SO, got some time to frag and set the big ultra- GSP cluster. I thought maybe it had grown around a frag plug and completely surrounded it. I was wrong
As far as I can tell, this thing started off on the sand and encroached over a large jawbreaker candy sized chunk of rock. I trimmed away the loosely attached tissue, but it had grown down into the pores of the rock and I couldn’t peel it off. I was tempted to take a chisel and break it in half, but I was worried about crushing the lower portion.
Anyway, I got 5 large postage stamp sized pieces and the ‘sphere’ and glued them down onto their new home. They are in position in the DT- just hoping I see some polyp extension later tonight.
I found (9 x) 1/4-1/2” bristleworms in the central node, and was able to remove 5. After confirming they are good guys- I rinsed then 6 times in saltwater then added them into the DT. Nice addition to the biodiversity and s good cuc member. They landed scattered around the tank and quickly buried themselves in the substrate. The other 4 I couldn’t remove I guess will just hang out in the gsp.
I also removed the purple cap hammer from its plug, glued it to a small piece of rock, then epoxied that onto a small ledge on the archway, living room side. Michael J Bumble-fox then proceeded to swim into it, dislodging it, so I doubled up on the epoxy and quickly put her back in place. An hour later, she’s got good extension, butvthe bleaching she underwent in QT is very obvious with the change in lighting. And the big blob of epoxy under her kinda annoys me. But fingers crossed, she’ll grow and it won’t be visible.
I also placed the war favia and the favites on rock pieces, and placed on sand bed in a partially shaded spot. I’ll adjust once I get a better idea of their condition in the DT.
My first fungia has been in the sand bed since Friday, and has started gaining color and puffing up a few times in the day to feed. No tentacle extension that I’ve seen yet, but this particular specimen didn’t have any real tentacles to begin with in the store.
I’m going to broadcast 1tbsp of reef roofs later this evening once lights out to see how everyone is doing.
I also pulled out one of the ‘legs’ of the archway and scrubbed it free of cyano and Chrysophytes. Looks much better now, but the colour difference is very jarring. I’m planning to clean 2 more legs in the coming week, just don’t want to cause a mini cycle by having so much rock out at once.
So, currently, I only have 2 neon green pinwheels in QT. Guess I need to go shopping for some torches and micromussa...
