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We noticed that a large number of tube worms have arrived on the rock with the Mushroom Polyps, which triggered us to get the Mesoscope out and take a few snaps. First, here's a close-up of the middle of one of the Mushroom Polyps and a close-up of one of the pods of the Trumpet Coral.
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Here are a selection of the tube worms that came on the rock with the Mushroom Polyps.
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Finally, here's a tube worm elsewhere in the tank unfolding itself after a scary fish had gone past (not speeded-up - real time).
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Achieved a bit more green in the tank today by adding a group of Mushroom Polyps.
Thought it also worth giving a general update on coral growth. Everything in the tank is filling-out nicely.
Just right of centre, the Green Star Coral is spreading out again.
The Pulse Coral has formed a veritable forest in the middle-top of the tank.
Beside it on the left, the Euphyllia is looking good and healthy.
And over on the far right the Finger Leather Coral has increased in girth while also twisting around to the light. Notice that in the middle of the picture another set of Pulse Coral, a slightly spindlier form (which arrived by accident on the piece of rock carrying the Blue Linkia), has begun to infest as well, while at the bottom of the picture the Toadstool Coral has moved itself to the right and doubled in size.
The Flame Scallop has been looking a little odd for the last month, with a portion of its lip pushed right out and the shell beginning to deform around it. Not sure whether it was ailing or stuck, but it certainly wasn't possible to move it from where it was wedged and last night there was the beginning of a haze of slime around it. It is no more.
The Trumpet Coral has been seen to exude brown streamers from the centre of two of its pods in the last few days. These grow to a few centimetres long and then detach. Could it be expelling waste?
The urchin has been causing yet more havoc, moving fairly large rocks around and ploughing through corals. Here it is half-way up the rock face having collected both veggie clips from either side of the tank, some snail shells and a small rock holding half our Zooanthids. We need to fasten down all rocks and are attempting to move any sensitive creatures to inaccessible areas.
