State of the Tank: (cont.)
August 2004 (continued)
much, much better; showing more tentacle extension than it had it months.  As of this writing, there is only one Fungia left on the bottom of the tank and I'm very seriously considering moving that one.  I don't know if it's the lower light levels, slower water movement, or the sand bottom, but it sure seems as though this species prefers life in the 'fuge.

Also this month I fragged both pieces of my Acanthastrea and sent them out to several reefkeepers all over the country.  It seems that Acanthastrea had become THE hot coral lately and by some of my previous posts on Reef Central, it was known that I had some.  I couldn’t fill all of the requests I received, but I managed to parcel out enough to be owed a LOT of favors.  Favors I do plan to call in someday when I have the room.  In fact, one recipient has already repaid me by insisting on shipping several (5) unusual frags of various species.  And although I have photographed them, I'd rather wait until the next update to share them with you.  By then they will hopefully be well established and I'll have a little bit more information about them.

Anyway, by the middle of the month, the family and I were off for the second half of Summer Break.  This time I DID get to drive but my destination this time was New Orleans to do a little fishing with some of my wife's relatives.  The only tank related news I

received towards the end of the month was that Ray had to (once again) frag back Acro #11 due to tissue recession.  All that is left is a small bit of its base that had begun to encrust the nearby rock.  But that piece is doing okay.
September 2004....
Everything is continuing to settle in quite nicely so there was very little activity within the tank this month. I did manage to find this piece at ReeferMadness and chose not to resist it. It is currently mounted way down low in the tank which necessitated a scuba mask and snorkel in order to place it. It is at these moments when I’m sure my wife thinks to herself, “ Why doesn’t he take up golf or get lap dances as a hobby like everyone else’s husband?” Well, obviously my answer is because I don’t like golf.

Anyway, the piece seems to be doing okay so far. It has gone dormant and never having had one before, I can’t say whether that’s a good sign or not. At least it hasn’t receded any. I DID end up losing the last remaining ‘nub’ of Acro #45 and well as two of the three ‘encinata’ frags #47a and #47b. See the Archives. On a positive note, after lying completely dormant for months, my salvaged clathara frag has finally decided to start growing again . I don’t know if I mentioned this previously, but this is a
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