tibbsy07 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Hmmm, it could be an infection. I don't know much about montis and their susceptibility to infections, though. Link to comment
thecoralbeauty Posted May 28, 2015 Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 hoping it's a scratch from a snail or something weird. maybe they dropped on it.... its interesting that it doesn't affect the other monti's and started in the middle. we'll see how it reacts to the dimmed light and new RO water change tonight Link to comment
gulfsurfer101 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Could be an alk swing or possibly pests. I'd look in on them with a flashlight after dark and see if you could spot any nudi's. Link to comment
ReeferBoo Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 I've had the exact same thing happen to my superman monti, white "scratch" that started in the middle of the frag. It just popped up one day, it's not getting bigger so I'm not too worried. Haven't seen any pests and all the other monti's are doing fine. The only thing that I could think of was I recently tried out a different saltmix and I am slowly replacing 1/3 of my usual RSCP salt every waterchange. Link to comment
hypostatic Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Hmmm, from what I think I remember reading, you've been stirring up your sand more, as of recently. Maybe this is releasing more things into the water for the diatoms i agree it looks like a scratch. no dropping though... All the polyps look pretty happy and extending, so I wouldn't say it has something to do with the water Link to comment
thecoralbeauty Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 Thanks guys! The diatoms are much better today, i'm betting it was just a reaction to changing over to RO/DI from tap. one of the most fascinating things about this hobby is how much one little change can affect the tank! barely see any at all right now! Lubbock's wrasse is out and playing around with the flasher. so cute. who says you can't add two male wrasses at separate times?? I will keep an eye on the monti and how it progresses. I'm noticing a little green spot inside of where the white spot is. hopefully that's a polyp coming back? Ric's are still upset- shriveled up and losing some orange. brown stuff coming out of their mouths... either something is off in the water that ONLY effects them, or they're just prissy little things and don't appreciate RO/DI water. I know they're pretty hardy so I'm not too terribly concerned, but this is as mad as i've ever seen them. Everything seems happy today after I turned the light down a bit- it may have just been too high, and since I acclimated it properly things were at least tolerating it just fine but it might not have been the best. I think i'll leave it at 50% and see how things continue to do. I think the only reason I'm even getting away with such a high intensity is the fact that it's 14k instead of 12k. Link to comment
thecoralbeauty Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 Photo Update!! 6.1.2015 Link to comment
markalot Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Looking good! That slimer looks like mine, and unlike a lot of corals I see people label as slimer. Big, fat, and usually happy. Link to comment
Addinali Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I love your two little islands. Link to comment
thecoralbeauty Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 Looking good! That slimer looks like mine, and unlike a lot of corals I see people label as slimer. Big, fat, and usually happy. the slimers are super happy all the time and growing fast! they were a gift, and i'm pretty happy to have them! Link to comment
vlangel Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Tank is starting June looking ship-shape! Nice job. Link to comment
thecoralbeauty Posted June 2, 2015 Author Share Posted June 2, 2015 Update on the Sunset Montipora: He's healing up really fast! wow!! Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Update on the Sunset Montipora: He's healing up really fast! wow!! Nice! I have a Sunset Montipora as well and thought I killed it when I accidentally got a ton of Coral Glue (I know, Im an idiot) ON IT! Its actually growing ABOVE the glue! Pretty cool, and the shape is funky as well Edit: My polyp extension is not NEARLY as much as yours though! And its been looking pretty light recently with the Radion at 70% (Its really high up) Im going to bump it back down to 60 and see how it goes Link to comment
thecoralbeauty Posted June 2, 2015 Author Share Posted June 2, 2015 this is from my other non-photosynthetic tank which now is the home to a pearly jawfish (as the one I had in this tank didn't work out, probably due to the pistol shrimp), but I realize there are some jawfish lovers following this thread so I thought I would provide the happy ending: Happily digging away in the little fluval edge! Link to comment
vlangel Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 this is from my other non-photosynthetic tank which now is the home to a pearly jawfish (as the one I had in this tank didn't work out, probably due to the pistol shrimp), but I realize there are some jawfish lovers following this thread so I thought I would provide the happy ending: Happily digging away in the little fluval edge! O wow, how cute is that! Link to comment
gena Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Now that I fully understand the size of a 20g Long....I have to say, you've made this tank look so much bigger than it actually is . That's great news about the monti too! Link to comment
thecoralbeauty Posted June 2, 2015 Author Share Posted June 2, 2015 Now that I fully understand the size of a 20g Long....I have to say, you've made this tank look so much bigger than it actually is .That's great news about the monti too! thank you! im so excited to see yours! Link to comment
gena Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 thank you! im so excited to see yours! I can't wait to get all the 8g stuff in there . I'm waiting till the end of the week so I don't freak the fish out right away with my hand in the tank gluing things down. Plus I don't want to overload the tank with glue and epoxy since it's a practically brand new system. Link to comment
hypostatic Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 everything is looking nice and happy. keep up with the dendro feedings! Link to comment
thecoralbeauty Posted June 2, 2015 Author Share Posted June 2, 2015 everything is looking nice and happy. keep up with the dendro feedings! he's refused to eat at all the last few days- what's up with that? Link to comment
hypostatic Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 uh oh, he's refused at all? what have you been feeding? Link to comment
thecoralbeauty Posted June 2, 2015 Author Share Posted June 2, 2015 Mysis- with the green spirulina. Mysis just plain, Brine shrimp, I even tried squirting some arctic copepods at him directly and he doesn't react. There's still flesh, he's not dead, but he won't inflate or stick his tentacles out. and when i try to gently stick some food on his mouth, he won't stick to it and it eventually floats away after 5 minutes. Link to comment
hypostatic Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 hmmm, what happened that it stopped eating? are the pumps off when you try feeding? Link to comment
tk3445 Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Cool look, After you posted in my thread about the xenia on the back wall I had to take a peak since i have never seen that before. I love the look of that. I am also running a 20 gallon long with two cats(Desmo and Dexter) they are a blast. Happy reefing! Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Nice tank. Good luck with your dendro. Link to comment
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