Marcy’s reef is full of sweet azoox corals

By on Jul 19, 2011

At Reef builders we are huge fans of azoox reef aquariums because they are unique and quite simply they’re just hot. This neat little Japanese 170L (45 US gallons) tank is no exception. The huge variety of Tubastraea, Dendrophilia and Balanophyllia along with the abundance of Rizho’s and some miscellaneous softies makes any avid reefer drool and the different shades of colors and textures make this reef really stand out. Keep reading for more details along with a lot more pictures.

As we mentioned before, the tank is 170L and measures 60 x 45 x 45cm (25 x 18 x 18 in.). The tank is lit by a 110w MAXSPECT II and flow is provided by two Vortech MP10′s. The corals are fed three times a week with shrimp along with a mixture of Fauna Marin Ultra Pac and rotifers. Just like with any other azoox tank, heavy filtration is needed to keep nutrients in check, thus filtration is provided by an Aqua Excel AE mini cone skimmer and 350ml biopellets along with weekly 70L (18 gallon) water changes. For more info on the setup be sure to check out Marcy’s blog

Yellow Sun Coral (Tubastrea sp.)

Black sun coral (Tubastrea micrantha)

 

Balanophyllia sp.

 

Nephthyigorgia sp.

 

Nephtyigorgia sp.

 

Spawning Rhizotrochus typus

 

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  • Anonymous

    WOW! pretty awesome.

  • http://www.facebook.com/bodybalancechiropractic Ben Jensen

    The tank is only fed 3 times a week?? Is that a typo because I thought these Azoox tanks had to be fed almost constantly. Maybe you meant 3 times a day?

  • Anonymous

    Thank you Joost for close up my non-Photosynthetic reef tank on your blog.

    >skunkmere
    Thank you.

    >Ben Jensen
    My English is not so good.
    but give it a shot…

    Yes, I fed 3-4 times a week,target feeding with frozen small shrimps.
    I use 125g frozen white shrimp (Kyorin Hikari)  for this tank with one feeding time.
    I have fed twice a day for open polyps while several month just after set up tank .
    But, my sun coral polyps falf-opening usually or very easy to open soon when start feeding at the moment.  
    So IMO , It is possible to maintain sun coral which fed 3-4 times a week.

    Marcy

  • Anonymous

    Thank you Joost for close up my non-Photosynthetic reef tank on your blog.

    >skunkmere
    Thank you.

    >Ben Jensen
    My English is not so good.
    but give it a shot…

    Yes, I fed 3-4 times a week,target feeding with frozen small shrimps.
    I use 125g frozen white shrimp (Kyorin Hikari)  for this tank with one feeding time.
    I have fed twice a day for open polyps while several month just after set up tank .
    But, my sun coral polyps falf-opening usually or very easy to open soon when start feeding at the moment.  
    So IMO , It is possible to maintain sun coral which fed 3-4 times a week.

    Marcy

  • http://www.Reefbuilders.com Joost de Vries

    To elaborate on Marcy’s response, many of the corals in the tank, particularly the LPS can survive with feedings as little as once a week. Because we want them to thrive and not just survive many reefers feed them 3-4 times a week or even 1-2 times a day. Its only with gorgonians, hydrocorals and most azoox soft corals that almost constant feeding is required.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Serge-Travkin/620226368 Serge Travkin

    Thats gotta be one of the most colorful aquariums I’ve seen. Amazing

  • Mike Cao

    Beautiful tank and a great example of how a simple theme can be carried out so well.

  • http://www.facebook.com/algranati Matteo Algranati

    fantastic

  • http://www.facebook.com/algranati Matteo Algranati

    fantastic

  • http://www.facebook.com/bodybalancechiropractic Ben Jensen

     That’s awesome! I like looking at these types of tanks and it seems that constant feedings are the trend. It’s nice to know that it’s not always the case. Beautiful tank!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lewis-Liew/100000580124506 Lewis Liew

    Do u have any setup-up post for the tank?

  • http://www.Reefbuilders.com Joost de Vries

    http://marcy432.blog130.fc2.com/blog-entry-13.html
    It’s in Japanese, but that’s what Google translate is for ;)

  • Anonymous

    I try to made tank spec in English.
    http://marcy432.blog130.fc2.com/blog-entry-40.html