Impress me without SPS

Siddroww · #1 06/17/2002, 10:02 AM

Every tank of the month is full of SPS. Any time someone posts show me your big tank ,They are full of SPS. Yes they are very awesome but show me some tanks full of softies or LPS. Throw in some featherdusters and mushrooms. I know there must be some real nice tanks out there without SPS.

Here is a pic of my very young 40 Gal.

Siddroww · #2 06/17/2002, 10:07 AM

Here is another. You can see the tank is not the impressive one I want to see but it is coming along.

Squidman · #3 06/17/2002, 11:13 AM

I have no SPS in my tank and I thinks it's beautiful. I'm at work so I can't post a picture but I have all sorts of LPS and a cool yellow leather. I like the look alot. I'm into the wavy looking corals so I don't really miss the SPS.

BTW, brace yourself to be flamed for having that purple tang in a 40G.

smoothmove · #4 06/17/2002, 01:06 PM

I think your tank is really nice. I will send pics of my two, but they are similar to yours.

You need a variety of different tanks and ideas or all will look the same.

Good luck

Pomacanthus1 · #5 06/17/2002, 01:25 PM

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Every tank of the month is full of SPS

I agree completely. Almost every tank of the month is SPS dominated

. I guess LPS/softie people like us are just the minority though.

Nice tank Siddroww, but IMO tangs need a 4' long minimum tank.

Siddroww · #6 06/17/2002, 01:31 PM

I know I know the tank is too small for the tang. I bought him about two years ago when I didnt know better. He was an inch and a half and now is about 3 . I am planning an upgrade to at least a 75 this fall. He does at least only share the tank with 2 small clowns.

Tcook · #7 06/17/2002, 01:34 PM

Siddroww · #8 06/17/2002, 01:53 PM

Damn nice tank Tom. Thats what I wanted to see. I am definatly Impressed. What size tank is that and what is that awesome Orange colored coral in the center?

Tcook · #9 06/17/2002, 01:58 PM

Thanks Siddroww,

The tank is a 120RR and the orange coral is a large colt (Cladiella sp.) that unfortunatley lost a battle with a PH intake.

amcarrig · #10 06/17/2002, 01:58 PM

Pictures of my mostly softie dominated tank(s) are available through the link below.

SPasse · #11 06/17/2002, 02:03 PM

Hi All,

My last tank was LPS dominated.

http://www.homestead.com/spasse/Old180Gallon.html

Regards.

Scott

Siddroww · #12 06/17/2002, 02:05 PM

Thanks for the link amcarrig. The 90g is beutiful and now I want to set up a seahorse tank. Thanks for another idea to try to sell my wife.

amcarrig · #13 06/17/2002, 02:20 PM

Anytime!! Anything to help convince a fellow reefer buy more aquarium stuff

piercho · #14 06/17/2002, 02:26 PM

"Every tank of the month is full of SPS." I agree, and are often massive in size (120G+) and put together on what seems like a billion-dollar budget. I expressed my dissatisfaction with this redundancy in this thread to RC: http://archive.reefcentral.com/vbull...threadid=76836

If anyone knows of a basic but very well-done tank that could be nominated for RC's tank-of-the-month please email JohnL.

saltshop · #15 06/20/2002, 08:07 PM

What did everyone do with their softies and LPS..throw them away?

Here are some of mine..tried to crop out the SPS from the pictures...

saltshop · #16 06/20/2002, 08:15 PM

Can't believe the clam was <1" only 2 years ago...

saltshop · #17 06/20/2002, 08:20 PM

Fridmani...one of the prettiest fish I know is peaking out....

ReefMon · #18 06/20/2002, 08:24 PM

(my other tanks are dominated by stoney's

)

Salt Creep · #19 06/20/2002, 10:12 PM

Here's my 29-gallon, it's got a few token SPS corals that happened to do well in it; all the rest are softies and LPS.

Ken

gooch · #20 06/20/2002, 11:02 PM

Left side.

gooch · #21 06/20/2002, 11:04 PM

right side

tang named junkyard · #22 06/21/2002, 12:58 AM

im still working on the stuff. Tcook, what is the white thing to the right of the colt? Looks cool.

Tcook · #23 06/21/2002, 01:33 AM

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Originally posted by tang named junkyard
what is the white thing to the right of the colt? Looks cool.

Sinularia sp.

SaltwaterSensei · #24 06/21/2002, 02:46 AM

Hmm this tanks are great....

Why is it that all the TOTM's are SPS tanks? Do SPS reefers hold LPS/softy reefers in low regard?

This has perplexed me for quite some time now.

My tank is mostly LPS .......

berkeleyfishboi · #25 06/21/2002, 04:01 AM

Here's my tank. This is when it was maybe 3 months old. I've since upgraded to a 60 and basically have everything except the open brain died when I switched to MH. And I also split the tongue into 3 pieces but as of now only one piece is alive and it's starting to bleach also. Hope you guys like it. I'm a newbie at reef tanks so please don't be too harsh.