New Corals
26 May 2007It’s been a busy few weeks here and I haven’t had much chance to post updates, though a lot has happened.
I replaced that peppermint that died. I decided that I probably killed it with a bad water change that affected the pH too much. That’s the only explanation that I have there. The current peppermint is doing very well, and has so far survived a water change for which I was much more careful. I’ve been using some Superbuffer-DKh to make sure the pH doesn’t drop too much on the changes.
I’ve also acquired a few new corals, three actually. The first was an open brain coral that has had my eye at the pet shop since I started this hobby. As you can see, I really like the LPS corals.
I rearranged the rock to make room for this guy in the middle. Pushed it back and created a gap. As I learn more about this hobby and what I would like this tank to look like someday, I get better and more practical ideas about how the rock should be set up.
Most recently, I got a few LPS coral frags from a local guy (contacted through the Boston Reefers Society, a very active local club with a message board). He gave me what I thought a great deal on some coral. It may have been too much to add too soon, but I couldn’t resist.
The first is a beautiful frog spawn coral with pink, white, and green tips. It has 4 heads.
The second is a nice torch coral, also with 4 heads, a few of which are splitting.
Here’s how the tank looks now.
on June 4th, 2007 at 4:29 am
I am fascinated by corals more than by fish. These two are beautiful.