Tony, hard to say. I had them, and my corals went to crap. I did see other tanks that had the though, and apparently were not bothered. Some of the nicest tanks we've seen on here in the last 8 years have had the bugs, even before we knew they existed. Personally, I'm making sure they never get in my tank, just in case

At this point, with my corals looking good the only big downside is in finding homes for frags but as long as anyone who gets corals from me is aware that the frags need treating then it should be alright.

If the corals go downhill then maybe I'll have to rethink but until then I think I'm going to leave everything alone

Aww Marie .... I still like you (even tho you have cooties) :biggrin:

:rofl:

Marie I wouldn't worry too much as your corals look pretty healthy and uh if you can grow them faster than the pests can eat no worries, I think lots of people have it and don't even realize it.

anyhow if they are starting to do damage on your corals the first major sign is brown out on the pigmentation and at that point I would step in with interceptor.

If you do it when your corals are in a bad downhill position then you are more likely to lose a few pieces however if you do it when they are abit sick there is a great chance of recovery.

Beginning of a new year photos
FTS
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../jan409011.jpg

and a few growth shots. I took this one on dec 5 to show something eating my coral
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ell/dec508.jpg

Whatever it was has moved somewhere else. This was taken today

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../jan409006.jpg

Corals from snappy, first pics taken in oct, second one today
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../jan409015.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...l/frags009.jpg

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Wow Marie that looks great to bad my Frags werent werent the size of yours.:redface:

Marie, you get such good polyp extension. Most of mine only extend like that at night. I wonder if I should bump up the flow. What kind of turnover do you have in your tank?

At the moment I have 2 tunze 6060's (1600gph ea I think), 2 modified maxijets (1600gph ea), the wavebox and whatever the return pump is, 1200gph?

I have 2 tunze 6085's coming from JL that are rated at 2100gph to replace the 2 maxijets

You're getting about 43x turnover plus the wave box; I'm only getting about 27x. Mind you I read somewhere that corner tanks distribute the flow better than a rectangular tank. Anyway, I think I'm going to bump mine up to about
40x.

Thought I would post some pics of corals I don't normally take pictures of
A pocillipora that volunteered itself on one of my returns
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...jan1509001.jpg

The blue montipora frag that Sarah gave me, it's bluer then it looks in the pics
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...jan1509004.jpg

Another pocillipora, I've had this one for over 5 years and has been fragged to the nubs a few times
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...jan1509010.jpg

A frag from Lance
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...jan1509013.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...jan1509012.jpg

A turbinara that i've had for nearly 6 yrs
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...jan1509008.jpg

My superman digitata from wicked frags
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...jan1509016.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...jan1509018.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...jan1509020.jpg

Some nice pieces there Marie.

Chris

And this is the first acropora I ever bought, it started out brown and it's still brown...oh well, it's put up with all my blunders and problems, I have to keep it :lol:


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That Superma digi is great. Why didn't I get order one?

Cause you thought you'd wait until mine is big enough to frag? :mrgreen:

Always love looking at this tank. Nice deep and bright SPS. AWESOME!

Brown or not that piece is exquisite, I really like the growth pattern. That's a keeper for sure!!!

For the first 2 years it was quite branchy, it's only since its been in the 175g thats it started growing sideways in a tableing manner
This is an old picture of it in my 75g

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...7Image0012.jpg

I bought a new weapon for my war on red bugs. Has anyone had any experience/luck with dragon pipefish eating redbugs?
He so far doesn't seem to mind the flow in my display, one very cool fish :mrgreen:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../feb909012.jpg

I've kept them before and they are very cool. The flow doesn't bother them since they mostly just "snake" around. They will mostly just eat various pods in my experience but I never had the bugs for long and it was a few years ago.

Thats all mine seems to do at the moment as well. He does try to eat cyclopeeze floating in the water column which is kind of amusing to watch :lol:

I think my coral buying days are over for a while, once the frags I bought fill in (and it looks like that won't take long) my tank will be stuffed to the brim

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...feb1609002.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...feb1609006.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...feb1609008.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...feb1609009.jpg

I see some new stuff in there. Been a while since I've seen your tank. I might have to come over for a looksee. That CBB has grown quite a bit since I seen him last.

I think the whole right side of the tank has changed since you were last over, I added 40lbs of new rock :lol:
Your welcome to come over for a look see anytime

The cbb has easily doubled in size since I bought him. He's my second favourite fish

WOW Marie your tank looks great and i take it that you have had TOTM, if not DOUG ,TONY, BRAD, JASON, STEVE, CHIN lets kick it up a notch ok..

STOP peeing in the tank lance let it go

[quote]I think my coral buying days are over for a while, once the frags I bought fill in (and it looks like that won't take long) my tank will be stuffed to the brim[quote]




I know someone with a large tank and lots of room that would be happy to help thin things out :D Those last pieces I got from you are doing most excellent, Thanks.

Beautifulllll!!!!! I like the pipe fish.. :)

[quote=Mrfish55;388984][quote]I think my coral buying days are over for a while, once the frags I bought fill in (and it looks like that won't take long) my tank will be stuffed to the brimI do have a coral that needs a good pruning if you still have your quarantine tank set up

Tanks looking great Marie!

[quote=marie;389083][quote=Mrfish55;388984]I just moved the others yesterday (no sign of any bugs after the first treatment) and it is still running so I can take whatever you are willing to part with:biggrin:

It's this coral, in fact its that particular chunk that has to be removed because it is shading the coral underneath

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...feb1609012.jpg

I tried a couple of those guys in my 135 gal. reef in hopes of combating red bugs.....no such luck, unfortunately. They seemed to do ok despite the 2 Tunze 6000 I use for flow, although I think the high current in my tank contributed to their eventual demise(about 6 mo.):cry:. They were never interested in swimming amongst or around my SPS, instead they preferred the LPS and clams on or near the sand. Although they ate, they were difficult to feed without overfeeding the tank. I have yet to come across reliable information on natural or possible predators of red bugs. I really wish I could find something because I am skeptical of the long term effects of Interceptor and I would always prefer to know the biological solution rather than the chemical solution. Keep us posted on your dragonface,I would really like to hear a success story!

I am ready anytime, give me a call when you want to trim it.

I'm bored so here are some more random pics of my tank :mrgreen:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...feb2709010.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...feb2709011.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...feb2709013.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...feb2709017.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...feb2709021.jpg

As you can see everything is growing too fast and nobody is playing nice. There is a very nice birdsnest coral from Christy stuggling under this mess. It's becoming a dog eat dog world in my tank
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...feb2709020.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...feb2709028.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...feb2709032.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...feb2709030.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...feb2709034.jpg

Beautiful!!! I love the dark purple one in the center...very nice!!!