Really? I was definitely going to start out with a couple of these. (Maybe I should hold off at first) Did they just seem not to thrive? I appreciate any feedback.
No, please don’t except my experience with the norm. They are considered beginner friendly and easy coral but for some reason don’t like my system. I can grow all of these though.
"YOU SHALL NOT PASS!"Most definitely. I had a pink discosoma that spread like wildfire accross the entire tank! Even the rhodactis was troublesome!
Manual removal became necessary, the final solution to keep them managable was to simply flood the tank with MORE LIGHT!!! And force them BACK to the shadow, from whence they came!!!
Now there are only a a few discosomas left and the rhodactis keep to the crevices and overhangs. The rhodactis also took on a much nicer purple-red color, so win win there.
Lemme see some beautiful aptasia
Yes that makes sense. I should try them out. Honestly, I wouldn't miss a mushroom if I had the amazing reef you have there. After seeing this photo of your corals, I definitely blame the mushrooms!!No, please don’t except my experience with the norm. They are considered beginner friendly and easy coral but for some reason don’t like my system. I can grow all of these though.
I call those green striped wagon wheels....they just roll around the tank.Have to go back a couple of decades... I had a 220g tank lit by 2x 400w 14000k DE Ushio's + power compact actinics... Yeah, it's been a while. home depot sandbox sand, 5" dsb, Precision Marine Bullet 1 skimmer. That tank could grow _anything_
Anyway, my wife's father got sick, wife spent a great deal of time away, we had 4 small kids, and suddenly, I had no time. For 6 months, zero maintenance. Nothing. I'd feed once or twice a week, and that's about it. At the end of those 6 months, a group of what I call 'Watermelon' mushrooms decided they liked the dirty water, and covered _everything_. Killed my clams, all my corals... Covered every rock surface in the tank.
I ended up using 160lbs of very expensive, wet ship Walt Smith live rock to fill a hole in the back yard. Completely started over.
These things: Never again.
BCP should be #1 - been fighting them (with Fenbendazole and spot eradication with F Aiptaisia ) for more than 1 year. Horrible creatures
Does that wrasse behave itself?No, please don’t except my experience with the norm. They are considered beginner friendly and easy coral but for some reason don’t like my system. I can grow all of these though.
kinda off topic but that tank is AWESOMEMost definitely. I had a pink discosoma that spread like wildfire accross the entire tank! Even the rhodactis was troublesome!
Manual removal became necessary, the final solution to keep them managable was to simply flood the tank with MORE LIGHT!!! And force them BACK to the shadow, from whence they came!!!
Now there are only a a few discosomas left and the rhodactis keep to the crevices and overhangs. The rhodactis also took on a much nicer purple-red color, so win win there.
Very well behaved, it has been in there two and a half years. Three fish added after and no problems. I know what you’ve read but the one I had in my previous 16 years of reefing was the same which is why it was a must have when I started back up again. Lucky?
I got some green palys with your name on it, pm me your address lolCan someone please tell me how to get this problem? I have tried several times with some Jbs and never workedreally want a tank infested with JBs.
Shhhhh
Just curious, why do you want to get rid of your spaghetti worms? They are great cuc, I bought some from a vendor in Hawaii to add to my tank for that very reason.
I just don't like them. They are unsightly is all. One side of my tank seems to be full of them. They are randomly flowing in the water column or crawling on the glass in the morning.
I rarely see mine as they are nocturnal. You can always vanquish them and replace them with other cuc that are more pleasant to your eye. Happy reefing.
