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Sandalolitha Go!
Still here. Still doing fine. Still
wouldn't trade it for anything. |
| Stylophora Go!
Has grown considerably since the
last update and currently occupies
one of the highest points of the
tank. A look deep inside the branches
reveals some Valonia and other pest
problems but its overall appearance
seems very good. I really don't
know much about this coral. I just
like them because they look different.
I have read they relish high flow,
high intensity areas and that's
exactly where I have it. So perhaps
these pest problems are normal. It
IS growing though so I have to take
that as a sign that it's happy. |
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| Acanthastrea
sp. #1 New! One
of my LFS's got in a couple
pieces of Acanthastrea last February
which caused a little stir as
this species is pretty hard to come
by these days. Knowing
how fond I am of Blastos, which are
a close relative of this
species, I got a call and checked them
out. My available space,
even at the tank's lower regions,
was getting pretty sparse so I
took the smaller piece. It's
been doing fairly well in a rather
shaded area (except once, when a nearby
mushroom seemingly
doubled in size overnight and tried
to smother it) but I think may
need to provide more light to really
make it happy. . |
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Because
of its size, that is probably do-able,
but being able to see it there is
an issue right now |
| Acanthastrea
lordhowensis Why
yes, you HAVE seen
this one before. It is the piece that
I had formally identified as
Caulestrea. Apparently it is not, this
having been brought to my
attention by Ali in Los Angeles who
not only actually reads this
stuff but takes the time to bring something
to my attention that
might be in error. You CAN do that,
you know…not much of an
ego here especially when it comes to
identifying some of these
things. So my thanks to Ali (by the
way, if he's wrong, please
send all your tauntings and epithets
to me and, after increasing
them in both volume and intensity,
I'll forwards them on to him)
Anyway, is it still doing very well
in the little niche I found for it
except for having to coexist with my
miracle colony
of Palythoa which sometimes threatens
to smother it. When the
problem becomes chronic, I'll
move the coral. |
Blastomussa Go!
Not great news here. Both colonies of my B. merleti are being overrun. Colony
#1 is now barely visible amongst the 'sps' coral growth
and
colony #2 is slowly losing its war with encroaching zoanthids . As
far as the B. wellsi are concerned, only #2 (pic) currently survives. The others
either slowly withered away or simply vanished, somehow getting knocked behind
the rocks by crabs most likely. Obviously, |
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