Mantis' 400 Gallon Pennisula Reef

Aleks · Feb 3, 2023

Hello. Congratulations....fantastic job and great result.

MantisReef · Feb 3, 2023

Eric R. said:
@MantisReef congrats on the ROTM! I'm not a big SPS guy, but you have an INCREDIBLE tank and take equally incredible photos. I'm blown away by the colors, the size of your colonies, the sheer amount of coral, and how well and almost natural everything flows together. You have a great eye. I feel like a lot of SPS dominant tanks, even the nicer ones, are just a bunch of colorful sticks mashed together, but you have a very nice flow/mix of corals. And I love the torches and tabling acros. Your frag tank looks nicer than 99% of the DTs I see.

Can't wait to see the gear/filtration room, once it's organized, I always like to see how people with successful tanks set everything up, especially since your approach seems relatively "simple" compared to some other approaches that are popular today.

Thanks you for your amazingly observant and kind words. Like I said in my Tank of the Month write-up for me Reef Keeping is the perfect blend of Art and Science. I come from a very artistic family and I used to paint a lot. As this tank has progressed, the creation and upkeep has become my primary Artistic expression. Everything you observed about my display is always at the front of my mind, a goal if you will that I never feel I can reach.

rusgum · Feb 4, 2023

Congratulations. your reef is beautiful. how much PAR does Orange Passion get?

MantisReef · Feb 4, 2023

rusgum said:
Congratulations. your reef is beautiful. how much PAR does Orange Passion get?

It gets 350-375 par at the top of the colony

drukkosz · Feb 7, 2023

Beautiful tank Brad. Well deserved ROTM!!! We are all excited to see your basement set up when you finish your renovations. ! See you at the LEAR, Now I have to go and reserve something from you

Brian-222 · Feb 14, 2023

How high above your water line are your lights hung? This tank is truly amazing!

MantisReef said:
These are my levels for my Icon’s on the 400 gallon display tank.
Lights on 11am
12pm. Ch. 3,4,5. 20%
2pm Ch.1 10%. Ch.2 35% Ch.3,4,5 60% Ch.6 45%
6pm. Ch.1 25% Ch.2 50% Ch.3,4,5 75% Ch.6 60%
10pm Ch.1 10% Ch.2 35% Ch.3,4,5 60% Ch. 6 45%
11pm Ch.3,4,5 35%
Lights off 12pm

MantisReef · Feb 15, 2023

The lights are hung 16" above the water line

Brian-222 · Feb 15, 2023

MantisReef said:
The lights are hung 16" above the water line

Thank you, I might have a few more questions for you a little later on once I get my lights hung. Those are the exact lights I'm using on my new setup.

JackDanielsFTW · Feb 20, 2023

Absolutely inspiring!

doubleshot00 · Feb 28, 2023

Wow congrats. How about a video of it?

MantisReef · May 16, 2023

My torch corals in the my display tank spawned last night and I was able to video the event.

Troylee · May 16, 2023

MantisReef said:
My torch corals in the my display tank spawned last night and I was able to video the event last night.

Way cool!

MantisReef · May 19, 2023

It was my honor to recently host World Wide Corals, Victor and his WWC crew came out for a visit.
We had a blast making this, check it out.

Andrews_aquarium · May 20, 2023

Amazing video! Thanks for sharing

MantisReef · Aug 24, 2023

Wanted to share a video of my new Large Frag Tank.
It's 60" x 30" x 16" built by Glasscages.

Arthacker87 · Jan 23, 2024

Bought from him and his wife and got to say, amazing corals and health and thr color isn't just in video, it pops like that in real life. You and you're wife were awesome thanks again!! Great prices also. HIGHLY RECCOMEND.

r2odie · Jan 30, 2024

Hello, incredibly beautiful tank! I saw in this thread your lighting schedule & am curious if you’ve used this schedule for awhile or if you’ve had to change it much?
My tank is 120” x 26” x 29” custom made by Miracles Aquariums in Canada & I have 4 orphek icons. I currently run the Helius light schedule but think your schedule may work better for me. I’m just starting to get some corals.

MantisReef · Jan 31, 2024

Yes, I'm still using the schedule that was posted earlier on the display. I run Helius on the frag tank, but that tank has 4 OR3 bars, 2 Sky, 2 Blue Plus for coral pop.