I haven't been updating you guys on the status of all of my tanks,
so that's what we're going to be doing in this video.
I got some really exciting new corals, this being my favorite.
So incredibly unfortunate that the white
balance on my camera does not want to pick up this meat coral for all of its glory
here for some reason on camera, this meat coral looks super distorted
because this thing, it really there is no sandbed left.
I mean, there wasn't really any sandbed left
to begin with, but yeah, it's a monstrosity.
A few other additions I have added as well.
This little acro here on the left, new chunky addition here.
I got it at the Florida Frag Swap a few weeks back.
And really I just honestly don't even remember what it is.
I can't tell you where I'm going to be
adding him because there is not really any space left to work with.
But, hey, you know, save him for the big tank, you know, when the big tank is ready.
I also got this little hammer here.
It was really similar to this hammer
little almost mini colony I have going on here.
I honestly thought for a second that they might be the same hammer.
But, you know, on second look, right now, they they are different.
So, I mean, that's cool.
The little stick crew here is doing so well. I'm super happy.
Look at that polyp extension on that
walt Disney, eh? Monti has grown there, though.
Is that crazy?
I mean, it's just so weird how they grow and attach to things like that
that little
piece that I knocked off the the bigger colony there once upon a time,
it's growing in real nice
and the other acros here are just growing insane.
I'm going to have a little colony soon.
Miscellaneous chalices here
you stick a coral, you don't really have high hopes.
I mean, they're not really your favorite corals either.
You just leave them there and you forget about them.
And then, you know, you wake up one day and you're like dang
i mean, look at that growth.
You can see we are still battling the bubble algae.
Honestly, at this point, I've just given up.
Bubble algae will forever be a component of this build
and that's just something I have to accept.
Kind of blends into the rock anyway.
At least that's what I tell myself.
OK, it's pretty bad
The Duncan has grown a lot.
It used to be one head and now I think it's about five heads or so.
This guy is a little bit angry right now.
He's a little bit angry.
This guy.
It's got the perfect amount of light,
the perfect amount of flow living its best life.
I guess it's preferred location is not exactly ideal for me.
The SPS are probably going to get kind of angry soon.
What is that trunk?
Why is it so tall?
I can't even see my SPS anymore.
It's like a giant tree that's hiding all
of the other corals and stinging them at the same time.
Move the trunk just back there
in that corner, because it's not like anything would be able to grow back there
anyway because of the shadowing from that ledge.
Honestly, if we just stuck the trunk back a little bit further, then, you know,
the torch would come out and not look like a tree that is filled out.
Zoa garden, if I ever did see one,
they really just bunched together in a very awkward way.
All the green ones are encroaching upon
each other and all the red ones are here on the side.
Great thing about zoa's is no matter how
they grow, they're always going to look pretty.
Xenia is back.
The Xenia is is taking over again.
My corals have grown in a lot and it's not
really as easy to sit there and try to scrape it off as it used to be.
So I think at a certain point I should
just let it grow in the gaps and, you know, accept my fate.
Colony of firework cloves that I purposely tried to isolate on the sandbed.
It happened anyway. I essentially introduced another form
of Xenia
Lepto, as always, showing great growth,
the Favia eh
not so much
Seen a lot of growth with these guys.
Granted, it's slow growth, but I mean, I can't complain.
They're beautiful goni's. It's worth the wait.
Well, Monti, there, I see some encrusting
hammer garden doing splendid
plaiting monti there.
I don't know what he's trying to get away with
he is growing on top of the hammer.
That's not OK.
I definitely need a frag
that my beloved
Dance Milli Dance is not faring so well from the winter storm.
However, good news is that I have not seen his angry patch grow any any larger thing.
I'm just going to continue, keep an eye on him.
Know hopefully I won't have to frag his little tip off.
The little green guy here is showing a little bit more polyp extension.
I still really need to take care of these monti's here that are essentially taking
over absolutely everything on this ledge, including this Aquaman Monti
Please
please tell me how I can frag this guy
because figure out how to frag this guy soon.
I think this whole ledge here is just going to be dedicated to that guy.
And you know what I mean?
I really like this coral, but, you know, I don't like it that much.
Grafted plating monti here is is doing really well.
And I'm so excited to see that thing grow
out really big
this is the corner that I never really like to acknowledge.
I mean, I don't even want to say it's out of control.
It's it's definitely well beyond that
this aptasia is so large that I don't think
any berghia on the face of this earth can handle one of these beasts
you know
what they're so big
and I know how
they've been growing too
pesky aptasia here.
I've caught them.
I've caught them when I've been feeding my fish.
I notice that these greedy little monsters have been, you know,
having a feast themselves, definitely grab on to little fish food,
almost certain that has contributed to this ridiculous monster growth here.
And I'm really upset by it.
I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do.
I almost think I should just cut off this ledge completely if I use aptasia f
can't get down to this angle and get them
successfully without them taking notice unless I use a laser,
which I'm really deathly afraid of doing and would rather, you know,
I don't know how this issue is going to be resolved.
These corals are genuinely suffering here.
You know, originally in my last video, I said that this guy might have a chance.
I'm starting to think the chances for him are also slim.
This guy, despite all odds of being
in the center of all the aptasia nightmare, is really doing fairly well.
I mean, I've seen new growth year.
However, this this unfortunate digi is
just I mean, have you ever seen a digi this angry before in your life?
I don't think so.
I mean, this thing is simultaneously got
aptasia growing on him,
anger from the winter storm,
and I think I even see a little bit of algae.
I even see multiple types of algae are growing on him.
This is just seriously embarrassing.
And honestly, I really don't have anything that I can say that can redeem myself.
This is just totally unacceptable.
And I I'll be the first to acknowledge that.
I'm just trying to think logically about
what I can do about this point because like drop of the hand,
I guess it's just going to spread this aptasia all over my tank.
You know, the fact that I've got it confined to this one location now
let's let's not ruin a good thing
favia there is doing well
Also bubble monster
this thing is still a nuisance.
I don't know if you can tell,
but it's grown three times larger
those little feeder tentacles there.
I mean, it's just trying to grow as big as possible.
Obviously haven't moved it from underneath that ledge.
So it's still stealing all that beautiful negative space.
I don't know.
It's like one of those corals you despise.
But since you've had it,
since you first started keeping reef tanks and it's essentially survived every bad
thing ever that could ever happen to it, and it's just grown stronger as a result.
I mean, that's the kind of coral that you just you just have an allegiance to.
You just kind of respect it.
There really should be no way.
And yet it continues to surprise you.
Little Holstein here is also doing really well.
I don't know where Goby is hiding because he found a new cave.
His cave used to be right down here, but I guess he found another nook because
he is nowhere to be found these days except for feeding time.
But yeah, that is, that is my beautiful tank here with all of its problems.
Got a lot to work on and a lot to do.
I can't say I'm hating it.
It's starting to look real filled out.
The vision is starting to come to life. I don't know.
I really dig it.
These names are killing me, y'all are way better at naming fish than I
am, I can't even decide now because they're all so good.
I guess we'll make a decision here soon when I actually add them into my tank,
if they ever do at this point, because we are so behind with this build.
And don't worry, EZ Nano Reef
I got you
and honestly, for no good reason,
I mean, I really love minimalist aquascape like a lot.
A lot.
I've only ever had my tank set up for coral too.
So I kind of neglected to think about
their hiding spots like SabellaFellow brought up.
I'm seriously considering adding another structure completely at this point.
Feel so bad for this guy.
I mean, I get a comment on every new video that it's the worst they've ever seen.
Honestly, that's a pretty big feat
to accomplish on a weekly basis and not going to lie.
I'm kind of impressed with myself for that.