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Post by doverdoug on Nov 13, 2015 14:01:55 GMT -5
My frogspawn and Duncan corals do great, ive had both for over two years now and both have grown new heads. The duncan has gone from a 3 head frag bought from Greg to a 20 so head piece, I have also fragged this a few times and so id say ive gotten at least 50 heads off of this $15 frag. Now whats killing me is that I cant keep a hammer or a torch. They seem to melt with RTN within a few weeks I cant understand it because the frogspawn does great and looks like its tentacles should burst from how full they are.
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Nov 13, 2015 14:42:53 GMT -5
Have you checked your water parameters?
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Post by doverdoug on Nov 13, 2015 14:54:14 GMT -5
Yes, all seem fine...
Ca 400
Mg 1350
Alk 8.5 dKH
Nitrates and phosphates below 2ppm usually.
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Post by doverdoug on Nov 13, 2015 14:57:30 GMT -5
Yes, all seem fine...
Ca 400
Mg 1350
Alk 8.5 dKH
Nitrates and phosphates below 2ppm usually.
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Nov 13, 2015 14:58:58 GMT -5
Could they be getting stung? Frogspawn and hammers can usually grow side by side but torches are known for not getting along with either. Just a thought. Or possibly something might be picking on them and leaving the frogspawns alone.
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Post by doverdoug on Nov 13, 2015 15:13:35 GMT -5
I did see an asternia star on the plug but didnt really give it too much thought. I assumed they would go for all euphelia but didnt realise hammers might be tastier than frogspawn. Something to think about I guess. Ive never really noticed my mini stars on anything except the rock. I have just a few these days might get the rest out.
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Post by jasonandsarah on Nov 13, 2015 15:23:13 GMT -5
Do you place the torches up high? Maybe it's just me but my frogspawn and hammers normally like low to moderate light and flow. Buy my torches like moderately strong lighting and flow.
Also are you buying them locally? I think Euphyllia are terrible shippers.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2015 15:38:57 GMT -5
Yeah, my hammers are moderate light and flow. My older one went from 2 heads to 8 or 10 (with more coming) in about a year.
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Post by doverdoug on Nov 13, 2015 15:49:33 GMT -5
I havent had a torch in quite a while but I placed the hammer that I got from the frag swap next to the frogspawn and thought it would do fine. Do blastos have sweeper tentacles?
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Post by jasonandsarah on Nov 13, 2015 17:31:54 GMT -5
I havent had a torch in quite a while but I placed the hammer that I got from the frag swap next to the frogspawn and thought it would do fine. Do blastos have sweeper tentacles? They have feeding tentacles but they're not long sweepers like favias, chalices and Acan Enchcantias. |
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Post by Rakahrd Eastbrook, Me. on Nov 13, 2015 18:32:31 GMT -5
my hammer corals I got at the draft seem to be doing well cant tell yet if theyre growing yet. my green polyps are beginning to grow new stalks as is the Liams clove polyps making new shoots.
im guessing my tank is maturing nicely :)all are on the floor of the tank with medium flow.
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Post by jmerr86 on Nov 14, 2015 20:11:28 GMT -5
I've come to realize that sometimes you just loose I got a frag of Hollywood stunner a little less than a year ago and in that time it grew to a solid 3" colony and then about a week after this last draft it just started melting to were it pretty much gone now for no apparent reason nothing changed in the tank and nothing new hext to it
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Post by jasonandsarah on Nov 14, 2015 20:21:13 GMT -5
I've come to realize that sometimes you just loose I got a frag of Hollywood stunner a little less than a year ago and in that time it grew to a solid 3" colony and then about a week after this last draft it just started melting to were it pretty much gone now for no apparent reason nothing changed in the tank and nothing new hext to it Yeah I can't even count the amount of things in my "graveyard" it's just part of the hobby. Sometimes you know what went wrong and sometimes you don't. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2015 21:02:10 GMT -5
For me, it's one particular ricordea. I have a handful in the tank. 2 of them I picked up at the same time. One took off. The other just doesn't grow, and has been shrinking some lately. Everything else currently in the tank grows like crazy. It's just that one blue/green ricordea that will NOT play well. Oh well, I'm happy with everything else. I just won't buy that particular color again.
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Post by Rakahrd Eastbrook, Me. on Nov 14, 2015 21:30:12 GMT -5
do corals have a natural life span?
maybe it just dont like where it is?
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