I visited the Sago Lane aquarium again with the intention to look out for the Aiptasia medication to eradicate it but couldn't find it. My hunt for it continues!
Instead, there were lots of beautiful Bubble Coral, Tree Coral, Zoanthids, hard corals and even an Emerald Crab. Unfortunately, all the pieces of corals look too big for my pico tank. I was worried about the Bubble Coral stinging others around it, so I didn't buy it too.
In the end, I bought an Orange Rhodactis mushroom rock which I fell in love with when my eyes first settled on it, a relatively large Green Zoanthid and two different types of Feather Duster Worms. I did a freshwater dip for the the first two before introducing it into the aquarium. Well, I am giving it some time to recover from the shock but fed it a concoction of AquaPharm Pro-Series sea plankton, Marine Snow and Aqua Medic Plancto and see how they respond to the feeding.
This morning, I added a small existing HOB filter beside the bigger Ocean Free HOB filter with the intention to add the bag of Chemi-Pure Elite granules. In addition, I added a 360 degree wave-maker filter which I intend to hide with some other corals in front of it. I hope the wave-maker can create sufficient underwater currents to provide better circulation.
By evening, the water was really crystal clear. I changed out the bio-rings in the OF HOB filter with some SeaChem de-nitrate. Interestingly, the Kenya Tree Coral shed off the external dead layer with the current and below it seemed to be a layer of live tissues, which I hope will regenerate the coral back.
With the clear water, I was able to make out 7 filter feeders on the skeleton rock which seemed more active than usual and their fans were always in and out sweeping the water. Then I saw what I think is a disaster. There seemed to be an Aiptasia attached on the right of the skeleton rock. The tentacles are visible and I knew exactly where it came from. Whilst Wong Loy Kee sells relatively cheap fishes and corals, the quality is not the best. I have seen Aiptasias in their tanks before and on the day I bought the 3 rocks. I chose the rocks and was hoping I won't be so unlucky to have this problem on my hands but now it seemed I have. This means I have to add Aiptasia killing products to my shopping list. I don't intend to use the Peppermint Shrimp because they are not always reef safe.
