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  1. Mithrax eat red bubble algae, slowly, but do...

    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 ...
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  2. Sally, I'm sorry.

    I recently found my alkalinity went to 6.1 dkh. I dosed within a few hours to bring to 7.1 in a 24 period. Will dose again to bring to 8.0 ish... So, I was cleaning the tank this morning and was saddened to see my Sally Light Foot Crab "belly up" on the bottom I know invertebrates are often sensitive to ph and alk swings.... Here are a few pics that I took, morbid curiosity.

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    But, as always in ...

    Updated 05-20-2011 at 01:32 AM by reefocd

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  3. Sally has alot of work to do :))

    Was concerned my Sally light foot crab would not find enough to eat Low and behold, she likes coralline algae



    Marc,

    I noticed you may have posted a frag pic of this few SPS coral I have in the tank. What do you call this coral? Is it a bonsai?

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