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Mushrooms (cont.) |
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are. They really haven't done
much; no growth but no die-off either.
Still they're very interesting
to look at and photograph so I hope
should they finally decide to multiply,
they keep their colors and pattern. |
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Palythoa
Polyps:  REALLY
beginning to multiply now. Very cool .
I've
still never seen a colony quite like
them. I may eventually have to move
the Caul…I mean, the Acanthastra
colony behind them however to aid in
its survival. The Parazanthus
is completely gone now as is Zoanthus
sp. 4 .
This particularly saddens me because
I've never seen any
zoos quite like them either and I know
when I eventually do, they're
going to cost a fortune. Zoanthus sp.
1-3 are
doing well. In some cases, too well.
There are a few instances of encroachment
upon other corals. Fortunately, most
of the time the other coral wins. None
have grown high up in the tank enough
to bother any acros. What I'm trying
to do is 'train' them to completely
cover the (bare)bottom of the tank
like a carpet by scraping up sections
with a spatula (I'm not kidding) and
moving then to bare patches hoping
they'll take. So far, I've been pretty
successful with about 40% of the bottom
covered. Unfortunately, this has not
been a good 'growing year' for
them so things are proceeding much
more slowly than I'd like. Also,
I haven't been able to send out
any frags so far this year. Zoanthus
sp. 5 (NEW) |
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God as my witness, I can't remember
where I got these from.
But I've had them several months
now and they haven't done much
in terms of spreading. But they do
seem to be doing okay though so I'll
just leave 'em alone and see
what happens. Maybe I'll pass
the time trying to remember where they
came from. Zoanthus sp. 6 (NEW)
I got these from Reefer Madness late
last Winter because their individual
patterns reminded me of snowflakes.
They haven't begun to spread
yet either. |
| Miscellaneous
Growth Shots |
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of all the fragging, both intentional
and unintentional, that had to be done
during the previous year, we really
agonized about how best to continue
this section. Should we just start
over and put the 'older' shots
in an Archive section or should we
accompany all the recent images with
a caption of some kind or should we
just ignore it and keep going. Well,
as nice weather quickly approached,
we decided to ignore it and keep going.
But for those who need the caption,
try this: NEW PICTURES DISPLAYED IN
THE GROWTH SHOTS SECTION MAY INCLUDE
IMAGES OF CORALS THAT HAVE BEEN FRAGGED.
THIS IS WHY SOME PIECES MAY ACTUALLY
APPEAR SMALLER THAN THEY WERE IN THEIR
PREVIOUS IMAGES. DO NOT BE ALARMED
(Well actually you can be alarmed all
you want, just not because of this)!!!
Now head on over and have fun. Go! |
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