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lesson to reefers with ‘hair
triggers’ when a coral isn’t
growing like a weed: We have to remember
that these animals have suffered an
incredible amount of stress on their
way to our tanks and depending on our
parameters, their stress may continue
well after introduction. Some don’t
survive and some do. But in between,
are those pieces that just seem
to go dormant,
(“Do I die, or do I grow…hmm,
decisions, decisions”)
just waiting for us to push them
one way or the other. I’ve
found that leaving them alone
is the best help you can give
them, while ironically, trying
to ‘jumpstart’ them
by moving them around the tank
or dosing a bunch of additives
will usually kill them. This
theory has no scientific base
whatsoever. It’s just something
I’ve noticed and it’s
correct : ) In fact, sometimes, I’ll carry it so far as to not even LOOK at the dormant piece. That really torques ‘em off and to garner attention, they have no choice but to grow.
Anyway, last month, I mentioned that in return for some of my Acanthastrea, one reefer (who shall remain nameless because some of you all will probably hound him to death for frags) had just sent me 5 quite unusual frags. Well, I’m happy to say that 4 of them made it and their pictures have been added to the “SPS” and “LPS” sections.
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