Bread’s Nuvo 20 Dropoff

[Nano_Addict]

On 1/19/2023 at 8:02 PM, less than bread said:

Added this one today. Caught my eye at the store and I was like “what the heck is this coral?” Me and my fish store worker buddy figured it out together… anyone wanna venture a guess??

Pavona, Leptoseris... or maybe a Monti?

[less than bread]

5 hours ago, Nano_Addict said:

Pavona, Leptoseris... or maybe a Monti?

It’s actually a Psammocora… never heard of it until we discovered that’s what it is. It should encrust and branch

[less than bread]

We have ourselves a Phoenix! A seemingly dead hammer, I think, (definitely some euphyllia) has been reborn. When things went wack and I had a lot of problems last summer, thought this, along with others, was a goner. This was just sitting in the back corner for months until I noticed the other day it was puffing up. Now we have little tentacles and a bit of color coming back. Fascinating creatures! 

[less than bread]

The clownfish are doing the mating rituals and I sent a video of them to my family showing the male doing the twitching seizure dance and my mom replied with this GIF…

 

pretty much bang on accurate! Hahaha

[debbeach13]

8 minutes ago, less than bread said:

The clownfish are doing the mating rituals and I sent a video of them to

Hello, do we get to see the video? 

[less than bread]

17 hours ago, debbeach13 said:

Hello, do we get to see the video? 

I’ve tried to upload it but the file is too big or something… do I have to put it on YouTube or something?

[less than bread]

Decided I should probably test my phosphate and I’m not sure exactly what the level is because it maxed the reader out at 0.9 ppm…. yikes. So anyway, I’m running GFO now.

[less than bread]

I don’t think I ever got a good pic of my tuxedo urchin. This is Dozer, he’s named that because he likes knocking everything over. I’ve had him for about a year.

[less than bread]

Oh ok… I guess we’re just gonna steal frags now. Dude ripped a piece of GSP off the back wall and now it has a cool green wig on.

[ml86743]

3 hours ago, less than bread said:

Oh ok… I guess we’re just gonna steal frags now. Dude ripped a piece of GSP off the back wall and now it has a cool green wig on.

🤣 Free frags doe!! Just glue that bad boy onto a plug!

[less than bread]

I might be looking for a new fishy friend that likes to eat hair algae. I’d love a lawnmower blenny but my tank is 20 gallons so not super comfortable with that. Any suggestions?

[Nano_Addict]

21 hours ago, less than bread said:

I might be looking for a new fishy friend that likes to eat hair algae. I’d love a lawnmower blenny but my tank is 20 gallons so not super comfortable with that. Any suggestions?

Have you thought about an urchin, turbo snails, or even temporarily using a sea hare? Sea hare might be the best option, but you'd need to make sure you have a place to rehome it once the algae is gone.

[Snow_Phoenix]

1 hour ago, Nano_Addict said:

Have you thought about an urchin, turbo snails, or even temporarily using a sea hare? Sea hare might be the best option, but you'd need to make sure you have a place to rehome it once the algae is gone.

I would recommend *against getting the sea hare. Snails and urchins are safer options. 

 

I tried the sea hare route once and even though my tank (60G DT +23G sump) had plenty of algae, it died overnight and released toxins that ended up in a lot of lost corals. 😞

 

It's too risky. 

[less than bread]

Scored this beautiful rock flower. Glad to see them back in stock. My store hasn’t had any for months

[less than bread]

I’m pretty sure this is a baby rock flower nem

 

[Lebowski_]

This tank is sick, nice job.

[less than bread]

Well, rock flower just ate a trochus snail… we’ll see how this goes.

[less than bread]

Anyone else have a pair of clownfish where it’s actually the smaller male that bites you when you stick your hand in the tank? My female just kind of watches as the feisty male attacks me. I feel like it’s kind of odd

[debbeach13]

Nope. It is the female that bites whenever I put a hand in the tank. I jerk my hand away and splash water everywhere. 

[less than bread]

Been a bit. Here’s the full tank as it stands. Don’t know what I’m going to do with the upper half of the scape but everything down low is pretty happy.

[less than bread]

Got this crazy bright green Goni at the store today. It’s so bright it almost looks like it’s emitting it’s own light

[less than bread]

Came downstairs today to see the tank is super cloudy. I was immediately thinking bacteria bloom but then saw all my trochus snails gathered around on the glass having a big ole spawning party. I’ve seen them do their thing before but never all at once.