Oscaror
Back In It
I have a bonsai that I just can't kill, no that I'm trying. Last year my tank had a nitrate spike that I've only recently recovered from, I hit 180 (or more, 180 was the highest my test kit could measure) ppm of nitrates. ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY. I THINK THE CHERNOBYL EXCLUSION ZONE IS MORE HABITABLE! I lost euphyllias, zoas, mushrooms, some corals lived, but what stood out was one coral, my bonsai. It not only survived levels of nitrates that would probably kill ME if I drank them, but it retained its purple/blue coloration. Now in recent times it has grown a ton, into a mini colony that will only get bigger. But sometimes I accidentally chip a piece off. Bonsais are practically worthless (maybe not this one though, I'll perform tests such as keeping it in a pico) due to how common they are, so I let the pieces fall into uninhabitable zones of the tank when they do. Now I have little baby bonsais growing on the sand bed under shelves where the light barely touches, and where water flow is almost inexistant.
So what do you think, have I found a rare gem? An acro you could give to a beginner reefer who set his tank up two weeks ago? Testing will commence in time. Thinking about testing light level tolerance, parameter tolerance, tolerance to lack of water movement, and see if it can live in a pico.
So what do you think, have I found a rare gem? An acro you could give to a beginner reefer who set his tank up two weeks ago? Testing will commence in time. Thinking about testing light level tolerance, parameter tolerance, tolerance to lack of water movement, and see if it can live in a pico.
