Snow_Phoenix Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 2 hours ago, debbeach13 said: I can only imagine the frustration you must feel. I know you are strong and will persevere. I hope so. 1 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted January 20, 2022 Author Share Posted January 20, 2022 I WCed the tank today. Soaked up the greasy surface layer full of algae and dirt using paper towels: Looking clean after the mop up: Also thoroughly cleaned out the HOB & wavemaker too: The tank was definitely full of unhappy corals due to the algae film. 😔 My green leptastrea had mild BJD after brushing up against my orange leptastrea and I have lost a chunk of it: I also had to frag my pavona and it looks terrible: Definitely depressing. Most coral colors are off. It will take a while for them to return to full color. 😕 But, despite all the setbacks - some pieces perked up after the WC. Pics incoming later! 😊👍 3 2 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted January 20, 2022 Author Share Posted January 20, 2022 I tried something different this time. Instead of adjusting the brightness etc directly in my phone's Pro Mode, I touched up the pics using Adobe Lightroom (android, non-premium version), which had quite good results. 😊 5 2 Quote Link to comment
debbeach13 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Wow what a difference after the paper towel. 21 minutes ago, Snow_Phoenix said: I touched up the pics using Adobe Lightroom (android, non-premium version), which had quite good results. 😊 Yes those new pictures are super crisp! 2 1 Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Thats a lot of cloudiness on the top of the tank, good job with the cleaning up though. Any ideas whats causing the films on the water surface? 3 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted January 20, 2022 Author Share Posted January 20, 2022 51 minutes ago, debbeach13 said: Wow what a difference after the paper towel. Yes those new pictures are super crisp! Indeed! And thank you. Been having a lot of trouble trying to get clear shots of the corals lately. 😕 35 minutes ago, Ratvan said: Thats a lot of cloudiness on the top of the tank, good job with the cleaning up though. Any ideas whats causing the films on the water surface? I think it was due to accumulated dirt from the HOB, which caused a buildup of nutrients. I'm not entirely sure - but I'll observe the tank and see if the thorough clean up today made any difference. (Hopefully it did) 5 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted January 21, 2022 Author Share Posted January 21, 2022 Pics!!! 🥰 Sunny Ds: Leptastrea still taking over: Montis: Mushroom garden: Very shrunken ironman shroom: 5 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted January 21, 2022 Author Share Posted January 21, 2022 Kedd Reds: Zoa Ledge #2 slowly growing out: Sunny Ds cluster from a different angle: Bicolor nuclear death palys have returned to full original color! 🥰 Forest fire digi: 👀 4 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted January 21, 2022 Author Share Posted January 21, 2022 Duncan with 11 heads (and more on the way) : Yellow ric yuma: Acans: Lepto up close: Merlettis surrounded! 👀 Vampire in Drag polyps coloring up: Mystery monti: Tank is okay - some polyps are still sulky, but for the most part, they're fine. Also, Geralt ate another snail. 🤦♀️ 5 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 How about some FTSes this month? 😊 2 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 Ironman discosoma: My last turban snail: Harvey riding Geralt: 🤦♀️ Some of the zoas are still closed up - probably due to lack of nitrates. Really need to add a fish to this to balance things out a little. 😅 2 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 Some shrooms for today! 🥰 2 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 Random mix: 😅 2 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 Zoas & palys (zoa ledge is still cranky in some parts! 🤦♀️ ) : 3 Quote Link to comment
Critteraholic Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Sooooo beautiful!!! 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted January 25, 2022 Author Share Posted January 25, 2022 40 minutes ago, Critteraholic said: Sooooo beautiful!!! Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted January 25, 2022 Author Share Posted January 25, 2022 Turban snail tackling algae on the Zoa Ledge: Giant Red PEs and Kedd Reds: Second Zoa Ledge has some polyp growth: Merlettis: Harvey among the yumas: 3 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted January 25, 2022 Author Share Posted January 25, 2022 Monti buddies: Puffy acans: Small yuma garden - colors are bland/off from this angle: 😕 Puffy rainbow brain coral: Brain buddies: Jack-O-Lantern lepto: 3 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted January 26, 2022 Author Share Posted January 26, 2022 I focused on the Zoa Ledge today. Am quite pleased to watch the coralline slowly take over the ledge once more. After the snails eradicated the pest algae, there were a lot of bare white patches on the rocks, including the Zoa Ledge. 😕 Most of the original pink & purple coralline was gone too. But now I'm seeing some of it return in bits here and there - hopefully the base of the ledge will be colorful again in weeks to come. 👍 I'm mostly happy that *most of the polyps are fully open again. 🥰 Will have to trim back the cloves a little. They're obscuring the Butt Munchers. 🤔 4 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted January 27, 2022 Author Share Posted January 27, 2022 More coral pics! 👀 5 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted January 27, 2022 Author Share Posted January 27, 2022 Critters of chaos! Harvey: Geralt: 6 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted January 28, 2022 Author Share Posted January 28, 2022 Did a couple of things today - trimmed the main forest fire digi branch and re-glued it back to the rocks. Also decided to risk fragging the pavona again, but I'm unsure if it'll ever grow. If it does, I intend to gift it to my LFS: I also trimmed the base rock of the duncan because it was too awkwardly shaped and placement on the sandbed was difficult. The duncan is still sulky, but hopefully it'll open back up fully after a few days. After the trimming, I moved the duncan forward and moved the second Zoa Ledge to the back, so that it complements the original Zoa Ledge. From a frontal view it doesn't look too impressive: But from a topview, it looks like it's simply another part of the original ledge: 😊 3 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted January 28, 2022 Author Share Posted January 28, 2022 Current updated pics of the Zoa Ledge: Overall angled shot of *most of my Zoa Garden: Hoping to collect more Zoa & Paly morphs in the future. Especially the underappreciated (yet pretty!) ones. 🥰 I'll try to get better pics when the polyps are all fully open, and the duncan stops sulking. I'm tentatively planning to WC the tank tomorrow. Already scraped the glass, did some minor maintenance, prepped all the equipment & washed the lids. 👍 5 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted January 29, 2022 Author Share Posted January 29, 2022 Took some pics of the critters today for a change. 😊 Lone turban snail: Geralt the hermit crab: Geralt & Harvey the Saron shrimp: 3 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted January 29, 2022 Author Share Posted January 29, 2022 Long time since I took some pics of Shrimpy, the YCBS. Managed to lure him out of his den with a few pellets: 4 Quote Link to comment
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