@L/B Block - My nutrients have drifted a little higher, and I've been feeding a bit more. I'll dial it down again.
@psidriven - I've got a one-armed pitho in there doing the best he can, and an emerald I haven't seen in ages. Perhaps time for more!
@Coral reefer - I'm about 350-400 PAR at the...
My zoas and mushrooms have been getting a little out of control so a couple weeks ago I trimmed everybody back and mounted some to frag plugs. Some are mixes of multiple things, others all the same on one plug. Free to supporting members!
Three shots of the same set of frags:
Everything had been going well on my 60G cube after winning against waves and dinos. The trick was getting my nitrate and phosphate up to around 10 and 0.1 ppm respectively (previously they were undetectable). Coral growth is great, fantastic polyp extension, and everything looks just generally...
I've been on a bit of a journey.
I had a massive infestation of dictyota macro algae that was absolutely everywhere, and zero nitrate and phosphate. I ended up reluctantly using fluconazole to nuke it, which completely wiped it out without any side effects... well until the cyano came. Then I...
Sounds like you've been talking to my poor chalice! Every couple of weeks I yank a bunch of it out and releases from the rocks quite nicely, so I've been able to keep it in check. I really like the movement it adds. I'm having larger problems with the zoas on the opposite side of the tank which...
I've had this piece for several months and it's been growing really well. However, half of the colony is nicely colored, and the other is super pale. Here it is up close, showing the front part of it is very pale and the back part is green and pink.
Here it is from the side. White balance is...