Brand New 8 gallon bio cube

NY_Caveman · Nov 30, 2019

I used to do some fun thing with Mike, our elf, and send the photos to my ex.
Magic Mike, LOL!

JoshH · Nov 30, 2019

living_tribunal said:
Side note, I’m not sure how many of y’all hydrogen peroxide dip to clean plugs with bad algae outbreaks.

I do it sometimes if things get bad or there is algae growing on a corals tissue.

I would be careful doing it.

Yesterday, I peroxide dipped a few frags. The firework cloves that have been growing gang busters were dipped and I’m pretty sure most all of its polyps died.

He didn’t seem to close up before I dipped him which may have caused this. I haven’t had any deaths from this in the past.

Just something for you all to think about.

Hydrogen peroxide is an often suggested way to curb clove polyp growth. I wouldn't have used it myself for dipping cloves unfortunately.... Hydrogen peroxide is one of those things that they don't really tell you much about but its use needs to researched really well. There are a few corals out there that it's an absolute no no option for dipping. I hope your cloves can recover :)

living_tribunal · Nov 30, 2019

JoshH said:
I will add that maybe people are misunderstanding the Elfster thing... everyone has filled out that initial questionnaire and there might be a few cheaper gift options in there. They then think the Elfster thing is for more "Dream" type gifts..

I’m going to defer to @Katrina71 on this one, I’m not the best with gifting (if you can’t tell already).

I am really good at gifting myself though ;Hilarious

Katrina71 · Nov 30, 2019

I don't have an Elf on the shelf. I do have a Dobby.

living_tribunal · Nov 30, 2019

Katrina71 said:
I don't have an Elf on the shelf. I do have a Dobby.

I just have a beagle

living_tribunal · Nov 30, 2019

JoshH said:
Hydrogen peroxide is an often suggested way to curb clove polyp growth. I wouldn't have used it myself for dipping cloves unfortunately.... Hydrogen peroxide is one of those things that they don't really tell you much about but its use needs to researched really well. There are a few corals out there that it's an absolute no no option for dipping. I hope your cloves can recover :)

I think there are a few of the newer heads that might survive, really a shame :/

Another coral I’ve noticed that REALLY hates hydrogen peroxide are Duncan’s. I believe that’s what killed my first one.

sfin52 · Nov 30, 2019

living_tribunal said:
I think there are a few of the newer heads that might survive, really a shame :/

Another coral I’ve noticed that REALLY hates hydrogen peroxide are Duncan’s. I believe that’s what killed my first one.

I don't use h20. I use coral rx or melafix

living_tribunal · Nov 30, 2019

sfin52 said:
I don't use h20. I use coral rx or melafix

I use coral rx for pests and stuff but it doesn’t do jack against algae.

I don’t mind algae at all but a few frags I have are prone to having algae grow on the tissue. I have yet to find a non-invasive way of removing it when turkey basting fails.

If anyone has ideas/success with a certain tactic, I’d greatly appreciate the insight.

sfin52 · Nov 30, 2019

living_tribunal said:
I use coral rx for pests and stuff but it doesn’t do jack against algae.

I don’t mind algae at all but a few frags I have are prone to having algae grow on the tissue. I have yet to find a non-invasive way of removing it when turkey basting fails.

If anyone has ideas/success with a certain tactic, I’d greatly appreciate the insight.

Very soft tooth brush and rubbing very lightly

living_tribunal · Nov 30, 2019

sfin52 said:
Very soft tooth brush and rubbing very lightly

I’ve tried that and some algae is just stuck so tight that I can’t get it without causing serious damage to the tissue.

This is one problem I have yet to figure out. My leptos are still paying for my inability to solve this.

sfin52 · Nov 30, 2019

living_tribunal said:
I’ve tried that and some algae is just stuck so tight that I can’t get it without causing serious damage to the tissue.

This is one problem I have yet to figure out. My leptos are still paying for my inability to solve this.

Do your snails eat off your corals.

JoshH · Nov 30, 2019

living_tribunal said:
I’ve tried that and some algae is just stuck so tight that I can’t get it without causing serious damage to the tissue.

This is one problem I have yet to figure out. My leptos are still paying for my inability to solve this.

Maybe skip the dip, turn all the flow off in your tank, use a 10ml syringe of pure hydrogen peroxide and squirt around the base of the frags. The peroxide should settle out and not touch most of the heads. It will also quickly dilute in the surrounding water. I do this to remove large patches of my bubble algae and GHA if it gets out of control. VERY effective and has yet to harm any coral I've tried it around (Arguably only Acans, Duncan's, toadstools and blastos)....

living_tribunal · Nov 30, 2019

sfin52 said:
Do your snails eat off your corals.

Only off the skeletons, never the tissue. I don’t have too many inverts in my frag y’all atm. The frags in my display don’t have too many issues.

I’ve found hermits doinf the pest of picking algae off tissue.

I might need another ipsf order and a shrimp in the frag tank.

living_tribunal · Nov 30, 2019

JoshH said:
Maybe skip the dip, turn all the flow off in your tank, use a 10ml syringe of pure hydrogen peroxide and squirt around the base of the frags. The peroxide should settle out and not touch most of the heads. It will also quickly dilute in the surrounding water. I do this to remove large patches of my bubble algae and GHA if it gets out of control. VERY effective and has yet to harm any coral I've tried it around (Arguably only Acans, Duncan's, toadstools and blastos)....

Definitely the game plan going forward for algae that surrounds the coral.

sfin52 · Nov 30, 2019

@kantina71 is amazing gift finder. It must be the police training. She is a good stalker /private eye

living_tribunal · Nov 30, 2019

JoshH said:
Hydrogen peroxide is an often suggested way to curb clove polyp growth. I wouldn't have used it myself for dipping cloves unfortunately.... Hydrogen peroxide is one of those things that they don't really tell you much about but its use needs to researched really well. There are a few corals out there that it's an absolute no no option for dipping. I hope your cloves can recover :)

One of the larger polyps isn’t showing its outer polyp things but is showing its core which is still fluorescing? Does this mean it’s still alive? I’ve seen it move a little but just hasn’t extended its polyps out.

I wonder if that means it has enough energy left to potentially repair itself.

Here’s a picture