Please see my video and answer my questions

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  1. babyduke

    babyduke Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    1) Do my xenia look dead? They keep shrinking.

    2) What is that small round yellow looking thing upper right from the xenias? Is that the brain coral?

    3) On my live rock, yellow gooey looking thing is spreading which is actually hard not soft. It looks kind of nice. What exactly is that?

    Sorry for the boring video. I have to get more live rocks to fill up the tank better.

     
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    babyduke, Jan 20, 2009
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  2. RHorton

    RHorton Pajama Cardinal

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    What video?
     
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  3. Av8Bluewater

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    If it's a youtube video only paste the part after the = sign in between the brackets.
     
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    bumpity..............
     
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  5. babyduke

    babyduke Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Not sure where this thread's headed...

    Can someone please helping answering my questions? Thanks.
     
    babyduke, Jan 21, 2009
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  6. Annie3410

    Annie3410 Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    your xenia dont look so hot. what about params, lights, etc?
     
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  7. babyduke

    babyduke Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Sometimes they extend out and looking tall like a fresh broccoli then shrievel up again.

    55gallon long (48"L x 13"W x 19"H)
    2 fluorescent lights(25 watt ea)
    55lbs of live rock
    50lbs of live argonite sand
    2 AquaClear 70 powerfilter (300gph ea)
    1 powerhead (200gph)
    1 Ebo-Jager 250watt heater

    Salinity: 1.024
    Temp: 75
    PH: 8.4
    Ammonia: 0
    Nitrite: 0
    Nitrate 5-10
     
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  8. Annie3410

    Annie3410 Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    are your lights t8s? if so that is your problem. corals need more adequate lighting than that. you can either add lots more bulbs of your current lighting, including actinics, as corals need the blues to thrive, or change your lighting. i would recommend changing your lighting to t5s. this would be the best long-term solution.

    EDIT: i see the mushrooms look pretty good, mushrooms can thrive on low lighting.
     
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  9. Rawdogz

    Rawdogz Torch Coral

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    2 fluorescent lights(25 watt ea). is this the light fixture that came with the tank?
     
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  10. ZachB

    ZachB Giant Squid

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    The yellow thing looks like a sponge.

    By the way, 2 25 watt fluorescents won't cut it for corals. Your Xenia need more light, I'd recommend getting some T5's.
     
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