BioCube 29 HQi - Update 10/5/11 - The Reef Project

[djnik0515]

If the edges of red montipora are white is that okay and thanks for your help

[TheReefProject]

@djnik0515 NP. white edges are normal. just ensure calcium levels are optimal and it'll grow 3x the size within a year :D. oh and from experience, if the red does start to turn white and slough off don't worry too much about it. mine did that twice cause of a fish and starfish death but with a 30% water change and running fresh carbon with 6x dose of seachem prime conditioner it bounced back a week later... bottom line is just leave be and take care of the water instead of the coral directly.

[djnik0515]

there white in color usually come out in day time white dots every where on my montipora

[TheReefProject]

@djnik0515 i would say the polyps are normal just a diff colour morph which makes it an even more "prized" piece of coral... if the red on the monti isn't turning white or sloughing off slime then it should be healthy and you'd have nothing to worry about.

[TheReefProject]

@djnik0515 what exactly do the polyps look like? are the polyps very small and dotted all over? because these polyps are usually out in the day as well. montis are like any other sps so the polyps are natural but rather smaller. some sps also have have small feather like polyps that duck in and out of the sps in a turning movement.

[Thatguywithlogic]

@TheReefProject Yea, true. At least it's not a tang. My 24 looks quite a bit like your tank, being that I have 3 chromis and a clownfish. I do have some NPS corals in addition to a few LPS/softies (no SPS, my magenta basslet picked incessantly at my first monti). The majority of my corals are actually hitchhikers, including Scleronepthya sp., Sarcothelia edmondsoni, various Anthelia, and mushrooms. I wish I could have leathers but my mushrooms kill them.

[TheReefProject]

@Thatguywithlogic leather corals are overrated imo... they get too big for for smaller tanks and shade everything... my fav so far are rock anemones. they're sooo easy to keep and can have some nice colour morphs, (some) can co-habitate and touch other corals without stinging or killing them and ime clownfish will readily host them.

[Thatguywithlogic]

@TheReefProject Once my Scleronepthyas mature I'll be happy with not having leathers. Scleros are much more attractive IMO but they grow VERY slowly. the 12" long ones in the wild are around 10 years old.

[Thatguywithlogic]

Do you still have that wrasse? Definitely too big/active for such a tank.

[TheReefProject]

@Thatguywithlogic yes, he's still kicking around... and i would somewhat disagree on his happiness; though an active fish, wrasses like ample live rock with things to hover over and pick at which are provided and they also like familiar undisturbed sleeping places since wrasses like sleeping under the substrate at night which is also provided. however, i would agree that in any situation large tanks are preferable for any and all fish but the entire nature of the fish should also be considered.

[jnrandall]

Wow, really sweet!

[TheReefProject]

@jnrandall thanks

[fxaznboi71]

real nice tank i like the torch coral

[aliencookies]

@fxaznboi71 thanks