Not unfortunatecthat I'm in Colorado. Unfortunate that I'm not near wreak. Also not meaning to complain about my fellow reefers in Colorado. But it is all business with them. Last one I got was a trade for chaeto.
Also I'm in Westminster if anyone is curious.
I really don't think its just Colorado I have noticed there is a new trend with coral every one thinks they can make money selling them. Just a few years back if you wanted a frag thank you had to go custom now they are for sale at most stores.
Absolutely getting more common and easier to be a reef keeper nowadays. I was around when halides and vho were standard and super expensive options. Also around during a site called fish geeks was super popular (dead site now) and I kept low tech planted tanks and aggressive freshwater fish.
Kept mostly fowlr tanks until I was 18, then I kept mushroom corals zoas and other cheap easy corals.
Named corals is a huge step backward in our hobby it makes these special animals seem so engineered. These creatures are amazing in all rights of the world. almost too special for our glass boxes.
This hobby has a high rate or failure compared to others. Maybe I need to wait until everything settles down. I love my fish and corals though and will continue to fill my box up.
I want some more frogspawn and hammers in different colors. I'm kind of over the sps bug right now. I just can't seem to keep them for long anyway. And if hey are around they don't grow much.
What was your mix for the kalk/water?Lol yeah, I've seen two others tanks here in Colorado. And one I had to drive to Greeley for. The store displays are better maintained and nicer to look at but I guess that's how they get you in to look.
After my coralline algae reversed I can't see any new growth. I added a diluted amount of kalk to my ato and hope it helps things get a boost.
Tested alk and it's stuck at 9.
I also know API isn't the best kits to use for accuracy but I don't test very often and a roundabout number is ok for me. I try to go by coral health.
Do you think my alk is too high for such low nutrients?