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04/30/2008, 08:00 AM | #1 |
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no PE recently
i've noticed in the last 2-3 days that most of SPS are showing no polyp extension. i checked my water chemistry last night and got:
sg: 1.025 ammonia/trite/trate: 0/0/undetectable ca: 400 mg: 1220 alk: 8.6 pH: 8.3 i finished a 3x interceptor course a few weeks ago and check meticulously for parasites every other day but haven't found anything. there's really no fish in there that would peck at the sps, except for a klein's butterfly i added 2 weeks ago. i haven't seen him pecking at the SPS, but that doesn't mean he's not doing it. any thoughts? |
04/30/2008, 10:22 AM | #2 |
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I would put my money on the Kliens butterfly fish.
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04/30/2008, 12:13 PM | #3 |
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I believe its' the Kiens butterfly too. I had a copperband in my sps tank and had to trap him out. He was nipping at my sps polyps. Saw alot more PE after he was gone.
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04/30/2008, 12:59 PM | #4 |
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It's the Kleins, I have one in a pallet bin taking care of Aptasia. He did such a great job I moved him to the display but in that tank he went for the sps. It took me a couple days to figure it out and another week to finally catch em. He is now with my Clown Goby starring at sps from across the room.
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04/30/2008, 01:22 PM | #5 |
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cool thanks guys. he's taking care of the aiptasia pretty quick, there's a few big ones left i'll let him take care of it and then take him out.
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04/30/2008, 01:49 PM | #6 |
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Definitely it's the kleins. I put one in 3 weeks ago for the aptasia and saw him nipping at all of my sps. Caused most of them to have no pe at all. Took him out and 1 week later pe back to normal.
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