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About three weeks ago I discovered this nefarious creature living inside of my Pink Lobo coral. It caused the coral to start receding and decline. It created two large holes in the coral and was living fat off of the food I had been feeding the coral for over a month. The has...

Moved the Pink Lobo to lower flow, lower light corner of the tank. Almost instant polyp inflation and extension, I plan on keeping it in its new location. Trying to feed it through the recovery, hopefully it works. Lost the green hammer today, one head melted away yesterday and the other...

The pink lobo coral is struggling to overcome the damage from the Gall crab. Hopefully it will recover.

5. I got another Acan for the tank. I really like the Acan / Lobo corals, the color, patterns and shapes that they come in are just awesome. 6. The Acan that was taking a beating from the hermit crabs is starting to slowly come back. Each day it grows a little more and hopefully it...

Tank Update There have been some developments in the tank: 1. I purchased a dual media reactor from BRS, it has made a huge difference in the Phosphate level in the tank and the carbon has made the water much clearer. The corals have responded nicely to the addition of the media reactor...

I have been using API test kits for Calcium, Alk, Nitrate and Phosphates. I was thinking about getting a second set from a different brand to confirm my parameters going forward now that I have more coral in the tank. NJRC what are your experience with API tests kits and do you have a...

I took the advice of my LFS and went with open rock work, plenty of places for the shrimp and fish to swim through or hide in. The clowns really like to swim through the caves looking for pods to eat. Overall the rocks are taking on a very nice purple hue as the coralline algae continues to...

Pink Lobo and one of my new clowns. Overall shot of the tank. Second Green Bubble, I really like bubbles so I go another. My Acan that has taken a beating at the claws of my hermit crabs, hopefully I can get it to recover.

The windows have been open since yesterday and the pH always rebound when I do it. I use Tropic Marin Bio Actif Salt. I have been using a buffer in the tank and the Alk stays between 8-10 and Calcium 440-500ppm.

Hammer Coral. I will get a better picture next time the polyps are more extended now. I like this coral a lot, it is a voracious eater and is a nice addition to the tank.

I got two clown fish in the tank again. They are healthy and are starting to pair up. They are funny because they seem to really like the mag float glass cleaner and go nuts when I try to clean the glass. I picked up a nice Orange Lobo coral and a hammer as well. I have a question regarding...

The tank is progressing nicely. Coralline algae is really starting to color the rock and most of the corals in the tank are doing well. I have made a few additions to the tank, however the acan echinata in my tank has taken a real beating from the hermit crabs that love to sit on top of it...

I am looking for advice / experience with my target feeding LPS corals. I have small frags and I want them to grow out. Any input is appreciated.

I am not sure if the second was wild caught. When I put fish back into the tank I am going to start with a pair.

Candy Cane coral. Bubble Coral, eats everything I throw at it. One of my favorites.

New LPS additions to the tank. I seem to be going down the LPS route. I am fascinated by Euphyllia corals as well as Acans so I picked up two frags to add to the tank. Frogspawn, opened right up and is doing well in the tank. Acan, not sure of the name.

Well, the two clown fish died this week. Not sure if it was Ich or something else. Everything was going well and all of a sudden both clowns kicked the bucket within three days of each other. Therefore, my tank is now a IOWLR tank with no fish. I am not sure how to go forward in regards to...

Thanks mnat for the detailed advice. I picked up another clown, they paired up within a days time and they are definitely cool together.

My reef tank.

To clear up any confusion, my son likes to watch Finding Nemo, he is the ambiguous pronoun I used in my original post.