So, now I have a little cheato update..
First, it has pulled n down to below 1ppm. I'm amazed a how well it is growing. I can pull cheato every two weeks easily... crazy.. it's got to be the prodibio supplements..
an interesting thing happened along the way, though..
When I first added the cheato, n was at 50 and p was at .2
As n dropped p mov d down a bit but not a lot...
At an n of 35, p was .17
At an n of 20, p was .16
At an n of 10-15, p was .15
Then when n went to 3, p dropped to .1
And when n went down to .5 p went back up to .15
Last week I began dosing cano3 to keep n around 3 ish.
Latest test show n at 1.5 and p at .13. That was last weekend. I have dosed cano3 a couple times and will test again hopefully tomorrow or Saturday..
In the meantime, I have been turning co2 up daily to increase output from my carx. I cannot get alk above 5.5-6 right now!
Growth is picking up!
So, that's my article, now for a pic..
A couple of months ago the red coral I call the bruise, reached my orange passion and burned it nastily. Left a big dead patch. I cut the bruise back and was left with a bare patch on the op. At first I glued a frag of op there to let it grow back and then I said to myself 'hey! I have a better idea! I'll put a different, contrasting coral there! Why not?? In the wild, coral spawn will attach to whatever bare surface they can..' so with that in mind, I glued a frag of my blueberry wine onto the bare patch on the orange passion, next to the bruise...
So here's a cool close up of the three..
so I have accelerated the growth process a bit. It is an 'artificial' reef isn't it??
Another angle..
This blueberry wine is the most interesting and unique metallic deep blue. It is stunning..
Here's the mother colony:
It has been growing very well lately..
Here are the three all together.. you can see the base of the bb wine. It a few weeks it will have encrusted the area and look more natural.
Come one!?! Who wouldn't have taken the opportunity to do that? How awesome is that contrast of colour??
I don't regret it for a minute!!