We brought home our new Peppermint shrimp today! This time we picked out a smaller specimen to ensure that we didn't have an old shrimp. He is very cute!
While we were at
Aquatek, they were having their 10
th anniversary sale. We had $27.50 in store credit and everything was on sale for 20% off. We decided to pick up another coral! We ended up buying a
Montipora Digitata, our first stony coral! Ben really liked a leather coral that was at
Aquatek that he said had pom-pom coming off of it. I decided not to purchase because it was very expensive. Ben was very sad, so when I came back home and started acclimation on the peppermint and coral, I headed back out to another local fish store (River City Reefs). They had a nice selection of leathers, and some much more affordable than we saw at
Aquatek. I picked up a smaller leather for a fraction of the price and brought it home for Ben. I believe it is some sort of
sinularia coral.
Because Xenia are reportedly toxic to stony corals (
Montipora) if they come in contact with them, we decided to do a little bit of coral re-arrangement. We moved the Xenia from its central location to the right side of the tank on a rock shelf that we hoped it will spread up. We moved the green star polyps from the back left up towards the front so that the
Montipora could use its perch, away from everything else. Time to see if the corals like their new spots!
We started noticing a significant issue with
red slime algae around this same time. This is actually a nuisance bacteria that forms in systems with high nutrient level in the water in areas of low water movement. It also seemed to be affected by the amount of light it receives. Over the coming days, I would try increasing the water flow, physically removing the algae, reducing the amount of food I was giving our fish, and reducing the amount of lighting. The red slime was still there and growing!
While we were at Aquatek, they were having their 10th anniversary sale. We had $27.50 in store credit and everything was on sale for 20% off. We decided to pick up another coral! We ended up buying a Montipora Digitata, our first stony coral! Ben really liked a leather coral that was at Aquatek that he said had pom-pom coming off of it. I decided not to purchase because it was very expensive. Ben was very sad, so when I came back home and started acclimation on the peppermint and coral, I headed back out to another local fish store (River City Reefs). They had a nice selection of leathers, and some much more affordable than we saw at Aquatek. I picked up a smaller leather for a fraction of the price and brought it home for Ben. I believe it is some sort of sinularia coral.
Because Xenia are reportedly toxic to stony corals (Montipora) if they come in contact with them, we decided to do a little bit of coral re-arrangement. We moved the Xenia from its central location to the right side of the tank on a rock shelf that we hoped it will spread up. We moved the green star polyps from the back left up towards the front so that the Montipora could use its perch, away from everything else. Time to see if the corals like their new spots!
We started noticing a significant issue with red slime algae around this same time. This is actually a nuisance bacteria that forms in systems with high nutrient level in the water in areas of low water movement. It also seemed to be affected by the amount of light it receives. Over the coming days, I would try increasing the water flow, physically removing the algae, reducing the amount of food I was giving our fish, and reducing the amount of lighting. The red slime was still there and growing!
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