Darsh
Active Member
Hi everyone,
My bubble tip split yesterday, probably because I stressed it.
I added my first sps pieces to this aquarium 3 days ago and to prepare I tested my Alkalinity.
Seems my coralline algae had stripped quite a bit of it over the past few months.
FromJanuary to April it had read either 9.8 or 9.5 on my Aquaforest test.
July was 6.8, and last Friday was 5.6.
I read it was safe to raise it by 1.4 in 1 day so I aimed for that.
It went up by 2 to 7.6.
Yesterday when I was rearranging some rocks and corals after the new corals being in there 2 days, I accidently knocked the anemones rock off it's pillar, I caught it and put it on the sand. As far as I know I didn't damage it in the "fall".
Woke up this morning to it in 2 pieces.
It was about 10" now it's 2 equal sized 5"ers.
They look pretty healthy but my tank is a mess, I want to know how long I should just leave everything before meddling again.
Also, would the 2 point rise in Alk cause it to split or maybe it was ready to anyway?
It had been an odd shape for a couple of months, like not round, more of an oval so I thought it was going to split back then but nothing happened.
Thanks in advance for any tips
My bubble tip split yesterday, probably because I stressed it.
I added my first sps pieces to this aquarium 3 days ago and to prepare I tested my Alkalinity.
Seems my coralline algae had stripped quite a bit of it over the past few months.
FromJanuary to April it had read either 9.8 or 9.5 on my Aquaforest test.
July was 6.8, and last Friday was 5.6.
I read it was safe to raise it by 1.4 in 1 day so I aimed for that.
It went up by 2 to 7.6.
Yesterday when I was rearranging some rocks and corals after the new corals being in there 2 days, I accidently knocked the anemones rock off it's pillar, I caught it and put it on the sand. As far as I know I didn't damage it in the "fall".
Woke up this morning to it in 2 pieces.
It was about 10" now it's 2 equal sized 5"ers.
They look pretty healthy but my tank is a mess, I want to know how long I should just leave everything before meddling again.
Also, would the 2 point rise in Alk cause it to split or maybe it was ready to anyway?
It had been an odd shape for a couple of months, like not round, more of an oval so I thought it was going to split back then but nothing happened.
Thanks in advance for any tips
