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entirely. He DID make up for this however by giving me a frag of a wild coral that he thought was similar  and it is continuing to do well but now he PROMISED that his friends tank was clean and brought over the frag.
The second new frag is a piece of Montipora undata
It was also brought to me by Jason who was surprised that I had even heard of it. I told him that it's listed on Steve Tyree's website and I knew of it because I've been on the waiting list for some for nearly a year now. I have it mounted about midway the tank (exactly where the confusa used to be) and, if polyp extension is an indicator, it certainly seems to like it there
The reason, by the way, that Jason brought me these pieces was in exchange for a frag of my efflo. Yep, you read that correctly. We finally fragged the efflo!!! It had grown to a point where it was encroaching on several surrounding corals and threatening to shade out quite a few more. The overhang it created was a wonderful 'hang out' spot for the fish so I hated to do it but, as you can see here, we had very little choice at this point . Impressive, huh? |
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So it took three of us about a half hour, with garden snips, a screwdriver, and a hacksaw blade, to remove about 8" worth of spread. In some places, the coral was 3/4" thick.
All told, I thought we did a fairly decent job though Obviously, Attilla is not happy but 3 or 4 of the neighboring corals certainly seem to be. And, as of this writing (2/3/05), I can already see places on the edges that appear to be healing. Naturally, I plan to keep a running photo diary of its progress.
Besides the frag that went to Jason, the remaining pieces went to Reef & Fin in Stamford where I imagine they were further broken down into what could easily amount to 20-30 'good' sized frags. Hopefully, SOMEONE out there can manage to coax a bit more color out of one of them. I'm not expecting it, but I hope so.
Anyway, that's the bulk of the news for January. There have been no equipment changes, parameter changes, or additions with regards to fish. I MAY soon add a few more Anthias again as my Bartlett population is back down to 7 (from a high of 15). Most of the survivors are from the bunch I purchased last year. I think only 1 or 2 survive from the original shoal of four years ago. I also keep noodling around with the idea of adding an Angel too; either a pair Genicanthus or one of the larger (and 'safer') species. |
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