Oxylebius
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So, I have some updates, but w/o pics today (will get some shortly) b/c the tank hasn't been maintained as I've been away on travel and the glass is in need of a cleaning.
The first update, is that I have an issue with my monties growing into each other and some are taking over the others (the orange is taking over the blue and green that it touches). So, I need to do some gardening as I don't want the orange monti to overgrow the others. Is this normal? Or can I just let them grow into each other?
Second update - About a month ago I picked up two Trapezia Pocillopora/Acropora crabs, both are pinkish red, one was placed in my stylo and the other in my monti cluster (of orange, green, and blue monties). Only one crab has survived. The one in my stylo is doing really well. Will get photo up here soon.
And lastly, an odd thing is happening.... I have a coral growing that I have no idea where came from. It is starting to look like a Pocillopora that I had two years ago that died. After the coral bleached out, I broke it away from its base and pulled it from the tank, but now the base is growing another coral. How possible is this? Again I will get a photo shortly, it is about the size where I can get one. I've been watching this little sps with interest for several months now thinking it was another monti, since I have them all over the tank, but its now not looking like a monti......
The first update, is that I have an issue with my monties growing into each other and some are taking over the others (the orange is taking over the blue and green that it touches). So, I need to do some gardening as I don't want the orange monti to overgrow the others. Is this normal? Or can I just let them grow into each other?
Second update - About a month ago I picked up two Trapezia Pocillopora/Acropora crabs, both are pinkish red, one was placed in my stylo and the other in my monti cluster (of orange, green, and blue monties). Only one crab has survived. The one in my stylo is doing really well. Will get photo up here soon.
And lastly, an odd thing is happening.... I have a coral growing that I have no idea where came from. It is starting to look like a Pocillopora that I had two years ago that died. After the coral bleached out, I broke it away from its base and pulled it from the tank, but now the base is growing another coral. How possible is this? Again I will get a photo shortly, it is about the size where I can get one. I've been watching this little sps with interest for several months now thinking it was another monti, since I have them all over the tank, but its now not looking like a monti......