Thanks for the replies Sherman, Boomer and Mike!
I will see if I can get a closeup later on today when the lights cut on. I did change to MH's as well recently so maybe that was the extra "ingredient" it needed to grow...
Previously posted by Sherman
Hey Krish, I've been reading your posts for a few months now... watching your tank (err... LR curing bin) mature and go through all the motions. I think I've figured out what would help your tank the most.
Prozac.
Get some freakin' corals in there, already! As soon as you start adding more life, your tank's entire chemistry and bioload is going to shift. Each coral will change (minutely) your requirements, as will any fish, inverts, etc. As the tank matures, its very needs are going to change, even as they are doing right now. Certain microfauna "wax and wain" over time, adjusting to the surpluses of their necessary nutrients.
LOL Sherman!...You may find this funny, a shock or strange, but believe it or not, you guys living in the US have it A LOT better than I do when it comes to corals or marine life. I would have had corals in my tank long time if it were that easy for me, but it really is not that easy. I'm not allowed to import any marine life into the Bahamas. If I'm caught, then that can result in a heavy fine or if they feel like being stink about it, could result in possible jail time. The 3 fish I have in my tank that came from the US was only made possible because it came in with my friend's LFS freshwater fish order and they weren't invoiced. With fish, they aren't going to notice anything "odd" if they looked through the bags, but with corals, it would be noticed right away. Then you have the reefs. Catching fish is no biggie, but then when it comes to corals, it is illegal to break any off. I know I can probably get away with it without anyone noticing, but I won't feel all that comfortable about hacking a reef and then there is still the possibilty that suppose I do get caught one day? So that leaves me with very limited options like...
(1) Would be to wait for a frag to be naturally broken off of a reef and harvest it. (which is a gamble and leaves you with no promises)
(2) Would be to maybe learn how to frag off of a reef to just take a small portion of a coral, but leaving the coral attached to the reef intact
or
(3) Hope that an American/foreigner is coming into town that wouldn't mind bringing it their bag because they never check tourists bags coming into the country.
So there you basically have it. I know people are always teasing me here about getting corals and stuff (which doesn't bother me) but really, isn't as easy as everyone may think for me. I was offered frags from members here that they wanted to send to me and I just pay the shipping etc, that I had to turn down because I'd get in trouble if I were to bring it in. So, It is going to take some time (probably a very long time) for me to have a tank with nice corals in it like you guys with my limited options. That is basically why I've always been seen having only FOWLR setups.
