Recent content by pathakm

Me too. Tired of killing them with Aptasia-x. Seems like a temp solution. I’ve tried peppermints and against my own judgement a copper band. So far I see new baby aptasia popping up everywhere. Don’t know what else to do. Can anyone on this thread spare a few? I have a IM-30 AIO.

Valida typically gets deep green skin with purple tips and bright green corallites. This looks closer to an Austrea acro. I have one in my tank but it is way too small to compare and very much new to the tank. But the bubbly appearance and shape resembles an Austrea. Although the teal color is...

UPDATE: After I moved these into the final positions with appropriate lighting they have been quite a revelation. So the middle one from my earlier post I'm pretty sure is a Frogskin Acro. It's showing some bluish/purple polyps with beautiful pink/peach tips. See images. And the last one...

Wondering if anyone has run into this. I started my tank sometime at the beginning of the year. It's an IM Nuvo 30L AIO and in the back compartments I have: - Filter baskets in 2 corners compartments running filter pads, carbon and Seachem Phosguard - 2nd right compartment - IM Ghost Skimmer...

Hello Reefers, I picked up a few Acro colonies few weeks back and honestly they came in at such an amazing price that I didn't really take time to find out what they were. I'm attaching the pictures. Can you please help me identify these corals? First one looks like some kind of tort and the...

Quick update on this thread. So after I moved it to another location the coral bleached completely. I moved it to a frag rack and have been monitoring it. While it does look a bit fuzzy and at times I do see some green tint to the skeleton I don't know if it is just algae moving in place. I'm...

Super helpful folks. I did see that the water in my ATO cleared overnight. I had my ATO pump slightly raised using a plastic platform to make sure I'm not dosing the sludge. I do like the idea JG066 recommend though. That way I can be sure that none of the sludge gets into my tank. I'll report...

I was actually looking at a video from BRS where they suggested supplementing 2 part with Kalk (or the other way) and also they highly recommended to add to ATO. I'm honestly quite new to reefing so trying to experiment and see what works but using this forum to make sure I'm not doing something...

Hi folks, I went to LFS yesterday to give Kalk Wasser a try. The LFS had only Brightwell Aquatics Kalk+2 so I bought it thinking it's a reputable company and I'm sure they got it right. Plus it also doses Stronium and Magnesium in Ionic rations. I decided to stop my 2 part dosing so give this...

This information is super helpful folks. So I'm going to resist my urges to get a goby and try the Nassarius snails and Cerith snails. My tank is not that big so I'll also hold out on Sea Cucumbers for now. Thanks again so much.

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So here's the deal. I'm new to the hobby and have just setup my new 30 L IM Nuvo. And as a rookie, I went with some really good looking fishes which I could get my hands on for a bargain (nothing is cheap in this hobby as it turns out). I ended up getting a beautiful Yellow Head/Blue Streak...

Thanks so much! I'll definitely sleep better tonight. :)

Hi, I'm a fairly new reefer so please pardon ignorance. I recently got a good size green pocillopora frag from a buddy. I dipped it, and placed it on the sand bed to acclimate. Of course being a new reefer I got tied up with some other things and forgot about it for about 4 days. In the mean...