Fritz0id3937
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Great, now that you mention it, there is a waving hand Xenia on the other side of it that is looking a little funny too.
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It's a hurricane chalice.
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Actually there is a nearby chalice, about 3 inches away. What does a chalice do?
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How toxic is a dying birdsnest coral? Its long dead now, but it seemed to burn a nearby gorgoian in a few places that was only a few inches away.
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Good question, is there a good method or post for determining what amount to dose and how often? Or should I just start dosing low amounts daily, and test often and adjust from there with a trial and error method? Tricia - what doser did you decide to get? I still can believe how fast that coral died, at least the rest seem to be fine, actually seeing faster growth in some (spongodes is taking off), since my levels are now within ideal range. My ALK has always been on the low side until now.
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Next time I'll be sure to move ALK much slower over a longer period of time. I didn't think raising alk by 2dKH over a week was a big swing, but I guess it is especially for an injured coral.
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It started from the tip that was stung and spread throughout the entire coral. All my other corals look great, even the other colony I have of the same exact birdsnest. So don't think its anything other than the sting and maybe me raising ALK over the past dew days.
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The entire colony is white now. I clipped off the entire branch with the burnt tip and moved the coral to the sand bed. That sure happened fast, ouch. The flesh appears to remain on the rest of the coral but looks like it could be rubbed off easily.
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Yea, I think it's time for me to invest in a Doser. I am thinking of getting the jebao dp-4. I worried this birdsnest won't be there when I get home tonight.
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I have a lot of sps now, upper half of the tank is all sps, and recently added a bunch more sps about 2 weeks ago. My salinity stays stable at 1.026, but I'll double check with my refractomitor again tonight. Thanks. I thought this green birdsnest was all but indestructible, it grows like a weed, but I just read faster growing corals might be more sensitive to alk swings.
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My alk was low last week. So I've raised it from 6dKH to 8dKH over the past week, by adding about 30ml a day or every other day manually. The birdsnest touched the other frag during this time.
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Everything else looks great, even my other colony of the same birdsnest. Should I move it to the sand bed, out of the high light high flow spot its at now?
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Ah oh, it looks much worse today, white velvet condition has spread to about 85% of the coral and about a centimeter of flesh is gone from that tip. Only the tips have normal PE. I manually dose 2 part and have been bringing my ALK up over the past week. I never dose more than 30ml of each a day. I thought that would be slow enough for my 65gal with 20gal sump. Sad to lose this one, grew it out from the smallest frag the size half a pinky finger.
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The rainbow granulosa got knocked over by my big turbo snail and it rested on the just the tip of a branch of a small birds nest colony for about a day before I fixed it. Now the entire branch of the birdsnesr is turning white, the tip looks like white bone and polyps transition to a white velvetly fuzz on the rest of the branch, rest of the colony is still green and has pe. What can I expect? Should I do anything or just wait? Is rainbow granulosa that aggressive, cuz it looks fine? Birdsnest Colony is about the size of a tennis ball. Thanks.
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I run my evergrows 9am - 1am, 16hrs. I always wondered if anyone else ran as long as I do. Start very low - like 10-20% and ramp up slowly and peak at about 40%w 60%b for like 10hrs maybe, then ramp down more abruptly. My lights are only a few inches off the surface. I have a mixed reef with a bunch sps, everything is doing well. No algae issues. Only thing I've noticed is my rbtas might retreat into rock during that last hour or so.
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It better not. I have already had 2 splits in the past 5 months, and I can't get the extras out. Also, one seems to be happy staying under a rock in the dark. It looks good as far as I can tell. How long can a rbta stay in the dark? I don't directly feed them, since they grow fast too fast already.
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It better not. I have already had 2 splits in the past 5 months, and I can't get the extras out. Also, one seems to be happy staying under a rock in the dark. It looks good as far as I can tell. How long can a rbta stay in the dark? I don't directly feed them, since they grow fast too fast already.
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Cool. Also, nem didn't even flinch.
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Um so my clown just bit off a long tentacle from my rbta and ate it like it was a worm. Is this normal? My clowns are just now starting to get the hang of hosting it.
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Thanks for the tips. All 3 are on the same rock. Its a big base rock, on the bottom, biggest rock in my tank, size of a basketball. Not taking it out unless I get really desperate.
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How has cutting their foot off worked for you? Did you end up with 2? I can't even get close to the foot tho. Still completely inside the rock since I plugged his hole, only one tentacle sticking out.
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Ice didn't work, couldn't get it close enough and it melted too fast. So I just bugged him until he completely receded into the rock. Then, I plugged his hole with rubble rock. Hopefully he comes out somewhere else that's easier to get at.
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Problem is, all 3 are on the same rock, and its a huge base rock. I don't have an extra powerhead and the other are pretty close. I guess I will try ice first. Thanks.
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My rbta split again, that makes 3. How can I remove one? One is too close to corals and his foot is deep deep into some pukani rock. Anyone have tips or exp on getting it out? I can't reach the foot. Soon my tank will be all anemones. Thanks.
Catching Mini brittle sea stars
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Aren't mini brittle stars good?