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Thanks for the suggestion zenoxa, but I'm certain it's a hole - I've had a good look and it's definitely there. Now he's taken to scratching his chin on the sand, which is a bit concerning. He's still eating fine, so that's a positive, but this new behaviour is a bit of a worry. I did ask at the LFS ...

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Just a couple of weeks in and our lined combtooth blenny seems to be thriving in the Orca nano tank, despite that power failure and the resulting poor water quality. We've been testing the water and everything's been fine since. The tank's got plenty of live rock, a clownfish, a couple of feeder ...

Back to the original topic, copter, any updates? Did testing reveal anything?

Mine didn't branch for ages until I tweaked the flow. They're not fans of dead spots. Maybe try moving it to a spot with more random flow and see if that kicks things off.

I've placed all my acans on the rocks, just seems like the best fit for my tank. Don't really know if the sandbed would be any different, just never tried it. One thing to keep in mind, over time they'll fuse with the rock they're on. I learned that the hard way, putting mine on a big, flat base ...

I've had similar experiences with my hammer and torch corals - they just don't seem to get too excited about food. My frogspawn, on the other hand, was always the life of the party when it came to feeding time.

I'm curious, what are your alkalinity and calcium levels like? I've found that my ...

I've been there with the nitrate issues, around 50ppm is when I started noticing problems with my corals. My own carelessness let nitrates spike over the summer, and I lost some SPS and LPS as a result. Since switching to a more aggressive water change schedule, I've seen a significant turnaround ...

Most stony corals will encrust to some extent, given enough time and the right placement. I've had success with acans, chalices, platygyra, and even euphyllia. These corals can fuse to and grow on the rock surface if placed correctly.

For example, my platygyra has encrusted onto the rock it's ...

Those bumps are probably new branches forming. I've got a branching hammer, not frogspawn, but the new heads on mine usually start near the base of the stalk, within the living tissue. They begin as little buds, then over time, they develop into miniature hammer heads. A clear picture would really ...

I've seen LPS heads recover if there's still some tissue left on them. Once algae starts growing where the polyp used to be, though, it's usually game over. This isn't unique to LPS - many stony corals, including SPS like acros, can make a comeback if there's even a tiny bit of living tissue left ...