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  1. Anemone spawning event, and Salinity Salt & Equipment update

    Earlier today, I noticed all the anemones looked strange, somewhat supersized. This one is my oldest anemone, purchased back in 2003. See how the tentacles look more like candle flames? That's not what I normally see, so I knew something was up.

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    No pictures of the event yet, but I did want to post about this evening. As the lights over the 60g Anemone Cube began to fade and turn more and more blue, I noticed the tank was looking a little ...
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  2. what is my branching hammer doing?

    I looked over at my tank just a minute ago and was wondering what I am looking at.

    If you look in the "mouth" of one of the heads you can see some white something in there sorry this is as clear of a close up as I can get. dare I say it almost looks as though my hammer is about to have a spawning event, but that is just a guess as I have never seen this before. they are individual white ...
  3. Blue-Green Chromis Spawning

    Well it seems my Chromis have decided to start spawning. I shot some video but its not the best. Pretty cool though, I now have a mated pair of clowns and chromis. Any ideas how often this will happen? Sorry the videos aren't the best but I'm sure I'll get another chance.


  4. Spawning event

    As I shared recently, I decided to treat my reef for Cyano with Chemi-Clean. It's been about 48 hours so far. To do so, I had to shut down the skimmer for 72 hours, and take the carbon reactor offline as well. That way the meds aren't taken out of the water too soon, which kill the cyano bacteria.

    Whilst this is going on, I noticed on Saturday morning that the tank was a little cloudy or hazy. Looking at one of the Bubble Tip Anemones (BTA), it looked like it had been spawning. ...
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