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Schnizzle · Feb 20, 2020

Tahoe61 said:
That is a great zoanthids garden.
How are the Pink Diamonds doing?
I am jealous.

They're doing good. Started with one large polyp and two small ones. Now there are eight. It definitely isn't a dense growing one. Seems like it's eager to branch out and then (hopefully) fill in. Much like the zoa rock beside the garden. They, along with the Omega One and Utter Chaos, look better in person. I'm not much of a photographer.

45ZoaGarden · Feb 20, 2020

Haha yeah. Pink diamonds and purple monsters are weeds. My lfs pays me $10pp because they can’t grow them though ;Hilarious

Schnizzle said:
They're doing good. Started with one large polyp and two small ones. Now there are eight. It definitely isn't a dense growing one. Seems like it's eager to branch out and then (hopefully) fill in. Much like the zoa rock beside the garden. They, along with the Omega One and Utter Chaos, look better in person. I'm not much of a photographer.

Schnizzle · Feb 23, 2020

About these Pink Diamonds. It appears that they are migrating? Can they do that or is there something else at play here? The one or two original polyps started out pretty much center.

Side note: the Aiptasia has been removed.

danieyella · Feb 26, 2020

Gorgeous garden, I just bought a few newbies for mine. Right now I'm trying to combat the overwhelming pink from my Armor of Gods, they took off like wildfire inside my tank and I'm probably going to have to cut them back soon. Wish I knew more locals to pass them on to. Not sure if it's just my tank or if they're always super growers.

Schnizzle · Feb 26, 2020

danieyella said:
Gorgeous garden, I just bought a few newbies for mine. Right now I'm trying to combat the overwhelming pink from my Armor of Gods, they took off like wildfire inside my tank and I'm probably going to have to cut them back soon. Wish I knew more locals to pass them on to. Not sure if it's just my tank or if they're always super growers.

I think those are my favorites. The way the ring fluoresces and the rest is so muted...

Schnizzle · Mar 6, 2020

Apparently I need to leave the reef under my wife’s care more often. I’ve been away for a five days. Either that or the dosing I started five hours ago is working already. (I doubt it) I feel like everything is popping tonight.

Schnizzle · Mar 11, 2020

I don't know what happened but Monday something not only knocked the Bob Marley's plug off the rock but also the frag from the plug! After I found the frag I glued it back in the same place because they seemed very happy there. They were peeved for sure but they did finally start peeking out again last night. Hopefully they get back to their happy selves soon.

I suspect my massive Trochus snails but their work ethic definitely outweighs the damage they do.

Schnizzle · Mar 24, 2020

Just dropping off an updated photo. That Aiptasia in the Pink Diamonds is a stubborn one. I’m going to put the Filefish in the DT for one more try. Hopefully it behaves this time.

Schnizzle · Apr 10, 2020

I'm now willing to bet that the Pencil Urchin was behind the Bob Marley incident. It ate 2/3's of the Bonfires. Before I could pry it ate, the next night it ate half the remaining Bob Marleys. It is now sumped. I'm thankful that it didn't manage to eat ALL of any particular zoa.
The Filefish is gone. It didn't work out so I'll continue manually fighting the Aiptasia. Maybe a Copperband is in my future if I can find an Aussi one.
To add insult to injury, a large Aiptasia popped up near he AOIs and stung the life out of a few polyps. Everything is recovering now and looking happy again.
This photo is after the Bonfire feast and before the Bob Marley snack and Aiptasia attack. You can see why I couldn't immediately remove the urchin.

danieyella · Apr 10, 2020

Schnizzle said:
I'm now willing to bet that the Pencil Urchin was behind the Bob Marley incident. It ate 2/3's of the Bonfires. Before I could pry it ate, the next night it ate half the remaining Bob Marleys. It is now sumped. I'm thankful that it didn't manage to eat ALL of any particular zoa.
The Filefish is gone. It didn't work out so I'll continue manually fighting the Aiptasia. Maybe a Copperband is in my future if I can find an Aussi one.
To add insult to injury, a large Aiptasia popped up near he AOIs and stung the life out of a few polyps. Everything is recovering now and looking happy again.
This photo is after the Bonfire feast and before the Bob Marley snack and Aiptasia attack. You can see why I couldn't immediately remove the urchin.

My pencil urchin ate the entire stalk of my torch, and then proceeded to eat a hole through my live rock. He went back to the LFS and never again. Glad you were able to get him out before he destroyed everything.

Schnizzle · Apr 10, 2020

It was a bummer because it was a model citizen for probably a year. The way my luck goes I should have known better then to take any chances. Haha

Schnizzle · May 28, 2020

Update time. The "Armor of God" have gotten HUGE compared to everyone else.

If anyone is looking to do some swapping... I have some "Dragon Ball Z" (bottom left) and "Bonfire" (red/orange skirt above the green patch) on frag plugs. I really want something yellow in the mix. "Pikachu" look lovely but I'm not having much luck finding any.

45ZoaGarden · May 28, 2020

Schnizzle said:
Update time. The "Armor of God" have gotten HUGE compared to everyone else.

If anyone is looking to do some swapping... I have some "Dragon Ball Z" (bottom left) and "Bonfire" (red/orange skirt above the green patch) on frag plugs. I really want something yellow in the mix. "Pikachu" look lovely but I'm not having much luck finding any.

How about LA lakers or king Midas? They’re both pretty cheap and look great

Schnizzle · May 28, 2020

They do look nice. Are you in possession of said zoas? haha

PicassoClown04 · May 28, 2020

High flow on zoas make the lashes longer! Also the feeding response is pretty cool if you reefroids/brine shrimp them with the powerheads off. If the stalks become very long it means they want more light.

Schnizzle · May 28, 2020

They definitely get some flow. One of my return lines blasts right across them all. I'm glad I didn't but the AoG's any lower then!

45ZoaGarden · May 28, 2020

footgal said:
High flow on zoas make the lashes longer! Also the feeding response is pretty cool if you reefroids/brine shrimp them with the powerheads off. If the stalks become very long it means they want more light.

Schnizzle said:
They do look nice. Are you in possession of said zoas? haha

Yes, I do have Lakers LOL. Long stalks isn’t an indicator for more light with palythoa like AOG’s.

danieyella · May 28, 2020

AoGs grow like absolute weeds for me. Looks like everything is coming along nicely

45ZoaGarden · May 29, 2020

danieyella said:
AoGs grow like absolute weeds for me. Looks like everything is coming along nicely

AOG and gobstoppers are next on my list. I need something to fill in space

Tahoe61 · May 29, 2020

Schnizzle said:
Update time. The "Armor of God" have gotten HUGE compared to everyone else.

If anyone is looking to do some swapping... I have some "Dragon Ball Z" (bottom left) and "Bonfire" (red/orange skirt above the green patch) on frag plugs. I really want something yellow in the mix. "Pikachu" look lovely but I'm not having much luck finding any.

Gorgeous.

How about Scrambled Eggs for yellow, I love mine. They would really shine in your tank.

Side note, I am getting Space Chaos from Cherry Corals.;Happy