Mike's 200g

Thanks Matt. I think I will just stick with Bayer from now on. Its always been fine on everything for me... Just wanted to use a dip I could see anything better... Lesson learnt. Just hope I didn't kill a few corals in the process. My red dragon was a fave. Luckily I do have a frag in my frag tank but my colony was a good size.. Maybe it will pull through
 
Thanks guys. Yes, it's really only my dragons and other smooth skins that really look bad from the dip. Lesson learned about using that dip with them. I just really hope I don't loose the red dragon, it has grown really big and into an awesome colony.

Mo, my po4 runs around the 0.024 color on the also high res test kit (wouldn't say exact match but around that) it's very stable and doesn't change. I run the AF system so the corals get lots of food and aminos etc. I use the turkey baster every now and then but very rarely see anything come off (but they might be just are small and hard to see) never tried with rodi though just tank water. Would a straight shot of to-do not stress the coral? Should it be heated to tank temp first? Anyway Mo, thanks for stopping by, your tank is one of the tanks I show other people when I'm trying to explain what an aquarium is capable of looking like!

I heard platform stop doesn't do anything for AEFW, but had seen others in here using it for aefw control 2. Maybe I will get some to give it a try. No negative side effects on corals right?

I have a love hate relationship with sand. Love it's look and my wrasses need it... But I can't keep it in place and I get bare patches with my flow and it gets all over my corals .

Michael,

I used cold ro water. Pour into a cup, suck it up into the baster. and wash the coral with it, aiming for where you see bite marks, or loss of coral colour etc.
I think the osmolality shift isn't tolerated by the aefw. It seems to do nothing to the corals. My fish used to swim round the baster, so they knew a treat was coming.
Anthias love aefw!!, so do clowns and so do wrasses- they get eaten from the water column.

I think the flatworm stop is useful in nutrient starved corals. I am fairly sure it has an acute nutrient source for corals, so it just helps them to fight off the aefw.
If you already have a decent phos level, your corals will already have thicker skin and I'm not convinced that flatworm stop will add anything else.

If your corals look healthy, I wouldn't disturb them.

If aefw are taking over, try the ro basting.... it will clean a lot of them off and allow your coral to recover somewhat.

Mo
 
Michael,

I used cold ro water. Pour into a cup, suck it up into the baster. and wash the coral with it, aiming for where you see bite marks, or loss of coral colour etc.
I think the osmolality shift isn't tolerated by the aefw. It seems to do nothing to the corals. My fish used to swim round the baster, so they knew a treat was coming.
Anthias love aefw!!, so do clowns and so do wrasses- they get eaten from the water column.

I think the flatworm stop is useful in nutrient starved corals. I am fairly sure it has an acute nutrient source for corals, so it just helps them to fight off the aefw.
If you already have a decent phos level, your corals will already have thicker skin and I'm not convinced that flatworm stop will add anything else.

If your corals look healthy, I wouldn't disturb them.

If aefw are taking over, try the ro basting.... it will clean a lot of them off and allow your coral to recover somewhat.

Mo

Thanks mo. I will try that next time. Really wish I hadn't dipped those corals yesterday. They were looking fine but I just thought I would dip to see if anything comes off. Now looks like I will loose at least 3 or 4 of those pieces
 
Ok so with everyone posting some ridiculous coral porn pics these last couple days I got to add one I just took.
Hopefully it competes with you guys, if not, well darn it's the best I got.
My pearlberry. Maybe one of my favorite coral pics I have taken.

 
Here is a new piece to my tank been in a few weeks, taken from my father in laws tank because it's not doing well... Unfortunatly with how it's coloring up now I am not going to want to give it back when the time comes



Any idea on a species for the last one?
 
Ok so with everyone posting some ridiculous coral porn pics these last couple days I got to add one I just took.
Hopefully it competes with you guys, if not, well darn it's the best I got.
My pearlberry. Maybe one of my favorite coral pics I have taken.


Wowza! That is frickin fantastic!!!:inlove:
 
Ok so with everyone posting some ridiculous coral porn pics these last couple days I got to add one I just took.
Hopefully it competes with you guys, if not, well darn it's the best I got.
My pearlberry. Maybe one of my favorite coral pics I have taken.


latest


amazing piece!! :thumbsup:
 
Beautiful pics, Michael!
First one has got to be a reference pic- so nice!
I wonder if the second one is a lokani?

Mo
 
Oh your pearlberry competes Mike, it most bloody definitely competes lol. :beer:

Absolutely mind blowing acro and pic buddy :)
 
Thanks guys, I was pretty happy with that shot.

Mo, it could be, but I thought like no would be more elongated in its branches. I'm not great at id though. Maybe something more like rosaria? Any one else got any thoughts? Right now it's right at the bottom of my tank so not a lot of light but is starting to get nicer color.
 
so don't want to show just the good. Here is the horrible state of my red dragon after dipping for 10 minutes.feel very stupid as this piece didn't even need dipping, I did it just "to see" :( I have 3 other acros that look just as bad that I dipped. Never using that dip again.

 
And now because I can't stand that horrible looking red dragon being the last thing you see when looking at my thread, here is a stag that was the very first coral I ever bought. It was 10 bucks and called evergreen stag. Its got some really nice bright blue growth tips that unfortunately don't show in pictures. Growing super quick now, and is obviously very hardy as I managed to keep it alive from when I very first started reefkeeping.

 
wow your pics and corals are beautiful!!!

Thank you. Its just a real shame about my red dragon, hawkins echinata, another dragon type acro, and my lokani/caroliana (not sure which it is) I should never have dipped them they were beautiful and fine before. Also I should not have used this dip on smooth skins obviously. I mixed the dip just under full strength and left corals in 10 minutes which was the low end of the recommended time (10-15 minutes) never imagined it would do this, only reason I used it was because it is clear so I could see what comes off easier. Really quite bummed about it.
 
I miss my pearl berry. It is one of my top favorite pieces out there.

It's a beautiful coral, but lately mine has really started to look extra awesome. Don't see it around so much any more. I assume ORA still have their mother colony but it's been ages since I have seen a piece on an ORA plug for sale. Only Frags off other people's colonies.
 
Ok so with everyone posting some ridiculous coral porn pics these last couple days I got to add one I just took.
Hopefully it competes with you guys, if not, well darn it's the best I got.
My pearlberry. Maybe one of my favorite coral pics I have taken.


Oh man.. This is just crazy..
Excuse me. I need a smoke.
 
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