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Rabidbeast666
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Got my 2nd coral. A pretty little Florida ric that seems to be doing ok after 24 hrs in his spot. He's a muted rust color with up to teal on the edges. Looks better in the evening but fits the scheme I want. When he's stressed he draws up to nothing. Happy he's relaxing. Want him to take off down there and cover the low portion.
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3rd day in. He's liking the spot. Constantly pulling snails and crabs away from under. I now notice a small 3rd mouth. Hopefully get some growth. Feeding phyto for the acrocyclops gets his attention and they along with my cuc have wiped out the start of a diatom bloom. My water has stabilized and is staying consistent with a weekly 3 to 4 gal water change on a volume of 12.2 gal in a IM 15. Nitrates 5 or below. No phosphates yet even with the phyto, pellet,mysis I feed on a daily basis. Added rubble rock to my return area and am about to add a 1/4 " random flow return to scale that huge 1/2" with low flow to the edges setup it came with.
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Nice deal on a torch ones near me are always $100 +Got my 1st coral yesterday. A little half thumb size torch for $29. Looked kind of skanky yesterday. But moved it up and give him more flow and he's looking a bit fluffier today.
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It's only a cristata. They go for that usually for about 2 heads here.
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About 9 weeks in. Added a Florida ric and an utter chaos. In bit of an over feed but reef roids helped to finally get a trace of phosphate with my nitrates at 5. Steady. Plan on adding a hammer and acans and a couple of more zoas in the next week. The green on the rock worried me but it's kind of a spicy mustard color and has gotten no worse or hairy. So I'm just watching it. If you zoom in you can se the pod larvae that's starting to explode since I started with the phyto daily.
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