powder blue and red Favia

[sfsuphysics]

That cleaner shrimp is why it's the more challenging one! I used to love those shrimp, peaceful, active.... then when you try to spot feed.. they rip it right out of the corals... I don't care what anyone says about "feed them first" they are pigs and will go after food if they can.

 

[LeviT]

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That cleaner shrimp is why it's the more challenging one! I used to love those shrimp, peaceful, active.... then when you try to spot feed.. they rip it right out of the corals... I don't care what anyone says about "feed them first" they are pigs and will go after food if they can.
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Yep, the only time I don't have to shoo them away is around their molting.

 

[Rekonn]

Mine has a couple of tubes that I think are algae sticking up about a centimeter from the surface. Levi, I see some in your pic. That is just some odd algae, right?

 

[Gomer]

Those would be worms. (or snails). I hate them and killem.

 

[Gomer]

So far this guy is doing well. Colored up a little and is seemingly happy. Just posting for record to see how he turns out :-D

 

[Ibn]

Looking good, Tony.

Are those Tyree green polyp toadstools I see on the left?

 

[Gomer]

Yup. I think I have 5 or 6 frags of those still :-D They are also in the background of the top picture

 

[Rekonn]

Gomer, how do you kill the worms? I used a pair of needle nose pliers and picked off the ones I saw, but they appear to me making a comeback already.

 

[Gomer]

they retract when you disturb them so you need to remove them down to the base.

 

[LeviT]

I have 2 frags of these available. I'll try and take some pics of them later this week. If I have more than 2 takers (like that'll happen) I'll put your names in a hat and let me kids pick them

 

[Gomer]

Levi, any chance you can snap a picture? CUrious as to see how it ended up for you.

 

[LeviT]

Sure thing. Mine have been on my sand the whole time so they haven't colored up much but they filled out nicely. I'll see if I can snap some pictures tonight.

 

[tuberider]

It seems to take on a more powder blue color, and has lost some of the red that it had when I first rescued it. Mine got snuffed by the Orange Crush, in the great "take out half the tank" sweeper episode.

 

[bluenassarius]

acan echinata's have sweepers??

 

[Gomer]

no, but they do have web-o-death

 

[bluenassarius]

ugh, i almost bought a colony too

 

[Gomer]

echinatas are probably the most "time bomb waiting to happen" corals there are. I lvoe them and have 2 :-D

 

[sfsuphysics]

They got testicles!

"He put his testicles all over me"
"Wha?"
"You know like octopus"
"ooooh... N-T... big difference."

 

[LeviT]

Finally got around to uploading a post fragging pic. I am holding 1 for Sam (bluenassarius) but I still have 1 more available.

 

[Lyn]

I would like to try this if it is still available.