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made. And as for my getting anything new, this was of course, impossible so I…hey, what’s THAT  ! A trade for some frags? I’ll take it!
God, I can be such an idiot some times. But neither I, nor the seller had seen anything quite like it so I thought I’d give it a go. Not quite sure what it is yet; as usual Veron’s Corals Of The World only narrowed down the possibilities to about a dozen. But, by its rounded plug, it seems to be one of the aquacultured pieces coming out of Bali these days (which are getting to be more and more exotic, by the way). I’ll just call it Acro #53 . Anyway, as is my practice now, I gave the piece a 6-hour Interceptor bath before introduction to the tank. I had to mount it pretty low (space problems, remember?) and will try to keep it there unless it does poorly. Obviously it’s still yet to color up. I’ll keep you apprised.
We also had to move my double headed Scolymia and my Echinophyllia to the refugium as they were not doing well and I’m finding that the lower lighting in the fuge can definitely turn things around, such as with the Fungia. As of this writing, the Echino in particular is already looking much better.
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the night. I don’t know why this is happening all of a sudden but it has resulted in just about everything having to be tacked down, aesthetics be darned.
Finally, as far as the corals are concerned this month anyway, we DO realize that we are far from finished with our ‘thinning out the herd’. We’re just trying to let things grow as much as possible before becoming really invasive. That time may be near though . And for those of you that were asking, the World’s Ugliest Efflo is continuing to do well after its fragging a few months back. Here’s what it looks like now .
As far as the fish are concerned, there have still been no additions or, fortunately, subtractions. Attila, my Sohal Tang, continues to grow and seems to get more vibrant every month. Again fortunately, its demeanor appears to have leveled off; it doesn’t seem nearly as aggressive toward the other tangs as it was a few years ago. Still the boss when the nori goes in though.
It is still my plan to add more Anthias (Bartlett’s and/or Bicolors) to the tank someday soon. And I haven’t forgotten about the Genecanthus Angels. I may have to wait until the Fall however as with summer vacation coming up and the big sump and skimmer swap, there is a lot on my proverbial plate right now.
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