neoh's 77g lps/softie reef

[Wheelman76]

How's the duncan doing?

[neoh]

really well. It's already starting to sprout a new head! I had him mid/top before for good flow, but once I stuck 'em in the sand with good flow - he's happier than a pig in ****.



Taken about an hour ago.

[Wheelman76]

Glad to hear it , it will grow really fast if you feed it.

[neoh]

I feed it twice a week, it's pretty amusing to watch!

[Jakegr]

Originally Posted by neoh

Jynx me why don't you!

Thank you for the compliment. What were the first signs of depletion with them?

Didn't mean to jinx you!

Like any other LPS coral, when a fox coral is healthy it is open. Both of mine ended up with slow tissue necrosis. In my opinion, they like low light and very, very low flow. If the current is constantly pushing the tissue to one side, and you can see the ridges of the skeleton through the tissue, try reducing flow or moving it to a different location.

[neoh]

I've got him pretty well tucked under a rock in the shade, out of range of both the wave and the powerheads, very little flow there, but i'll keep an eye out for that - thanks.

[neoh]

Well, it's been 7 months since my last update. I figured I'd give it a refresh.

Pics were taken just before Christmas:




These pictures were taken in November:

[neoh]

Lately I've been trying to slowly raise the intensity of my LED's to try and make approximately 100 PAR at the sand bed. (25" from the lights) - and it's been a slow process. Last night I added 5% across the board and noticed some slight bleaching, so I turned the lights back to 75% and I think I may leave it there.

I haven't had great polyp extension from any of my corals, despite the fact that I maintain under 10ppm of nitrates, and my phosphates are non detectable (elos phosphate test.) though I thought that was the culprit - it appears it is not.

I got some advice from another member the other day about my alkalinity and pH being low - as it currently maintains at around 7.6 at night - 8.1 during the day. Being as it swings so much - we attributed it to my fuge light being on 24/7. Since I changed it to the same time as the lights being on full strength, we'll see how things go.

I have also been battling a hair algae problem. Though it only seems to be on the right side of the tank. I've been scrubbing it off every night with a toothbrush, but it seems to be coming back. I'm just going to have to be patient with it I think.

[Coral Hoarder]

Hermits blue leg or left hand For the hair algea looks good tho