Reef Pilot's Undersea Oasis

[duncangweller]

Ooooh....I would like a piece of that

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[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

Yeah, definitely similar in color. Your branches look thicker, though, but with smaller tips. But could be just differences in lighting and nutrients as I know acros can really vary by tank. I will have to do some searches and see if I can get more images of the purple plasma and compare.

After looking at ORA and other sites, don't think it is a purple plasma. Coloring and polyps are different. Having said that, I did find some called that may be similar, but with no credible pedigree.

Here is another pic of my coral from a year ago. It is a lot bigger now of course.

[seabreeze]

Great thread! Been reading with interest. Beautiful tank and pics!

I know what you mean about being away, and not even trusting other people with feeding LOL. I get nervous months before leaving! It's always the thing that 'never' happens when you're home that WILL happen when you are away!

Had the drop in ALK happen to me too. Power went out for a few hours... and I assumed autodoser had memory. A few days later corals didn't look quite right. Checked parameters and ALK was around 5. Autodoser had not resumed! All settings were at zero. No ALK or CA had gone into tank for about 4 days.

Anyway, I am another Langleyite... and if you ever want me to check parameters or feed when you are away would be happy to Anything to help alleviate any worries.

Love to see your tank one day

[Reef Pilot]

Thanks, and anytime you want to drop by, let me know.

[straightrazorguy]

Great tank and great shots Walter. Very inspiring. Your coral looks so healthy!

What kind of butrterfly fish is the one in yesterday's full tank shot? Sorry if this was adressed earlier in the thread.

[Reef Pilot]

Thanks. That's a Pearlscale Butterfly. I have one in each of my tanks. Had them for almost 4 years now, and they keep my tanks clear of aiptasia. If you go back early in my journal, I describe my initial tank conditions and all the aiptasia I used to have. The Pearlscales totally decimated the aiptasia and have kept my tanks clear ever since. And contrary to popular opinion, they don't bother my corals (have all types incl softies, LPS and SPS). Plus they make nice peaceful tank mates and eat all kinds of foods.

Having said all that, you can't just buy them and plunk them into your display tank. They likely won't survive, and if they do, will probably go after your corals. But there is a way...

[kien]

Gorgeous! Clearly someone around here knows what they're doing

[Reef Pilot]

Yeah, like EZ PZ,... haha, I can only wish... But thanks for the comments.

[kien]

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

Yeah, like EZ PZ,... haha, I can only wish... But thanks for the comments.

I never suggested that it was easy. Just that you seemed to know what you're doing. reefing is far from easy! If it were easy everyone would be doing it :-)

[Reef Pilot]

No, for sure it's not easy and I have had my share of challenges this past summer again. For me the key has been trying to understand what went wrong, and then correcting it. And lots of patience. Tanks can go bad fast, but they sure don't turn around for the good fast.