Softies, they're everywhere!

[Musovski]

I'd let it eat the xenia.... stuff is very hard to get rid of and spreads like wild fire

yes, it does, but ill control it

 

[Musovski]

One day in with the new corals and ive got polyp extension! ill post a pic tonight if not tomorrow morning, its time for work.

 

[sfin52]

Work who works

 

[Musovski]

Work who works

Something that has made my able to touch my ankle.

 

[Katrina71]

Lol. I got that...

 

[vetteguy53081]

Softies- some of the most colorful and easy care specimens in the hobby. Many mention dosing. Regular water change the only requirement for success

 

[count krunk]

what caused the doser to malfunction?

 

[Musovski]

what caused the doser to malfunction?

I dont know, i have heard that people have had these malfunction, and mine did. Dont know if it was software or what, but the pump went off at 2pm and ran calcium dry by the time i had got home which was 12am.

 

[Musovski]

Softies- some of the most colorful and easy care specimens in the hobby. Many mention dosing. Regular water change the only requirement for success

YES, thats why i switched to them, easy care. I still dose, it not needed as often as when i had some sps, but they still consume very very little. I just have to keep my nitrates around 5-10ppm. which is pretty easy. Also keep pH steady as well as Alk.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

The past 5 Months, my tank has gone through a crazy rollercoaster. First let me start from the beginning. My first tank was bought at my local petsmart, a 65g tank.

At first i wanted to make a really cool planted tank, but with a couple of youtube videos and researching on R2R, I now have a little piece of the ocean!

My equipment list:
Tank:
Aqueon 65g Tank & Stand
Filtration & Sump Area:
Trigger System Crystal Sump 30
EShopps PF-300 Overflow
Innovative Marine Ghost Skimmer Full Size
Reef Octopus Varios-2 Controllable DC Pump
BRS Carbon and GFO Dual Reactor
Lighting:
Two AquaMars 150W LED's
Kessil H80 Fuge Light
Heater:
Eheim Jager 300w
Powerheads:
Jebao RW-8
Jebao CP-120
Dosing Pump: (which i will never use again)
Jebao DP-4

A couple weeks ago, this is what my tank looked like, I had started reviving some coral that i saw were dying and got at a discounted price of "Free.99".

After my dosing pump has malfunctioned, causing my tank to go over 900+ calcium everything mostly died by the time i had gotten home.

This is what was left, and am currently trying to revive.

I began to lose faith in the hobby, but after snapping out of it and watching a bunch of reef videos, i had come across MikeC Softie Reef Tank. With the help of a couple of fellow R2R members, i am now inspired to not give up.

I posted on the Wanted to buy section for some softies, and well a guy who was only 40 mins away had some softies he was willing to sell.

I had driven up to the location of this guy and bought myself what i think will now be my main focus. Here is my tank today after buying some softies.

Amazing , thanks for sharing, comrade! !!!!

 

[Musovski]

Amazing , thanks for sharing, comrade! !!!!

Thank you for visiting! Welcome to my thread

 

[Musovski]

Should i add NPS to this tank? or will that be a wrong turn.

 

[count krunk]

maybe, they are a bit trickier to maintain. as they are filter feeders all the way.

 

[Musovski]

maybe, they are a bit trickier to maintain. as they are filter feeders all the way.

indeed they are, but ive been so fascinated by them.

 

[Musovski]

i think im going to go pick up another coral

 

[vetteguy53081]

i think im going to go pick up another coral

me too

 

[dantimdad]

Softie tanks as just as beautiful as any other. I mainly focus on them. But, I like mixed reefs as well.

I am going to dose, but, I will more rely on kalk that is not run by a doser to maintain.

Keep up the good work!

 

[Musovski]

Softie tanks as just as beautiful as any other. I mainly focus on them. But, I like mixed reefs as well.

I am going to dose, but, I will more rely on kalk that is not run by a doser to maintain.

Keep up the good work!

I’ve learned about kalk about a month ago. It’s interesting.

 

[Musovski]

UPDATE!!! I got a Kenya tree. Lol

Lights just got on and they are already opening up.

 

[Musovski]

Anyone know of any good black box LED's that are programmable? I have two Radion xr15's in my shopping cart, but if i could save on these lights i wouldnt mind it. I like the black boxes as they do me great right now, im just getting lazy turning on and off and adjusting all the time.