Found out that those are actually barnacles living in the hoek itself
Looks like those kind of transparent hands which come out and sweep
Going to leave them alone and see whether the hoek will grow over them
I am not sure but they were doing great before the accident happened
Came back to see a pool of water and both clams have shrunken into the shell.
Coincidence?
For me, I just ate "Honey Prata"
Saw the man scoop 2 tablespoon full of sugar and mix with the prata. Then he poured lots of honey on it. The whole dish was so sweet that I am worried that I might get diabetes after eating that
Today is a bad day
My CR effluent tube fell onto the floor and water started to spill everwhere.
Lost 2 clams in the process and all other LS are fine.
Also found 2 more worms in the hoeksemai but decided not to remove them. I can also see that the polyps are brown instead of blue which I expected earlier.
Corallites have a greenish hue though and its quite nice.
The frag from weileong had also started to become pastel purplish pink again. For this one, the polyps are blue
No pictures today as my dad took the DC on a business trip
If the main idea is to create a region by which there is increased levels of minerals, then application of electrolysis in the sea would not be of much harm.
But considering that we do have limited ions in our confined tanks, such applications would cause a drastic decrease in certain ions and cause MAJOR ionic imbalance, am I right to say that?
Here's a excerpt from Anthony Calfo in his Book of Coral Propagation
"that excess ozone can harm or kill every living organism in your tank.
Iodine, for example, has not been scientifically demonstrated to be useful or necessary for most marine organisms. Yet, if misapplied, an overdose of iodine can have harmful results like the misapplication of ozone"
That should give you an idea
I do know of reefers who have dedicated propagation tanks too
My suggestion to these people is to provide the frags to farms and shops to avoid any unwanted trouble and also to spread the word about captive propagation to save reefs.
Now back to the topic. I recently read an article which a reefer wrote about coral polp extension. He had an idea that if corals do receive enough nutrition from the byproducts of zooxathellae photosynthesis in the day, they would generally not extend their polyps too much as it serves not much of purpose
He also suggested that since there is no source of nutrition from the sun at night, corals extend their polyps more so as to catch small animals or even bacteria for nutrition. So it seems like energy is really in high demand in corals though some species do extend polyps both day and night
Forgotten where I read this from but I'll try to source it out
Then you'll be thinking of whether the pvc stand can hold all the rocks, how to make the structure, how much pvc to use, will it be unsightly, can I siphon the detritus, on and on and on
Just go for what you think be best