I almost did. The tank have right now always had algae issues. It got so bad I thought about starting over. Eventually I started carbon dosing and beefed up the clean up crew and things slowly turned around.
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Looks cool. Does it spread through the water as spores or just spread like soft corals?1. What issue have you torn down a tank over?
Parvocaulis parvulus. SLow growing and pretty but if you ignore it, it will imbed deeply in all calcium surfaces. Nothing I had or tried ate it. Maybe tangs would like it but the tank was too small for tangs.
2. What did you decide to do, and how has that worked for you since?
Inhabitants were healthy but all the rock had to go to a dark place. Fragged everthing and it's in my frag tank awaiting my next build plan. Still have a few frags sprouting this stuff and the only solution has been to chip the rock away beyond the root. Over all it has worked out great.
It spreads the same way as acetabularia ( parvocaulis is a new classification for a portion of specimens previously classed acetabularia), the head goes all fuzzy and releases gametes into the water. I have a money cowrie that ate all the heads off a patch one day and then never touched it again. I don't recommend intentionally adding this stuff to an aquarium - unless it's a macro algae only tank of course.Looks cool. Does it spread through the water as spores or just spread like soft corals?
Also wondering if anybody else has seen this and what eats it. I'd put it in a tank if there were a predator for it I could stock.
I couldn’t beat time or money. Having three tanks consumed all my free time.Alright! Let's have a new question of the day! Thanks to @Latte for this one!
It seems that the reef hobby has advanced to the point that most issues can generally be dealt with or at least managed. However, we still see threads regularly where some of the pests and problems we face can ultimately lead to a tank tear down (or worse, someone completely calling it quits). Dealing with some of the things we face can be a long and arduous road. What has been your story?
1. What issue have you torn down a tank over?
2. What did you decide to do, and how has that worked for you since?
OR
3. Alternatively, if you haven't had to tear a tank down, what issue do you think would put you there?
@Bacon505's beautiful reef! His reef was featured as our Reef of the Month in November 2021!