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08/16/2018, 10:38 AM | #1 |
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I've had corals in my tank for about a month and a half now.
I was just curious about how long it will take to expect some growth. I know they are slow growers, but I haven't seen much at all since I put them in. Good thing is they seem healthy. Parameters: PH 8.2-8.4 Salinity 1.0255-1.0260 Zero ammo no2 no3 Po4 .01-.03 Alk 9-9.5 CA 430-480 These parameters are relatively stable and have been measured multiple times weekly over a month. I measure alk and CA every other day. Corals are as follows; Blasto wellsi Frogspawn red and blue acan Duncan I also have a Kenya tree, birdsnest, and stylo that are doing well, but i'm trying to focus on LPS for this thread. Kenya tree isn't growing and I thought they were supposed to be fast growers. Any help is appreciated thanks.
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08/17/2018, 05:30 AM | #2 |
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From what I've read, Duncans are one of the faster growing LPS- but most people that wrote that are saying that they feed them as well.
I've had my Duncan a little over a month with little growth. I have a hammer, which is in a similar family as the frogspawn and after four months or so it looks like I am getting some new heads from the base. |
08/17/2018, 10:23 AM | #3 |
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08/17/2018, 10:30 AM | #4 |
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Some of my corals have taken months just to get settled in.
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08/19/2018, 06:58 AM | #5 |
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My bit of experience with LPS is they seem to grow very slow. I wouldn't expect any visually noticeable grow in a month. If they are open, healthy looking and with good lighting and level parameters they are growing, slowly. Take a pic once a month. That way you can see their growth rate.
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I would fully agree, and one of the reasons I started a tank build thread. It's awesome to be able to go back and see why I changed something, or to see coral/fish growth.
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08/19/2018, 06:23 PM | #7 |
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Appreciate all the help. I've taken some pics and will continue to do so.
I think my birdsnest and kentatree are starting to grow a bit. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
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08/23/2018, 10:46 AM | #8 |
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You'll get sick of the Kenya weeds as soon as they start overtaking the tank.
LPS grow slowly. You'd need to have a well established system, with all the correct parameters to really see noticeable growth on LPS corals. Monthly pics are a good suggestion. |
02/04/2019, 11:26 AM | #9 |
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Blasto Growth
So after about 6 months since the last post on this thread my duncan has 4 heads (double split) my frogspawn has 4 heads (double split) but my blasto still looks almost the same except for a small tiny head that is growing at the base maybe the size of a pen tip.
Should the blasto be growing moreso? I haven't fed it much manually and I've just read that it will accept foods like mysis, maybe thats the issue? i also know they are slow growers. Every time I try to give it small bits of shrimp it pushes them away.
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