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The Euphyllia Dominated Show Tank

Tank 1 of 1 from The Euphyllia Dominated Show Tank

200
Gallons
LPS
Style
Ocean Life Aquariums (Derrick)
Brand
60" x 36" x 26"
A roughly 200-gallon (60" x 36" x 26") Euphyllia/Fimbriaphyllia dominated show tank built by Ocean Life Aquariums and tied into Tidal Gardens' shared 2500-gallon farming system. It houses large heads of torches, hammers, and frogspawn on a chunky Marco Rock aquascape, lit by three Orphek Atlantik V4 lights and supported by a GEO calcium reactor. The host is delighted with growth and plans to keep filling empty spots with rare Euphyllia varieties.
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Equipment

Gear in this tank

Lighting
Orphek Atlantik V4 ×3 $794.75in stock
Return
Abyzz A400
Flow
Aqua Illumination Nero 5 ×1 $259.99in stock
Dosing
calcium reactor
Filtration
berlin
Husbandry

Protocols & Practices

  • Tank tied into shared 2500-gallon farming system, no independent husbandry needed
  • Aquascape built from Marco Rock bonded with Glue Masters thin superglue and fine sand layers
  • Used glue-sand-glue-sand layering so rock breaks before the bond fails
  • Chunkier aquascape chosen for LPS since they don't fill space with skeleton like Acropora
  • Controlled Aiptasia outbreak with Berghia nudibranchs instead of a copperband
  • Manually top up calcium and alkalinity dosing when reactor falls behind
  • Constant alk/cal testing due to heavy stony coral demand across the system
  • Grow big display colonies, not propagating unless necessary
Stocked

Livestock

Corals
3
Euphyllia (torches, hammers, frogspawn / now Fimbriaphyllia)Dragon Soul torchNew York Knicks torch
Fish
3
twin spot mimic tangfoxfaceyellow-tailed damsels
Inverts
1
Aiptasia-eating Berghia nudibranchs