Myka's 69 SPS Tank 2015

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by Myka

This is a weed that isn't going to be staying in the tank.

Is that what you call a weed?... haha. Some nice looking frags there, though. Hope they do well for you.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

Is that what you call a weed?... haha. Some nice looking frags there, though. Hope they do well for you.

Pocci? Yes, very weed-like. Beautiful coral, but they spread like mushrooms. I wish they didn't do that.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Myka

Pocci? Yes, very weed-like. Beautiful coral, but they spread like mushrooms. I wish they didn't do that.

I use it as a filler. All the little buds fill in areas that don't grow anything else

[Myka]

Lol and more food for the MIs!

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Myka

Lol and more food for the MIs!

Nah, they don't touch it. Not expensive enough.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Nah, they don't touch it. Not expensive enough.

Of course.

[Myka]

I added a Panamic Barnacle Blenny today and might get a few more. I added a sock to catch him in the sump.

I also picked up a few assorted snails to beef up the CUC a bit.

I ordered some Flame Anthias too (Pseudanthias ignitus). I will get some brine shrimp on the boiler and order up some blackworms. I have a QT set up for them and will worm them after I get them eating before putting them in the display.

[Myka]

More goodies from a friend's tank. He decided to remove most of his SPS in favor of LPS (crazy talk!). I took advantage of his weakness!

My pics suck - I'll turn down the blue T5s next time.

Garf Bonsai



Hawkins Echinata



Unidentified mariculture piece



Setosa



Maricultured "red dragon"

[Myka]

So I figured the frags could handle being epoxied onto the rock now, so I went ahead and did that (until I ran out of epoxy) on Friday. I was away for the weekend, and I came back to the frags being mad. The skimmer was fine on Friday, but was going crazy when I got home Sunday. It still isn't back to normal. I only used 6 epoxy balls about the size of a small marble. Some of the frags didn't mind the manhandling, but a few of them were very stressed including the Green Dragon. The GD finally RTN'd last night, and the bottom half of the Christmas Hyacinthus also RTN'd. Hopefully it is done with that, and will recover, but I won't be surprised if it's all gone tomorrow. What's left of it has nice PE. What's a SPS tank with out a little RTN here and there?

[Doug]

Originally Posted by Myka

What's a SPS tank with out a little RTN here and there?

I hear ya