Thanks for positive feedback I can’t say I try to hard my t5 bulbs are almost 2 years old lol, but I’ll enter the picture. I don’t see POTM thread for March yet. I found February though.
It’s really hit or miss when reading online.
The bugs are gone after that last set of ”go for broke” treatments I did in late oct 2019 (3-4 back to back a week apart at 9-12x standard interceptor recommended concentration). Haha the tenius craze is very much alive “rainbow unicorns of the sea”. I do really miss my WD though it randomly loosing tissue as many things did being slowly engulfed. I always appreciated growth/polyp structures nothing finer than big ole mature colonies. Humble OG old school reefer that’s infatuated with Halides/VHO‘S, closed loops on Iwaki’s, SeaSwirls, ETSS reef devil downdrafts, KALK drips clogging and them classic Oceanic RR bricks. I always joke around with friends saying something along the lines of “hey just becuase the lights/skimmer are fancier these days doesn’t me mean I forget my roots I keep some stags, tables, caps, and a ORA valida [managed to save some nubs of this icon
]. My pink Cadillac Frags are coloring up and growing I’m back in the game.Good to hear.The bugs are gone after that last set of ”go for broke” treatments I did in late oct 2019 (3-4 back to back a week apart at 9-12x standard interceptor recommended concentration). Haha the tenius craze is very much alive “rainbow unicorns of the sea”. I do really miss my WD though it randomly loosing tissue as many things did being slowly engulfed. I always appreciated growth/polyp structures nothing finer big ole mature colonies. Humble OG old school reefer that’s infatuated with Halides/VHO‘S, closed loops on Iwaki’s, SeaSwirls, ETSS reef devil downdrafts, KALK drips clogging and them classic Oceanic RR bricks. I always joke around with friends saying something along the lines of “hey just becuase the lights/skimmer are fancier these days doesn’t me mean I forget my roots I keep some stags, tables, caps, and a ORA valida [managed to save some nubs of this icon
I had aiptasia everywhere in my 29 gallon biocube frag tank and nothing worked. I tried the nudis, aiptasia x, Frank’s f-aiptasia and what was supposed to be an aiptasia eating file fish. I finally tried 5 peppermint shrimp and every single aiptasia in the display portion were gone in less than 2 weeks.
I had aiptasia everywhere in my 29 gallon biocube frag tank and nothing worked. I tried the nudis, aiptasia x, Frank’s f-aiptasia and what was supposed to be an aiptasia eating file fish. I finally tried 5 peppermint shrimp and every single aiptasia in the display portion were gone in less than 2 weeks.
I’ll preface this by saying I tried to hide my aiptasia problem in my photos it was down right epic. It had gotten to a point I truly believe with numbers in the 1,000’s they were choking out my corals with toxins. During overhaul I used tweezers to manually remove 200 by peeling their foots, I placed any FUBAR’D LR/Disc/plugs in the sump as “munchies” for the downstairs homies. I soaked the frag rack and pumps in vinegar also removed return nozzle it seemed to be a hot spot. Even then I felt I had made a small dent. I added 10-12 to display initially now rounding the 4th month and with me speeding up the process I catch them in groups taking out decent sized aiptasia in one night. At this point they come in any size I have 20 I see deep in the night that exceed 1” these guys are like my Kawasaki powered snapper hi-vac lawnmower lol. Once you got enough of them at the XXL size they get to the business. With that said these nudi’s were always putting in work and immediately laying spirals right after introduction. Being nocturnal unless starved you’ll rarely see them out and about when the lights on. When I turn my lights on early in morning they’re everywhere, but are quick to disappear it’s pretty wild.
