A 240 gallon soft coral tank

[joecoastie]

Do you still have this tank going? I would love to see updated pictures.
Joe

 

[mfinn]

Do you still have this tank going? I would love to see updated pictures.
Joe

I do still have it and everything has been growing.
Right now I'm in the process of removing alot of mushrooms and some of the rock.
I'm opening it up a little.
Making a little more swimming room for the fish. I have a Sohal Tang now and it needs the room.

 

[hwntunda]

glad its still going great! sweet tank!!!!

 

[Hawkins]

Great looking tank. Its nice to see some people still keeping it old school with softie tanks. With all the crazy fads these days you dont see too many tanks like yours.
Keep it up. Looks great

 

[nata]

So this is your famous softy tank ...I heard a lot about it...I love it ...softies are great and they give lots of movement ...very very nice .. Now I want one too!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[GR808]

awesome softie tank..

 

[MarvinsReef]

very awesome Martin... looking forward to seeing updated pics... :bigsmile:

btw, I moved it to the big boys tank threads... :wink:

 

[mfinn]

First picture I've taken of this tank in a long time.

 

[Steelerfan747]

Very nice tank, love the design and look

 

[_sludgefactory]

Man, that is sweet! I'm thinking about doing a softie tank.



Tank thread: https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81000

LG P999 EaglesBlood 2.8, Trinity ELPmax

 

[revhtree]

Wow is all I can say! Ok I can see SWEET too! LOL!

 

[mfinn]

Thanks.

One nice thing about softy tanks is they practically take care of them selves.

 

[ritter6788]

Beautiful! I'm considering heading that direction with my tank one day. I just can't kick the sps bug right now.

 

[mfinn]

I haven't done any updates on this thread in a long time.

I got these in today.
I ordered some 1" square aluminum tubing and connectors from a company called eztube to build the rack to hold the Radions.
That should be here tomorrow.
Can't wait to see how it turns out.

 

[mfinn]

My light hanger material came in today as well.

 

[mfinn]

I spent several hours yesterday making my light hanger rack.
I'm pretty happy the way it turned out. Very clean looking.
Very sturdy, and was actually pretty easy to put together.

 

[mfinn]

Bought myself a new piece of equipment yesterday.
A local company called Oceans By Design makes there own line of skimmers.
What interested me the most about these skimmers, they are powered by a Alita AL-40 air pump and use 2 x 6" Boss Hog air stones.
My very first skimmer that I used back in 1990 was a home made air stone skimmer.
So when I saw these skimmers, I knew I had to give it a try.
I'm so tired of pin wheel/ mesh mod pumps.
Just got it home and will be installing it in my sump later today.

 

[mfinn]

The skimmer has a 10" dia body, 26" tall and has a 6" neck.
The pump operates at 32db's and puts out 85 scfh. ( 40 lpm)
It uses a maxi-jet for a feed pump.

 

[Havasuviking]

Just BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!

 

[Havasuviking]

Just beautiful!