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FWIW, once I did not see any for 5-6 weeks, they were gone and didn't come back.

Look at night on your montis and anacropora with a flashlight. They're almost never out during the day. IME, they are very tough and persistent. Do not underestimate them. I was able to beat them, but it sucked and I declared victory prematurely more than once. I used tweezers and a sharpened...

IMO, that looks like a forest fire.

I got both of mine from @under_water_ninja. To me the main difference is the polyp spacing and color. The FF has polyps packed in tighter whereas the bubblegum is more spaced out. The FF polyps are a brighter orange too. Here are a couple crappy pics where you can see both of them. I'm not...

Are the bright tips working for you? If so, any idea why?

I assume we're all passing around the same lineage here the Bay Area. I got mine at High Tide Aquatics in Oakland. I've seen some of Kenny's with bright tips. When I bought mine it did not have them, but they did appear at one point, so I know this digi can do it. IMO, it does not feel like a...

It was getting 500 at one time, including when it briefly had the yellow/green tips. In June 2024, I move both the frag and the angle of the light, so that it now penetrates the glass, which reduces the intensity. It's now in the old monitpora cap spot which was getting 275. There's no way it's...

Yes, fishless. You might be right about it being closer to ULN than not. I'd have to test the nitrates later. It's not something I keep track of. I could run the skimmer less or overfeed the shrimp to bump up the nutrients. The concern, of course, is letting the algae get out of control. The...

I know that a lot of people in the club keep these bubblegum digis. I’ve had mine for a little over a year. Growth is acceptable, but I’ve only had a couple brief periods where the tips were green. My system seems pretty stable so it seems like a good time for some experimentation. I wanted to...

Could it be montipora eating nudis? It looks a little like my anacropora (not goldenrod) did when it was getting munched on. Mine is under 300-400 PAR, fwiw.

September 18, 2024 pt. 2

September 18, 2024 Nudibranchs Obviously, it was wrong of me to declare victory over the nudis so quickly. I checked diligently at night for two weeks and didn’t see anything, so I stopped. Maybe a month after that, I noticed a few at night again. The coral was visibly fine. Maybe the...

June 4, 2024 Anacoropora and Nudibranchs After my last post, I realized that monti eating nudibranchs also attack the anacropora. I had even seen one on the anacropora before. I didn't think anything of it. I’d seen them in other places before, like on the glass. Once I made the connection...

May 30, 2024, pt.2 Pics of when I got back May 22, 2024, after two months. The tank definitely looks better irl. Seems like cell phones still aren't great at these types of pictures.

May 30, 2024, pt.1 TLDR; Tank is almost one year old. The torch is dying. Giving up on the plating montipora for now. Fewer, bigger corals in year 2. The tank is approaching one year. I went out of town twice and had total novices take care of the tank. The first time was for about six or...

October 20, 2024 I borrowed the club’s PAR meter. Obviously, I do not have the light mounted in the way the manufacturer prescribes. The gooseneck wants to pull away from the aquarium. I can’t pull it any closer. Nearly all tanks have the lights perpendicular, but the bookshelf here prevents...

Free plating orange monti cap. I have a really small tank and I no longer love the spot it's in. It also got a little beat up by a neighboring chalice. ~3"x2" Warning: I think some nudibranchs may have munched on it, although I'm admittedly not qualified to make that determination. I left for...

Inputs at this point are only for the blood shrimp. About 10 "small" pellets about every other day. I try not to feed it more than it can eat in a sitting. I'm not doing AB+ or phyto right now. There's usually a lag between my posts and the present (e.g. this post was written a few weeks ago)...

October 13, 2023 I picked up a Cali Tort at Hide Tide Aquatics. They had a really nice Walt Disney acro that I nearly got. Although it looked nice in the blue lights, it wasn’t quite as striking in the white light. My partner prefers the white light so I have a long stretch in the middle of the...

You are definitely right. Hadn't heard of those.