SPS Bleaching

[reeferaddict]

So I hacked it into nine pieces today.... we'll see how they do... You know I had planned all along when I bought it to frag it... but I wanted to let some growth happen, and let everything stabilize before fragging..

So a couple of things...

Brad - I don't really know what I'm looking for other than what I have read about and seen online... and nothing jumped out at me.. but do tell if you can explain... and even then.... what do you do to get rid of THOSE?

As far as flatworms go... I am really divided on this... there are so many schools of thought... whether they are harmful at all... whether or not they should be treated or let run their course... finding predators... then feeding the predators afterwards...

(IME - 6 line wrasses aren't the answer! While an interesting colourful fish with a great personality, mine does NOTHING to eliminate flatworms - though again I have read of quite a few instances where the opposite has been the fact.)

The amount I had last night compared to what I had 2 weeks ago was a minute fraction - hopefully what I had left did the trick... I have yet to see any alive today... *crossing my fingers*

Chin - The tissue expulsion started Thursday morning... I first noticed it as a white band that was only visible when the actinics were on.... then the next day bigger and very obvious... the one I had do this before receeded from the tips and was much more rapid than this one, but the end result is basically the same I guess... next time I see something like that I'm thinking I'll just frag right away... but we'll see how these ones do....

RJ - How DO you frag without handling it much? - I used an Iodine dip while I was working on it, and clasped the piece of rock as much as I could while snipping the dead parts off... but then mounting the pieces... I don't know how you would be able to without handling ...

I'm better today - but still haven't put the axe away...