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Originally Posted by jimw369  Hey! Dinor!  I was just flipping thru the thread and that coral looks more like colt coral to me. All I see are polyps sticking out from the main stems. Kenyas literally have like little pine cones or pineapple looking things on the ends of their branches. Sorry for the crude description. No matter really...still a nice coral  |
Interesting, but cool! I loved a huge colt coral I saw posted on another thread here; they guy said it was about to 'explode' right after he put it in his tank but the next day, it looked awesome! I remember specifically showing the pics to my dh and telling him "That's a coral I'll have to get!" I was told at the lfs I go to that it was a kenya but, that guy isn't there anymore, and I actually shared info with him on reef tanks he wasn't aware of so... the owners are who I deal with when I go in there now, awesome place.
Anyways, thanks for the nice comment on my coral! It's not looking so good now though, all closed up, I really hope it's about to split, it has places on the branches as times that looks like it's being squeezed, the top part will droop and is thin and the bottom is all puffed part is puffed up, like someone's taken invisible string and is squeezing it on the branch... But this is my very first soft coral, I hope I'm taking good care of it, it's my favorite!
I'll post a pic soon of what it looks like now (been the same yesterday and today so far).
Oh, here are my water params for this morning.
Salinity 1.024
temp 76
ph 8.0 (a little low but consistant)
alk 2.0 (up a little from 1.6)
mag 1300 (back down to normal from 1320)
calc 520 (still a little too high)
dkh haven't tested yet, will post with pics
I added dkh kent buffer Sunday after the water change to help with the dkh (which has been at 7) and the ph. I added one more dose this morning and will test again tomorrow afternoon. I will be setting up a kalk drip in a few weeks (getting one for my birthday) to help keep the dkh and ph stable and hopefully, that should help keep those params stable and where they should be.
My plan sound good?... I know some people don't like using kalk drips but, for my tank, it may be what works. OH, also adding a 20gal sump in a few weeks, going to have 2 baffles with a small refugium as well.