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 If you compare this months' tank shot to last months', one thing becomes readily apparent: I have kept my promise this time around and done virtually nothing to the tank. Therefore, this will be the shortest update I've ever written.
What I HAVE been doing is the rewrite of the entire website and because it is still spring, at least as of this writing, I'm still somewhat on schedule. I won't be soon though as my daughter gets out of school next month, but I'll deal with that later. As for now, let's take care of this one:
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All we did this month is some fragging and rearranging. We also brought the Pocillopora 'out front' as a reward for being such a trouper. As you may recall, this piece had to be severely fragged a couple years ago because of a major Majano infestation within its branches. I put it at the back of the tank to recover and soon it became so overgrown by its tankmates, it was almost impossible to see. Well, check it out now, all recovered and ready for its close up . Man, I love happy endings.
In the meantime, Acro #18 is continuing its unprecedented growth spurt . Normally, I would not mind this but as the piece is becoming more formless and unmanageable, |
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Aside from that, my only coral issue is overcrowding. Even my fuzzy 'shrooms are becoming dangerously invasive . And because I've got more and more pieces that are very close to touching, I have to do a major overall fragging in September, if not earlier. |
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All present and accounted for. There is still that odd little territorial behavior weirdness going on between the Bartletts and the Bimaculatus Anthias however. As I explained last month, each will pretty much keep to its own side of the tank, with the exception of a single Bimac female that ALWAYS hangs on the Bartlett side. I've even seen the male Bimac swim unmolested up to her in effort to escort her to the proper harem but she will have none of it. The Bimacs definitely seem more accommodating to Bartlett visits than the other way around.
Another Anthias observation I've made is that the young female Bartletts are schooling together much more often than before and that they tend to stay in 'hiding' quite a bit also. Since they make up the majority of the species, it sometimes looks as though I have very few of these fish, until feeding time when the tank looks like a Christmas sale toy frenzy.
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