Mantis' 400 Gallon Pennisula Reef

[Aleks]

Hello. Congratulations....fantastic job and great result.

 

[MantisReef]

@MantisReef congrats on the ROTM! I'm not a big SPS guy, but you have an INCREDIBLE tank and take equally incredible photos. I'm blown away by the colors, the size of your colonies, the sheer amount of coral, and how well and almost natural everything flows together. You have a great eye. I feel like a lot of SPS dominant tanks, even the nicer ones, are just a bunch of colorful sticks mashed together, but you have a very nice flow/mix of corals. And I love the torches and tabling acros. Your frag tank looks nicer than 99% of the DTs I see.

Can't wait to see the gear/filtration room, once it's organized, I always like to see how people with successful tanks set everything up, especially since your approach seems relatively "simple" compared to some other approaches that are popular today.

Thanks you for your amazingly observant and kind words. Like I said in my Tank of the Month write-up for me Reef Keeping is the perfect blend of Art and Science. I come from a very artistic family and I used to paint a lot. As this tank has progressed, the creation and upkeep has become my primary Artistic expression. Everything you observed about my display is always at the front of my mind, a goal if you will that I never feel I can reach.

 

[rusgum]

Congratulations. your reef is beautiful. how much PAR does Orange Passion get?

 

[MantisReef]

Congratulations. your reef is beautiful. how much PAR does Orange Passion get?

It gets 350-375 par at the top of the colony

 

[drukkosz]

Beautiful tank Brad. Well deserved ROTM!!! We are all excited to see your basement set up when you finish your renovations. ! See you at the LEAR, Now I have to go and reserve something from you

 

[Brian-222]

How high above your water line are your lights hung? This tank is truly amazing!

These are my levels for my Icon’s on the 400 gallon display tank.
Lights on 11am
12pm. Ch. 3,4,5. 20%
2pm Ch.1 10%. Ch.2 35% Ch.3,4,5 60% Ch.6 45%
6pm. Ch.1 25% Ch.2 50% Ch.3,4,5 75% Ch.6 60%
10pm Ch.1 10% Ch.2 35% Ch.3,4,5 60% Ch. 6 45%
11pm Ch.3,4,5 35%
Lights off 12pm

 

[MantisReef]

The lights are hung 16" above the water line

 

[Brian-222]

The lights are hung 16" above the water line

Thank you, I might have a few more questions for you a little later on once I get my lights hung. Those are the exact lights I'm using on my new setup.

 

[JackDanielsFTW]

Absolutely inspiring!

 

[doubleshot00]

Wow congrats. How about a video of it?

 

[MantisReef]

My torch corals in the my display tank spawned last night and I was able to video the event.

 

[Troylee]

My torch corals in the my display tank spawned last night and I was able to video the event last night.

Way cool!

 

[MantisReef]

It was my honor to recently host World Wide Corals, Victor and his WWC crew came out for a visit.
We had a blast making this, check it out.

 

[Andrews_aquarium]

Amazing video! Thanks for sharing