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seen
them tussle with each other to get
under there. Of course, my problem
is that the piece is continuing to
spread and fight with its neighbors,
not to mention the real estate it's
shading out below. So, once again
stating the obvious, something will
have to be done soon.
I was
really hoping that the addition of
the radiums would help to color this
piece up but so far there has been
no difference. I know I shouldn't
sweat the 'cosmetic problems
but can you imagine a piece this
big in bright purple or green? …Stupid
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Acropora
#9  As
most of you may recall, the parent
colony was one of the first casualties
of last summer's
Crystal Sea/Instant Ocean disaster but it luckily had produced two viable
young'uns before dying. Well, they kids are doing fine, the largest
(pictured above) is a little larger than a golf ball now. Amazingly,
I discovered yet another piece of this coral growing, but due to it's
proximity to the highly aggressive Hydnophora, its survival is doubtful
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6/04: The last day of May, Acropora
#9 began to bleach suddenly from the
bottom up. We quickly took a few viable
frags, well away from the problems
area, for some friends and discarded
the rest. I view this as an isolated
incident affecting this one piece due
to less than ideal placement. There
is still a small bit of the coral left
to grow on the live rock and there
are also a couple daughter colonies
that are doing well.] |
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#10 Once upon a time,
this was the largest piece in
the tank .
Then, due to space limitations,
we had to severely frag it down .
The frag did well .
Then, last December, the big
bad 'rtn' monster
came and tried to kill the poor
frag so
we had to cut it down and frag
a piece of THAT .
It is doing well now too .
But the amazing part is that
the original piece we cut down
has grown, spread, really colored
up and has become quite an eye
catcher .
Growing by leaps and bound now,
it is a most prominent part of
the Staghorn Jungle |
Acropora
#11 Yes,
it does bear a resemblance
to a large erect nipple, okay?
So stop giggling. Apparently
the piece feels insecure enough
already as evidenced by its
slow growth. But it has retained
it color fairly well and has
begun to finally encrust its
base. Perhaps soon it will
sprout a branch somewhere and
forever put its present appearance
behind it. [Update 6/04:
Acropora #11 is finally beginning
to sprout branches and nodules.
Who's laughing now? |
| Acropora
#12 This
one actually fragged itself last
March as I was doing some light
rearranging so I decided to keep
the smaller piece and sell the
colony, thus freeing up a nice
bit of real estate for a couple
of new pieces. This piece has
pretty much been a problem free
coral |
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