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Kevin Wilson and everything aquariums - 7 years ago

what is the huge pink centerpiece coral called?

MikeC REEFTANK - 7 years ago

Kevin Wilson and everything aquariums Pink Pulsing Sinularia

Pedro Pedro - 7 years ago

I love it. Knowledge and investing in soft corals can create beautiful and interesting aquariums.

hwhack - 7 years ago

Awesome. Just Awesome.

Lito - 7 years ago

Nice reef man

snazzpompey - 7 years ago

What is the speckled white/purple, right of center?

MikeC REEFTANK - 7 years ago

snazzpompey not sure on the bottom? The clam?

Patrick's Aquatics - 7 years ago

Simply an amazing tank. My dream tank really..

Alec Sapounas - 7 years ago

Thank you

Alec Sapounas - 7 years ago

Beautiful tank , may I ask what salt you use .

MikeC REEFTANK - 7 years ago

Alec Sapounas coral life

T. Hunt - 7 years ago

I never hit ‘like’ on a video so fast. Can you make a video going through the different corals for a beginner like me? All the articles I find on soft corals are all ‘beginner’ coral lists.

10. comment for MikeC Soft Coral Reef Tank

Chris Clemons - 7 years ago

Cracks me up when I see 3 dislikes on such a stunning take. The haters should not even look at this and show disrespect. Great looking tank and an inspiration for all reefers in the hobby.

DREAMBIG - 7 years ago

Honestly it was probably 3 morons that crashed their own tanks because they couldn't figure out how to do a water change.

MikeC REEFTANK - 7 years ago

Chris Clemons no worries Chris I gave up a long time ago caring what others think lol its all about me and what I like ;)

Dee From Brooklyn - 7 years ago

I love the carpet of palys

Austen Whitcher - 7 years ago

Is everything in here soft coral? I think i spy some sps

MikeC REEFTANK - 7 years ago

Austen Whitcher No there are also some LPS and SPS but for the most part it is a Soft Coral dominant tank.

AusReef Guy - 7 years ago

0.47 whats the coral ?

MikeC REEFTANK - 7 years ago

mitchee OG Pink Pulsing Sinularia

EN Reefs - 7 years ago

what mushrooms on bottom right?

Bobby Mountains Critters - 7 years ago

Very cool!

m flores - 7 years ago

beautiful, this is what i want my tank to look like one day..

Alex Baker - 7 years ago

Absolutely stunning soft coral tank

MikeC REEFTANK - 7 years ago

Thank you Alex I am proud :)
As far as coral placement it really is trial & error it depends on your flow, lighting, tank size. As you know nothing happens quickly in this hobby.

AusReef Guy - 7 years ago

hey mate your tank is an absolute stunner, im just wondering being all softies you obviously dont dose any mag/cal/alk ?

MikeC REEFTANK - 7 years ago

mitchee OG Thanks mate actually because I do have clams and believe it or not a few sps lol.
I dose 2 part and Kalk(Mrs wages pickling lime)

epicnas12342 - 7 years ago

Hey mike I have a toadstool leather coral that used to do really well however over the past 4 months its been shrivelled and looks bleached out however still has some amounts of polyp extension, I really don't know what happened to it all my parameters are in place and I have acan corals etc all doing. really well I add amino acids and my nitrates and phosphates are not absolute 0 I was wondering if it could be an iodine deficiency as I never dose it, any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

MikeC REEFTANK - 7 years ago

I believe sometimes corals as individuals just don't do fine maybe they're old? Maybe they're not as strong? Maybe it's that in particular peace? this has happened to me also and I have put another Toadstool in next to it and it has done fine so who knows

epicnas12342 - 7 years ago

MikeC REEFTANK ah ok then it's just a bummer it used to do so well but now looks rubbish, thanks for trying to help though

MikeC REEFTANK - 7 years ago

I use coral life salt and with my weekly water changes assume my iodine is good.

MikeC REEFTANK - 7 years ago

, I would not go crazy if everything else is doing fine I have never dosed iodine

MikeC REEFTANK - 7 years ago

I had a toadstool do the very same thing.

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Anthony Novello - 7 years ago

Amazing tank

Nano Man - 7 years ago

Stunning tank man !!! Gives me inspiration

Diver Down Reefer - 7 years ago

Beautiful tank!!! I subbed you for sure!!

Robert Luebke - 7 years ago

did you grow those from frags?

Omar Soto - 7 years ago

wow this is just awesome

MikeC REEFTANK - 7 years ago

Omar Soto thank you

ReefDudes - 7 years ago

Very nice softy tank! I love all the movement.

The Salt Tank Society - 7 years ago

Nice work! Looking great!

Chris K - 7 years ago

Do you dose with that many soft corals? Or do you just do water changes?

MikeC REEFTANK - 7 years ago

Chris K I dose ESV part 2 CA & Alk and do 40 gal water change each week.

Reef Amazonas - 7 years ago

you acuarium is beatifull who years ol you acuarium

AcanLord - 8 years ago

Oh damn thats a nice tank. i have a few of these corals. how did you get such fantastic growth?

30. comment for MikeC Soft Coral Reef Tank

Dani Wornath - 8 years ago

Hi , so these are all soft corals ?

NGuinn07 - 8 years ago

After seeing this, I'm going to continue with a soft coral dominant reef tank.

ReefFreak@ - 8 years ago

don't see to many softie tanks out there but yours looks great!

AcanLord - 8 years ago

Totally, soft corals are underrated.
i personally love them.

Jasmine Powell - 8 years ago

What's the name of the two corals at 00:31

Steven Songer - 8 years ago

How many and what t5s do you run ? How large is your tank ? Awesome

MikeC REEFTANK - 8 years ago

Steven songer thanks I have a 8 bulb ATI Hybrid with 2 reefbrites one on each side. The tank is 48x30x22 130 gal

finpafine - 8 years ago

It's just amazing!

Aim Na Chiangmai - 8 years ago

most soft coral tank I have ever seen.. wow

John Leeds - 8 years ago

I love your tank. Wonderful assortment of corals and colors.

MikeC REEFTANK - 8 years ago

John Leeds thank you john

Michael Smalls - 8 years ago

beautiful tank man. WOW!!!!! what type of lights are you running

MikeC REEFTANK - 8 years ago

Michael Smalls ATI T5's

Mark waller - 8 years ago

Very nice. I have a 225 that I am going to do soft corals.

MikeC REEFTANK - 8 years ago

Mark waller that's great your going to love a stres free hobby ;) enjoy

Łukasz R - 8 years ago

2:42 please name of a coral ??

Łukasz R - 8 years ago

thank you

MikeC REEFTANK - 8 years ago

Pink Pulsing Sinularia

VascoFL - 8 years ago

Extraordinarily beautiful soft coral tank! Almost as colorful as Zeovit tanks, but with nice movement in it! Keep up the good work Mike.

MikeC REEFTANK - 8 years ago

VascoFL thank you!!

SirThomas Brown - 8 years ago

smh ...unbelievable

Brian Sayers - 8 years ago

Amazing tank. Very nicely done!

MikeC REEFTANK - 8 years ago

Brian Sayers thank you

Kike Denis - 8 years ago

Beautiful, do you use skimmer? what type of lights do you have?

MikeC REEFTANK - 8 years ago

Yes a SROsss5000 and I am using ATI T5's with reefbRITES

Island Mike - 8 years ago

Stunning.

Cali Fishliving - 8 years ago

Awesome tank, I like the way the corals fill up the tank. The only problem no room for more to add, what a reefer to do

Mike Tanti - 8 years ago

amazing job keep up the hard work

Reefer Broad - 8 years ago

Fantastic tank! How old is your soft coral tank. And how do you manage to keep so many softies - with corals even touching each other - without massive chemical warfare? I have a predominately soft coral tank too but mine looks so horribly sparse compared to yours. My gorgonians and leathers have a fit any time something gets too near to them.

Jiès Cléodore - 8 years ago

Very nice!!!!

MikeC REEFTANK - 8 years ago

Jiès Cléodore thank you

50. comment for MikeC Soft Coral Reef Tank

Kenneth Canterbury - 8 years ago

Hands down, the nicest softie tank I've seen!! Giving me inspiration for mine!

MikeC REEFTANK - 8 years ago

thank you

igotthatdank - 8 years ago

looks great

Speedy - 8 years ago

fucking beautiful mate

MikeC REEFTANK - 8 years ago

Mein Fuhrer lol thanks man

9StickNate - 8 years ago

sweet tank! Subscribed.

MAD DOGZ TV - 8 years ago

think i might just have soft corals in my tank lol looking at your tank it looks more alive than most of the hard coral tanks i have seen there's movement everywhere i look, really like that ...

Cesca's Reef - 8 years ago

Very nice set up :)

chip turd - 8 years ago

looks great. gonna be starting a 125 to resemble this. ive always done sps but they are heart breakers

John Reichard - 8 years ago

love your tank

mrbsellers72 - 8 years ago

WoW! You hit it out of the park with this tank! Awesome Work!!!

saintpinoy1984 - 8 years ago

Wow

Steve Brady - 8 years ago

agreed! I usually like hard coral but this is one good looking softy reef. great job!

MikeC REEFTANK - 8 years ago

Thanks Steve

RobFozney - 8 years ago

How long has it taken to grow like this? It's truly stunning!

Joe Kerr - 8 years ago

This may be a dumb question but do you have to dose two part to keep you cal/alk high enough? If so, how much are you dosing per day?

MikeC REEFTANK - 8 years ago

John Kerr yes I do dose with 1.1 mil per hour dosers for 2 minutes every hour with Brs dosers.
Alk for 12 hours at night 2.2mils each hour =26.4 mils per day and CA for 12 hours during the day the same way.

Ralph Pastine - 8 years ago

stunning

Ellery Wong - 8 years ago

Nice Softy setup! Looks nice and low maintenance.

Reefer Nanoman - 8 years ago

Beautiful reef tank! Check out my nano reefs in my channel.

Jamie Irwin - 8 years ago

Beautiful softy tank.

Jeff L - 8 years ago

This is a truly stunning tank. Soft corals are overlooked, and this is a wonderful example of why they shouldn't be. Getting some ideas for my 240g build. Well done. Subscribed.

Jesse Reyna - 8 years ago

Amazing setup MikeC. Nicely done!

Roi - 8 years ago

likeed&subscribed

DC Reefer - 8 years ago

One the the nicest soft coral dominant tanks I've seen

MikeC REEFTANK - 8 years ago

Thank You

John Smith - 8 years ago

Amazing!

Rad Perez - 8 years ago

Great looking tank...

MikeC REEFTANK - 8 years ago

Thanks You
You also ;)

Agape Reef - Be Thankful !!! - 8 years ago

holy moly ... what are you feeding this tank

great motivation

my new build almost done... can't wait now after seeing this

AgapeReef - Be Thankful !!!
coming soon. ..

happy holidays

I will follow along.

MikeC REEFTANK - 8 years ago

I feed a DIY Blender Mush

Reef glow19 - 8 years ago

awesome tank !

MikeC REEFTANK - 8 years ago

thank you

Joshua Palcher - 8 years ago

Question the big bush like leather ( I think) top left of the tank the one almost out of the water what is the name of that coral I have been looking for one but not sure of the name?

MikeC REEFTANK - 8 years ago

Pink Pulsing Sinularia.

Steven Songer - 8 years ago

What is the super wavy purple coral at 1:05 ?

Steven Songer - 8 years ago

MikeC REEFTANK did you just get lucky with it or is it possible to make that happen. I'd love to have something just like that

MikeC REEFTANK - 8 years ago

That is giant pulsing Xenia It is really great because it don't grow like regular Xenia all over the place it's on a single stalk and stays in that pom-pom size