are the only corals in the tank that show no feeding behavior. I suspect their dependance on dissolved nutrients makes them sensitive to heavy filtration. Link to comment
siwelk Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Nicely grown-out tank ya got there. Link to comment
JoelRHale Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I'd like to see a video, so we can fully appreciate the movement you have. I bet it's really relaxing! Link to comment
Rehype Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Wow beautiful setup....Congrats for keeping the tank running for so long. Link to comment
siwelk Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Baffles? He don't need no stinking baffles! Link to comment
1.0reef Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 This tank is screaming for a TOTM! Amazing! Link to comment
MatthewStarr Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Wow thats a beautiful tank. I love how the zoas grew into a little garden around the colt coral. Very nice. Link to comment
twan Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Very nice, how is the overflow and return plumbed? Link to comment
tpallas Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Great tank! Full grown softies do look fantastic....considering a small one myself! Link to comment
Pili Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Beautiful! I'd love to see a video as well Link to comment
Harpo Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Great tank. Definitely a favorite. Link to comment
TJ_Burton Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 This reef has some fantastic looking softies in it. The aquascape leaves something to be desired, but this reef is a breath of fresh air in the SPS dominated world of reefing. Good on you mate! Link to comment
twan Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Love the Goniopora, nice one. Link to comment
Asureef Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 This has got to be one of the nicest softy tank I've ever seen. Great camera work also. Link to comment
SouthFlorida_Tron Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Well deserved, congrats Raz!!! Link to comment
MGDMIRAGE Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Beautiful tank and great photos Link to comment
nor_cal_nano Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Can we get time hd video up in here?! Link to comment
siwelk Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Is this the first time that someone has gone TOTM with 1 post? Link to comment
Shallow~Reef Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Absolutely stunning! See you don't need sps to make a nice reef lol. How did you get the gsp to grow on the floor like that? Is it growing on a mat? Link to comment
parishilton Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Absolutely gorgeous. Very well deserved. Link to comment
Cintax Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Congratulations on Tank of the Month. I enjoyed reading your write up and I agree with others, this is a beautiful tank! Link to comment
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