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update: Refugium (cont.) |
This turned into several weeks while,
despite my best efforts at feeding
them everything at my disposal, one-by-one
they died. Next, as a by-product
of feeding them everything at my
disposal and also, I assume, the
tanks relatively low amount of water
movement, I developed another ugly
episode of cyano. No sooner was THAT
under control (meaning it now took
TWO days before having to siphon
a pound of the red stuff off of my
sandbed) than the decision was made
to import one of these Copperband Butterflys for
Aiptasia control in to main tank. More about this later. But suffice it to say
that as of this writing, my poor refugium is only refuge to this butterfly and
several Zoanthid frags I'm preparing to ship out (more about that later
too). So yes, you could say I let things get a little out of hand in this department
but I'm working on it. By the
next update, things should be back to normal…unless some Ventralis come
in that really are eating... Strike that.
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History Go!
No changes. I don't believe
in revisionism. |
Viewing
Room Go!
No changes. Sadly,I still don't get in much viewing. |
Workroom Go!
No changes. |
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Acropora Go!
Acro #4 is now solid purple. Both Acros #6 and #14 are gone because of
sloughing of the skin. The sloughing of #6 was particularly disheartening
as this coral literally 'sat there', not growing but not
bothering anything for a long long time. Then it just suddenly started
to go. Acro #21 also suffered a little bleaching event and had to be
fragged back. Conversely, almost all the other Acros had unprecedented
growth spurts, especially Numbers 5, 8, 10, 11, 16, and 18. Number
16, in fact, had to be severely fragged back as again it reached the
tanks waterline. The most recent pics of these corals are now included
in the Growth Shot series under the Misc. category Go!.
There were no new additions. I also found it interesting that no one
(not one single person) offered an ID on any of the specimens. |
Fungia Go!
Yep! Got a new one. Check it out. 
You can't miss it. |
Heliopora Go!
No changes. |
Hydnophora Go!
Growing very rapidly now. Will have to be fragged back soon. |
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