Hello everyone
Well on saturday i decided that it's been a year since my tanks been running and there needs to be something else other than peppermint shrimps, blue legged hermits, ceriths and an almost illegal amount of sponges.
Over the past few months i've been giving alot of thought as to what i wanted to keep, with my nano and its standard lights i had to rule out alot of my fave SPS for the obvious reasons (dont have the mega cash right now for serious lighting lol)
So like many i came across the beauty Tubastrea, a beautiful coral that doesn't need strong light, is hardy and did i mention beautiful? lol
It seems the only issue with this species is that it is a demanding feeder, but as i work from home i thought i would be able to devote the time needed to care for this animal.
So on Saturday i went down to a fish shop a few miles away and they had one! All closed up but otherwise looked pretty healthy.
Took him home, acclimated him for about 3 hours, then placed him in his nice shady new home.
Of course the time right now is about 3pm, im itching to turn the lights out and see him ( something wrong there lol) but i wait until about 9 and turn the lights out.
From what i've been reading i have heard alot of peoples Tubs take a few days to open up and feel ready to eat, but they have almost always said routine is everything.
So i defrosted some mysid, mussels and a couple of dallies, turned all the powerheads off and squirted the juice around tubby.
I thought ok time to go into the garden (beautiful weather ATM) and have a cig, yes i know very bad
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When i came back 5 mins later the polyps were starting to open!
Such a fantastic sight, i was soo happy to see him wanting food.
To cut along story short lol, i spent the next hour feeding this little monster, i managed to get at least one dosing into all the polyps, amazing how they take their food in! ( it's my first coral you can't tell right? lol)
So tonight i have a new recipe, blended mysid, mussel, dallies, cyclop-eeze and a little bit of seachem reef plus.
Im hoping to take pics of Orangina as soon as he is looking nice and fat.
Thanks for reeding my totally pointless account, i just wanted to publicly air how wonderful ( if not demanding) these little guys are.
cya later
BayBud