Marie's 175g mixed reef (new pics added jan 27)

[Aquattro]

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

[marie]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Ok, I guess I'm going to expose my ignorance and stupidity with this but I'll ask it anyhow. Is living with red bugs completely off the table? I was looking at Ching Chai's incredible SPS tank in Thailand thread again this week and noticed right off the bat (among others who commented) that the closeup pictures clearly show red bugs. He just shrugged it off, basically saying "meh" (that's my own summarization mind you). I mean let's face it his tank looks like some kind of SPS bomb blew up in it.

PS/edit: For anyone who doesn't know what thread I mean: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1440642&perpage=25&page number=5

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

[Keri]

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

[marie]

Originally Posted by Keri

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

[tang daddy]

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.

[marie]

Beginning of a new year photos
FTS


and a few growth shots. I took this one on dec 5 to show something eating my coral


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



Corals from snappy, first pics taken in oct, second one today
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[marie]

[marie]

[Skimmerking]

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

[Lance]

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?