Coral Wars!!!!

[Jimsmowen]

Anemone vs. powerhead = powerhead

haha happened to me 1.5 times

 

[Telgian]

Frogspawn vs. aiptasia = aiptasia looks pretty bad on the side closest to the frogspawn.

Gorgeous coral, this just increases the appeal.

 

[Loralie]

Acan Micromossa vs. Scolymia= Scolymia
caulestra vs. Favia= Favia
RBTA vs. Green star polyps=GSP
Torch vs. Fox= Torch

 

[kybreos]

orange cap vs. green birds nest= Orange cap

Orange cap vs. Acroporas sp, = Acro sp

 

[Frick-n-Frags]

all mushrooms can be kept together including mixed Ricordias.

 

[luntiz]

Thank you for the response.

 

[Zedar]

Im using a frogspawn to kill off "reef weeds". Otherwise know as GSP


Galaxia vs Fox = Fox.

 

[jwedehase]

GSP vs Palythoa: GSP wins
Hydnophora vs GSP : GSP wins
GSP vs Kalk paste: I WIN!!
Hydnophora vs Echninophyllia: Echino wins
Mushrooms vs Echinophyllia : Mushrooms wins
Tri Color Valida vs Cerealis : TCV wins

 

[exoticaquatix]

psammacora vs. pink paly --> not sure but the psamma is just growing over the palys. no apparent stinging. not sure who im rooting for.

 

[Zedar]

GSP vs Palythoa: GSP wins
Hydnophora vs GSP : GSP wins
GSP vs Kalk paste: I WIN!!
Hydnophora vs Echninophyllia: Echino wins
Mushrooms vs Echinophyllia : Mushrooms wins
Tri Color Valida vs Cerealis : TCV wins

How do you apply the Kalk paste?

 

[exoticaquatix]

im guessing the same way you would for aptasia only maybe a bit thicker. i mixed up some in a small bowl and used a syringe to apply it. for the GSP you wouldnt need a needle tho. just turn off all the power heads and pumps, spread it over whatever you want to kill and let it sit for a bit. i siphon out the extra before i turn the pumps back on to avoid a snow storm/possible pH spike.
-nick

 

[jwedehase]

Zedar, the description above pretty much covers it (no pun intended). I do very little at a time to avoid the pH and/or storm. Generally, I'll put maybe a 1/2 Tsp of powder into a small container, then use one of the old measuring syringes from one of my old test kits and add a small amount of water to the powder, and mix it up. I mix it as thick as I can, while keeping it wet enough to still be picked up into the syringe. I would say it's usually about the thickness of peanut butter. Then I turn off all water flow and manually apply the paste to the GSP. It looks like white snail poop all over the place, so I will then carefully and slowly rub it into the GSP, creating a mat of white paste. I wait at least 10 minutes with no flow, then turn on flow again, one powerhead at a time. Some of the kalk will always be washed away, and I just watch the corals to see where some lands. I don't bother syphoning off the paste again, though that doesn't sound like a bad idea at all. I prefer to keep the kalk in a thick layer, and it tends to solidify and become a permanent addition to the live rock.

 

[integra]

green star polyp + pumping xenia --> green star polyp
frog spawn + candy cane --> frog spawn
frog spawn + pumping xenia --> frog spawn

 

[gfox]

i use my torch coral as my joes juice to melt away my aptasia before they get big.
torch > aptasia

 

[Zedar]

jwedehase

Thanks for the tip

 

[vthondaboi]

Pink Chalice vs Acan Lord - chalice
Pink Chalice vs Digitata? - double TKO

Stupid clownfish and their constant remodeling!

 

[pennypayne]

orange cap vs blue fl ric = blue ric

 

[luntiz]

Sorry if its been asked and answered already, but how do some of the reefers out here do a mixed reef where you can barely see the rockwork. There were a few pictures of tanks where I would consider it coralscape, having pretty much every inch of the tank full of corals and everything looks happy?

 

[Herbert T. Kornfeld]

They pick corals that get along with each other...

 

[rockindacheeks]

Torch vs. GSP ----> tie ( the torch kills and the GSP grows back)