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Very cool
It looks to be a sponge to me also. Definitely remove it if you like the corals it is approaching and mowing over.
Hang in there Mel, totally understandable with your other concerns why you have lost interest in the hobby. Very sorry to hear of the accident....
That looks to be a Pocillopora.
Pocillopora or Stylophora
Very nice dusters and toadstool, is that a CBS I see in the blue pics?
Try taking your pics straight on to your corals so the glass does not distort the image. Your camera might have a macro setting for close ups.
Almost all Dottybacks are terrors.
For either coral under your lights I would move to the lower levels especially since yours looks bleached.
I would avoid adding anything I do not test for. I have read that salt mixes contain more strontium than natural sea water and sometimes 2x as much....
Wonderful start and plan, congrats
Happy Birthday Chris
I am not sure. Check the nuisance algae link on Reef Cleaners website to get the exact species.
Great looking growth, well done.
Carefully pull it loose. You may end up doing this often and constantly since they have root structures that break off easily and regenerate. The...
Nice thing is you can control the power with the right unit. You couldn't do that with T5s until a year or two ago. You just had to raise and lower...
Caulerpa
Looks like it might be a Turbinaria or possibly one of the chalice species.
Nice looking tank, I believe your unknown coral is a Stylophora or a different species of Seriatopora.
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