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suffocating to death in the putrid
bag of water. Quickly, I snipped off
a couple of the very few viable frags
that were left and secured them to
a piece of live rock then let them
rest in the fuge. Then I discarded
the dead coral and water and emailed
Bomber. His piece was doing okay. |
After
a day or two, I put the frags back
into the main tank and hoped for the
best. Here is all I could manage to
salvage  . I also took a look
at the live rock that the Birdnest
had been originally placed on and found
THAT loaded with Majanoes as well..
So THERE they were all this time, hiding
in the dark behind the rockwork. Maybe
the Copperband WAS picking at them
so they had to go ‘underground’.
Anyway, a careful inspection of the
tank showed no other coral bothered
by Majanoes but I shudder now to think
of what’s back there in the dark.
Needless
to say, I gave the infested piece of
live rock a veritable Joe’s Juice
Jacuzzi and once I was sure it was
free of the pests, I put it back in
the tank. Then, really missing
the idea of having a Seriatopora (now
that I knew what the problem was),
I pulled up Dr. Macs website and
immediately found a very similar
piece .
It fit the space perfectly. And
since this species doesn’t
seem to encrust like Acroporas
do, we also make it a point to
periodically move it to check
for any Majanoes trying to tunnel
up into it. So far, so good. |
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The
only other real problem this month
concerns the continued lightening
of my M. confusa. Even with the
Fungia gone, it doesn’t seem
to be recovering well at all. I
don’t see anything else that
could be irritating it, other than
me, so I’m a bit perplexed.
Speaking of montis, we also had
to frag back a major chunk of the maroon capricornis because
it had grown so large that the
Hydnophora was stinging the hell
out of it. On the positive side
however, frags of this coral have
really gotten ‘hot’ around
here lately because of its unusual
color. They have been reported
sold as far south as Virginia.
Of course, this makes me wish I’d
attached my name to it and called
it some cute like ‘strawberry
fields’ or something. Coulda
gotten 3X the price. |
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back to the Hydnophora, I’m
afraid that it will once again
have to be chopped back as it is
becoming a real problem for everything
surrounding it. For example, here
is a shot of it ‘hugging’ a
nearby Tricolor
frag one morning . Fortunately, I
have a few of these so I’m not
as panicked about this as I’d
be if I didn’t. Still though,
a word of warning: If you ever plan
to grow a lush (read: overcrowded) ‘sps’ tank,
beware of this coral! Yes, it’s
pretty, but once established, it spreads
like crazy and is capable of burning
just about everything it touches. If
you really want one, give it plenty
of room. |
| And other than that, it’s been a pretty hassle free month around here reef-wise. That unidentified acro I got from House of Fins last month has really taken off |
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