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I've also given thought to having a few larger live rocks cooking just in case I'll need them either in the new refugium or in the tank. As I said, short of dismantling the reef, this is all I can think of to do. I've already checked for any flaws in the RO/DI systems, both for the new water tank and the kalkwasser doser and all seem to be fine with them.
Anyway, as of this writing (8/30) my losses are as follows:
Corals: 4, 23, 34, 38a, 39, and 48. Click to go the the archives pages Also lost was a golfball sized daughter colony of Acro #9, leaving me with just a single colony left. And finally (!), I have managed to salvage a very small frag of #17, which I've decided to sell once everything is stable again because it is very similar to my Aquarium City Red (Acro #33) and I could really use the space. Almost all these lost corals, by the way, were growing from the same large piece of live rock, which was summarily discarded.
And in what may or may not be a related event, my Heliopora has lightened considerably. But because it continues to heal from last month's collateral fragging and also extends its polyps, I'm not going to worry about that one right now.
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some of the procedures mentioned above, all I am having Ray do is change the micron socks even more frequently and change as much water as he can, as often as he can, in order to dilute any remaining phosphates. This old maintenance standby DOES seem to be working, as by the last week of the month, we hadn't lost any more pieces. Of course, by this point, the 'bad' rock had also been removed so you may take your pick of which action might've had the most positive effect. Anyway, here is a shot of the tank after all this month's aforementioned trauma  . A comparison with last months full tank shot here will give you idea of the where the problems were . If you still can't pick out the area, here is a closer shot of the affected area after the fact and how the same area appeared before the incident . I guess if there is any other lesson to be learned from this it's never keep your favorite pieces growing next to each other. These losses hurt more than the ones incurred by my CS/IO salt fiasco of a few years ago.
So did anything GOOD happen this month, you ask? Absolutely. A few things in fact: The first being that my new frag/auxiliary tank was installed . This tank, a 40g All Glass Breeder, replaces my old acrylic 30g refugium since I now have a fuge area incorporated into my sump. Though it is primarily being used for 'storage' at the moment, eventually I plan to turn this tank into a private reef, housing perhaps one or two fish or a pair of clowns and an |
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