The joys of reefing

[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!

[Tom R]

I have always been told, you can not keep SPS with LPS and Softies. While some of the Pros's and Con's of a mixed Reef are:

Pros's

There is always something usually an LPS that looks good.
The Softies never RTN for no reason.
If an SPS RTN's you can blame it on the Softies.
You can never kill a brown blue tipped Stag
With the space a Softy takes up in your tank you will not have room for yet another expensive SPS.
You can always buy that great looking Angel because they never eat cabbage coral or Xenia.

Con's

Beautifully coloured SPS do not go with you room decor.
Your friends will look too you to pick up the tab for drinks because you will have money in your pocket from not buying yet another SPS.
You will quickly become a Coral Guru as your softies always look great.


Tom R

[christyf5]

Good one Tom. So very true as well especially for the brown blue tipped stag, its the biggest piece in my tank by far.

Yes sadly I'm already planning on what to put there next. Isn't that pathetic. I think I've developed a rather detatched attitude towards SPS and TN these days.

"aww that sucks, I wonder if i can frag it to save a piece it? Then I can grow the frag and move that blue one up top after I chuck the dead one"

Thanks Brad, you know I'll be hitting you up for a piece, it grows pretty fast too

Sebae, yeah I was kind of wondering about this RBS stuff too. No change in flow or zeo rock. I'm doing another water change today so I figured why not spin the wheel of doom again and see what happens I don't think I've heard anyone complain about it yet (unless I've been reading the wrong boards).

[mark]

seen threads as well of a crash or near crash after switching salts (not just to RBS)

[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?

[Snappy]

You can always send me a frag for insurance as well.
I have a few "canary in a coral-mine" pieces as well. Sorry to see that one not doing well it's a sweet piece.