Michael's Insane Soft Coral Reef Tank
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- Опубліковано 12 січ 2023
- Check out this nuts 5 foot waterbox with some delicious soft corals and a fish list to die for. Michael's insane waterbox is one not to be missed!
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Soft corals are so vastly underrated. Not to mention, how much less of a headache they are than SPS.
Couldn’t agree more
Exactly, many people think that they have to have SPS corals to be cool but I choose what I like which is usually a mix of coral varieties and keep a small amount of fish. I get to know them that way and they don’t pollute as much.
@@ParkersReefI just discovered your channel, fantastic! I live in Vancouver Washington. My 300 gallon reef tank perished in an arson caused house fire. I’m bringing the rock back to life years later in a couple of small tanks. Time for a nice one again. I’m getting inspired. Thanks
I think softs are so much prettier and more interesting. SPS corals just look like sticks to me and I don't understand why people go through the extra headache for them
@@NuclearSpinachbecause they like the challenge. I think softies and LPs are more interesting
This is the best Coral tank I've ever seen, because there's so much movement. It doesn't look stagnant all the fish and all the soft corals moving looks so fluid.
Glad you like it, it’s something that I think we can all take something away from for our own tanks
This is the best looking soft coral tank I’ve seen. Michael’s choice of corals and fish are outstanding. That colt coral is a stunner. Thanks for the tour Sam. 👌
Thanks for watching mate :)
What a beautiful tank! So colourful and the fish amazing stuff. Well done to Michael. Great video Sam thank mate!
It’s amazing isn’t it!
Wow . I really admire beautiful, colourful and healthy fishes . Love everything about this tank and thanks for sharing Sam.
Thanks for watching :)
Great video Sam, I love Michael's tank, it great to see something so different. It's also great to see the care Michael has given to the the big green leather on the left that came from our tank. I might just get it back when you close down Michael!
Always nice to see them live on!!
Now thats what I call a reef tank! Such a beautiful aquarium!
Absolutely!!
Crazy tank. The size of the fish and corals along with color contrast and movement make this look amazing.I personally wouldn't keep those angels in this size tank but it looks great currently.
Its amazing, I was so thoroughly impressed when I saw it in person!
great video on a fantastic tank - love the softies and those fish are amazing! cheers
thanks for watching!
I just love soft coral tanks. Your tank is beautiful. I've been reefing for about five years and have only softies in it. Sps corals are beautiful, but to me sps tanks just look like colorful rocks. I love the movement of soft corals and there are so many colors in zoathids and mushrooms. Thanks for sharing your tank. Its spectacular
Thanks for watching!
It's the movement that really gives it life and not just a stunning motionless picture.
Very true
I'm a soft corals lover , this aquarium is awesome.
Holacanthus ciliaris is a nature masterpiece 😍.
it's simply a beautiful tank!
Holacanthus ciliarus is native to the waters of the Bahamas Florida Belize Brazil Cuba the cayman islands and Bermuda 🇧🇲
@coralreef909 beautiful!!
Looks amazing, I dont know why sof corals are so underappreciated! I just popped 2 in my aquarium and I am loving them...
Beautiful pieces!!
So enjoyed this, thank you.
Pleasure!
Nice work! This is so close to my future build plan! I have a nearly identical tank, and many of the same fish and corals already. Just need to put them all together. I work in the industry and need a relatively easy to maintain reef after dealing with coral and fish all day.
it's a tank lots of us aspire to replicating!
Absolutely stunning movement colour combinations
Spot on!
What an amazing tank !!Happy to give some of the wrasses a new home 🤣 Love my wrasses !!
Indeed it is and indeed you do!!
Amazing corals and fish.
Yes they are!
wow soft corals look great and love the fact that you can have such a fish lineup in them as well
Makes it a compelling tank for sure
@@ParkersReef the wrasse lineup is outstanding
@@ParkersReef the wrasse lineup is outstanding
it sure is!
I love the this tank! Shows that you can have a showstopping tank that is not SPS only!
Absolutely
Wow! This was really interesting. How nice of her to give cred to our hobby.
Michaels tank was absolutely gorgeous.
Absolutley beautiful set up glad to hear he is planning on upgrading thoes dream angels realy need a much much bigger tank.💙
This tank has now been shut down and upgrade being planned :)
Amazing 👏🏻
I am restarting my peninsula tank again and am really debating on soft corals, maybe one of the popular sunburst anemones and like you said, angels. I love angels too.
hard to ignore soft corals after seeing this system!
@@ParkersReef exactly 💯
I was going to sell off everything including my redsea Reefer 750. I just didn’t have the time or patience to pull off another full blown sps 200g system. But after seeing this system, I think I may attempt this. Gave me a lot of inspiration watching this. I love love love a lot of nice fishes, and I was limited with a sps tank. But I think to replicate this tank in a larger 6ft long reefer750 was probably be pretty awesome!!!
Im so glad to hear that, this tank was truly inspirational to me so I and glad to hear it is inspiring others like yourself!
That’s top notch. I love it.
spectacular tank hey!
Yeah those colt corals are awesome. I remember i had a frag really really cool
They look amazing!!
I always find who is old-school, and who is not. A laugher him not knowing it’s a colt Coral 30 years ago. These were over running everybody’s tank, and people will gladly give you a cutting for free because they grow so quickly if you turn down the flow on that tank you’ll notice better polyp extension on those softies. loving the tank and the fish 🐠 OMG ! A beauty❤
not many of us still in the hobby from 30 years ago though!!!
Colt coral.
@@coralreef909 yep !
On ya Micheal.
Great guy
Absolutely!
I'd give anything to have this absolutely amazing tank!!!
It’s gorgeous is it!
If you have $8,000 and a solid bit of time, you can do it!
Awesome tank.
I think so too!
so beautiful tank. is cool sp coral😍😍
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@ParkersReef 👌👍
Soft corals are very underrated.
Spot on
My UA-cam algorithm really like your channel 😊
Happy days!!
I just finished watching Hunter on the Bum and then to go into this and see all the wrasse - epic!
My favourite as a kid was always the Emperor and that one is incredible but even that was surpassed by the Queen
Shame it's being shut down - "why are all you Aussies so easy going about shutting down such a masterpiece".
There's a bit of a thing with reefers getting into softies - they are hard to find now and the Weeping Willow got people looking at them again. I'd love a Fiji yellow and my favourite coral as a kid was Carnations - I can't wait till we can keep them and I will definitely get em but I think there's some photosynthetic nepthya that look the same - Than has em but never seen anything like that over this side of the pond. Happy reefing and yeah - I REALLY want a tank like this now!
Temporary shut down with an upgrade to come ;)
@@ParkersReef Yeah but all those amazing fish and corals - I hope hes not selling them / giving them away - eeek - for 2 years that's a VERY expensive tank :D
The corals look amazing, I would never put Naso's and angels that large in a tank that short.
It was a beautiful tank
Stunning reef tank 🪸 and a very nice selection of fish and coral 💯
Sure is!!
Coral Soft são muito lindos e traz movimentação para o aquário
es un lado hermoso del hobby que a menudo se pasa por alto
That middle set of corals looks like an explosion!
an awesome explosion of colour and movement!
Sometimes I really forget how nice a softy tank looks😍🪸😎
You and me both!
Very interesting cheers 👍
thanks for watching!
I love the Angels but addicted to Wrasses and ready for my WB 130.4 to be ready.
I have never seen a Parrot fish that small. How old is it, how long have you been keeping it?
Magnificent collection and livestock density is a generalized rule in the hobby. Primarily because most people are not diligent enough to watch for aggression and maintain proper nutrient levels in the water.
As far as heavily stocked reef tanks go, this is one of the cleanest and nicest looking.
Beautiful Yellow Tang too. Very rich color on all the fish. I love the selection you have. Epic fish list indeed!
super cool fish list :)
i LOVE this tank. only problem i have is, with all those anemones, how do you not have 1 clown!?! but seriously, this might be one of the best tanks i have ever seen! well done!
It’s a stunner of a tank
There's a tomato clown
Beautiful softies and even more beautiful fish. Looks like way to many big fish in that tank. Not trying to be a troll. It’s beautiful, just feel kind of bad.
10ft is on the way 👍🏻
That’s awesome. Congratulations on 23k!
Amazing tank! Just love it. I am based in Sydney and I am ready to start my journey within the marine tanks (corals and fish) could you please give some advice on who I can contact to help me with the set up at home, getting equipment. It will be well appreciated. Cheers!
Pop into ARC aquariums and tell them Parker’s reef sent you. They’ll take care of you :)
Sometimes when I watch PARKERS REEF I invite some Joeys over to watch the videos… LOL
Hey, however you like to watch it is fine with me 😅😂
i love soft coals and lps!
The best!
Nice tank!! love it ! How do you feed all the corals ?
Just feed the fish I think is all Michael does :)
The colours in that tank are mad! I need an Emporer and Queen Angel for my tank to go with my Regal, flame and Goldflake!
So pretty!!!
not be same stupid and put them in such a small aquarium thee need much larger tanks that is not responsible at all!!
@@tomg5405 my tank is 8ftx2.5ftx2.5ft
@@Krusty_the_Clownfish that is much Better than the tank in the video, but I think still short for an emporer, I have a bit bigger than yours and I would not put one I think 2000l is a minimum for such a Fisch and 3000-4000 would be perfect. They can become very hudge and need to swim a lot
@@tomg5405 they take a decade too get that big, i have a blueface angel in my 6 foot 210 and hes doing great and he has plenty of room
I’m also interested if you had long-term or short-term success with that many powder blues and how was their aggression. Only video I seen on UA-cam of multiple powder blues, looked really nice 👍
Yeah that is an awesome question as they sure are some aggressive fish. Michael has since shut the tank down (as mentioned in the video) for his expanding family, but I too would love to know if there were any tricks to their success in getting two such aggressive fish to coo exist
Disease and and parameter swing resistant softies are 👑
Sure are!!
Love the set up!,
I’m keen on one of the BTA’S but I don’t know how to get in contact, cheers JB
Hopefully Michael can reach out here :)
Nope. That Emp, Queen and Naso need waaay more space. He needs an upgrade asap. Or sell/trade those big fish to someone that can properly keep them.
Yep, 10ft on the way :)
Yes agreed, the tank is too small for these fish. Adult size of the queen angelfish ranges from 18-24 inches. Too small a tank stresses the fish and shortens their lifespan. You can‘t stunt the growth of some species, they will just keep getting larger thus outgrowing their tank. The tank also needs to be wider and not just longer. 800 gallons perhaps.
Enjoyed the video mate! Looking forward to setting up a softie dominated tank myself. I'd love to have an angel or two but I thought they'd demolish any coral. Do they dislike softies?
Softies seem to be a bit more resilient to the constant nips from them :)
Such a small tank for those fish 😢
Upgrade on the way :)
@@ParkersReef you need tausends of gallons for this kind of Fish!!
Even if he doubled it .. that’s 200gallons which is big enough for a few tangs .. I hate seeing fish in small tanks .. those are big angels and he has a lot of them
@@Wetbandits34 I'm with you. I couldn't make it more than 2 minutes into the video; it's painful seeing those big fish packed in like sardines.
Hey Parker - How do you film the tanks and avoid having the footage be overly blue? Thanks!
Just iPhone with a filter :)
Awesome tank.
Just out of interest what light schedule do you use
Thanks
yeah great question! From memory it was one of the built in schedules, perhaps AB+?
Amazing Tank! Any recommendation as to how I can learn to replicate something like this?
Routine is key and sticking to a plan is vital
What light setting is he running? Makes the corals look stunning
Radions :)
Oh sorry, which setting - I am not sure, would have been one of the default ones I reckon
i am doing something similar on a smaller scale. sinularia, zoas, toadstools, purple star polyps, gsp, xenia. then 1 forest fire nem, 1 purple torch and 1 green elegance just for a little bit of contrast. i did have a alvopora but the nem deciided it liked that spot.
Beautiful!!
what are the few things that make the softies so big in this tank? is it the feeding? the carbon and GFO? the lighting?
softies will grow if you let them. Problem is, most people don't let them, they either trim them or remove them
Question for ya. How do you keep these great angels without them eating all your corals?
that's the reason for the soft corals in the system, they are not as keen on eating those as other corals
Beautiful tank! What are the dimensions of the tank and what are you upgrading to?
This was a water box tank (it’s not been shut down), I believe the planned upgrade is 8ft?)
Can I have more information on that battery backup you have please? What type is it and what equipment does it provide backup power to?
Hey Paul, sure! We carry backups for all ecotech pumps but I can custom make for anything DC
I know this was posted awhile ago so I’m not sure I’d get any answer but how do you manage to get the angles not to eat all your corals
Fast growing soft corals, grow quicker than they can eat them :)
Great video 👌🏻
Would love to know his feeding routine please 🙏🏻
Hopefully Michael will reply so we both know :)
6 cubes of frozen food mainly mysis and brine every 2-3 days. Half a sheet of Nori daily. Mainly ocean nutrition and aqua forest pellets.
that bta tree is beautiful
Nice hey!
The tank looks very cool, well done. Just the fishes look a bit oversized for the tank.
Sure was a lovely setup
Any way I can get more info on the bubble king replacement pump? Is it available in the US?
Not sure they’re in the states, but take a look at mantis tornado pumps
Awesome tank mate, what T5 bulb combo do you use?
If I had all 4 bulbs working it'd be 3 ati blue plus and 1 coral plus. ATM just 2 blue plus at working. Just my personal preference
Nice combo for sure
@@reefinedcollective8960 nice combo, I am currently running 4 blue plus
What intensity are the radions set at? Also, what are the nitrates and phosphates?
nitrates and phosphates were up a bit in the system from memory and the lights were cranking at a decent percentage. The tank was shut down shortly after this video to make way for baby number 2 in the family but Michael is assessing a new build soon :)
Does Michael have a build thread or does anyone know if there is a guide somewhere that can tell someone how to set up a tank like this? Would snails survive in a tank like this?
No build thread that I know of, but there are plenty of threads out there for similar style setups. The beauty of Michael's tank wasn't so much the equipment that made it work, it was the livestock selection that worked so beautifully together :)
I have 150 gallon reef started growing soft corals 4 months. Now and few stoneys. At few odd ones . petco I get most of my soft corals
Nicely done
How does he keep his nutrient levels in check with that huge bioload? Just the skimmer and fuge? No carbon dosing?
that is correct. And out of interest, the nutrients are actually pretty high
im surprised those angels arent eating all those corals, my blueface angel eats any soft coral it sees
So far so good for Michael!
DUDE WTF ??? Overstocked !!!!
upgrade is on the way :)
Sorry I don’t think an emperor and queen angel plus a naso should be kept in a 5’ tank, I dipped out early ☹️
Understandable!
I personally prefer soft or lps and nems I'm upgrading soon from a 135g to a 200g and this is probably the route I'm going
Nice choice :)
Beautiful tank. But all these big fish, I don't know 🤔
Upgrade is on the way!!
How can we find more of Michael's tank of socials? Insta? UA-cam?
It’s actually shut down now to make way for an upgrade
Hi i have a question about my nitrate reactor .When i turn the valve to increase the drop flow. My affluent water nitrate level always increase can you help
Hi, I am assuming we are talking about a sulphur reactor? If so, what speed is the effluent when it is producing zero nitrate and what are you increasing it to?
@@ParkersReef when the affluent is zero nitrate the drop rate is very slow maybe one drop per minute then i am increasing to 3 drops a minute .Yes it is a sulphur reactor.
that is a very very slow drop rate. You might need a larger sulphur reactor
I may have missed it but did he mention he doses or does he just perform water changes? Or nothing at all?
Yeah great question, I cannot recall myself. From my very sketchy memory it was nothing or water changes
@@ParkersReef Thanks for the reply, I’ve kept LPS and some SPS and tbh I’m leaning towards soft corals more and more, I have a busy life, not to say I don’t make time for my tanks as I have 5 and run them all on a maintenance schedule, but managing Alk is a bloody headache not to mention keeping perfect stability of phosphate and nitrate, whenever I see a soft coral tank I’m like “why would you want anything more” soft coral tanks have more movement, fish are happier with more places to hide and they just fit life better, not lazy, but they give greater visual rewards for a fraction of the work and quicker growth, and that’s most of our aspiration to have a tank with more coral than rock and see visible growth month to month
@jimelliott33 can’t disagree with anything you say there mate!!
Late to the party here Sam, but any chance you still in touch with Michael. After that colt coral/cladellia!
Haha all good mate, afraid the tank has been shut down for quite some time now :(
Proves that if you have fish aggression issues, just pack the tank with more fish. Problem solved.
Aggression dispersal can work!!
Im suprised he has angels in there, dont they munch on soft coral / LPS ?
not in this instance :)
I’m about to buy a similar sized tank. What do you think of asfur, majestics and Achilles tangs for this type of system?
to be honest, the Achilles will be too big for the system long term
Thanks, Powder Blue it will be
Also pretty aggressive fish for a 5ft system
What tang would you suggest? I’m mostly focused on the angels which is why I love your system. In descending order, my favorites are Regal, Goldflake, Flame, Emperor, Asfur, Magestic. Trying to figure which to get and when. Of course, not all
@@gregorymowens1697 that tank is way too small for angels, you need 9 foot tank at least, i would say 310 gallon too 1000 gallon sysyem
Soft corals are great but i find most people grow out of them. Its becomes too easy and people look for more of a challenge with SPS. The tank looks great!
It's funny you say that, as I find SPS becomes fairly easy to grow. Some softies are certainly easy, but some others that were previously considered "temporary" in home aquariums are now possible. The hobby is growing and I'm pleased to see it grow in all sorts of different directions :)
How come my fish dont swim around like in this video ? My blue and yellow tang are always hiding behind the heater and scared of me never swimming around. They are babies just got them a week ago. Any thoughts ?
There is your answer, it’s only been a week. Give them time to settle in :)
@@ParkersReef ok thank you. Im just so frustrated cause i have 2 tangs 2 clown fish and 2 blood red shrimp and when you look at the tank it looks empty lol
yeah I can imagine. It's a big change for the fish, give them a couple weeks
@@ParkersReef thank you
Hey maybe the lipstick tang needs a mate after awhile. All species of the living at some point of time will need a buddy of their own kind because they do recognize one another. In the wild the lipstick tang would have access to his own kind. In the home aquarium maybe those needs have to be addressed also. I'm only assuming this because in the canine kingdom, a dog, some breeds recognize their own and do better when housed with one another. Just like a species will recognize one another and battle each other I believe in the opposite also. They might or they will at some point need the company of the same species they know and recognize.
Yeah perhaps! Lots to still learn in this hobby
how long did the tank last?
Few years and counting
What is the mass of the aquarium?
I think it was around 400-500 litres?
Are these 2 a leather umbrella?
They go by a few names, that could be one of them
Are those fish not to big to be in there. Always here crazy 125 for a tang yet a tang seems huge even in a tank that size.
Yeah an upgrade is coming :)
Funny how they say you don't have to go super expensive (aussie upward inflection like its a question)...you got 6 ai leds at $600 a pop and tangs angels and massive softies, all at least $300 each ... wow
Not a cheap hobby!!
Morning all 😊
Morning!
My 10ft tank needs some big fish in it. Maybe he’ll ship them to me here in phx Az! Haha jk
Hahaha if only!!
Queen angelfish hail from the Caribbean and grow 18-24 inches in length in the wild. Strange seeing one in a tank full of info-Pacific endemic reef fish and corals. A separate tropical Atlantic Caribbean themed reef tank might be more appropriate. Then you might include French angelfish, rock beauty angelfish, jackknife drums,banded butterflyfish, royal gramma fairy basslets, princess parrotfish with brain corals, purple sea fans from Cuba, sea whips and other Atlantic coral species as cohabitants. Queen angelfish halocanthus ciliaris have no natural immunity to Lymphocites.
Indeed, however not many people keep accurate biotopes in reefing
Hi Sam how could I please get a frag of that colt coral I love the softies I'm getting rid of my lps coral had brown jelly destroy alot of them
Hopefully Michael will reply and can tee it up for you :)
I have found some very old tube Coral buried in a freshwater lake is it possible to bring it back to life
I wouldn't think so
@@ParkersReef thank you for replying I don't know much about coral but I do know this must be thousands of years old the depth of 20 ft buried under shelves of Coquina Rock , also found pieces and chunks of what appear to be brain coral the tube Corrals in pieces that are 6 inches to a foot long
@robertcoleman1070 that’s pretty cool!!
How does he keep the angels from nipping at the soft corals?
Lots of food and the angels don’t seem to be that interested
@ParkersReef I heard this elsewhere, so it has to be true 👍🏾
Evening looks nice. Beautiful corals, but too much big fish.
Upgrade is on the way to fix that :)