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Kalkbreath
05/18/2006, 03:47 AM
What size do you prefer your farmed maricultured sps to come in?
If you could tell the farm what size to grow, what would it be?
Thanks

RichConley
05/18/2006, 12:02 PM
3-4". THat way you have a chance of getting acro crabs, and from my experience, the bigger they are, the faster they go. At the 3-4" size thyere still reasonably priced too.

Amphiprion
05/18/2006, 02:07 PM
I prefer smaller pieces, around an inch or so. IME, it allows for the greatest adaptability in most circumstances.

duec22
05/18/2006, 02:20 PM
I think it also has a lot to do with the size of the tank you have. In my 29, a 1" frag can be found and enjoyed....but that same frag in a 300gal tank gets lost..

Mike O'Brien
05/18/2006, 02:26 PM
I believe it's called the escape size. A frag need's a certain number of polyps to sustain itself. IME an inch is big enough for that. I've grown out more then a few coral's from 3 or 4 polyps.

All I know is around here the small ones are still $40