pablom617 Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share Posted October 4, 2011 At first mine was in a low flow low light spot. When I glued it to a piece of rubble I moved it to a medium flow high light spot and seems it seems to like it. I think it's adjusting to the light now because it doesn't look as green as before, but it is extending much more. Do you feed it anything? I dose PhytoFeast twice a week. I have been told Oysterfeast is better. I feed Cytopeeze, Mysis and Spectrum pellets. My greedy Cleaner shrimp steals everything though... I get really pissed off at it but I still wouldn't not have it in my tank. The cleaner even steals from my Maxi Mini... i wonder "Doesn't that sting!!" Link to comment
BocaIvan Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I guess not... Do you put the food in all at once? I add a little at a time to allow the fish to get it first before it falls on the sand. Like you, my shrimp gets everything that lands on the sand, which isn't much these days. You should look into either phyto or oyster feast. Link to comment
pablom617 Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share Posted October 4, 2011 Thanks, I will check it out. Link to comment
BocaIvan Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Oyster is twice as much as phyto... I'll likely switch to that when I hve more corals. Link to comment
pablom617 Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share Posted October 4, 2011 If my orange ones split I'll have one of those for ya The orange ones are awesome! Link to comment
d9hp Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Wow those ricordea look sick!!!!!! Link to comment
pablom617 Posted October 6, 2011 Author Share Posted October 6, 2011 Got some new coral... Pics are coming soon... Link to comment
SouthFlorida_Tron Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Got some new coral... Pics are coming soon... Let me know if you'd like some SPS Link to comment
pablom617 Posted October 6, 2011 Author Share Posted October 6, 2011 Let me know if you'd like some SPS Nice! Well just got some Monti's Green and Red caps and also a beautiful Orange scroll. I don't think my tank is ready for the really nice stuff yet (like the stuff in your tank). You know Tron it is funny, I wasn't really a SPS lover before but I think it is growing on me. Link to comment
SouthFlorida_Tron Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Nice! Well just got some Monti's Green and Red caps and also a beautiful Orange scroll. I don't think my tank is ready for the really nice stuff yet (like the stuff in your tank). You know Tron it is funny, I wasn't really a SPS lover before but I think it is growing on me. I understand, I do have low maintenance SPS, I simply am trying to change the scape but I can't cuz I'm overstocked with Frags, so for example, I want to snap off a branch of the bird of paradise & digitata and sell those, and the bright green one that looks like a slimed, that one too, I already have feats of the huge birds nest & that's the easiest. Really, let me know. Link to comment
BocaIvan Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 can I get in on some of that? Link to comment
pablom617 Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share Posted October 10, 2011 Update: So the tank is doing pretty well all my LPS and Zoa look very happy and my Coraline growth is great. The only problem is the STN Im facing with my Red Montipora Capricornis.. came out of nowhere It may be M.E.N haven't seen any yet. I did a Revive dip yesterday evening.. Link to comment
BocaIvan Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 That's terrible... How would you have gotten that? Would they just be on that coral or would they be anywhere in the tank? Did you dip the monti before putting it in your tank when you bought it? Link to comment
pablom617 Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share Posted October 10, 2011 That's terrible... How would you have gotten that? Would they just be on that coral or would they be anywhere in the tank? Did you dip the monti before putting it in your tank when you bought it? Yes I dip everything before I add it, I haven't found any Nudis yet. I'm not too sad about it because it is kind of a small frag (a little bigger than a thumbnail), we will see later if any more tissue is affected later today. I made sure to check the frag in the middle of the night and I haven't seen any nudis (this was after the revive dip). I would love to save it but I'm not beating myself up over it. Link to comment
BocaIvan Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Could it be adjusting to lighting? Link to comment
pablom617 Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share Posted October 10, 2011 Could it be adjusting to lighting? hmm... I was thinking the same thing but there definitely seems to be polyp loss on the top of the frag... very weird. Link to comment
pablom617 Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share Posted October 10, 2011 Went home to check on it and it had declined even more. I decided i would toss the frag rather than risk any issues spreading (not sure if this already happened). The red polyp tissue was just decaying away... very weird. The wasn't any brown goo (usually indicative of rotting) or excessive slime. Maybe I had it too close to my light, the LFS had it growing under EcoRay leds. Link to comment
pablom617 Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share Posted October 10, 2011 I'm starting to think that the issue was with the way the guy fragged it, he just used his finger and pushed the frag off. I guess I will find out soon if my other montis start getting munched on. Link to comment
BocaIvan Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 They fragged it on the spot? Link to comment
pablom617 Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share Posted October 10, 2011 They fragged it on the spot? Yup, your buddies down south Prolly wont be going there again. Link to comment
BocaIvan Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 :facepalm: sorry bruh! Link to comment
pablom617 Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share Posted October 10, 2011 Lol, no worries buddy! Hopefully that is it and it isn't Nudis! Link to comment
BocaIvan Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 yea, nudis would suck. I need to get something to dip corals in... :knock on wood: Link to comment
pablom617 Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share Posted October 10, 2011 I use Revive and Lugols. Revive is nice because it doesn't stress the corals out as much as iodine. Lugols is hard core stuff and you have to be careful with it. For dips I keep: Revive Lugols Methelyne Blue (fish) Formalin (fish) Peroxide Link to comment
BocaIvan Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 DAMN! You don't mess around. For the fish do you just ad that stuff to the bag they come in? Link to comment
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