Tank crash - Update 2...Meet Pablo

[loumaggs]

This is the second update I've done on my display tank since the disaster

 

[redfishbluefish]

Glad to see you've bounced back from your crash. Looking good.

 

[jlanger]

Good to hear that your tank is back on the road to recovery.
I may have some insight as to the explosion in growth with your SPS corals. Late last year I had issues with my tank and I experienced many SPS corals having RTN. After I figured out my issues and got my water parameters under control, some of my SPS corals started growing in unusual growth forms. The tips of some of the staghorn corals exploded with new growth; not staghorn-like. In several discussions, we believe that this unusual growth was the result of the coral trying to recover from the "crash" by creating as many new branches as possible to improve the success rate for the coral's survival.
Here's the latest picture of one of the staghorn coral's new growth. More info can be found in my build thread; here.

 

[jsker]

Good to see thing are going the right way

 

[loumaggs]

Good to hear that your tank is back on the road to recovery.
I may have some insight as to the explosion in growth with your SPS corals. Late last year I had issues with my tank and I experienced many SPS corals having RTN. After I figured out my issues and got my water parameters under control, some of my SPS corals started growing in unusual growth forms. The tips of some of the staghorn corals exploded with new growth; not staghorn-like. In several discussions, we believe that this unusual growth was the result of the coral trying to recover from the "crash" by creating as many new branches as possible to improve the success rate for the coral's survival.
Here's the latest picture of one of the staghorn coral's new growth. More info can be found in my build thread; here.

Exactly the same thing has happened, loads of new tips

 

[loumaggs]

Good to see thing are going the right way

Slowly slowly

 

[jsker]

Slowly slowly

That is the only in saltwater :rolleyes::)

 

[FarmerTy]

I think the SPS growth explosion is directly tied to the lower volume of mushroom and finger leather corals. I'm sure there was some chemical warfare at play... main reason I don't keep leathers or mushrooms in my SPS-dominant tank.

 

[FarmerTy]

Oh, and glad you're on the track to recovery! [emoji106]

 

[loumaggs]

I think the SPS growth explosion is directly tied to the lower volume of mushroom and finger leather corals. I'm sure there was some chemical warfare at play... main reason I don't keep leathers or mushrooms in my SPS-dominant tank.

I didn't think about the chemical war...that's a very good point

 

[loumaggs]

Oh, and glad you're on the track to recovery! [emoji106]

Thank you :)

 

[dakoop]

Glad you are back on track. Pablo is a cutie. Always wanted one but was always told not in a reef!!

 

[loumaggs]

Glad you are back on track. Pablo is a cutie. Always wanted one but was always told not in a reef!!

Hes been the perfect fish so far, i think they eat tube worms though