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Since the last pod cast was :Reef Addicts Podcast #11


by melev
Published on 07-27-2011 09:11 PM
when can we expect a new one?

I can't figure out how to post pictures in comments (always asks for URL) so I'm going to post here instead.

Here is the cooking vat:





The one thing that is doing great through this whole thing is the Rose BTA. It has grown 4 times it's size in the same time period.



Notice the hair algae on the rocks and the hammer coral wasting away. This picture is actually underwater ...

Short note to say that I've obseved one of my Mithrax crabs eating red bubble algae.

I was having the impression the RBA was slowly reducing in the tank, but I wasn't 100% sure. A few nights ago I saw one of the crabs eating it (sorry, no pictures).

But it must be quite nutritious for they are taking a lot longer to get rid of the RBA than they did with the GBA/valonias..... I'm not even sure they will one day eat them all, but I hope so... ;-)

BTW, Galaxea ...

About 10 months ago my tank was doing great. I created a little gallery of the tank with Iphoto that is available here:

https://www.icloud.com/journal/#p=02....jb/index.json


Around Christmas this past year a rapid decline started. I started to lose some corals (mostly Montipora) but everything else looked fine. Shortly there after the hair algae ...

So I finally decided to take the plunge into bio-pellets even though there are mixed reviews out there. I had been debating it for months and trying to read up on the best way to go about it but could not make a decision. There were just too many options and the reactors seemed endless. Then I saw the larger pellets that didnt need to tumble, so I figured I would give it a shot and ordered two 500 ml Reef Interest bags with a Phosban reactor 550. The reactor had nice large grates to allow good flow ...