I was speaking with a friend and mentioned to him that I have yet to see a single speck of coralline algae. Being that so many consider it’s appearance as an indication that it’s ok to start with some SPS, I figured I’d start really paying attention to when it makes a first appearance. I added this bottle of the magic purple stuff. Do I really think it will work? Pshhh. No. But am I willing to lose $20 to prove either way? Sure. So this bottle went in on the 12th. We’ll see when we start seeing some coralline.
I do actually have some sticks in here though. I placed an order with TSA over a month ago. From 15 frags, I lost only 1 about a week ago. I changed the placement of my frag rack and they didn’t respond well. 3 started to STN but 2 stopped and one was ultimately left with only a few spots of flesh in its skeletal base. I left the base in there just in case the patches of flesh decide to start growing.
The frags browned/purpled out a bit but otherwise look good to me. Decent polyp extension. I won’t add anymore though until I actually start seeing some growth in these.
I added a fifth kessil a360x for better coverage. Considering a sixth but that will probably wait until the coral start asking for it.
And some good news: the wife is getting a water box peninsula to setup as a predator tank.
I do actually have some sticks in here though. I placed an order with TSA over a month ago. From 15 frags, I lost only 1 about a week ago. I changed the placement of my frag rack and they didn’t respond well. 3 started to STN but 2 stopped and one was ultimately left with only a few spots of flesh in its skeletal base. I left the base in there just in case the patches of flesh decide to start growing.
The frags browned/purpled out a bit but otherwise look good to me. Decent polyp extension. I won’t add anymore though until I actually start seeing some growth in these.
I added a fifth kessil a360x for better coverage. Considering a sixth but that will probably wait until the coral start asking for it.
And some good news: the wife is getting a water box peninsula to setup as a predator tank.