The tank is trucking along super well! I did a huge trim of Xena, and was gifted a lovely Neon Green Sinularia frag. I have fragged the purple sponge three times, and it is still a good size. Sadly, I think the emerald crab is dead. I haven't seen it in a long time and have more algae on the rocks.
A lot of new polyps since the last update! Before, they zoas would be alive, but not getting bigger with longer lashes and making new ployps. The Orange face polyps were at only 1 for MONTHS. Now I have THREE of those. I've even been able to frag off some from the big mixed color colony. I'm not sure what changed...
I love the way they look on the rock. The Sun coral is still there, but very grumpy from the trim and harassment from troll fish. The zoas are starting to cover it too.... There is also some pink sponge now. I've heard it can grow over corals. I haven't had any issues like that yet.
Here is a side view. Neon Green Sinularia and button polyp are little grumpy, but add a nice green. The Xenia is still grumpy from getting trimmed. Some of the chunks haven't pulsed for a few days. I was not very gentle with it...
Here is a shot with the button coral open. It's been opening up now that it is no longer covered in Xenia. There are some brown mushrooms in the pic too, but they blend in with the dead frags really well.