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Unread 01/21/2019, 12:32 PM   #1
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The most difficult for you to grow.

Like everyone, some of my Zoanthids grow like wild fire and others it takes 2 month for them to produce one or two heads. Just wanted to see which people have had bloom and which are fairly stagnate?


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Unread 01/21/2019, 12:44 PM   #2
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Try feeding them.
I have colonies that do the same as yours. It’s when they recede you have to worry.
I have a colony of blues that grow like a weed. A good problem to have haha


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Unread 01/22/2019, 09:00 AM   #3
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Let's see, wild fire: AOG and all similar type, king midas, rainbow infusion, blue steel, strawberry wine, gatorade, LA lakers, purple hooters, rastas, and twizzlers.

Slow as molasses: PPE, goblins on fire, and fruit loops.


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I have noticed a big difference when it comes to feeding them reef-roads. my utter chaos are starting to catch up to my radioactive dragon eye's. For whatever reason my Fire and Ice seem to take a while. Everyone I know that owns them say they grow fast for them.


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Unread 01/22/2019, 12:36 PM   #5
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Feeding makes a huge difference.
I constantly feed my tank on the right side. The zoa colonies there are thick and robust. Then as you look across the tank, the others are not as vibrant. I think I need to feed on both sides.

My bam bams do not grow fast, but the safecrackers in the same spot are growing, just not as quickly as the zoas getting more food.

Anyone have PPE’s they want to share/sell?


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Unread 01/22/2019, 01:59 PM   #6
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My bowsers are basically stagnant and have been for some time. Originally had 4 polyps, it added 2 more relatively quickly. At some point I split it into two frags of three polyps, I can't remember what happened, but it was unintentional I believe, think some were hanging off the plug and ripped when I moved it. One is low in the tank, one is high, neither have added a polyp since. Even tried moving one to a different more open area of the tank, still nothing a few months after the move. They've basically been stagnant for a couple years now, its ridiculous.


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Unread 01/23/2019, 07:52 AM   #7
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Feeding makes a huge difference.
I constantly feed my tank on the right side. The zoa colonies there are thick and robust. Then as you look across the tank, the others are not as vibrant. I think I need to feed on both sides.

My bam bams do not grow fast, but the safecrackers in the same spot are growing, just not as quickly as the zoas getting more food.

Anyone have PPE’s they want to share/sell?


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Unread 01/23/2019, 08:00 AM   #8
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I wish, that’s super nice!
I have mostly SPS and zoas. PPE’s are impossible to find locally. Is there anything else you’re looking for?


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Nothing else right now. Pay attention to reeftrader for upcoming swaps. There is a guy named Tran that goes to NY and he always has PPE. I think I paid $15 for a polyp or two.


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Thanks for the tip. I’ll check it out.


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purple hornets 1 baby polyp in 3 months


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Unread 01/28/2019, 03:38 PM   #12
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I've found the deeper water varities like purple hornets or pretty much any of the smaller, intense colored variants to be the trickiest to coax fast growth. What I've discovered is the deeper water zoas are more picky about pH and less about nutrients, which would explain their native environment and why small tank owners complain about melting problems. Once I added kalk topoffs to garden tanks even the most stubborn varities grow for me.

Too many competing species like those drab, light green wild palys that reef stores like to sell to unsuspecting reefers can shut down zoa growth due to biological warfare.

Some of the large varities like gobstoppers can grow faster than xenia in my experience. I've also had king midas grow at absurd rates once established.


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Unread 01/28/2019, 03:55 PM   #13
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Nothing else right now. Pay attention to reeftrader for upcoming swaps. There is a guy named Tran that goes to NY and he always has PPE. I think I paid $15 for a polyp or two.


I paid $39 for 4 polyps! I finally got my PPE’s back.

Now to get them to grow.
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I got a free sample of reef roids and am going to try them on a few pieces that are slow growing to see if it beefs up their growth. Let us know how yours grow.


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Unread 01/29/2019, 07:17 AM   #15
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No doubt, I will. Fed mine last night.
All corals have to eat, the problem is all the waste it creates.
I try to spot feed as often as possible, but it’s a pita and I don’t do it enough.
I shut down my pumps when I feed to give the corals a chance to eat. I also have to shoo fish away that steal food (I feed them first). Then hit each colony with a pipette full of food.
Then the pumps go back on to stir up whatever settled.
I use filter socks, skimmer, Carbon and GFO to keep the water sparkling.
This is key to getting these colonies to grow.


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