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adding anything new before I left. The only real concern had been what after-effects would there be from the red bug treatment but the only one seemed to be that they killed all the red bugs. I never really noticed a difference in polyp extension like many people talk about but I do believe the tank looks ‘healthier’. Can’t put a finger on specifically what that means but it does. Perhaps the colors are just a bit more vibrant. Certainly the growth seems to have picked up on several specimens and, in fact, I’m beginning to incur quite a lack of real estate problem once again.
The only loss however was a big one: Acro #35  . This was one of my favorites from Xtreme and had finally begun to grow, albeit very slowly. Then one day Ray called and told me he had found it bleached out one morning: No rhyme, no reason, and no problems with the neighbors. It just bleached completely overnight. Perhaps some day, when I have the room, I’ll try another one. Right now, I have a frag of my green slimer in its spot (which looks terrible there, by the way). The only other incident was that my new Seriatopora (Birdsnest) had gotten overturned somehow and spent a whole day (it was over the weekend, of course) upside down on another coral. By the time this was discovered, it had gotten stung pretty badly on a few branches and though they were removed, we’re still dealing with a few dead spots here and there. Shame too as this was a particularly nice piece. |
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| For a while I was considering the purchase of a webcam. You know, to use as a kind of ‘nanny-cam’ when I’m on one of my trips. This way I could check in several times a day, particularly on weekends and should I see something amiss, such as an overturned or bleaching piece, I could quickly call and have it addressed. Of course, then the ‘another thing to go wrong’ angel appeared on my shoulder and reminded me of Moye’s Law so right now I’m still thinking about it. Would be nice to be able to check in though. |
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April was a much busier month. After only being gone 30 days, I returned to see a tank that seemed much more overgrown than I remember .
Everything was healthy though so almost immediately we set out to do a little fragging and rearranging. This project became a bit more tedious than I had hoped; mainly because we kept running into the redecorating syndrome…you know, how moving one thing always seems to necessitate moving another and so on and so on? Well, to the delight of the areas LFS’s and a couple local reefers, we had to get rid of much more stuff than originally planned. This included having to part with one of three prized A. rosarias, which so emotionally touched the new recipient, the whole scene made me a little nervous. But space was really becoming a premium so tough decisions had to be
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