u/Feed_Me_No_Lies

Hey there. So I bought three clumps of zoas at once. One was glued in immediately while the other were set in locations to determine how they were gonna do.

The two that were not glued down, we open beautifully for a couple of weeks after I bought them. Then each one a few days apart was knocked over by an urchin or something and went down into the sand.

Each one was probably only there about half a night?

But both clumps that fell are now retracted and it’s been several weeks even though they were put back in the exact same spot where they were flourishing. Now they’re just starting to form hair algae on the circular frag base, even though if I pick them up out of the water, they don’t smell rotten or dead. They’re just closed.

Will they ever open up again or are they that delicate that they’re pretty much dead when they hit face down on the sand? Do you have any recommendations for getting them open? I feel like I should just put them in the shadow to keep the hair out of you from forming while they are closed?

Thanks in advance!

Hey there. We have a 20 year-old townhome we are selling in a very high cost of living area in Central Florida. It’s in a planned neighborhood that’s very sought after. Has its own city Square etc.

I’ve met with two agents, because I’ve never sold a house before, and I wanted to get a couple of pitches.

Option 1 Sotheby’s

Sotheby’s is obviously going to have the big marketing, etc., but to me they usually focus on larger homes. Their office is also a couple miles away. I met with him and of course I was impressed because they make all those amazing marketing materials, etc. He does not regularly sell homes in the neighborhood, but he has sold homes in the neighborhood before including a townhome a few doors down. I think he’s probably very capable.

Option 2

The neighborhood has a group of realtors called “[neighborhood name] realty.” I think there’s about 19 agents but looks like three or four people actually in the little office. I was impressed that they knew all the variations of the different townhomes in the area very well. They have three or four agents that live in the neighborhood as well. Their percentage is the same as Sotheby’s unless they act as both buyer and listing agent and then I think they’re about a percent better.

So question: does it matter who I list with? I know nothing about this stuff. I will save this: Sotherby’s followed up once, but I was not ready to list so I kind of put them off. This guy regularly sells multimillion dollar Holmes so he’s not hurting for my business.

But neighborhood name Realty group really wants it. I can tell. He has followed up multiple times.

I’m kind of leaning toward the neighborhood group just because of their location in the neighborhood, and because they’re so familiar with all the variations of townhomes.

But maybe I’m thinking the wrong way, and I should go with Sotheby’s because of their big marketing reach, etc.

What do you guys think? I’m really torn here, but I need to make a decision.

Your advice is greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance!

As an almost 50-year-old, it has doubts many people believe in the supernatural one anyway, shape or form. I lost all belief in the supernatural quite young. (I was gay and being a gay teenager in the early 90s meant a lot of introspection. For me, realizing that people’s faith was determined almost exclusively by their geography was the moment I went “Wow. This is ALLLL BS.”).

But I’m very interested to hear your guys’ stories because I know some of you were Christian’s for many decades.

How long were you a Christian for? What “tipped the scales” into falling away from it for you?

Thanks in advance!

Hey there. So we kept a red sea 50 gallon cube for about 10 years. Never dosed anything. Would do water changes every few weeks at about 20%. I had an elegance coral that lived for almost a decade, and our mushrooms and other softies seemed fine.

Now we have a 90 gallon, and my husband has bought some more expensive pieces. I figured it’s probably time to get my alkalinity in order and I have been daily dosing the last eek or so and I now understand how much my tank consumes per day, and what I need to dose to keep it at a nice 8.5 or whatever.

My question is this: do I even need to do this in a tank of softies? Will I notice the difference? I think they seem like they’re open more even though they were always open before. (after the first week of dosing, my first Coraline showed up lol. The tank is only about six months old, but it is seated with rock from the 10-year-old tank.)

So what should I expect to see with these softies having proper alkalinity now? I know it’s really important for SPS but I’m less clear about for softies.

Thanks!