Flesh texture screams lobo, @encrustingacro what do you think it is?This lobo suggested earlier actually isn’t a lobo at all, but an Acanthastrea Pachysepta.
Though it is also not what OP have.
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Flesh texture screams lobo, @encrustingacro what do you think it is?This lobo suggested earlier actually isn’t a lobo at all, but an Acanthastrea Pachysepta.
Though it is also not what OP have.
Flesh texture screams lobo, @encrustingacro what do you think it is?
Huh, my pachysepta has a very different texture, usually it's the lobos that have a much more rough/fringe textureOh I’m sure it is a Pachysepta, because I own the very same morph myself.
Interestingly enough - it was originally more blue-green under T5s, but it became bright green under LEDs.
Not necessarily. It is one of the reasons why it was misidentified and classified as a lobo for so long.lobos that have a much more rough/fringe texture
hahahaa, true…That can't be more than a 1" frag lol
I'm on the Moonshiners plan but with elevated alk (in the 10 range instead of 8.5). If you go through my post history and look at any of the coral growout contests posts, you'll find images of my ICP results and APEX stats. My tank is pretty stable so I'm sure that helps.What’s your secret
I have a rescued lobo that’s in 3 growths 1 of which are showing skeleton
How did you bring it back ?
Wow, how do you keep your phosphates down?I'm on the Moonshiners plan but with elevated alk (in the 10 range instead of 8.5). If you go through my post history and look at any of the coral growout contests posts, you'll find images of my ICP results and APEX stats. My tank is pretty stable so I'm sure that helps.
For filtration, I just have a fuge with bio blocks and balls, chaeto, and a skimmer. I took out my roller a few weeks back to see how it would do and everything's still chugging along great.
I feed super heavy for my 500L tank: broadcast coral food (3 scoops reefroids + 3 scoops BRS coral chili, 1 tsp oyster feast) at least 2x/week. My autofeeder (Avast, it's awesome) pumps out Avast reef jerky every 2 hours from 0800-2000 for 60 sec of "on" time each iteration. I also keep my clip stocked with nori. My final addition is daily addition of at least 1 cube of spirulina/brine shrimp (SF Bay brand? Ocean Nutrition? can't remember) or a nickel sized chunk of LRS reef mix.
Other things I dose are 30ml acropower per day and moonshiners vitamix (6 drops/day) and mud (1ml/day). I ran out of phyto about 3 weeks ago, but I've got a massive, stable population of pods that might also contribute.
No idea, honestly! I struggle keeping them up (and nitrates especially) above zero, that's why I took out the rollermat. I have a lot of bioblock media (Three 10"x10"x1" squares and 1gal of 1.5" spheres), a 1" sandbed, and Dr. Tim's Waste Away and maintenence (forgot the name) bacteria seeding @ 130ml per week.Wow, how do you keep your phosphates down?
Do any water changes?No idea, honestly! I struggle keeping them up (and nitrates especially) above zero, that's why I took out the rollermat. I have a lot of bioblock media (Three 10"x10"x1" squares and 1gal of 1.5" spheres), a 1" sandbed, and Dr. Tim's Waste Away and maintenence (forgot the name) bacteria seeding @ 130ml per week.
Nope!Do any water changes?
Neither do I! Was curious as what you're feeding sounds like alot more than what I do lol. 120 gallon, LPS dominant, about a year old, 2 cubes of coral food daily and mysis every other day, coral only for now, po4 is .03, no3 is undetectable, GHA refeugium and daily filter sock changes is all I do. Manual dosing of 20 ml alk, ~13 ml calcium, 1 ml iodine, .5 ml potassium, 3ml iron and 2ml other trace elements daily. Any full tank shots?Nope!
True, though when they're recovering from that state they're not really showing much polyp extensionIt's not a pachysepta; flesh is too smooth (for a lobo as well) I guess we'll just have to wait until it recovers to see what it looks like
Wait, whose isn't a pachysepta?It's not a pachysepta; flesh is too smooth (for a lobo as well) I guess we'll just have to wait until it recovers to see what it looks like
The original coralWait, whose isn't a pachysepta?
Neither do I! Was curious as what you're feeding sounds like alot more than what I do lol. 120 gallon, LPS dominant, about a year old, 2 cubes of coral food daily and mysis every other day, coral only for now, po4 is .03, no3 is undetectable, GHA refeugium and daily filter sock changes is all I do. Manual dosing of 20 ml alk, ~13 ml calcium, 1 ml iodine, .5 ml potassium, 3ml iron and 2ml other trace elements daily. Any full tank shots?
I was about to ask the same thingWow, how do you keep your phosphates down?