The joys of reefing

[christyf5]

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I call this one my "indicator" coral as when theres something wrong with the water quality it gets kind of ****y with the polyp extension. I guess this time there is something more seriously wrong with the water quality as its a goner. I tried fragging some of it but don't really have high hopes. I guess it won't be "indicating" for me anymore.

As for the water quality, I have no idea. The only thing I've done is a 10g WC with RBS last Sunday

[Lance]

So sorry Christy. Damn I loved that coral. Hopefully everything else is OK.

[christyf5]

Yeah me too. Theres another one on its way out in the tank too. Guess I'm getting out the fragging shears today

[marie]

Sometimes I wonder why we keep insisting on taking up the challenge of sps corals. It seems like the corals are just as insistant on keeping us humble

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by marie

Sometimes I wonder why we keep insisting on taking up the challenge of sps corals. It seems like the corals are just as insistant on keeping us humble

so very true

Yesterday I was thinking to myself, you know its been about 2+ years since I had to pretty much start from scratch. Why do I have so many bloody sticks and hardly any colonies?

Then I looked at the tank this morning. This is why.

Makes me wonder at what point we should stop calling ourselves "determined" and face the fact that we have a serious problem

[marie]

Originally Posted by christyf5

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Makes me wonder at what point we should stop calling ourselves "determined" and face the fact that we have a serious problem

If we admit we have a problem do you think they'd give us drugs? It might be a lot easier to watch corals rtn if one was medicated

[Aquattro]

Once the frag you gave me grows, you can have some back!

[Sebae again]

That just SUCKS! Have you added anything else since your water change? Now I'm scared to try my box of RBS. Have you changed any of your Zeo rock or increased the flow?

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by marie

Sometimes I wonder why we keep insisting on taking up the challenge of sps corals. It seems like the corals are just as insistant on keeping us humble

I never wonder. Once you get the tank where you want it, you know why. And these set backs, well, they just give us stuff to do, and room for more frags.